The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


During the last four days of our
voyage from the Sound we felt the IN
duence of a strong westerly current,
said First officer Russell of the Matson
| S S. Hilonian, which entered the nar-
| Dor Yesterday after anchoring OUTSIDE
for the night when we sighted Ma
kapuu Point on Friday night We were
/ five miles to the west of our proper
position
. Otherwise the Hilonian had hne
voyage down from Portland she
brought a fair cargo of general mer-
chandise and number of passengers
several of whom are making the round
| trip on the vessel.
Those making the return trip are
Mrs. Capt. Humphrey, Mrs. Selooiu,
Miss Mary Gilman and John RAFT, an
of Portland. The Honolulu passengers
are t. King of the California Feeo
COMPANY who has been on ouylns
trim to the Northwest, and JOS. NC
Queen, who brought down big cattle
SHIPMENT with him. Miss S. Guard,
Miss NJ. Hewitt, Miss Alice Mccall,
Arthur Richardson and John Spencer
are Hiloites returning from the MAIN
land
The Hilonian was first locked at the
Oceanic wharf where she discharged
her local freight. She is now lying at
the Railway wharf discharging fertl-
lizer for the Honolulu plantation and
will commence loading sugar tomor-
row.
In addition to the 700 tons Of sugar
which she will take on here. she LOADS
600 cases of canned pines and $40 cases
of honey for Portland.
She will sail for Hilo probably on
next Wednesday evening.
NEBRASKAN'S BIG CARGO.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS steamship
Nebraskan arrived yesterday morning
from San Francisco after fine voyage.
the weather having been denghtful
throughout the trip. She is now dock
ed at the railway wharf, d1scharglng
cargo, and will probably get away Tor
other island ports on wednesday next
Captain Durham, general manager
of the MISUNDERSTANDING Company,
was the only passenger brought down.
He is to spend some time here ar
ranging things in anticipation OF the
proposed new schedule of the company.
The Nebra skan brings more than the
usuaJ amount of freight, the particu-
lars of which are given in the follow
ing clipping from the Tacoma Ledger
Of August 10:
Unusually heavy shipments of mer-
chandise are being made to the Hawai-
ian islands. The steamer Nebrask an,
of the American Hawaiian feet, which |
arrived in port Saturday night, will
load more than 1000 tons at Tacoma
She reached port about O'Clock
from San Francisco and proceeded to
the Commercial dock for cargo. Cap
lain H. f. Weldon reports a foggy trip
from the California port. The sea was /
smooth but the weather was thick and
dirty from the Golden Gate to Fiat
terry. This state of affairs is usually
expected by the coasters, however, I'M
til the first of September.
The steamer had a small amount of
inward freight which she discharged /
at the Commercial dock. She then
loaded quantity of boxshooks and
merchandise at that |
wharf for various Hawaiian ports, the
working until midnight.
She shifted to the coal bunkers and
several hundred tons of coal.
Later she proceeded to the Puget /
Sound FIGURING Mills where there was
a large amount of flour, bran and shorts
for the steamer.
Today she will finish her Tacoma /
freight by loading more feed and -four
at the Tacoma Gram company's dock |
From here she will go to- Seattle to
finish loading before sailing for Homo
lulu and Hilo. She did not make a
stop at Portland and it is said the I
liners will probably cease attempting I
to make that inland city port of
call.
On her trip from the islands to San
Francisco the steamer carried full
cargo of sugar, which is about the last
of the old crop. The new yield will
not commence to come before the first
Of December as the mills do not begin
grinding for three months or SO.
There win be plenty of freight for
the steamers in the meantime, however,
as sisal and canned pineapple are COM
to offer in quantities. These
two crops, with the usual run of mis-
cellaneous freight will furnish good
sized eargoes for the Nebraskan and
Nevadan for what might otherwise be
dull months. The outward cargoes will
be very large as the planters viii be
making repairs to the mills before
starting them for another season IS run
and viii require considerable supplies.
WELDON FOUND NO CURRENT.
Captain Weldon, of the s. S. Neb-
'askan, who is thoroughly familiar with
waters from long experience,
allied to find the westerly current re-
ported by so many of the captains
making this port during the past fort
light. Captain Weldon did, however,
ind a peculiar condition in the waters
he ordinary southwest set being Alto
,ether absent during the voyage down. {
''As rule. almost an invariable one,
We strike a southwest set in the wa ,
res coming from the Coast and we !
lways figure on it in setting out course :
turing the last two days run on the !
.reat circle. But on this trip there was !
10 current whatever The sea was as !
aim as possible and for 400 miles we !
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