The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-10

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The two most important Pacific
Ocean harbors in which Uncle Sam is
interested. are being developed at the
same time. These are at Honolulu and
Manila. The Territory Of Hawaii is
making new docks. with slips deep and
wide enough for the largest vessels in
the Pacific Ocean, while the Federal
Government is about to begin work on
enlarging and developing the harbor
and channel proper. The dredger Pa
cific is in port and by November !
active work will have commenced.
1t is expected that within two and
a-half years the great harbor scheme
for the port of Manila will be COM
pleted. The plans have been drawn by
Major Townsend for the wharves and
buildings. Close on to s2,750.000 have
already been expended on the work.
When completed Manila will have
dock wharfage which will compare
favorably with that of almost any port
in the Far East. There will be two
wharves, one 600 and the other $50
feet long, besides a military wharf.
When the latter is not needed for any
use 1t is believed that that wharf also
will. be available for commercial ves-
sells so long as the present harmonious
relations between the military and the
civil branches of the government con-
tipAe, which, from all indications, they
will
| The st&o SornrnErcial wharves viii be
4ble tesfac eefnnodate about eight or
binary vessels, say of 800 feet in
4ngth, there 6epg four at each wharf.
While it is truet that vessel like the
Nanchuriaa would Of itself occupy the
Whole side of a wharf, yet there are
not many Msnchuriass'ahd the wharf
viii seldom. be called upon to accom-
godate such leviathans.
DIAMOND HEADS PERIL.
20 PORT. TOWNSEND, Sept. 22.-The
American bark Diamond Head, which
arrived here from Teller, Alaska, few
days ago. had two very close escapes
from wrecking on the voyage North.
The bark which is well known in these
waters, is commanded by Captain A.
Peterson. ai 1aii n- ms ), ft4r
! Leaving the. Sound. June g. with a
general mining OUTFIT ineiuding fifty
Sons of dynamite for the operators at
Teller, the vessel had fair weather until
Early in July gales set in accompanied
by thit!k weather. on July 10, when
abe captain was off watch, First Mate
Brnwn-scented danger and brought the
vessel about just in time, as it proved
Immediately following, to escape being
dashed to kindling wood on F'airway
rock, four miles westward of Cape
Prince of Wales, in Bering strait.
The thick and stormy weather con-
tinued and on July IA the Diamond
Head fouled herself among the break
ers with dirt stirred up by her keel
showing in the water. Both anchors
were let go in hurry and the vessel
rode safely. The next day the weather
lightened slightly and the trading
schooner Laura Madsen was sighted at
anchor three miles off.
Mate Brown and two men boarded
abe latter vessel in the captains gig
and learned that they were between
Cape York and Point Spencer, the lat
ter a sandspit. Tug Elk No. l, originally
hailing from Port Townsend, came out
of Point Clarence at that time and was
secured to give the bark a tow to 6
safe anchorage near Teller.
BY sounding it was learned that had
the Diamond Head proceeded few
yards further before casting her an
rhors she would have piled up on the
beach This occurred not far from the
resting place of the bark Oakland and
the ship Shirley, the ribs of these ves-
sells sticking out of the sand near Point
Spencer as q warning to mariners.
At the time the vessel anchored the
crew, according to Mate Brown, made a
dash for the main hatch, under which
the dynamite was slowed, to throw the
explosive overheard. Brown knew that
the dangerous stuff would probably
strike bottom close to the vessels side
and says he was forced to hold the men
I'm check at the point of revolver
The Diamond Head had a pleasant pas
sage down. She goes from here to Ia
coma for lumber cargo.
AMERICA MARU DUE TODAY.
The Toyo Kisen Kaisha liner Amer.
1cai Maru, lately released from servic,
with the Japanese fleet as an auxiliar,
cruiser. Is due today from Yokohama
en- route to San Francisco. She Il
making her first trip since the war.
liz quite likely that she has been com
pletely refitted and will be as spick an,
span as she was before the war. Whel
she made her single trip on being re
leased, for a few months after the wa
had begun. she was far from being
tfdy-looking boat The America Mar
Will take the mail, but can take no pas
sengers from here. Captain Going is Il
command and C. Lacy Goodrich 1
again purser.
si' JAP POWER sAMPAN.
A big Japanese sampan, which ha
been built near the Honolulu Iro
Works, is to be launched soon. It is
novelty in sampan architecture, as
ten horse power gas engine has bee