The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-28

had one of her shafts broken while 90
the way from New York this trip, and
on arriving here she will be placed on
the drydock to have a new one in
stalled.
OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MARINERS
Notice is hereby given that the reg
ular occulting electric lights were re
established September :. 1906, on San
Francisco Light-vessel No. 20, station
ed about IA miles outside the bar
of the entrance to San Francisco har-
bor 10 7-8 miles SW 7-S.W, from Fort
Point Lighthouse. and about 500 feet
to the northward of the range line
marked by Fort Point light and Alca-
traz light.
Notice is hereby given that pending
the rebuilding of Anita Rock Beacon
san Francisco Bay, Cal, third-class
nun buoy. painted red and black hori-
zontal stripes, has been established in
SO feet OF water about 70 feet n II W
from the rock.
Notice is hereby given that Septem-
Der II, 1906 a gas buoy, painted red
and marked c r ?, showing a fixed
white light during periods OF 10 sec
onds' duration separated by eclipses
of 10 seconds duration, was establish
ed, in 81 feet of water, about 500 feet
SW 1-2 from the outermost of the
Castro Rocks. San Francisco Bay
The same date Red Rock Gas Buoy,
HIS, about $50 feet O-S mile) Sc IA S
/ from Red Rock. San Francisco Bay,
was permanently discontinued.
BY order of the Lighthouse Board.
H t. MAYO,
AVERY PROVED HIS LOYALTY.
Loyalty to country has cost w H.
Avery, assistant general manager of
the Togo Kisen Kaisha Steamship CON-
pany, higher title and a more renu-
nerative position in the japanese
steamship service. Avery returned two
days ago from the East on his way to
japan on business connected with the
company and he was to have left for
the Orient on the Siberia today but
received a cablegram FROM Yokohama
yesterday ordering him to remain here
until the China departed.
1t was while entertaining friends at
the St Francis Hotel that the fact of
his personal sacrifice to patriotism be-
came known. No foreigner in the en-
the japanese Government is a directing
factor has served with more satisfac-
ton than Avery, and in evidence OF
their appreciat ton of his ability the
Togo Kisen Kaisha officials some time
ego elevated him from the position or
general superintendent to that of as
sistant general manager, the highest til
tie that they could give him under the
rules of the company and the laws of
Japan.
Realizing later that Avery would be
more valuable to the company in its
own country as a vice president and
general manager, the directors en-
deavored to find some way of promoting
him, but found themselves confronted
by the laws of Japan, which provide
that a general manager of company
whose policy is dominated by Govern
ment influence must be subject OF
the Mikado AS last resort Avery
was delicately approached with a prop
ostion that he swear allegiance to the
Mikado and take up his nome In the
land of the rising sun.
Avery declined the well-meant offer.
He explained that his American citl-
zenship was dearer to him than any
position that foreign station could
give him The steamship officials asked
him to take a little more time to think
the p.atter over, but Avery's response
was that he could never agree to Tor
swear allegiance to his own country.
The matter was dropped. The Japa-
nese appreciate Avery's loyalty and
still have the same high appreciation
of his worth as their assistant gem
erai manager and highest paid foreign
epresentative-San Francisco Call.
COPTIC SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
The steamer Coptic, scheduled to
leave Hongkong on September p for
this port, is reported to have had her
bows damaged in the great hurricane
that ragged at Hongkong few days
ago. The Coptic was recently pur-
chased by the Pacific Mail Company. |
and Capt Andrew Dixon was placed
in command. DR.. Gates and Purser
Alex Morphy are also on the Coptic.
Captain Dixon was formerly chief off,
ficer of the Mongolia. now aground at
Midway Islands. T.. Call.
MATsoN's NEW STEAMER.
The new steamer w. S. Porter. rel
Gently purchased by the Matson Nav
igation Company is soon to leave New
York for San Francisco. The Porter, |
like the Enterprise and Hilonian. is to !
be used by the company in passenger
and freight business out of this port
IS. F. Call.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The S S. Alameda is due to arrive
this morning with one days nail from
the Coast.
The steamer Claudine brought in 1929
sacks of sugar from Hilo and Maui
ports yesterday /
The shin Hecla sailed yesterday
morning for Port Townsend, getting
away early in the morning.
The Chas. Nelson Co. has chartered
the bark Emily F. Whitney to bring !
lun, Der to Kahului from Puget Sound.