The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-14
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More wrecking gear. consisting of
four large pumps. arrived yesterday on
the transport Buford, from Seattle,
which was sent here by the Army De-
partment to take on the passengers
and freight from the wrecked Sheri-
dan for San Francisco. The Buford
had a good trip down and made fast
tine in the run.
She was locked beside the transport
Thomas and the work of unloading the
heavy pumps commenced shortly after
her arrival One of these pumps is a
particularly big one, throwing seven
inch stream. Contrary to expectations
no diver was brought down nor' any
other gear.
1t is not known definitely when she
win sail on her return trip, although
Sunday is the date upon which all pas
sengers are supposed to be ready. 1t
is also probable that SOME of the crew
OF the Sher dan will be ordered TO the
Buford to serve in the stewards de-
partment owing to the number of pas
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This is the Buford's first trip here
for some time, she having been placed
on the run to Alaska during the sum-
mer, although it was the intention to
put her back on this run before the
news of the Sheridan accident reached
the department.
AMERIL DUPERRE BRINGS IMMI-
GRANTS.
The French steamship Ameril Du-
perre the pioneer steamer of the
Chargeurs Reunis line, whose vessels
will make monthly calls hereafter, ar
rived Yesterday morning and is now
rnoored out in the stream. She is fly
ing the yellow flag, having touched at
Hongkong en- route, a suspected port,
although she has clean bill of health
from Yokohama. There is no founda-
ton whatever in the report published
yesterday afternoon to the effect that
the vessel had sailed from japan with
out a clean bill of nealth because OF the
difficulty of securing such.
The Ameril Duperre brings 262 Japa-
nese immigrants, who will be taken on
at Quarantine island today, after
All 1900
Francisco without docking, thus being
relieved of the necessity of undergo
ing fumigation here. She brings no
freight for Honolulu
Although the Anieril Duperre made
the run from Yokohama in Is days she
is on Today schedule from here to San
Francisco and on that account will not
carry any mail from here for the
Coast, the date of her arrival being
the same as that of the Mongolia. She
will sail probably about o'clock.
KASATO A WAR PRIZE.
The japanese steamer Kasato Maru.
which ran afoul of the local health
regulations by the neglect of the cap
tain to provide himself with a clean
bill of health for the ship acceptable
in ar American port, was one of the
vessels captured by the victorious Jap
anese at the fall of Port Arthur. She
was a government vessel, built at
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as a hospital ship
for Russia.
During the bombardment of Port
Arthur she was crowded with the
wounded, her accommodations for 1000
men being taxed at times. After the
their heavy guns as to bring the ship
ping in the harbor within range the
Kasato was spared the bombardment
because of the Red Cross flag flying.
The flag however did not prevent her
being taken as prize and brought to
Japan, the Togo Kisen kaisha pur-
cha sing her from the government.
She is the largest in tonnage of all
the T. K K fleet and is splendidly
&+ted out, being practically new
boat She steams eleven knots and
burns fifty tons of coal a day.
Since the war the new owners have
not as vet had a chance to thoroughly
overhaul the machinery and some of
the valves are not working as smooth
Iy as Chief Engineer Zeever would like
She had a good run here from the ORR
ent, however and it is expected that
everything will be in the best of shape
by the time she reaches Callao. En-
gineer Zeever was formerly chief en-
gineer on the Nippon Maru.
NEW PACIFIC PORT
The port of San Pedro win be serv-
iceable for the worlds commerce at
the end of the present month. That is
an assurance derived from the report
Of the United states engineer in charge
of the harbor work. for the month of
July. The harbor work is still far from
but the accommodation will
be ample within few weeks for the
types of the largest of vessels that
noated only a few years ago.
According to the engineers report
the outer harbor work, at the end of
this month will afford a clear channel
to the inner harbor 400 feet wide and
twenty-five feet deep at low tide That
depth would admit of the passage of
all vessels plying across the Pacific
with the exception of a few immense
raft recently put into service on San
Francisco and Seattle lines. Adding
he additional depth afforded by high