The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
MARINE

In the absence of President Clinton
]. Hutchins of the Wireless Telegraph
Company of this city. Manager Balcl
acknowledges receipt of communi-
cation from Rear Admiral Sperry, u
s. N, which, in part, reads as fol
| lows, bearing out the story foreshad'
owed in yesterdays Advertiser: Re
| ferring to yours addressed to the Sec
rotary of the Navy, in regard to the
use of the commercial wireless tele.
| graph system while the vessels of the
Atlantic Fleet are in the vicinity OF
Hawaii, the letter has been referred
to Rear Admiral Sperry, as he will
succeed to the command on May Is.
THE Atlantic Fleet will undoubtedly
'be divided between Honolulu and ar
anchorage under the Island of Maui
for the purpose of coaling, and i'm
mediate communication may at times
| be imperative.
THE Wireless Telegraph Company
is to recognize the urgency of any call
sent out from the fleet during the day
light hours, to give it the right of way
and to leave the hours between p.
III. anu d. III. IOT lllt use VI tic hCtl-
Between the hours of Ia. m. and
S p. m, except on Sundays, no vessel
except the senior officers ship, in
either of the places between which the
fleet is divided. is to send out any
message or signal.
"As it is necessary for the Com
mander-in-Chief to communicate while
approaching Honolulu, the above reg
ufations should come into force as soon
as the fleet comes within range of the
naval wireless station at Honolulu.
"a copy of this letter has been sent
to the Commandant of the Naval Sta
ton, Hawaii, with the request that he
consult with the president of the Wire
less Company.
l"Between a. M and p. m. no
messages are to be sent out by the
senior officers ships unless they re-
late either to illness or death or to
official business which can not be de-
layed without serious interference
with the administration of the fleet"
This would indicate that eight of the
battleships of the Atlantic Fleet will
be coaled from Golfers in the lee of
the Island of Maui, while the other
eight are coaled alongside the wharves
in the harbor of Honolulu. While the
entire sixteen battleships, according 10
the conyeniences at the Naval Station,
could be coaled in this harbor inside
of five days. it seems that it is the
intention of the Navy Department to
give the Atlantic Fleet still further
nfipa1 in onx-
coaling from golfers at sea, and what
Honolulu is to lose in the matter Of
half the fleet will be Maui's gain in
that respect.
Already there is talk of excursions
from Honolulu to the other islands
during the week that the fleet is in
this port, and if Honolulu is to get
only half the fleet, and Lahaina the
other half, it is very likely that there
will be Inter-Island boats with excur-
sions to Maui to give tourists the op-
portunity to view the Maui half
President Clinton ]. Hutchins of the
Wireless Telegraph Company some
time ago wrote Secretary Metcalf of
the Navy to arrange for the time of
commercial messages by wireless while
the fleet is in port. 1t is generally
recognized that while a fleet equipped
with wireless is in port there must be
some understanding between the COM
mercial wireless system and the oper-
ations of the boats of the navy. Hence
the letter of inquiry from Hutchins of
the local wireless to the Secretary of
the Navy, the latter referring the
matter to Rear Admiral Sperry, who
took command on Friday and whose
letter is received by Manager ]. A.
Balch of the local wireless in the alb
sence on the Coast of President C. J.
Hutchins.
KOREA AND CHINA IN AND OUT.
Two Pacific mail boats Friday ar
rived in the morning and sailed in the
late afternoon, passing to opposite
shores. Both the China, Captain Friele,
and the Korea, Captain Dixon, were
off the harbor before the mist was off
the levels. The China, from China and
Japan ports, with 800 tons of freight,
a few local cabin passengers, and 100
Japanese steerage, forty of whom were
locked at the channel wharf at |
$50 and took aboard $50 tons of coal, |
sailing for San Francisco at p. m.
The Korea, from San Francisco, with a
arge local cabin list, 50 tons of freight |
and three days mail, locked at the
Hackfeld wharf at o. clock and sailed |
for the Orient at O'Clock.