The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-12

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The S. S. China resumed her voyage
for the Coast yesterday morning at 8
o'clock. few being down to see her off
She carried a number of Honolulu
passengers, among them Secretary At
kinson, who is credited by some with
leaI ing for Washington to secure the
loan of the Big Stick for use in Ha-
wall during the next few weeks. A
number of his friends were on hand TO
bid him aloha, among them Governor
Carter
The China took on a big cargo of
fresh and canned fruits here and some
other freight.
OLYMPIC FOR LUMBER TRADE.
The bark Olympic, now discharging
at the Bishop slip. will load with sugar
for her return to the Coast, going
over to the railway wharf this week.
Owing to the end of the sugar sea-
son being at hand the Olympic will not
return here for several months. being
chartered to go to the Sound after dis
charging her sugar for lumber cargoes
for the Coast, after which she is bound
for one of the nitrate ports to load for
Honolulu.
The Olympic has been on the Honolu-
la run for six years and is one of the
best known vessels making this port,
while her master. Captain Evans, has
host of Honolulu friends. The pas
senger accommodations Of the Olympic
has made her favorite for those who
preferred sails to steam on the trip
between here and San Francisco,
another reason why the bark will be
missed for the next several months.
ALAMRDAS FRUIT CARGO.
The Alameda sails from the Oceanic
wharf this morning at 10 O'Clock for the
Coast. She will take fair number of
passengers and a good freight cargo,
consisting principally of fruits. Among
these will be 1000 punches of bananas,
200 cases of fresh pines and 200o cases
of canned pines. Other freight is: 800
bags of rice. 1000 bags of raw sugar and
a quantity of refined, five cases of lily
root, four bags of fungus, large guam
tity of hides, 100 empty barrels and a
There are Also forty-four cases of spoil
ed wine being returned to the Coast
shipper.
A TIP FOR METCALF.
When H NJ. S. Dominion ran aground
ascending the gulf, there was some con-
fusion for time especially as the en-
gines could not succeed in floating the
vessel, says an exchange. All hands
were eventually ordered on deck and
about eight hundred of the crew each
CARRYING their kits We're lined up. Each
kit weighs about fifty pounds, conse-
quently the eight hundred totalled for
ty thousand pounds to say nothing of
the additional weight of the men. The
men were marched from side to side,
and this served to rock the vessel
slightly and with this aid the engines
succeeded in pulling the vessel of.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The tank steamer Lansing is due to-
morrow from Monterey.
The William P. Frye is finishing up
the last of her cargo and will sail this
week for the Coast.
A SebeH-tOn pump WdS dhiOilS TIC
freight items taken out by the steamer
Maui yesterday. 1t was billed for Eie-
ele.
The U. s. s. Iroauois will leave for
the Manchuria this afternoon, having
taken on board some big tow lines from
the naval stores.
The next mail from the Coast is due
on the Nevadan. arriving on Tuesday
next. She will bring weeks mail, and
the Sierra due on Wednesday, Will
| have two days later mail. The next
outgoing mail for the Coast will leave
on the Mongolia, next Tuesday
In his official report of the trip,
Purser Hart. of the Niihau, included
the following yesterday morning after
the arrival of the steamer from Ha-
wall: 1--WE experienced, generally
speaking. fine weather on the trip
though there was considerable swei,
at Punaluu on the 9Th and 10Th A
heavy rain fell at Pahala on the upper
lands on the Sth. The cane looks prom
Using and is in a healthy condition, es-
pecially since the recent rains. BY all
anpearances a good crop may be ex-