The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-29
BANANAS TO THE COAST.

DoZeiiS Oh wagons were cdrlinS I'd
nanas wrapped and ready for ship
ment, from the valleys and outlying
portions of Honolulu to the Oceanic
dock all day yesterday, to be sent to
San Francisco on the Alameda, which
sails tomorrow. All day the fruit was
being packed up in the shed, and it is
said that about $500 punches will go
forward. About a thousand cases Of
fresh pineapples and about the same
will also be shipped out. The pine
apples are finding favor everywhere on
the mainland, and the Wahiawa COM
pany is sending many cases away on
private orders to people scattered from
San Francisco to New York. A gentle
man departing last week On the
Aorangi took along lot of pines to be
distributed among his relatives in
England. The Alameda will also carry
some refined sugar.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The bark Albert sailed from HiIo for
San Francisco on August 26.
The German bark Marie Hackfeld is
to sail today for Port Townsend.
The O. & O. steamship Doric left
Yokohama on August % and is due here
on Thursday. She has 500 tons of
freight for Honolulu.
The All steamer Nevadan sailed
from San Francisco for Honolulu on
Saturday at p. m. She will arrive
here next Sunday morning, bringing a
mail as well as a large quantity of
freight.
Lieut. Slattery, the engineer officer
attached to the lighthouse district, has
reported adversely on the improvement
of Welles Harbor, Midway Island, un !.
less the Federal Government plans to
establish a naval station there.
The steamer Ke Au Hou departed
yesterday for Wainiha, Kauai, carry
ing piles for the new wharf to be built
there. The Ke Au Hou has also been
carrying material for the new electric
light plant for McBryde plantation.
The Mongolia is due to arrive from
San Francisco on Friday morning The
Manchuria is scheduled to sail today
Francisco. and is expected to arrive
here on the morning of September Z.
1t is said that the ship Drummuir
almost went on the rocks off Spreckels-
vile last week. The captain thought
he was off Kahului when he saw the
Spartan and started in to anchor near
by, but seeing shallow water, he dis
covered his mistake in time to prevent
an accident.
The crew of the wrecked ship Spar
tan which went on the rocks last week
off Spreckelsville. have not been paid
off. The captain was authorized by the
vessels owners to draw on them at
thirty days, but no bank will accept
such an order. The men are anxious
to come to Honolulu.
New copper sheathing is being put on
piles under the Naval wharves A few
weeks ago some small boys were found
in the act of stripping the copper
sheathing from the piles and were
placed under arrest. Just how much
damage was done, may be judged from
the value of the new copper being
placed. amounting to s16S worth.
! The new Brewer wharf may be COM
pleted in December. The wharf is to
be taken over by the Inter Island COM
pany for the old Wilder steamers, the
Kinau, Likelike. Claudine. Helene and
Maui Lord & Belser are building the
wharf and about thirty men are at
work. The wharf will be $50 feet on its
longest side and 40 feet wide. There is
| a sea-wall of concrete The flooring
of the wharf is to be of concrete and
paved with wood blocks. The contra ct
| is for $50. 500.