Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-11-09
WATERFRONT NOTES

! WATERFRONT NOTES
i PLANS ARE BEING worked out
ut the Navy Department for the four
submarines authorized by Congress.
Proposals Will be asked for CONSTITUTE
ton soon. These and the fleet col
lier also authorized by Congress
comprise the ship work still reniain-
Ing to be contracted. for by the na.
val establishment under increases IN
the Navy caiready provided for. The
helay In contracting for submarines
ID due 10 che effort 10 obtain the
very latest improvements. Congress
appropriated 3 81, 100000 for the
Of these ships and S900,O0O
Tor the collier. lids for the latter
ship were dpeued on August ,S1 and
the requirement to be met isa "a
spsed ofnfousteen knots foraa vessel
that win barry n12,5Oo tons Of COAL
including bunker and cargo. 8 sAe
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! STRANDED IN HONOLULU ana
with, the prospects of hard win
ter before him. June Hawkins, "a
San Francisco lad, slowed away on
the Steamer siberia. in the hope OF
eturningi to San Francisco. n
He was discovered after the yes
pei was one day out from the ISL
ands and when hts plight became
known to the passengers purse was
collected which enabled him to pay
his passage to this city.
Hawkins said. upon his arrival
this morning. that he went to the
Islands last month on the Mongo-
ia. burt when he reached there he
felt the call of his old Preside and
decide to return as best he could
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ORDERS HAVE been received at
the Mare Island Navy Yard for the
commissioning Of the cruiser New Or
leans. which has been out Of commits
sion while undergoing repairs for the
last two years. The officials expect to
have the oruiaser ready by Dec. Is.
1t Is reported that the New Orleans
will be placed In command Of Com.
mander. J. J. Knapp, now commanding
the monitor Cheyenne, now undergo
Ing extensive repairs. Preparations
are being made for target practice at
Magdalena Bay. The Iris receu
commissioned as mother ship for taor.
pedo boats, will accompany the fiotilla.
The Buffalo. under command of Com.
mander Guy Brown, is under orders to
sail for Magdalena Day to act as sta
ton ship. mn alNFs. =
THREE VESSELS have left Grays
Harbor for the Hawaiian Islands, each
taking fun cargoes of lumber. The
schooned NJ. r. Foster is now out TWEEN.
ty-two days from the port and bound
Tor Honolulu with lumber for Allen &
Robinson. The American schooner Eva
Is destined for Mahuk0na and her ;lum,
Der Is consigned to the Hawaii Rail.
way. This vessel Is now out sixteen
days. The schooner Dauntless, with
cargo for the City Mill, comes to Ho.
nolulu and is,now out fourteen days.
SEVEN HUNDRED and fifty tons OF
ammunition for three.inch guns is com.
Ing to Hawaii by the Matson Naviga.
ton steamer Hyades, which ,is To
leave the Sound this week for Honolu
.lu, The ,Hyades went into dry dock
before taking on her cargo at Seattle
The vessel IL also bringing 100 drums
OF gasoline and other lines OF freight
THE WIRELESS installation on
Board the Pacific Mall liner Korea met
with the highest expectations. The
Pacific Mail.iihGr arrived at Yokohama
on Sunday and the vessel was In com
munication with either the Hawaiian
islands or the coast of Japan each do,
OF her voyage. '.' ts
ONE HUNDRED and fourteen days
out from New York is the present
status of the American bark Nuuanu
which Is bringing q general cargo Of
merchandise to the agency Of Theo. H
Davies & Co. ilb
THE ARRIVAL of the bark r. p
Rithet at San francisco Is reported
This vessel sailed from Honolulu on
October 9Th and Tho vapSay mo, :, =, 81,
a month on the return trip to the coast
THE OCEANIC, dock will be utilised
by the United States army transport
Sheridan when that vessel arrives al
the port from San Francisco on Fri
day. -" 7