The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-11

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Heavily loaded and with big pas
scnper list. the Oceanic :. :. Alameda
arrived early Friday morning, bring
ing the half hundred members of the
Southern California Editorial Associa-
tion who are to visit here aud mum
her of well known local people return
ing from abroad Her cargo consisted
of 1900 tons Of general merchandise, n
large part of which is ice house goods.
-Four heavy hawsers, two manila and
two wire. were delivered to the Pho
neer and taken over to the Manchu-
ria. Mail to the amount of 31S sacks
came down.
The trip throughout was pleasant
one and the crowd aboard, according to
Purser Smith. one of the jolliest which
has ever gone over the great circle.
The Siberia was sighted on Thursday.
Among the returning Honolulans was
c. l.. Wight, of the Inter-lsland Steam
ship Company, who has been travelling
throughout the mainland wherever
there was anything to be learned re-
garding the fitting out of vessels for
the coasting trade. His travefs were
for the purpose of getting the latest
ideas for the Inter-Island people and
Mr.. Wight has secured large amount
of data to 60 upon in making the
changes which his company are con-
templating. Another, and one of the
main objects of his trip, was to make
a contract for the building of the new
steamer for the company, the Mauna
Kea. Work on this steamer has been
DELAYED owing to the difficulty Of get
ting the necessary supplies in San
Francisco. and so far there has been
practically no progress in the construc-
ton of the boat.
MANCHURIA'S HOoDOO.
SEATTLE (Wash), Aug. 2S.-James
Hancock, cook on the steamer Man.
ehuria, which went ashore on the Ha-
waiian Islands, was one of the sixteen
survivors of the Valencia wreck found
clinging to a life raft In letter TO
friends Hancock says he Is hoodoo.
Before shipping on the Valencia Han
cock was employed on the George W..
Elder. That steamer went on the
rocks in the Columbia river near
Goble Hancock was then given po-
sition on the Oregon, and after making
two voyages the Oregon caught fire OF
Eureka and burned nearly to the
waters edge.
While the Oregon was laid UP for
repairs Hancock shipped on the st.
Paul. which was on the San Francisco
Portland run. of Point Gorda, Cal,
the st. Paul drifted on the rocks dur
ing a fog. Then Hancock signed on
the Valencia. After that vessel was
wrecked he went to San Francisco, In
tending to remain on shore, but after
the fire he took work on the Manchuria.
NEW, BIG OIL STEAMER.
The oil carrying steamer w. S. Por-
ter, which is named after the head of
the Associated Oil Company of San
Francisco, which is having the steamer
built, was launched at the yards Of the
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
on August %. The vessel will be ready
to sail for California in about another
month. The w. s. Porter is vessel
of 400 feet in length and Of about 5000
tons gross. 1t will be able to carry
$4,000 barrels of oil and Will ply be-
tween the Coast and the Hawaiian Is
lands and when that trade is slack run
to Alaska and probably to the Orient.
The vessel will be brought around the
Horn by an Eastern man, but j.. Bar
ker. who was on the steamer Enter
prise. will have charge of the machin-
cry and Captain Engalls, formerly
master of the bark Roderick Dhu, will
aome out as chief officer.
CAPTAIN SAUNDERS PLIGHT.
Captain j. w. Saunders, who COM
manded the steamer Manchuria when
she ran ashore on the Island of Oahu
the other day, has met with disaster
after many years Of prosperity In his
chosen calling. His rise was rapid In
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
and his first serious blow was about a
year ago when the United States Sc
cret Service officers included him
among those charged with becoming
irregularly naturalized in order to Sc
cure the American license which en-
atlcd him to serve upon vessel flying
the American flag. The case against
Saunders was a strong one, but power
full influences were exerted in his be-
half His papers We're revoked, then
restored to him, and the case was still
pending when his latest mishap befeli
him. Ii is an unwritten law in the
Pacific Mail Company that captain
who loses a ship never again gets "A
command, and the maritime commu-
nifty is wondering what will be the
ultimate fate OF Captain Saunders
Town Talk.
TO CARRY SCRAP IRON.
Now that the sugar season In the
Hawaiian Islands is at an end, the yes
sells of the American Hawaiian Steam
ship Company will for some time be
loaded with steel Orders that were
damaged beyond further use by the
fire. The steel is to be taken to the
Eastern coast to ne remelted. The first
consignment. which will amount &c
about 1000 tons will probably be taker
on the steamer Texan, which is now OF
her way from Seattle, and Is expected
to arrive here Sunday.-Chronicle.
ARIZONAN LOSES A PROPELLER
The big American Hawaiian steame
Arizonan, on the way here from New
York with cargo of 10000 tons o.
freight, is reported to have lost on
of her propellers IN the South Atlantic
and to be on the way to her destins
tion with only one screw. Partieu
lars of the loss of the propeller ar
not known, only bare announcement
A. ,,...la,. la,,in,, laan raoaiua.