The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-27
MARINE

The Tenyo Maru was 1920 miles off
Diamond Head at $3.50 last evening.
This means that since leaving Honolulu
on the oath at $3.50 D. m. she has aver
aged 20.2 miles an hour.
Through the kindness of Mr.. Gill of
the 0. Il. & L. Co, and Expert Isbell of
the wireless station at Kahuku, the fol
lowing interesting message was forward
ed to the Advertiser last evening:
Kahuku, June %, 10 p. m.
Lurline and Tenyo Maru were in
company with each other this evening
and carrying on communication, the sig
mails being very plain and strong. At
$50 the Tenyo passed the Lurline when
1890 miles from Diamond Head. The
WIND was moderate and the sea smooth
The Lurline expects 10 get to San Fran
cisco early Tuesday evening. All well
on both ships. l have several private
messages from the boats for people in
town.
Flfty-four hours from port the Tenyo
Maru was more than half way to San
Francisco. She has picked up wonder
fully over the time she had been MAX
ing when she was first reported eighty
miles from port.
Yesterday d message was received re-
porting her position as being in Lat
20 degrees % minutes n. and Long. $50
degrees 10 minutes w This meant that
she was $50 miles from port at $50
p. IN. on the 25th inst, 2S12 hours after
leaving port. She was at that time do
ing better than 1872 knots an hour. If
she holds the speed at which she has
been going, she win surely make rec
ord which win stand for long while.
She started out to do the trip in four
days and eight hours. At the rate she
has been going she will make it in four
days and twelve hours.
NEW WHARF SHED.
Within the course of a month the
Inter-Island Co. will move from the
present location known Familiarity as
the Kinau wharf to the new wharf
being completed next to the Mauna
Loa wharf The Mauna Kea will dock
there as viii the other vessels of the
old Wilder company and for the ac
commodation of the Mauna Kea pipe
line is being laid to the wharf so she
can be supplied with liquid fuel instead
of moving to the railroad wharf every
time she must take oil. The pipe line
which is to supply the Hawaiian Elec-
trio Co. is to be tapped by the Inter
Island Co for the use of their big
new boat The work of laying the
pipe is progressing now under the su-
pervision of ]. j. Beiser.
WILL ST. LOUIS WAIT?
There will be an effort made by the
business men of the city to have the
cruiser St Louis held here until after
the arrival of the mail from the Coast
due here Monday afternoon or evening
in the Asia. This will give an oppor-
tunity to answer coast mail which un-
less this is done will have to wait until
the 9Th of next month This is very
long time and a great favor would be
granted the whole business community
by the delaying of the vessel few
hours.
MANUKA'S FAST TRIP.
The Royal Mail steamer Manuka ar
rived from Vancouver yesterday after
a very fast trip of seven days. she
brought but few passengers for this
port but among them were twenty six
Hindus The vessel has about one
hundred and fifty first class through
passengers on their way to Fiji and
the Colonies. She will sail this after
noon at 1 o'clock.
ANOTHER FLYER.
The American barkentine Mary
winkleman, lumber laden. arrived yes
RI n
from Eureka with half a million feet
of lumber for Allen & Robinson
Captain Jacobsen reports light winds
and smooth seas almost all the way
to port. The Winkleman is at the
Allen & Robinson wharf discharging.
HALL AND KTNAU.
The steamer Hall will return here
tomorrow on her regular run from
Kauai. The Kinau which will arrive
from Kauai Sunday morning on spe-
cial trip will sail again in the after
noon with mail and passengers at five
o'clock for Kauai TO take UP her regu-
lar run and arrive back here on
Wednesday as usual.
MAUNA KEA DOCKS.
Today the steamer Mauna Kea will
be locked in the marine railway as
soon as she is quit of her freight. This
viii be the first time the vessel has
been out of the water since she left
the Coast. She will be scraped and
painted as she has gathered deal OF
moss during her stay here.
OFFICIAL CALLS.
Secretary Garfield and Governor
Frear called on the commander of the
st. Louis yesterday and We're received
with all honors on their departure a
salute of seventeen guns was fired
which they divided.