The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-09-04

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to ask favor. During the day the
local wireless found itself interrupted
so often that messages could not be
sent to other islands or received. Mr..
Balch showed Captain Oliver a letter
from the Secretary of the Navy in
which authority is given to the local
wireless company to request warships
to refrain from working their wire
lesses in the day time. Yesterday the
| fleet wirelesses were buzzing like so
many bees. Captain Oliver laid the
matter before the Admiral and the
! buzzing ceased. 1t has been found
convenient to the warships to do all
their message work by wireless. 1t
not only annihilates time, but saves
time and a blueiacket's shoe leather,
but it is mighty inconvenient to a mer-
camille wireless company's business.
coaling Begins Today.
When the warships arrived alongside
the wharves they were confronted with
big piles of coal. In short time war
rant and petty officers were climbing
over the black masses with tape lines
measuring the distance from the top
of the cone to the outer edge of the
base and then measuring the pasc linz.
| Then by geometry the o.iicers de-
termined just how much coal was in
each pile. 1t is necessary to be exact
about such little thing as coal pile,
| first, because warship needs every
pound of coal she is entitled to, and
secondly, because if there is more coal
in pile than boat is entitled 10,
thus giving an error in tonnage, it m
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especially if another warship has just
exactly the amount on hand the coal,
tags call for.
The fleet will take on about nine or
ten thousand tons. The collisrs Saturn
and Justin win supply about 5000 tons.
OF course, the little destroyers don t
require much coal, simply because they
lack capacity to take it.
Looked Like Hulks.
The destroyers, grouped outside tho
channel entrance yesterday, while wait
ing their turn to come inside, had a
strange appearance. On account Cf
their low deck and short tunnels, they
looked like the hulks of wrecked ves-
gels whose masts had been broken
short off.
AS the warships came into the mar
Dor the vessels at anchor dipped
their flags Among these vessels were
the japanese training ship Taisei Ma
ru, the British ship Carradale, the
British ship Hollywood and 'he Ger
man bark Alexander Isenberg. The
Commercial Pacific Gable Company
schooner Flaurence Ward was decked
out gaily with flags and pennants.
The positions of the warships are as
follows: Alakea wharf, flagship West
Virginia and Maryland. Naval DOCK
No. >, Pennsylvania. Naval dock M.
/, Solaee and destroyers Hull, Hopkins,
| Whipple and Truxtun. Iroquois berth,
destroyers Perry and Preble. Alakea
wharf, destroyer Stewart. Oceanic
dock, Admiral Sebree's flagship Ten
nessee.
The Hawaiian band, led by Kapell-
meister Berger, welcomed the fleet from
the end of the Naval wharf, each ves-
sci being afforded salvo of martial
played until afternoon, no vessel beng
sighted IN the musical reception.
The fleet takes on about $60000
worth of supplies here, bids having
been advertised for sometime ago, and
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meats, vegetables, eggs, fruits, bread,
etc.
Local Entertainment.
There will be something doing So
cially for the officers of the feet dur
ing its present stay, but the official en-
tertainment is not to take place until
> after the return from Samoa. The
/ unofficial entertainment began last
= evening with ball at the Moana hotel,
t and next week n subscription ball is
b to be given, the affair being in tie
e hands of a number of social leaders.
o There are also to be garden parties
= so that most of the entertaining will
d he done at private homes, but on q
i large scale.
q California's Silver.
e The silver service of the cruiser Cali
+ fornia is n handsome and valuable one
S costing over $4,000. The committee
G having charge of the selection of th'
n service, received $4,000 more than wai
! needed and this has been placed in ,
u bank in San Francisco, at The disposa
: of the commanding officer If III,
: cruiser. 1t yields the sum of $400 ,
year to be paid out in prizes afte
each year target practice. This Il
r the apportionment to sbe made of tn
Y $500: One hundred dollars to he dis
IS tributed to winning gun crew of tL