The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-29

built, according to the date over tn
door, in 1924. If my memory serve
me correctly, I saw a little church tina
was built in I465.
STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
The Empreza Insulana de Navega
Gao maintains regular service betweel
Lisbon and the Azores twice monthly
These boats touch at Santa Maria an'
Madeira. The White Star line steam
ers are engaged in the Mediterranean
service, and call regularly at Pont'
| Delgada or Funchal, Madeira, on THEN
outward voyage from either Boston OF
New York 1 believe that the New
York steamers do not call on THEN
return voyage, but the Bosten steam
ers 10. 4 great many excursion steam
ers OF the Hamburg-American, North
German Lloyd and Royal Mail lines
call al Ponta Delgada.
| After making arrangements with the
recruiting agents in PoEta Delgada to
recruit the immigrants for Hawaii, l
proceeded by the Royal Mail packet
Trent from Pouta Delgada to London
On August 5, arriving in London on
the Is. I then took up the matter
of chartering a steamer, and on Sep
TENDER Is succeeded in chartering the
British steamer Suveric.
ON September % 1 left Southamp-
ton for Madeira by the steamer Wal
mer Castle. OF the Union Castle Steam
ship Company. and arrived at Funchal,
Madeira. on September 10. left Fun
chaI, Madeira. for Ponta Delgada on
September -, in order to be at Ponta
Delgada upon the arrival of the
Suveric, which was due to arrive at
that port ON or about September 80.
Tie Suyeric arrived at Ponta Del !
ga6a about midnight of October 4, and |
sailed from Pouta Delgada for Funchal, |
Madeira, ON the 9th, arriving at the
latter place ON the afternoon of the |
,tb. She sailed from Funchal, Madeira,
about midnight of October II.
After finishing this shipment in Fun
chaI, Madeira, 1 proceeded from there
to London on October 16, and arrived
in London on October 90. On Novem-
Der proceeded to Rome, with a
view 10 looking into the matter of
Italian immigration for Hawaii.
.alled on the Government officials there,
put received no encouragement what
aver, and finally decided to take up
he matter of Spanish immigration, so
from Rome to Madrid via
Paris, arriving in Madrid on Novem
)er 20. / called at the American Lee
cation and upon different government
,ficials in Madrid in order to secure
he support of the government officials
elative to immigration to Hawaii.
I left Madrid on November "a for
london, in order to be at that place
lpon the date of the arrival of the
;uveric at Honolulu so as to attend
o the final payment under her charter.
after settling the Suverie charter, l
ook up the question of transporting
immigrants direct from Italy, Spain,
he Azores and Madeira, via the Tehu-
ntepec National Railway, but came to
he conclusion that this route was not
easible at that time. l then COM
lenced a canvass in Malaga, Spain,
nth the hope of securing a shipment !
f Spanish immigrants, and on FebIss;s
ry 6 charter was executed withfs
lessrs. Harris & Dixon for the BritishsI
teamer HeIiopolis. This vessel was
cargo in the Thames at !
nat time, and after finishing unloading
he proceeded to Cardiff with view
D fitting the vessel and taking in !,
unker coal and supplies On her way a
cross the British channel, on Febru- e
nv IS, she eollided with the British $
-eamer Orlando, and several plates
ere torn out of her starboard side
nd one or two out of her port side. n
he Orlando was sunk, and the entire t
lew drowned. ms caused eonsidera-
lie delay in repairing the vessel, and
ery materially increased the cost per
lpita of landing the Spanish immi- !
rants here, for the reason that l was :
,rced to pay the subsistence of these =
sople during the time the vessel was =
,pairing. On the 2lst of February :
proceeded to cardiff to inspect the =
with a view to ascertaining =
near as possible how long it would d
Ike to repair the vessel.
On February % / left London and '
roceeded to Malaga, Spain, in order :
be there upon the arrival of the
Gamer Heliopolis. The steamer ar
we'd about noon of March Z, and sail =
| for Honolulu about IL a. NJ. on Sun ! I
av. March 10.
IMPRESSIONS OF SPAIN. h
Malaga is a beautiful place, and is f
cry interesting There is an old s
.oorish fort on the hills just back of
lie city which presents very strik- "
e appearance. The harbor is quite a t,
leltered bay on the Mediterranean, 81
nd is very safe. The country around Il
alaga from where the emigrants were 81