The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-29


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day being the highest ever known II
the history of the coastwise trade OF
the American Pacific. From the Sound
to San Francisco the rate is SO and tt
San Pedro and San Diego $40, with
corresponding rates to Honolulu. A
year ago the rate between the Sound
and San Francisco was as low as So. sc
and $4.
The reason given for this advance is
that the wages of seamen and of long
shoremen have been materially in
creased, as well as the costs of stores.
The fact that there is an unprecedent-
ed demand for lumber at San Fran
cisco and the other California ports
probably has the greatest effect in
stiffening the charter rates as it has
had on the boosting Of the price of
lumber, although this is one phase of
the situation not discussed publicly by
the ship-owners.
Should the present high rates con-
tinue, it is probable that many coast
ing vessels will be brought around
from the Atlantic coast to engage in
the trade from the competition of
which it is probable that there Will be
a lowering of prices.
REsToRER TO THE RESCUE.
Tt is quite probable that orders will
be received this morning by Captain
Combe of the cableship Restorer to
pick up the crew of the wrecked bark
CarrolIton at Midway. The Restorer
will leave for Midway on Monday to
land Mr.. and Mrs. Colley, after which
she will proceed to Vancouver to be
drydocked and overhauled. In view OF
this visit it has been thought unnec>
essary to despatch a government YES
sci for the wrecked crew.
Yesterday Irwin & Co., the agents
of the Carrollton, informed the owners
of the intended visit of the cableship,
asking that they take up the matter
with the officials of the cable company
and secure authority for Captain
Comoe to land the men at Vancouver.
MAUNA LoA TOSSED ABOUT.
arrived in port yesterday morning from
Maui and Hawaii ports, bringing If
teen cabin and forty-eight deck pas
sengers and a large amount of freight.
The steamer had a rough time Of it at
Hawaii, along the Kau coast and at
PCnaluu especially, heavy swells pres
venting the landing of freight for two
days. The incoming freight brought
in yesterday was 72S bags of coffee, As
bags taro. II bags ginger, II bags pota-
toes, 10 kegs butter, Ia barrels oranges,
|S0 punches bananas, Is bales ava, %
barrels of fish, 81 hogs. 81 head of live
|stock and 285 packages.
Purser Friel reports the following
sugar available on Hawaii: Kukuiha-
ele, 800 bags; Paauhau, 5000; Honuapo,
1000; Punaluu, 3545.
MONGOLIA SAILED AT NOON.
The P M. s. S. Mongolia departed
for the Orient at noon yesterday, hav-
ing taken on coal sufficient for the voy-
age. Nine cabin passengers and a
number of Orientals joined the vessel
here. Some of the passengers who had
made the trip from the Coast report
having seen waterspout in full op-
GRAFTON near the liner on the morning
of the 22nd.
KLITGARD WAS REWARDED.
For his share in the work of getting
the S. S. Mongolia off the Midway reef
Captain Klitgard was presented with
a check for $1,000 by the Pacific Mail
Company.
MARINE NOTES.
The bark Coronado did not sail yes
terday as expected, but will get away
this morning, probably about o'clock
She is taking about half a cargo Of
sugar to the Coast.
The discharging of the freight from
the S. S. Nevadan will be finished to-
day and the loading of sugar will be
begun at once. The Nevadan will sail
for the Coast on Monday.
The ship Marion Chilcott, which ar
rived off port from Monterey on
night, came into the harbor
yesterday, docking at the Railway
wharf. She began the discharge of her
oil cargo yesterday.
1t is stated by officers OF the S. 5.
Mongolia. that the contract for the re-
pairs to the s. S. Manchuria call for an
of $500, 900. The perma-
nent repairs to the Mongolia will also
run into an immense sum. One of the
officers who was with the liner during
her passage from here to the Coast
after the stranding stated that none
aboard her then realized the desperate
straits she was in. After being put
nto drydock. he says, her bottom look
ID like a sieve.
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