The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-28

| The soundiEgs taken this week q
the mouth Of The harbor channel shoy
that th=re has been an appreciate
| shoaltng al that point, due TO n
formation Of q bar across the channe
caused by the sand drifting and car
ried in from the Naval Reserve point
Already the bar has grown to a heigh
Of Two feet, although. as mat partfe-
ular place had been dredged Owe
depth, there IL stiu over thirty feet Q.
water there
Captain slattery. under whose diree-
tions the sounding was done. states
that he is not yet certain as TO the
cause Of the shoaI. whether II arises
from the sand being blown OF tbs
point or from that which is washed
around The point during rough wealth
er He is eonfdent. however. thar IN
less the sand On The point Is held by
being planted that there viii be a ne
cessnx OF redredging the channel
within a very short time The plant
lng OF The point comes within the
Jurisdiction OF the Navy station and
Captain Slattery expresses the hope
that they VIII See the necessity Of the
work and attend TO II ar once There
Is no sand being blown into the har-
bog except from this new point
The plans for the proposed new range
light and lighthouse for the harber are
now in Washington for approval, hay-
ing been forwarded some time ago. It
Il expected that these viii be back in
Honolulu within a few weeks.
ALAMEDA MADE QUICK TRIP.
The 3 S. Alameda. after less than
& six-day run. arrived at this port yes
terday from the Coast, bringing q fair.
tons Of freight The trip was pleas
ant one. no incidents out Of TIE ordi-
Ezry having be,~ reported
IN spite Of the strike OF the San
Francisco waterfront the Alameda had
DC difficulty in securing a crew. sign
ing her men without making any dis
tInctlon between union and non-union
although al but ore prove 10 be
union men
Among thea passengers was Mrs W
P < Porter. wife of Captain Porter
o. the Mongolia She VIII spend a
short time here on. vacation. a @
x zkaheld Of Davies * Co. returned
from q trip TO the Coast- q. D.
Cheshire a retired merchant Of San
Francisco, and his wife are here TO
visit the islands. as are also DR.. and
Mrs. f J. BaldweIl. DR.. BaldweH was
for some time physician on board the
Ventura
MANY JAPs SAIL FOR COAST
In exchange for the SIS Japs landed
nere on Thursday by the s. s Man.
,huria. the big liner took ITO away with
her when she saifed yesterday morn
ing for 1f1e Coast There was also =
arge number Of cabin passengers The
mount Of outgoing freight from this
port was small and the liner mght
have pulled out much earlier had II
been expected that tia 1860 tons con-
signed for here could have been 50
quickly discharged which was done
before 1880 on Thursday night.
MARINE NOTES.
The 3 8 Argyll arrived in kahulai
asst sunday.
The schooner Aloha win probably
cave Raanapah for san Francisco To-
lay.
The barkentine Coronado may leave
Tor san Francisco the latter part Of
7ext week
George Johnson who was freight
4
he Mongolia
The s. s. Nebraskan left Kaanapalii
or san Francisco on Tuesday with q !
All load of sugar
The steamship Ciaudine resumed her
-egular run yesterday. leaving Al . p
Il for Maui and Hawaii ports
a HieronyrauS- who was formerly
surgeon on the China. is occupying a
similar pessirfen with the Mongolia
The agents here have received eabled
not faca-ion that the = < Ventura |
he here August =, left Auckland On
inc
The diving outfit. which has been at
work on the new government y t1arf |
or some time. IS 10 he taken 10 Ahu- /
z5ni, Kauai, where new wharf Is 10 ]
y put IL
The : : Aorangi. from Vancouver
ind Victoria. was reported OF port a i
a-1e last night she VIII dock early
his morning AZ the Bishop slip and
vii leave for The Colonies this after
sean !
The repairing Of the marine railway +
as been rushed and VIII Dc far enough
head st noon today 70 ALLOW tbs
teaTnshlp Maui 10 be hauled Up forI
egairs- As soon as the Maui Is oFer-
auIed sfew5:l BE- put on in the place
T the W @. Hall. which vii be laid
? for some weeks 20 allow the ship-i
ing Of new boilers.
CHANGES N z. O. HALL & SON.