The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-21

charts, while in other regions the errors
amounted to three and even five de,
grees. In Alaska, at TreadweH Point,
near juneau. study was made of a
/ local magnetic pole that presents many
anomalous features and exerts local
magnetic attraction which affects the
eompasses of ships in the channel
mile distant by about eight degrees.
| Already the work of the Galilee has re-
suited in a new chart issued by the
| United States photographic Office, Civ.
| ing the lines of equal magnetic var1a-
| ton for 1910, which is considered
decided improvement over previous
charts. The photographic Office has
also in preparation charts showing the
lines of equal magnetic dip and equal
magnetic intensity, both based largely
on data supplied by the institution. A
complete survey of the Pacific Ocean IS
greatly needed. Much has been done
in this line, but far more remains to be
done
Shipping Notes.
The Iroquois sailed for Pearl Harbor
yesterday morning, TO do some towing
work there
The Helene brought in IS head of
cattle and 80 head of calves yesterday
from Hawaii.
Lieut. Com. Moses was at Barber s
Point yesterday, doing lighthouse in
spection duty
The Mongolia is due to arrive here
from Yokohama August 2S and with
her she will bring 900 tons of freight
for this port She has room for 125
passengers from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco.
The next sailing dates from the Coast
for American Hawaiian steamers are
the goth, when the Texan leaves San
Francicco for Honolulu, and the Both,
when the Alaskan sails for this place
from the Sound.
The steamer Maui brought the fol
lowing freight into port yesterday.
Coffee and sundries, including a broken
wheel 6957 bags of sugar from MANU-
kona, rs head of cattle from Hawai-
haze and 80 bales of wool from the same
port.
1t is not vet known at the Naval
Station what the plans for coaling the
Pacific feet are, whether all the YES
sells are to be coaled here or whether
SOME of the coaling is to be done at
Lahaina, as in the case of the Atlantic
fleet.
The Dix has now unloaded about 5000
tons of the $500 tons of coal which |
she is to put out here. 1t is expect
ed that she will get away for Seattle |
with 200 tons Of her cargo still UNI
der matches some time i'll the first part |
of next week.
The Ke Au Hou arrived early yester-
day from Kauai ports, after being de- 4
Iayed three hours by defective boil |
er tube. She had three deck passen- |
gers and cargo as follows: 312 bags |
rice, 48S bags paddy, 3 trunks, l crate
chickens. 4 bags ginger, and % pack /
ages sundries.
Boring at Pearl Harbor to deter
mine exactly the material to be en-
countered in Strengthening the chan
mel entrance, and in the other work /
being done there, is being carried on
in a very detailed and exhaustive way.
Enough behring's are being made to de-
termine with precision the character
of the material to be expected.
Sam Lyle gave sigh of relief when
the big dredge, Governor, slipped off
the ways and into the water yester-
day. She had been pulled out to be
painted and have new spud castings put
in. The spuds are the big poles that
drop to the bottom of the harbor and
anchor the dredger while she swings
and the castings that hold these had
worn so that they had to be replaced.
Sam says that her bottom was in ex.
client shape and no signs of worm
anywhere.