The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-12
MARINE
THE KTNAU.

The hlAAU.
The .KInau will start out on the Ka-
uai run about the end of this month.
taking the Mikahala's run. Captain
Gregory will be given the. command
of her. The remainder of the officers
will probably remain as they are.
though there may be some changes.
The Mikahala will be given an over
hauling. but just what is to be done
with her has not been decided on; or,
at least, has not been decided on as
ready to be announced. 81 have some
plans in my head regarding the mat
ter said President Kennedy, "but
they have not been fully decided on.
Generally speaking, it is planned to
utilize our vessels by putting better
boats on each run and thus improving
the service. This will result probably
in the elimination of the smallest
boats Still. nothing has been def
niteIy decided on in this matter. One
of the first results to be accomplished
will be that we viii get an opportunity
to give each boat in turn an over
nau1ns DIS we nave the fAA1AcAh.
THE NEBRAsKAN.
The American-Hawaiian steamship
Nebraskan arrived in port early yes
terday morning. with three days later
mail from San Francisco. Captain
Knight reports that the vessel had
ideal conditions of weather throughout
the trip. The weather was fine and
there was good wind behind the
vessel all the time. The Nebraskan
brought the masts ana spars for the
Yacht Hawaii. She brought four draft
horses for w FL. Hoogs and J. ]. Bel
ser. and a stallion for Alexander &
Baldwin The Nebraskan viii sail
from here this afternoon at 5 o'clock
for KahuIui She will be back from
Kahuiui in time to sail from here for
San Francisco either Thursday or
Friday April Is or II, one and per-
hans two days ahead of her regular
schedule She will take the first mail
from here to the Coast.
THE MAUNA KEA.
The Mauna Kea arrived in port
early yesterday forenoon on her third
voyage on her regular run. She and
the Mauna Loa sailed from here at
the same hour last Tuesday. The
Mauna Kea beat the Mauna Loa to
Lahaina by fifty-five minutes, which
is the equivalent of a superior speed
of two knots an hour: and the Mauna
Loa is just off the drydock. The
Mauna Kea brought a large number
of passengers, including most of the
delegates to the Republican Territorial
Convention from Maui and Hawaii
To INVESTIGATE WRECK.
As result of the dispositions made
by the survivors of the wreck of the
ship Eclipse, at the instance of United
States Shipping Commissioner Fl. N.
Amy. the Bureau of Navigation has
instructed the United States District
Attorney at San Francisco to investi
gate the conditions of the boats of
the Eclipse when she sailed from that
port. These dispositions show that the
boat into which sixteen men were
crowded was wholly unfit for any such
duty and leaked from the moment she
was put into the water.
THE TEHUANTEPEC SERVICE.
1--WE are delivering shipments from
New York by the Tehuantepec route
now right according to schedule" said
C. P. Morse, general freight agent Of
the American Steamship
Company Sixty days from New
York is now the schedule time, and it
arI- Nj
ments come in good condition"
THE ALAMEDA.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
steamer Alameda sailed from San
Francisco for Honolulu yesterday and
is due here next Friday morning. She
will sail again for San Francisco April |
y, two days ahead of the Korea.
FROM THE SOUND.
The next Americana Hawaiian steam |
ship to leave the Sound for Honolulu
will be the Mexican. sailing April Is |
The next to leave San Francisco for |
Honolulu will be the Nevadan, sailing1
April II.
THE COLUMBIAN.
The steamship Columbian was ex-
pected to sail yesterday from Hilo for
Saiina Cruz. Tt is not yet known
she did or not, but in all |
she did.
THE AMY TURNER.
The bark Amy Turner is nearly
oaded and will finish the early part
IF this week. It is probable that she
will get away to San Francisco Tues
lay or Wednesday.
ON OVERDUE LIST.
The ship Rangalore, out III days