The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-29
Shipping Notes.

The Matson steamship Lurline
leaves San Francisco for Honolulu on
January 5.
The bark Nuuanu is taking on su
gar. She viii load about $50 tons
here and will complete a cargo of
1850 tons at Kaanapali.
The American Hawaiian steamship
Texan, due here about Sunday, will
load sugar for Tehuantepec. The
Alaskan, leaving here in January, car
ries sugar to New York via Magellan.
On December 26 the new japanese
steamship Chiyo Maru of the T. K. K.
line left Hongkong for San Francisco,
via Yokohama and Honolulu. She is
due here on her maiden trip about
January 10.
The American ship VIM. P. Frye, |
which is now discharging ballast, will
load about $500 tons of sugar here |
for New York via Magellan. She |
will get away about the middle or
last Of January.
The Pacific Mail steamship China is |
due here the morning of January 2 |
from Yokohama, with $50 tons of |
freight The steamer will have ac- |
commodations for about fifty passen-
gers from Honolulu.
Captain Fay, U. S. NJ. c., has broken
into the ranks of the autOists and is
now propelling the fine little machine
formerly owned by Henry Along. The
is a crackerjack and Captain
Fav is an expert chauffeur. Mr..
Along will own new and larger ma
chine in a few months.
Early this morning a start will be
made loading the Army transport
Thomas, which is scheduled to leave
for Honolulu and Manila January 5.
The Fifth Cavalry will be on board
the Thomas when she leaves, as well
as a large number of civilian passen-
gers. The transport will have, so far
as is at present known, 1000 tons of
freight, of which 1900 tons is for the
She will take large
of stores for Manila and the
and equipment of the Fifth
Cavalry to Observation-Disclosures, De-
cember %.
Bringing a cargo amounting to al
most 5000 tons from Puget Sound
ports, the American Hawaiian freight
or Alaskan arrived yesterday and at
once proceeded to load the balance of
what will be an important cargo for
Honolulu. In addition to large con-
signments of canned goods, lumber and
-four which she brought from the
northern ports, the Alaskan will take
about 1000 tons of general merehan-
1ise from here. AS deck load, is
mules and $50 hogs have been quar-
.ered on the steamer. They are for
use on several of the Island planta-
lions The Alaskan cleared yesterday,
out it is doubtful whether she will get
away before this morning.
December %.
Loaded to the rails, the Matson five
nasted schooner w. Fl. Marston will
eave the Howard street wharf tomor
row for HilO. The w. H. Marston, the
largest schooner trading to this port,
will have on board when Captain An
1ersen takes her to sea, over $500 tons
II freight, composed mostly of hay,
lumber, building material, plantation
supplies. railroad ties and fertilizers.
500 tons of fertilizers and
20, 900 feet of lumber are being taken.
Another Matson vessel busy loading is
he bark R. P. Rithet, which will leave
sor Hilo on Thursday. The R. ?.
3ithet will have about 1000 tons of
freight for the Island port and goes
II command of Captain Drew, who
axes his newly-wedded bride with
lim for a trip to the land of bananas
md sugar.-Chronicle, December p.