The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-30
WATERFRONT NEWS


came into view off Diamond Head yes
terday about noon, and the tug Intre-
pld started out 10 bring her in but the
sea was teo rough for the tug and she
was compelled TO put back into the har-
Dor Meanwhile the white ship fell off
and drifted away from the Oahu shores
and late yesterday afternoon it was
seen that she viii have to do lot of
maneuverlng to get up close to the
channel entrance today. The ship was
chartered by Joe Gilman for the Sugar
Factors and win carry about 500 tons
of sugar around the Horn to Delaware
Breakwater. The American ship Ed
ward Sewall bringing coal here for the
navy from Norfolk, will also carry
Sugar Factors tonnage as will the Will
liam P. Frye, which, after discharging
cargo at san Francisco, will go to Ka-
hului in ballast.
The Biggest Shipment.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 81
With everyfoot of space in her i'm
mense holds filed with cargo, the
American Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany's freighter Missourian, Captain
Lyons, went to sea early yesterday
morning, bound for Salina Cruz. She
carried cargo of 1900 tons dead
weight, one of the largest ever leaving
San Francisco for shipment in New
York and Europe, via the Tehuantepec
route. The principal consisted of $780,
600 cases of canned salmon, 5000 bar
rels of California wine and heavy con-
signment of prunes.
Proposes Big Dry Dock.
Cable advices from Melbourne state
that after consulting number oe emf
nent authorities, including Col. Sir Ed
ward Raban, director of works of the
Admiralty, Mr.. Davidson, the Victorian
inspector general of public works, who
was sent to England in July to inspect
dry docks there and consult with the
Admiralty or Australian naval require.
ments, recommended the building in
Melbourne of a dry dock 500 feet long,
10 feet wide and 81 feet deep, at
cost of $2,000,000
Sixth Infantry Coming.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 22-
The next transport to sail for the Phil
ippines, which leaves January 5, will
carry a doubly valuable cargo. It will
take the Sixth Infantry, United States
Army, and also l 100000 pesos of Uncle
Sam s silver money, now being coined
at the San Francisco mint.
The Sixth Infantry is now stationed
at Fort William H Harrison, Montana;
Fort Lincoln, North Dakota, and Fort
Missoula, Montana
The troops will go to the Philippines
in command of Maj. John III. Beacon.
The United States transport Sheri-
dan, which left Manila December Is,
arrived at Nagasaki yesterday. It has
on board the Sixth Cavalry, in COM
mand of Col Alexander Rodgers, and
bound to this port The regiment on
arrival here viii go to Fort Des
Moines, Iowa.
Shipping Notes.
None of the Island vessels will load
or discharge on Saturday.
The steamer Helene will leave at five
clock this afternoon for Paauhau,
Kohalalele, Laupahoehoe and other Ha-
waii ports.
The Matson liner Lurline is SEIZED
uled to leave San Francisco for Homo
lulu on January 5. The Hyades, of the
same line, is scheduled to leave Seattle
for Honolulu today.
The Norwegian steamship Selja
which brought cargo of 1900 tons of
merchandise from Yokohama and is
discharging at the EVA end of the
harbor, will. it is said be replaced by
the British steamer Knight of ST.
George as the charter steamship of the
Portland C Asiatic S. s. Co.