The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-28

AFTERMATH
The Pineapple Cannery
Business, Society
and Sports.

MAUI, August 25, 1905.-Capt. John
Flynn's story of the wreck of the
ship Spartan is somewhat as follows:
Being bound for Kaanapali from
/ Newcastle with cargo of coal for the
Pioneer Mill Co., he arrived off Kahu-
lui Saturday morning, the 18th, being
obliged to enter his ship at the GUS
| tom house there before proceeding on
| his voyage to Kaanapali. He did not
care to enter the bay two far, fearing
| less he could not get out again, SO he
! concluded to anchor off SpreckeIsville,
his chart showing that there was a
good depth of water there. To his sur
prise. on approaching the Spreckels-
vile shore the water suddenly became
shoal and he was obliged hastily to
! come to anchor for safety.
Shortly after this, fearing disaster
owing to the strong wind blowing, he
showed danger signals to the steamer
Maui, which passed close by the Spar
tan at 1920 o'clock a. M, on her way
, to Hama without taking any notice.
Soon the ship dragged her anchor and
at noon was on the reef.
The Captain of the British bark
. Drummuir corroborates Capt. Flynn's
statement concerning the depth or
; water off Spreckelsville as shown by
the chart
On Sunday, as has been previously
reported, the tug Fearless of Honolulu
tried in vain to pull the Spartan Off
the rocks.
On Monday, the tug Leslie Baldwin
of Kahului took away everything
movable from the ship-sails, furni-
ture, stores. etc.
The cargo of coal is fully insured
and the ship itself partly so, which
means probably for small amount.
1t has not as yet been decided
whether the ship and cargo be sold at
auction at Kahului or at Honolulu.
The Spartan remains upon the reef,
apparently in good condition, though
her false keel and other parts OF the
outside of her hull have been washed
ashore.
THE PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY.
Ex-sheriff L. A. Andrews of Hilo has
been on Maui since the 18th, visiting
old friends and familiar places, and
among other things looking into the
pineapple industry at Haiku. AT Hilo
pines can be raised in abundance and
large ones too, seven Founders on the
average, by the use of fertilizer,--but
the planters have no cannery and are
considering the utility of building one.
At Haiku this season, their pineapples
from new plants have averaged 4 "a
lbs without the use of fertilizers.
The Haiku factory is still canning
fruit three days a week, Tuesday,
Thursday and saturday. They put up
about 5000 tins day in three ways,
sliced, grated and in small pieces call
ed ''tidbits.'' The other days of the
week are spent in making cans for
which purpose they have all the latest
machinery. The factory will continue
work until the middle of September.
NOTES.
The crop of figs is unusually large
this season in Makawao and vicinity
: The grounds around the Office of the
Kahului r. r. Co. are being graded
and planted in grass. To do this it
| was necessary to construct "a sea-wall
!. On Tuesday, while on the way to La
hama from Waikiki, one of Dow's au-
/, tomobiles broke down at Waikapu and
was hauled back to town by ''hip-
| pomobile"
| W. j. Wells of Kauai has leased some
land at Hauiku and will engage in the
raising of pineapples.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Howe of New
port, visited the crater of Haleakala
on Tuesday the 18th.
On the 18th, Miss H r. Wren arriv-
ed at Kahrlui from the coast to visit
her brother, the new manager of the
Kahului store
DR.. w. D. Baldwin of Honolulu
made visit to his parents extending
from Saturday to Tuesday. He return
ed by the Mauna Loa.
Miss Fanny Engle of Paia acted as
nurse at Puunene hospital several day:
last week during the illness of Miss
I Squirting.
By the steamer Maui on Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Stolz and Mis-:
Marjorie Stolz of San Francisco de
parted for the Coast via Honolulu
They have been spending two month.
at 'Idlewild," their summer resort OF
Haleakala
By the same steamer, Mrs A n
Merrill, who has been visiting her pa
rents at Haiku, returned to her Homo
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