The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13
Ship Chandlery Decline.

With the steady displacement of the
sailing ship by the steamer, ship chand-
lery interests in Honolulu have ceased
TO be the big business of fifty or even
of ten years ago. The chandlery of
the Inter-Island company, while main
tanning its large stock of everything
necessary to a sailing vessel or a steam
er, does not begin to be indispensable
to the shipping interests as in days
gone by. The ship chandlery on Queen
street is yet the rendezvous for the
masters of sailing ships where yarns
are strung out by the yard but there
is a steadily diminishing circle of these
sea captains of industry.
At the present time Honolulu has in
port but three sailing vessels from
oversee ports. Ten years ago the har-
Dor was a big grove of masts, and forty
years ago, sails and masts clouded the
view toward the sea. In those days
the ships arriving here after long voy-
ages had need for big lot of needful
articles for the ships repair or to re-
plenish a diminished stock. Visits of
sailing vessels today are few and far
between. The coal fleets from Aus
tralia have almost disappeared as far
as Honolulu is concerned, for oil fuel
has replaced coal. When sailing YES
sci arrives here with oil cargo in bulk,
it comes in one day and the next de-
parts for the Coast. The big steam
freighters stay here but a short time,
and they carry most of the needful' re-
pair articles with them, or have them
supplied at the home ports on the
Coast
sour ship chandlery business has
really become a sort of commisary sup
ply for the Inter-Island fleet of fifteen
steamers, said Captain Campbell,
manager of the Queen street chandlery
yesterday. "But we have everything
on tap that sailing vessels wants,
Just the same as BEFORE
Lucky Thirty Returns.
With Hawaii's "Lucky Thirty
school teachers aboard returning from
their summer vacation on the Coast,
and a large number of through passen-
gers for Guam and Manila, the Army
-troopship Buford arrived in port short
Iy after s clock last night and tied
M at the Naval dock. The vessel will
leave for Manila Monday morning at
IL o 'clock.
The Hawaii school teachers made
things lively aboard and entertained
the rest of the passengers with music
a la Hawaii, many of them having their
ukuleles and guitars. They sang and
rlaved for dancing and were considered
a jolly "good bunch. - They were gao
TO return, although the trip was pleas
ant. save perhaps for the first two days
when many succumbed to the popular
sea ailment.
Among the other passengers for no.
nolulu was Idaior McKinsrry, Engineer
Corps, U. s. A., who comes here to set
tie the difficulty between the Army En-
gineer Department and the contractors
o1.er tbe harbor work. He will also
inspect the lighthouse construction
work. He was accompanied by MIS-
McKinstry.
a Jacobsen. Deputy Collector OF
Customs and Inspector, returned from
a vacation, and it is said that he came
into a little fortune of several tnou-
sand dollars from an estate, while Oh
the mainland. Inspector Cooper aiSo
returned, having made the round TAP
on the Buford. Twelve enlisted men
arrived for the marine corps detacH'
ment at Camp Very, and eleven army
recruits will be distributed at Fort onai-
Cor Mrs. Crockett, of the school corps
was verv i'll on the trip and had to De
.ssisted ashore. She became Ill whlle
in the Yosemite Valley.
Captain Kilburn, 26th Infantry Is
aecomnanied by his bride, formerly
Mis- Feehet. Lieut.. Bruce Palmer
10Th Cavalry, is one of the crack polo
-lovars of the Army, and has played
n the champion team. Lieut.. 'eors
PRAY, Philippine scouts, who became III
- tbe trip. has been given lease TO
ot.v ashore here and receive treatment
at the Fort shafter hospital.
Mrs t. C. Goodman, wife OF ray
master Goodman, U. S. A., and daugn.
80 are passengers. Both are wen
,,nown socially in Honolulu
Cantain VIM. TObin, Artillery corps
- opartermaster of the Buford'