The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-25
MARINE

The waterfront event of yesterday
was the arrival of the fourth class Ital
ian cruiser Puglia from San Francisco,
bound for the Orient, there to await
orders.
The Puglia, a smart craft of 2700
tons, painted a businesslike lead color,
came into the harbor about a. m.
and tied up at one of the Naval
wharves.
The cruiser, whose name, by the by,
is pronounced "Poolia. was launched
at laramie, Italy, in 1897, and went
into commission two years later. She
carries 90 guns, including 2 six-ineh
and s four-inch guns. Her total com
plement is 275 men.
The officers of the Puglia are: Cap
tain, Visconte Marchese LorensO Gu
SAM; commander, Conte Augusta Bran
dis; lieutenants, Euclide Culiolo, Mas
fms Bernardo, Giuseppe Giavotto, Ga
briele Ratti, Eugenis Puceis; chief en-
gineer. Italo Casola; second engineer,
Antonio Caldelli; third engineer, Al
fredo Ceceri; surgeon, Adolfo Farese;
paymaster, Arturo Diomisi.
The cruiser will remain in port a
week and from here viii proceed to
Yokohama, Nagasaki and Hongkong
The Puglia has been here once be-
fore. about six years ago. She left San
Francisco on the 18th inst. and with
the exception of the first day or two
out, experienced pleasant weather.
On coming in the cruiser fred a
salute of twenty-one guns, which was
answered from the guns at the Naval
Station The Puglia and the French
cruiser Catinat, which was lying in the
stream, then saluted each other. In the
course of the morning Commandant
Rees of the Naval Station received the
Captain of the italian man-of-war, and
there was more saluting, which was
continued when Commandant Rees paid
an official visit aboard the Puglia.
There was more firing when the COM
mander of the French cruiser Catinat
and Captain Visconte Cusani exchang
ed visits, and more still when Consul +.
A. Schaefer visited the italian cruiser.
The cruiser will take on 400 tons of
coal here.
The Puglia sailed from laramie, Italy,
on December 10, last, on a trip around
the world. The new world was touched
first at Rio de Janeiro, after which the
South American ports were visited. The
Strait of Magallen was passed in safe
ty. The warship touched at South
America, Central America. Mexican and
United States ports, finally going as far
north as Victoria. B. G. From Victoria
the Puglia returned to San Francisco
and sailed from there for this port on
October Is.
Saw Vessel Founder.
MAUI, Oct 23.-The full-rigged ship
La aimee with a cargo from Europe
consisting of coal from Wales, White
Brothers cement, fire brick and fire
clay has at last arrived in port in Ka
hului.
All on board are well but the ship
encountered very severe weather off the
Horn.
Captain Guriec reported that while
his ship was off the Horn his vessel
was near a vessel while it foundered at
sea but owing to the raging storm he
was unable to render any assistance.
The vessel is a full-rigged ship of
the class that is now seldom seen in
these waters.
She is sailing under the bounty sys-
tenn of France. Under this system she
draws a bounty on the number of miles
logged. Vessels under this system give
very cheap freight rates.
The French government makes de-
duction from the bounty for every day
she lies in port which makes it an OBJ
iect for the vessel to unload as rapidly
as possible. The freight rate is there
fore less to the consignee. where the
freight is unloaded rapidly.
There are over forty men aboard the
ship and therefore unloading can be
done rapidly.
The bounty system of France enables
that country to have a large marine
reserve force in case of war.
The ship is laying in the Phelps berth
and viii go to San Francisco IN few
days.
Charleston Coming.
The t. s. s. Charleston will leave the |
Bremerton navy yard tomorrow for the |
Asiatic station, calling at Honolulu en-