The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-08

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With the safe arrival of the sheri-
dan in port from her dangerous berth
ION the reefs at BARRIERS Point and
Pearl Harbor. as vel as the arrival
of the Manchuria from the Manchuria
reef. in Wainanalo Bay. and the Mon
golia from reef at Midway Island.
there ends some OF the grea test salvage
operations II recent years.
That three great ocean liners. three
of the largest sailing between San
Francisco and Oriental perts should be
fast aground on coral reefs in mid
Pacific from four days TO six weeks
and finally be taken off and lowed
into port safely IS proof that despite
the lack of facilities for salvage work
here there are men who have demon
strated their engineering capacity.
In the case of the Manchuria. not
only Captain Metcalf. the salvage ex-
pert, but many local men contributed
their skill TO get the vessel off In
the case OF the transport Sheridan.
Chief Engineer DonneIly. of the gov
eminent army transport service CO.
operating with local men pulled a
wreck" off and got her alongside a
wharf
Among these local men have been
captains of the island steamers and
tugs whose maneuverings about the
big vessels was both tick1ish and dan
gerous.
For the army. Captain Humphrey
Z. s. A, Depot Quartermaster, stood
by the wreck day and night coop
Grating with the salvage men in every
way possible and he now has the sat
isfaetion of seeing one of the finest
transports under any flag safe in har-
Dor and ready to be put in commission
again for service
The saving Of the Sheridan has been
a good piece of work Even now, while
tied up at the Hackfeld wharf, she
has a heavy list to port. and to pre-
vent her from rolling over-turning
turtle-the hulk Melancthon is still
triced TO her starboard side. The
steam pumps are working day and
night without cessation and water is
being steadily pumped out of the hold.
BUCHANAN IS ADMIRAL.
Captain Ransford D. Bucknam, who
was master of the whaleback steamer
City of Everett when she carried a.
cargo of wheat from the Sound years
ago for famine stricken people of India,
and who had with him as mate on that
vessel Captain J. s. Gibson. of the
Washington Stevedoring Company. for
merly of Chemainus, is now an admiral
Of the Turkish navy, according to ad-
vices from Constantinoole.
Buchanan first made the acquaintance
of the Sultan after being superintend-
emit of marine at Cramps shipyards
two years ago. While at Cramps he
took the Mejeda, war vessel the Turk
ish government had built there, to the
land. of the Sultan. He remained in
Turkey several months. showing the
officers how to work the guns and ex-
planning the operation of the vessel.
During his stay in Turkey Bucknam
was introduced to the Sultan and SEEM
ed to take the fancy of the ruler at
once It was not long before Abdul
offered Bucknam the vice admiralty Of
the navy if he would remain there.
Bucknam did not say that he would ac-
cept the position and returned to Amer
lea. A few months later the Sultan
sent one of his representatives to this
country to again offer the position to
Bucknam He finally consented and
has now filled the position for some
months.
Admiral Bucknam is well known in
Honolulu having once been chief Of
ficer OF the steamship City of Picking
All. MAIL CONTRACT.
The contract for carrying mail from
the Sound to the Hawaiian Islands has
been let to the waiian line
Formerly these contracts were held by
steamships running from San Francis
co to the islands and this one is the
first to be let to a line running from
the Northern ports.
The Observation-Disclosures Company l.
also figuring on increasing its sail1ngS
and carrying passengers on its vessels
For some time an effort has been made
! by local men to build UP the passenger
! business between the Sound and tbs
Islands. and the company recently
| made accommodations for passenger
| on vessels running from here to Homo
| lulu.
1 Officers of the company state tina
l the Hawaiian trade shows an increas'
of about 80 per cent. over that of las
year, and that it is constantly grow
| ing.-Tacoma Ledger.
| SHIPPING NOTES.
! Purser Mcnamara or the steamer
Maui reports the following sugar or
Kauai: K. S. NJ, 1000 bags; V. K
! 1900: w, zoo: NJ A K, 2229; G. & R.
1908.
Purser Railway of the Noeau reports
thzt his vessel left no sugar at homo
kaa or Kukuihaele
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