The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-24
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MANCHURIA REPAIN1'ED.

On the return of Captain Metcalf
from Midway it is expected that most
of the repairs 10 the Manchuria's boil
ers and engines will have been com
pleted. and it viii then rest with
| Metcalf as to when and how the big
steamship shall proceed to San Fran
cisco
A considerable portion of the repair
work IS III the hands of the Honolulu
Iror Works and some parts being fash
Toned there have not been completed.
Captain Saunders. of course. awaits
Captain Metcalf to say the word to
cast off for San Francisco. Work was
being prosecuted on the steamer yes
terday.
To look over the Manchuria nova
days one would hardly suspect that the
vessel lay nearly a month on a reef
and had been subjected TO dirt and
wear and tear. The decks are again
clean. the vessel is being repainted. and
everything is again spick and span as
if she were ready to proceed on her
voyage. The Chinese crew is busy
again. between watches. in pursuing
Dame Fortune at the dice mat.
WIRELESS TO TUTUILA.
WASHINGTON. September 6-wire-
less communication viii be established
with the Island of Tutuila by the navy
within a few months if the recon-
the work are approved by the higher
officials This is the only important
naval station where 4 wireless plant
has not been erected. and the navy
deems it OF Importance TO have ar
engagements by which the commandment /
may communicate with ships which
are SAILING the South Seas and perhaps
with distant land MISUNDERSTANDING
THE ARIzONAN.
SAN DIEGO, September 12.-Omcers
of the steamer Arizonan. of the Amer
line which arrived yes
terday. state that they do not expect
the vessel to go back to the Atlantic
coast. From here she will go TO San
Francisco, thence TO Honolulu, and by j,
the time she Is ready to start back
road viii be ready for business IN
the future she viii be kept on this side
to ply between Salina cruz, San Diego.
San Francisco and Honolulu.
PICKED UP GEAR
The little steamer James Makee ar /
rived yesterday morning from Wanna
nalo Bay with three anchors and a lot !
of cables which were lost during the
salvage operations on the steamship
Manchuria. One of the anchors is a
dve-ton mushroom anchor There are
about five tons Of cables and chain !
aboard The Makee will leave for Wa
imanaIo Bay again today to attempt TO !
raise seven anchors yet uncovered
GRIGGS SAILS FOR HONOLULU
Word has been received that the six
mast barkentine Everett G. Griggs
sailed from Newcastle for Honolulu on
Saturday. She is laden with coal for
the Hawaiian port. The big vessel IS
well known here and is commanded by .
Captain Delano. a brother-in-Iaw Of
Robert Barclay of Tacoma.-TacCma
Ledger. September 10.
TOPsY-TURvY WORLD.
The world seems 10 be turning
around" Illuminated Captain Saunders
yesterday as ne stood on the hurricane
deck Of the Manchuria and ate an
orange. There's a topsy-turvy ele-
me1t IN things. We used 10 meet long
y -sterly swe3Is in our runs 10 the ORR
enr and back. Now Ne don't encounter
them any more Then awhile back I
made the run 10 Yokohama from here
in quick time, beating The time from
Yokohama here. That's something IN
usual"
SHIPPING NOTES.