The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-25

Inc sperm NAe.&G 10 10 k
The whales we principally seek are
the sperm whale. for its oil. and the
Right whale and the Bowhead. for
whalebone and oil The sperm whale
oil is the most valuab bic oil, as that
whale is the most prolific in oil
sperm oil sian continues to find a
market for certain classes Of lubri-
cants, and IN candles, notwithstand-
ing rfle encroachment OF the petro-
leum products. The oil Of the right
whale. the bowhead. the humpbacl,
the grayback. and the other smaller
kinds is known in the trade as black
oil, and IS used largely in tanning
leather. But the whaIeborle of the
right whale and OF the bowhead gives
them value far above their oil
For a vessel the size OF the John
and Winthrop a catch worth $4,000 is
considered d fairly successful one.
How many whales do va have TO catch
70 amount TO that2 Well. 1t depends
on the size and species OF whale. Four
Of the right kind will do it; three
might Il might take five or six or
even more. A cruise lasts ordinarily
from eight 10 ten months.
There used 10 be ffty-four vessels
go whaling from San Francisco every
year. Now there are fourteen. I have
been told that in the old days there
were as many as three hundred whal-
ers in this port at once"
Captain Shorey went on his first
whaling cruise from Provincerown.
Massachusetts, where he was born, In
1876. He sailed as a beginner; he
came back as a boaI-steerer. He de-
terrained TO adopt it as his profession.
and he has been at il ever since. He
has been coming TO Honolulu for
twenty-five years. He has been a
master OF whaling vessels for seven
teen His home is in Oakland
The John and winthrop is on her
way TO the Japan coast and the Ok
hotsk sea. taking this southerly route
to avoid the storms and heavy wealth
er that would be met in the more
northerly course. From there. with
| the summer she viii steer for the Arc
| tic Ocean. where the best whaling
grounds are and always have been.
GoTo MARU GIVEN UP.
There now seems no possibility Of th'
safety Of the missing japanese steam
er Goto Maru, long overdue from
Hakodate for san Francisco. The fat
Of the steamer viii remain another
mystery locked in the depths Of th'
great Pacific. Il recalls the case o
the American steamer Centennial
which started TO cross from Japan twt
years ago and was never again
heard of.
The Goto Maru was owned by Hiro
mi Nisaburo of Osaka and is the sec
ond vessel lost by the same owner, hi
steamer Takaro Maru being lost earl,
last year when on a voyage to oceai
island to load phosphates. Since tn
Goto left Hakodate over ninety day
ago with a cargo Of coal and suIphu
I nothing has been heard Of her. It
believed that the vessel was caugh
i'm the heavy storm which was expe
rieneed on the Pacific about the 81
! teeuth day after her departure frol
Mureran. The n. Y. K steamer Tar
20 Maru encountered the same storl
; and had almost all gear on deck cal
1 RED away, it being only with Yer
great difficulty that she managed
arrive safely in Yokohama. 1t seen
> that the coal and sulphur which con
e prised the steamers cargo was loos
l so that when the vessel heeIed ii
cargo would be heaped on one sid
7 which would mean disaster in a stor
: such as the Goto Maru had to 81
! counter
7 The Iost vessel was formerly the Bri
: ish steamer sylvania. 1855 tons gros
a and was captured By the Japalie
e navy during the war. Mr.. Hirorni pu
chasing her for $sS, 900.
n PLANTERS LINE TRANSFER.
= As the vessels Of the Planters Lii
i reach san Francisco from the Island
;. they viii be turned over 10 the Mats
% interests. Castle & Cooke Of HonoIu
'r viii act as Island agents in place
: Brewer & co.-Daily Commerce
: News.
Il THE BTwEEKLY SERVICE.
- The American-Hawailan steamst
II Nevadan, Capt. Greene. sailed vests
J. day afternoon for san Francisco. :
7 took the mail Her cargo includ
n 5200 tons Of sugar and something o.
le 5000 punches Of bananas. besides piI
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