The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-16

The oceanl. liner sonoma reached port
yesterday morning. something over
forty-eight hours late from san Fran
cisco. The slow time made is ascribcd
t. the state OF the boilers and en-
! sineg. the repairing OF which is being
done en- route two bolermakers being
on board for the purpose 1t Is expect
ed that everything viii be In shape
Iagaln and ready for hard steaining
within the next two weeks, and In the
utel.1im, the vessel Will have to be
opt rated under reduced power. II IL
probable under these circumstances
that she will drop two or three more
J days between this port ana the Coio-
MES
The approach of the Sonoma was
rnted first by the crew OF the steamer
Kinau, which came In ahead OF her'
aul news was sent to the agents that
the liner was making slow time and
b appeared to be in difficulty. The tug
, Fearless was despatched to meet her
! and render assistance. but this help
was refused by Captain Trask, who de-
MED that there was anything seriously
the matter with his ship.
The Sonoma had small through
passenger list. but brought down fair
number of Honolulu passengers. thirty
five landing here.
Among the through passengers was
the Right Honorable Sir John Gorst.
distinguished British statesman and
scholar. who will visit the Common
wealth on private mission. He has
filled many prominent public positions
in different parts of the Empire, having
been Solicitor General of New Zealand,
J Under Secretary for India, Financial
Secretary to the British Treasury. and
! Chairman Of the Committees, House
of Commons. In the Labor Conference
at Berlin in 1890. he was the British
plenipotentiary and has been as well
the Lord Rector OF the Glasgow UNI
versity. At the present time he Is the
representative of Cambridge University
in the House OF Commons.
The vessel was held here until mid
night last night to allow the boilers
| to be blown down and cleaned. Freight
taken on here was limited to 1893 cases
of honey, consigned to England via
| Australia. Six hundred tons of coal
was also loaded. The incoming freight
consisted of 35 tons OF cold storage
goods. ~~
While in port twenty members of the
Sonoma crew were paid off. The men
were from the stokehold and the stew
ards department.
MARINE NOTICE.
Honolulu, T. H., October 49, 1906
The following affects the List of
Lights Buoys and Daymarks in the
18th Lighthouse Subdistrict:
HAWAII.
Honolulu Harbor, Oahu Island. page
13-Outside Entrance Bell Buoy, red,
marked Honolulu" in black, was
numbered TO-" without other change,
| October 10.
BY order of the Lighthouse Board.
j. F. CARTER,
Lieutenant. L. s. Navy, Assistant to
the Inspector of the 18th Lighthouse
District.
CALIFORNIA. ~--~
Notice is hereby given that Presidio
shoal Gas Buoy, stationed about the
middle of Presidio Shoal, southerly side
of the entrance to San Francisco Bay,
inside the Golden Gate, heretofore re-
ported extinguished, was relighted Sep
tember 2S.
| HUMBOLDT BAY ENTRANCE.
Notice is hereby given that South
Jetty Outer End Buoy. No. 2, a red
| frst-class spar, heretofore reported
adrift. was replaced September %.
BY order of the Lighthouse Board.
| II. r. MAYO,
Commander, U. S. N, Inspector, 18th
| Lighthouse District
| MORNING STAR RETURNS.
! Owing to the eaky condition of the
ship and the lack of sufficient coal to
operate both the pumps and the mo-
tive power, the steamer Morning Star
was forced to put back for Honolulu
when some 500 miles at sea en- route
for Seattle. The steamer arrived off
port yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and steamed to her old place at the
dock shortly after, the port physician
deeming 1t unnecessary to make any
examination.
The missionary steamer bade fare
well to this harbor on Tuesday last,
clearing for Seattle, where the vessel
was to have been offered for sale. The +
weather conditions were most ia, ora
BILE and the first day out the vessel
sTeanled lNO miles. Inc second day
only 120 miles were made and less than
this on Thursday. on Friday morning
Engineer Donaldson reported to Cap
tain Garland that it would be danger
Gus TO proceed any further. the vessel
being aleak and making as much as
eighteen inches of water an hour. To
handle this he had had to employ much
OF his power for the pumps ana con-
sumo large quantities of coal. The
leak had been found within an hour or
two of the vessels sailing, but Donald ,
son had gone on in the hope of the
hull tightening up. Instead OF lessen
ing, however, he found that the leak
ing was getting worse and that with
the extra demand on the coal there
would not be enough for the vessel to
reach Seattle or even San Francisco.
Orders We're accordingly given by
Captain Garland to return 10 Honolulu,
where repairs could be affected. The
leak is at the stern of the vessel, and
In addition to this the captain reports
that there had been a slight accident
to the engines, which will require re-
pairing before the steamer puts to sea
again.
on her return trip the Morning Star