The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-18

announced at an early day. just as
soon as complete
The Atlantic connections will con-
SYST of the steamers Californian, Amer
lean, Hawaiian. and Oregonian, ample
for all the traffic the Pacific steamers
of the company can deliver, owing TO
tne increased number OF trips possible
Que to the shortness of the Atlantic
route as compared with distances the
West Coast steamers are obliged to
traverse.
UNDERVALUATION ON HULL
POLICIES
English underwriters are commencing
to murmur at what they auege to be
dervalue their ships on hull policy,
placing a disproportionate amount on
disbursements. says the Pacific Marine
Review. In the case of the ManchurIa,
they alege the steamer is valued at
6 500 600 with disbursements bringing
the aggregate value to about 100000,
and that estimating the cost of repairs
and salvage at G200,00O SO per cent,
with the policy value at G250,0O0, in
stead of settling claim for so per cent,
underwriters will have to pay so per
cent.
DUMPED ASHES IN CHANNEL.
On Tuesday afternoon a barge con-
tanning between fifteen and twenty
tons of ashes was being towed out of
the harbor by the launch from the
the Eva side or the channel To light
en- the barge a force of six Japanese
shovelers were put to work and con-
siderable part Of the load shoVeled
overheard into the channel. Several
persons along the waterfront took ex-
ceptiOn to this action of the Restorer
men, and Harbormaster Fuller and the
authorities of the naval station were
informed. What action has been taken
in the matter cannot be learned.
HARBOR NEARLY EMPTY.
The sailing of the oil steamer Rose
Grams and the oil barge Monterey yes
terday leaves the harbor with only two
of the Inter-Island service. The two
oil carriers left the harbor about 3
o'clock for their return to Monterey,
the Rosecrans towing the Monterey.
This leaves only the German ship Ma
RE Hackfeld and the coaster bark
Gerard c. Tobey in port, the least
showing of shipping for many months.
NEW SHIPYARD FOR SAN DIEGO.
The Carse Company, boatbui1ders, Of
San Pedro, has secured a franchise for
the erection of shipyard and wharves
at San Diego. The plant will be capa
BILE of handling the largest vessels.
Construction on the plant must begin
by December /. 1906, and the company
is required to expend in the construc-
ton, including materials and machin-
cry, not less than $4,000 by December
l, 1907: an addition $4,000 by December
L, 1908; an additional 900 by de-
cember l. 1909 and an additional go
900 by December 1, 1910.
The company is further required to
complete not less than 1000 feet of
wharf. pier and marine ways by De
cember 1. 1908. and to complete the en-
tire plant by December 1, 1910.
SH1PBU1LD1NG RGCORD.
In the first half o" the year 1906 Scot
land produced an amount of tonnage
from her shipyards nprscedented in
the history of shiphuilding. In these
six months the shipyards put into the
water NOT less than 207 vessels of all
sizes with an aggregate tonnage of
$50 4S9. The nearest approach to that
record was made in Scotland in 1902
when in tx months 25s'S04 tons were
SHIPPING NOTES.
The T. X X Nippon Maru, with
mail. is due to arrive today from the
Coast.
The S. S. Alameda will arrive from
San Francisco tomorrow with one days
later mail
The Japanese training ship Anegawa
will depart this morning for her home
waters, sailing at 10 o'clock
The 1igger mast has been unshipped
from the yacht Gladys and the work
of putting her back to her old racing
rig has been commenced.
The steamer Helene arrived yesterday
morning from Paauhau. She brought
a small sugar cargo, 1927 sacks, and
fourteen pieces of koa lumber
The tug EIeu. the hulk Melancthon
and the launch Brothers are all on the
ways at the repair yards. All of these
crafts We're kept hard at work during
the salving of the S S. Manchuria and
are having the marks of the fray
scraped out or covered up.
The new oil tank steamer w. S.
Porter, recently launched at Newport
News Va, for the Associated Oil Com
pany, has a tank capacity of $1,000 bar
rels. She loaded at New York for San
Francisco. under the management of
J. w. Elwell & Co and sailed
from that port on or about October TO-
An aminatinn under the rules of