The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-17
MARINE
LAYTON pRTNos LIaHTEh.

Francisco at $50 last evening. having
been ten days on the trip. This slow
voyage was due to the transport towing
a pile-drivinP lighter. which Is to be left
here and eventually TO be towed TO
Midway Island by the u. S. 5. lro-
quois. The lighter is to be used In ex-
tenaive dredging operations In Welles
Harbor. Midway. The Lawton made
from 3 1-s to 10 knots per hour on
most OF the trip, which was pleasant
throughout
The Iawton is en- route to Page
PagD. Samoa. with 104 men comprising
an entirely new crew for the U. $. s.
Adams, station ship for American Sa-
mos This crew is navigating the Law
ton to Samoa, and the old crew will
take the vessel back to San Fran
cisco.
The officers OF the Lawton are: Com
mandcr j. r. Parker, commanding;
Lieut. Com. j. c. Leonard, executive
officer; Lieut.. s. Bryant, navigating
officer; Ensign Galbraith; DIR. Fits.
surgeon: Paymaster j. G. Irwin: Chief
Gunner Jaffe; Chief Boatswain Hendry;
Warrant Machinist Venable, chief en-
sineer; Carpenter Floathe; Paymas-
ter's Clerk Horton.
DIR. Landow, Paymaster Hilton and
Pay Clerk Schutes are passengers for
Page Pago.
The vessel will fill her bunkers here
and take on 100 tons Of coal on deck
She win leave Thursday evening.
The Lawton got into wireless COM
munIcation with the wireless station
at 1880 a. m. yesterday.
ARCHER WAS DIsMAsTED.
A gale on March 90 dismasted the
barkeutine Archer when she was six
days out from San Francisco. Despite
her crippled condition and the fact that
she was on her beam ends Immediately
after the masts went overheard, Cap
tain Lancaster decided to continue on
TO this port and reached here safely
Ii was n creditable piece of seaman
ship. hut Captain Lancaster displayed
neadwork all through the gale, and
thereby saved his ship and his men,
not only from death, but from injury.
SIX days after leaving San Francisco
the Archer was in the midst of ter
zhe south. but the most fearful gale
swept up from the southeast. At 1890
%. IN the vessel was rolling heavily
and suddenly the bowsprit was
snapped off close to the collar where 1t
fits into the bow of the boat Strange
TO say. the fgurehead. directly under
Meath. was not injured.
Capt Lancaster Immediately shouted
10 the men to run aft, for he knew
that with the rigging loosened further
disasters were to occur. With another
roll, the foretopgallant mast and fore
topmast went over, followed by the
maintopmast- The vessel suddenly
heeled over until the masts left stand
ing in the vessel We're dragging in thu
sea. But the staunch vessel rightet
herself.
WANTS PACIFIC MAIL.
NEW YORK, April An. Shiraishi
multi millionaire and one of the most
prominent steamship magnates of ia
pan, arrived from London to-day on
the Carmania. He has been comforting
Hith leading financiers abroad in the
interest of the enterprises he repre-
sens. II is believed he has made nego-
tiations Tor nnanciai backing to ex-
. pand his lines in the Orient.
There has been a rumor on Wall
Street for some time that the steam
ship line of which Shiraishi is the
head was i'm "A deal to purchase Har-
-iman's Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany. Although Hartman has beer
considering an offer of this kind, ne
decision had been reached when Shi-
raishi left for London, several months
ago, and today the Japanese financiei
declared that nothing had been done
in the matter. 1t is believed that
Shiraishi will confer with Hartman
within a few days to reach settle
ment. Shiraishi was met here by w.
II. Avery, general manager of his
steamship company, the Togo Kisen
Kaisha.
CANADIAN S. S. SERVICE.
A direct cargo steamship service be-
tween New Zealand and Canada will
be inaugurated next month. Auckland
will be the first and last port of cal
in the colony, and will thus be In a
position to derive the greatest posi-
bic benefit from the new service, which
will be carried on by tirst-class and
rp-tO-date vessels. The steamer tC
open the service, which 1t is hoped vii
prove of great benefit to New Zealand
generally, and to Auckland In partic
1lar will be the S. S. Bucentaur,
vessel of 5000 tons, which is due t
arrive in Auckland on April 10. Afte
calling at the other principal ports sh
viii return to Auckland and leav
here for Vancouver about April 81
She viii be followed by other tirst-clas
vessels at two-monthly intervals. Tn
control OF the new service in New Zea
land win be in the hands of the Ne'
Zealand and African Steamship Com
pany, with headquarters at yelling
ton.-Auckland News.
Then came the task of clearing ava
the rigging and wreckage one OF III
yards was saved and this was boun
10 the stump OF the foremost and sa
WAS bent to II. The appearance of III
vessel as she came along WAIKIKI
caused considerable excitement
shipping circles,
Two days before being dismasted Il
people aboard the Archer saw the bal
Gerard c. Tobey limping back To "a
Francisco In wrecked condition. III
10 Il.