The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-31
MARINE
Local Hen Were Students.


The Navy Department has approved
the sale of the old warship st. Marys,
at the New York Navy Yard. and the
Clearwater. at the navy yard, Phila-
delphia. The purchasers of the ST.
MaTys are Butler & Co, of Boston,
whose bid was s5o52, and the pur-
chaser OF the Shearwater was Samuel
B. Wilson, of Philadelphia, whose bid
was 1886. The ST. Marys is a wooden
sailing vessel of 1925 tons displace-
ment. She was built at the Washing
ton Navy Yard IN 1914. For many
years past she has been used as a
nautical seheoiship by the State of
New York. The Shearwater is steel
schooner rugged converted yacht and
was built in 1887 at the Atlantic
Works. of Boston Until she became
useless for that purpose she was used
as training ship by the naval mill
tia of Philadelphia. Several Honolulu
young men obtained their first lessons
in navigation on the ST. Marys. Among
them being ]. W ". Brewster of the
Naval Station and L. B. Reeves, form
er harbor policeman.
Turbine Cargo boats.
A steamer is being built at Dunbar,
ton, Scotland, for the New Zealand
Shipping Company, to be fitted with
triple-expansion engines, in conjunction
with a steam turbine. The vessel is of
5000 tons and viii have three screws.
Reeiproeating engines viii operate the
two side propellers. These engines will
exhaust into low pressure steam tur-
bine which viii drive the midship
screw. This vessel viii be equipped
for carrying frozen produce. 1t is ex-
pected that she viii make thirteen
knots an hour. Her trial voyage will
be to New Zealand and thereafter will
run regularly from London, via the
Cape of Good Hope, to New Zealand,
returning by way of Cape Horn.
Neglected Waterfront.
The first board of supervisors inau-
gurated a system of small green spots
along the waterfront between the
Brewer building and the Mauna Loa
wharf, bat if ever a public green was
neglected these spots certainly are. The
grass is seldom ever cut, and grows
in ugly clumps, while the palm trees
lock half dead and are untrimmed.
There is a general air Of poverty about
al these places which if subjected to
a moving machine occasionally, a pair
Of grass shears and little pruning
could be made into attractive gar
dens.
Coal for Cruisers.
Coal for the cruisers is being piled
on the naval docks and the Alakea
street wharf in preparation of the ar
rival Of the Pacific fleet on Tuesday.
This is an indication that no time will
be lost in eoaling, and ali the yes
sells are to receive coal at this port,
instead of some going to Lahaina as
in the ease of the Atlantic fleet.
The naval station wireless up to yes
terdav afternoon had not been in touch
with the fact. On Saturday evening
there was 80 much lightning that eff
fort to reach the fleet, or even hear
from it. was deferred.
No New Zealand Subsidy.
The New Zealand government has
refused TO enter into any arrangement
toad in the grant of subsidy to the
Cana7 ian Australian Line, according to
advices received in Victoria, B. G., re-
Gently from New Zealand. The reason
given for refusing to contribute TO the
arrangement is that owing to the Brls-
bane call the service is of no value to
secure the revival of the steamship line
to San Francisco.
Shipping Note.
The W. G. Hall : cargo comprised 537
bags sugar and 1 auto.
The Kinau viii return from Kauai
with 1000 bags W. sugar.
The schooner Alice Macdonald arriv-
ed Friday morning at Ahukinl, Kauai,
with lumber.
The barkentine Crescent finished I'M
loading coal at Makaweli on Friday,
Aug. %. and sailed Saturday for the
Coast.
Purser CLANCY Of the w. G. Hall re-
norts the following sugar on Kauai
awaiting shipment: Max, %, 143 bags,
G. R.. 1900; VI. s. Co, 900; W., 1000.
The new wharf shed for the Inter
Island Company, just across the way
from the Nauna Loa wharf, has peen
entirely completed and is being used
nv the steamers of the company. Inc
old Kinau wharf is in bad shape and
a transfer TO the new wharf vail De
a welcome change when the company
transfers all the Mauna Kea business
there.
The ice toll on the first feet Of
steamers to Alaska this season was very
heavy according to the Victoria. b. y
0ailx Celonist, which states that the
rar,airs 10 steamer Victoria Will cost
s77 goo to the Senator $4,000, to the
OLYMPIA $1,000, the ". s Porter $l8,-
600. besides the cost of repairs to the
steamer Greenwich now at Nome, dam
aged by ice and strandlng.
The new oil tank steamer Niagara,
which arrived at New York August
from Hamburg. was built in Germany
nv the FIensburg Ship Building Com
many. and has a capacity for 3,ooe,eoC
Gallons of oil. A crew of ffty-slx man
The vessel, most Of whom are chinese
as she VIII carry OIL TO tne az - !.