The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-19
MARINE

he DILn TOund-IuE-f1OTn VESSEL w
make this port this month, the Amer
lean bark Foohng Suey, arrived yes
terday morning. having been of the
harbor before midnight the day pre-
vious. She comes from New York
and made the passage in 142 days, and
the harbor is hvelier than it has been
for a long time with windjammers.
On April 2 the American ship John
Ena, Captain Madsen. arrived from
Norfolk with coal for the Navy;
American ship Dirigo and Russian
ship Dundee, from Baltimore and
Leith, respectively. came in on Thurs
day; on Friday the British ship Celtic
Monarch arrived from Hamburg. and
yesterday the Foohng suey showed up
from New York.
The presence of these FIVE big YES
sells in the harbor means the circula-
ton of considerable money on the
waterfront; the waterfront ever wei
comes a large sailing vessel with sew
eral times the enthusiasm with which
a steamship is greeted.
The John Ena, Dirigo, Dundee, Gel
tic Monarch and Foohng Suey will
spend, during the two or three weeks
they are in port, altogether $500 or
more, the wages paid to the crews
amounting to at least third of the
sum named. Tomorrow the crews of
the Dirigo and the Foohng Suey will
be paid off before United States Ship
ping Commissioner H n. Almy.
It is worth mention that no one of
these five vessels, recently passing
around the Horn, saw anything of the
ship Bangalore. nor did they hear any
thing of the lost American ship Ar
thur Sewall.
The Bangafore is today out 179 days
from Norfolk with coal for the Navy
here. Reinsurance in San Francisco is
quoted on her at 10 per cent. She is
the last of the coal fleet for the Navy
and should show up at any time. None
of the five vessels above referred to
have made voyages as long as that
now figured by the Bangalore, hence
there is naturally great deal of
anxiety, when the fate of the Arthur
Sewall is considered.
The manner in which the Navy coal
has been taking fire in Cavite, Guam
and Honolulu is enough to excite
anxiety for any vessel carrying the
fine steaming fuel.
The bark Foohng Suey, Captain
Banfield, which arrived yesterday,
like her predecessors this month, has
little of adventure to report. She, like
the rest, had her share of battling
winds, tropic Gains and severe storms,
but nothing in any way of a serious
nature and nothing which threatened
the safety of ship or crew. She
brought 100 tons of general cargo and
locked in the Bishop slip
The John Ena is still at the Naval
wharf, high up out of the water, and
will soon be loading sugar for New
York. Nearby is the Dirigo: she will
sail probably on the last day of the
month or the first day of May for New
York The Dundee is at the Hackfeld
wharf and the Celtic Monarch in Sor-
enson's slip.
When it comes to signing crews for
these vessels there is likely to be
some excitement. The crews of the
five windjammers represent one hun
bred men, and a good proportion of
this number will want to go coastwise
from here at $40 per month. instead
of working a 15,0G0-mile stunt around
the Horn at only about half that
figure.
Aboard the Dundee a good number
of her crew will want to stay. and the
Celtic Monarch is sure of keeping at
least her apprentices, for they are
young chaps with futures being
moulded and appreciative of the adj
vantages they receive on so good a
ship.
OF the five round-the-Horn boats
named, there are three Americans, a
Britisher and a Russian. Seldom are
three American deep-water boats at
one time seen in this harbor nova
days.
BANGALoRE's PREVIOUS RECORD
American ship Bangalore. overdue