The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-19

announced that he would make an ex
animation of the passengers this morn.
i ing, at the close of the seven-da1
period since departure from San Fran
| cisco. Apparently all are wen ABOARD
| the japanese liner. but great care is
being exercised with vessels from the
Coast port on account of plague there
T Secretary f. w. KIebahn of H. Hack
| field & Co, agents, boarded the Hong
kong Maru outside. It is expected that
! by 7:30 o'clock this morning the vessel
i will be alongside the Hackfeld wharf
and mail and passengers will be landed.
| She will sail for the Orient at 5 o'clock
! this afternoon. There are nine stop
over passengers for Honolulu.
soNoMA's CHARTER EXPIRES.
TACOMA, Aug. 25.-For what viii
probably be her last trip under the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company s flag
the liner Sonoma, Captain Jensen, was
in port last night. When the steamer
reaches San Francisco she will probab-
ly be turned back to the Oceanic Steam
ship Company, her coastwise charter
having expired.
While operated on the Sound Califor-
MIA run this summer the big vessel has
made many friends for herself among
the travelling public. She is said to
be very costly to operate on this route,
however, and not nearly so economical
as the regular liners of the Pacific
Coast fleet. Her matches are small and
poorly arranged Tor quick loading and
discharging. Her longshoring bills are
said to be double for hanaling the same
amount of freight as those of the steam
er President, City of Puebla and 9TH
ers. She was constructed for long, deep
sea voyages and does not pay well on
such a run as this, where freight has
to be handled on practically passen-
ger schedule.
The Sonoma will proceed from here
for other Sound ports and will sail for
the South Wednesday. The Spokane
steamed for California yesterday.
LUKA BACK FROM LAYsAN.
Max Schlemmer's schooner Luka,
Captain Rosehill, arrived early yester-
day morning after a run of eighteen
days from Laysan Island. She had
light winds and ca1ms all the way up.
Eighty-five tons of guano were
brought in the hold and on deck there
We're some fancy articles of freight,
sueh as canary birds, sharks fins,
sucker fish, pilot fish, dolphins and red
paint. The red paint was put on dur
ing the Gains above referred to and
the little vessel presented a gala ap- |
pearance when she entered, her flag |
Ax-;1 al
1--WE found I4aysan Island, all right, |
this time, and she occupies the same |
old position on the map"
The Luka was six days making the /
downward trip. She was two days at |
the island. Max Schlemmer returned |
with her, as did a couple of Japanese
laborers. Schlemmer expects to return
to his island home when the Luka
goes back. She may go on the marine
before attempting another
voyage. RosehiH reports great schools
of dolphins.
SQUADRON SAILS TODAY.
The Big Four squadron, cruisers
West Virginia (Hagship), Pennsylva-
MIA, Colorado and Maryland, after
seventeen happy days in port, leave
this morning for San Francisco. At
3:15 the Maryland will leave the Eva
dock of the Alakea street wharf and
will be followed by the Colorado from
the other side of the wharf, then the
flagship West Virginia, from Naval
wharf No. 2 and then the Pennsylva-
MIA from Naval wharf No. 8. The
flagship will give the signal for de-
oarf11re. Outside the cruisers will
form in order, when Admiral Dayton
will give the signal for their start for
San Francisco.
OIL BOAT FROM COAST.
The Union Oil steamship Santa Ma
ria arrived in port last evening about
o'clock and went to the oil wharf at
the Eva end of the harbor. She made
the voyage from Port Hartford in ten
laws and brings 10000 barrels of oil.
When off waimanalo the Santa Ma
ria was mistaken for the T. K. K.
5. S. Hongkong Maru and was report
ed to town as such. Folks LOOKING FOR
mail were naturally disappointed when
thew learned the facts. The Hong
kong Maru was not reported off koko
Head until TBS p. m.
RosEcRANs DUE TODAY.
The Associated Oil Co.'S S. s. Rose
Grams, towing the ship Marion Chill
,ott, both laden with oil from GaU-
,ta, is expected to arrive this morn
ng.
.--~1rs rrCrrArC