The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-22
CUSTOMS CHANGES.

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CUSTOMS CHANGES.
The following promotions in the Gus
toms service will shortly be MADE:
Elmer L. Miller will be promoted from
clerk No. 2. class No. 2, to the position
made vacant by the transfer OF Byron
X. Baird to be deputy collector OF the
mort of Hilo. Baird was clerk NO. l.
ehIrd class. Miller will receive an In
crease in annual salary from S14OO TO
$1,000. Martin Well from clerk No s.
1lass No. 1, succeeds Miller, being rails
,d from s12O0 to S1400 year. Night
Inspector George A. Bower, at ~ per
1ay. takes Wells former position. The
recipient of Bowers position VIII be
decided by means of the civil service
list.
JUST ESCAPED THE STRIKE.
The All. S. S. Nevadan arrived
yesterday morning from Seattle after
an uneventful voyage of nine days.
She brought n general cargo or lIoo
tons for this port, principally lumber
and building material, and about 5Oo
tons for Kahului.
She sails on Tuesday next for the
Maui port en- route to San Francisco,
leaving Kahului on the 30th.
This vessel was just fortunate
enough to escape the general tic-up of
vessels mt San Francisco, sailing from
that port on the morning of the day
on which the seamen's S strike was de-
elared. There had been notification
given of the impending action of the
strikers and night and day shifts were
Kept at work on the Nevadan to allow
her to get away in time.
Pnrser Weedon, discussing the strike
Gays that the present is most mop
perfume time for the men to strike
There is no accommodation for idle mer
IN the city and no places as hang-out'
around the waterfront, such as has for
nleriy been the case.
ToBEY HAD TRYING EXPERIENCE
The bark Gerard c. Tobey arrived
from San Francisco at 4:30 yesterday
afternoon and docked at the Bishop
slip, being tied midway between th
Gwo wharves, her cargo of explosive
making this mooring necessary.
The Tobey has passed through sever,
experiences since her last visit to thi
port. With cargo consisting for tn
most part of the steel for the o. r.
q. construction and 100 iron casks o
gasoline, she left San Francisco fo
Honolulu on March IA. Three days on
n q terrific gale was encountered, durini
SWhich the greater part of her mainmas
.ANwas carried away and she was thrown
Vsn her beam ends. To save her tn
Neck load of gasoline had to be jetti
s5ned as well as some of the cargo iron
the hold.
Twelve days after her sailing tn
bark limped back into San Francisc
harbor, with four feet of water in he
Aold, her main topmast, royal an
TO gallant sail yards carried away, AM
her captain, the sixteen men of tn
crew and three passengers exhausted
in their strenuous fight against the ele
uents. The gasoline awash on th
decks had blistered and burned thei
feet and ankles, eating through thei
leather and rubber shoes. Some of thu
sands were compelled to lay up fo
some time in consequence of the in
juries they had suffered from the gaSo
line.
The storm in which the Tobey suf
ftTed lasted for two davs. during whicl
tame it was momentarilv expected tina
the ship would founder. A leak de
veloped and until port was reache,
there was no rest for the crew, tn,
pumps being manned constantly.
On this trip she has been 10 day
Out, pleasant weather being had.