The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-17
MARINE:


Honolulu has surrendered to the
fleet and went to the waterfront yes
front is not of much interest except
to those who go down to the sea in
ships. Yesterday was the exception,
however, especially on the Waikiki
portion of the front, where the battle
ships are locked, and from the Oceanic
wharf, where the Connecticut lies. to
the further Navy wharf, where the
Vermont is locked, thousands of peo-
pie congregated, interested spectators
in the docking of the great fighting
machines which have been so much
talked of and whose arrival has been
so anxiously awaited.
The war vessels entering the harbor
all took pilots. Pilot Macaulay had
three-the Connecticut, Vermont and
Misunderstanding Captain Sanders
brought in the Wisconsin and Kansas.
The pilots were very much pleased
with the way the big boats handled,
and the Vermont, which is probably
the deepest of the five vessels to come
in, seemed to handle best. She is
drawing twenty-eight feet of water.
The first objects to greet the men of
the fleet were the huge piles of coal
on all the wharves alongside which the
vessels were locked. This is to go
aboard the boats, and the sooner it is
in the bunkers the sooner the hard
work will be done. From all accounts
the trip down was monotonous one,
and the men are glad it is over and
liberty in sight for few days at least. |
The vessels are now in an ocean of
magnificent distances and the trip
from San Francisco to Honolulu short
compared to the next leg of the vow
age. which will take from the 22nd of
this month until the 9th of August, |
when the vessels will arrive in Auck- |
land.
MAUNA LOA's CROWD.
The Mauna Loa, from Hawaii and |
Maui ports, arrived one day ahead of
time with the largest list of pas
sengers ever carried by the popular
boat She brought but little sugar, as
her stay in Kau was cut short a day. |
Her Kona freight was a large one,
much of it being for the use of the |
fleet committees.
The freight received from Kona and
Kau yesterday by the Mauna Loa con-
sisted of 700 bags Ell. A. G. sugar, 100 |
bags Hutchinson sugar, 50 bags coffee, |
rs bags beans, 2 bags ginger, 4S bar
rels pears, So eases pears, 9 cases dry
fish. 141 lunches bananas, 43 bags
flour, II bags cocoanuts, 80 crates
pineapples, l crate turkey, 48 crates
chickens, IS crates pigs, Is kegs but
ter, 81 bundles hides, 6 bales Of to- |
baeco, 9 barrels tal1ow, 2 cases tallow,
20 bags frewood, ] canoe, 10 barrels |
cabbage, Is cases mangoes, 4 calves,
IS hogs, 24O packages sundries,
horses and 80 head of cattle from the t
Hind Ranch for G. @. zee Hop.
RosECRANs AND row.
The Associated Oil steamer Rose
Grams. with the barge Monterey in
tow, arrived from Monterey yesterday |
afternoon and went to the Railroad |
wharf. The Rosecrans has $4,000 bar
rels of oil and the Monterey 10000 I
barrels of oil. They will get away for /
the Coast about Sunday Captain Gus
Holmes of the Roseerans reports very
smooth voyage. He was in company
with the fleet for two days and then |
lost sight of them. Wednesday night |
he was close enough to the warships t
again to see the reflection of their |
searchlights.
The Rosecrans has no wireless. but |
communicated with the Hilonian while
passing Captain Johnson of the Hi |
lonian bore down on the oil steamer |
and tow and sung out to Captain
Holmes that he would report the lat
ter bv wireless and that all was well |
on the Matson liner.
NIIHAU FROM KAUAI.
The steamer Niihau, from Nawili- /
will, yesterday brought $3.50 bags SUI
gar, l roller, packages merchandise,
lunches bananas and bags of pine
apples Sugar on Kauai is reported !
as follows: X. S. NJ, AGO bags; Dia-
mond W., $500; Max, 9713; G. & r.,
$50; Koloa, S23S; Lihue, $3.50; III. NJ, /
2130; G. F., 51s7; M. s. Co., $4,000.
KINAU TO kauai.
The Kinau was not used for the ex-
cursion to meet the feet yesterday, as
there was too much freight to be put /
aboard. She worked all day taking t
the freight hauled to her on Wednes- |
day and left for her regular trip to |
Kauai on time. She will be. back on |
a special trip Sunday morning, leaving
again in the evening.
INDRAVELLI FROM SOUTH.
The big British steamer Indravelli,
Captain Cullington, arrived here yester
dav from the Colonies after an I'M
eventful trip of sixteen days. Her last |
port of call was Wellington. n. z. She /
has 1000 tons of coal for this port and |
the same amount for Hilo. The balance |
of her cargo goes to Vancouver.