The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-12
MARINE
ONE: LONE LITTLE
SCHOONER IN PORT

!! One small schooner anchored
Naval Row was the only deep wat,
craft in Honolulu harbor yesterda
afternoon after the steamship Moan
left for Vancouver. Not a big steam
ship, not big deep water sailer VIZ
at the docks or anchorage, and eve
the Inter-Island fleet of steamers wa
at a minimum, as most of these islam
steamers left port Tuesday. The Onl
vessel Of any consequence in port Wa
/ the auxiliary schooner Flaurence War
/ of the Commercial Pacific Cable con
pany The cruiser Charleston left We
! terday morning for Guam and Manil;
I the MoaBa left for Canada and eve
the station tug Intrepid was at Pear
Harbor. Seldom in its long histor
| has the harbor of Honolulu been S
cleaned out Of vessels.
Moana OFF for Vancouver.
The Royal Mail steamship Moan
departed for Victoria and Vancouve
yesterday afternoon at 2:40 'elocE
taking number of passengers fror
here The Hawaiian band was pres
ent and played until the steamer slip
ped out into the harbor. Among thos
leaving We're DIR. l.. E. Golfer, for man
years chief of the United States Ma
rine Hospital Service here, who ha
gone east for reassignment A larg
number of friends gave him a lei
sendoff. Mrs. Gaines, wife of Super
intendent Gaines of the Commercial
Pacific Cable company, left for he
home in Nova Scotia. to remain a
least year with relatives. Mr.. bod,
Of the cable staff, also left for Canad;
on a vacation. Miss Grifiths, who wa
visiting the Bodies, left for the North
west.
Babcock is Q. NJ.
The United States Army transpori
Sheridan has been put in excellent con
dition preparatory to her sailing next
Thursday at noon for the islands. Ne
chanies and painters have gone care
fully over her and every needed repair
has been looked after. The Sheridan
viii take out many passengers and a
large number of men. Captain Camp
bell E. Babcoek, who was for four
years quartermaster captain of the
transport Sherman, which is now out
of commission, will go out on the Sher-
idan. AS quartermaster of the Sher-
man he was the most popular man
aboard ship affd- his. transfer to the
Sheridan is hailed with much pleasure.
Call.
An Interesting Rumor.
It is rumored that the Alameda viii
go on the Tahiti route with the Mari
posa and that the Sonoma will go on
the ferry route Between San Francisco
and this port.
Shipping Notes.
Early this forenoon the transport
Sheridan should arrive from San
Francisco.
The S. S. Mongolia is due here Sat
arday morning from the Orient and
viii leave the following forenoon.
The Claudine arrived one day ahead
If her scheduled time yesterday from
Hawaii. Her freight consisted of 1049
tiesg@tso cases charcoal. %
cases corn, 80 barrels empty bottles, p
hogs, mare and colt, and IS sundry
packages.
The KHAN arrived from Kauai early
yesterday morning with 200 bags rice,
so bags rice bran, % bags taro, 10
bags coeoanuts, so cases honey, "a
empty wine casks, As bundles hides,
80 bundles oranges, s barrels oranges
md 70 sundry packages.
One of the large warehouses of the
abroad wharves is being prepared for
hifting to site adjoining the present
American Hawaiian warehouse. This
viii increase the capacity of the narbor
nd Of the railroad wharf and material
Y aid the steamship company in hand
ing its shipments. The work of shift
ng the big warehouse is being done
lnder the direction of Harry Denison.
There Is unusual activity among the
,oliee TO round up stragglers from the
Tuiser Charleston. There is reward
+ SO for each man captured. One
alf goes to the Sheriff and the other
alt to the arresting officer. Twenty
TX men were reported to have stayed
ehind, The men as fast as taken viii
e turned over to the naval station
nd VIII eventually be forwarded to
iauiIa and sent aboard the cruiser.
Chief Officer c. E. Stewart has been
staehed from the liner Manchuria and
opointed master of the Pacific Mali
.eamer Aztec, which will sail III a
sw days for the Central American
1ast. Stewart made a good record as
ate Of the Newport on the Panama
N and lived up to his reputation as
zeeutive officer of the Manchuria, |
hieh position he has filed for two |
ears. It is Captain Stewart now. What
le new commander lacks in stature |
? makes up in the determination to |
axe good, which already has carried |
i'm from the forecastle to the captain s |
sbin.-Call