The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-10

| Coast resulted in delaying the Oceanic
| steamship Alameda for some hours.
| She arrived at the Oceanic dock last
| night at o'clock with a large passen-
ger list and an extra heavy cargo of
| freight the overflow from the hold oc-
In all she brought in lightweight pas
sengers and 1855 tons Of freight, with
200 sacks of mail.
Among the passengers were many
well known local people. Among these
are: Colonel George Macfarlane, Allan
Herbert, c. Bolte, who has been max
ing a tour of Germany, and A. l.
Louisson, the well-known coffee plant
er, who has been working up a move
ment on the mainland for the placing
of a protective tariff on the berry.
w. c. McGonagle, of Benson, Smith
& Co, returns from San Francisco
with his bride, formerly Miss Catherine
E. Smith.
l. H. Thompson. head luna of the
Hakalau plantation, also returns with
a bride
D. MacIntyre, head gardener at
Moanalua; NJ. MacIntyre. of Bishop &
Co.'S bank, and Miss MacIntyre are re-
they have spent the last few months.
Mrs. P. G.. Cox returns home to re-
join her husband, who is with the cable
company here.
Miss Alice F. Beard, superintendent
of the Kona Orphanage; c. A. Elston,
formerly an instructor in the Honolulu
High School: Miss Ben Taylor, princi-
pal of the Waiohino school, who has
been visiting in Virginia, and Mrs. H.
W. Peck and child are among those re
turning from mainland visits.
F. J. Heeney. Government inspector
of boilers, is aboard, down with an at
tack of fever. He will probably be
taken to hospital today and will be
unable to make the inspection of the
Inter-Island steamers for some time.
With him is A. NJ. Walton, inspector of
hulls. Mr.. Walton's father is well
known here. having been purser of the
steamship Sierra for some time. Mrs.
Walton and child accompany Mr.. Wal
ton.
DR. A. w. Morton, surgeon of the
Santa Fe railway, is here on a pleas
ure trip.
The Alameda brought five days later
mail and has an extra heavy lot Of
fresh fruits among her freight ship
ments.
SHERIDAN SAILS AT LAST.
The delay in the departure of the
transport Sheridan in tow of the trans
port Buford and tug Slocum, owing to
the stripping of the gear wheel of the
anchor windlass on Thursday, was cut
tute wheel at the Honolulu Iron Works
and the three vessels got away yester-
day afternoon. The Slocum led in the
procession. pulling on the Buford with
a six-inch steel hawser, 1900 feet long,
800 feet of which was coiled in for
emergencies. Between the two trans
ports stretched two lines, one a 15-inch
manila, specially made for this tow,
and the other 12-inch hawser Each
line was shackIed to 200 feet of chain.
The fleet is in charge of Captain
Humphrey, of the Quartermaster's De
partment who has been in charge of
that department III Honolulu for the
pas three years and who sailed on the
Buford. 1t is unlikely that he Will re
turn to this station.
Aboard the Buford also is Richard
Sture. who was in charge OF the wreck
ing operations and through whose good
work the Sheridan was rescued from
the BARRIERS Point reef and the Pearl
Harbor shoals. IN recognition Of the
good work done by him he has been Of
ficially thanked by Captain Humphrey
in a letter. a part of which is as fol-
lows:
You saved the Sheridan twice.
Once by pulling her off the reef at
BARRIERS Point. and again by taking
her off the reef near Pearl Harbor,
after it had been necessary 10 beach
her there.
"On both these occasions it was
shown conclusively that a ship the size
of the Sheridan. damned on a reef as
she was. cannot be pulled off by other
steamers. Your method of laying two
sets of mornings, consisting of three
heavy anchors laid tandem, then chain
and then wire lawser cut up into fifty
foot fleets. and then attached to heavy
purcha ses, which. were taken to the
steam windlass. seems to be the only
sure way TO float a stranded ship. The
credit for saving her belongs to you
and no one can take it away from
YOU
The tandem tow to the Coast will
probably be a long one. the Sheridan
being a dead weight, unable to use her
engines to help herself. After her ar
rival at San Francisco she win be laid
up for several months to allow the ex-
tensive repairs necessary to be made.
NO DECEMBER sONOMA
A business house was in receipt of
cablegram yesterday from San
Francisco in which it was stated that