The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-02

were brought aboard the vessel to look
it over.
The Dix viii be given quick despatch
by MeCabe. Hamilton Rennie. the
stevedores, and she VIII get away from
here IN about three DAYS. On her re
turn 10 Manila she may be used 10
II; port supplies from Manila 10 other
/ islands.
Captain Ankers still commands the
Dix. IN fact. the Dix would hardly be
the same without the genial and popu-
lar captain on the bridge from which
he has. directed the movements of tAe
transport for so many years. Lieu
tenant Clark i still the army quarter
master. Lieutenant Mcintyre. Fourth
Infantry, IS the only military passenger
aboard
Yesterday forenoon one of the Ha-
wailan stevedores was eaught in one
nf the ropes operating a coal bucket
and received a slight cut on his head.
Dredging OF waikiki.
The Hawaiian Dredging Company s
dIedge Pearl was lowed out to Wal
kiki on Sunday night and taken in
through the narrow channel opposite
Brown 5. wherce coral dredgings from
the reefs will be pumped through a
pipeline 10 the military reservation of
Fort De Russy, TO I'll up duck ponds
thereon. When the ponds are filled and
the ground settled, the war department
has plans in hand 10 build barracks for
coast artillerymen who are to handle
the big 14-inch guns to be mounted on
the seashore.
Alaskan s Cargo.
The All. freighter Alaskan sailed
from San Francisco for Seattle and Ia
coma on October 81, and viii leave Sc
attic for Honolulu about November 5.
She is bringing, besides Coast freight,
New York via Tehuantepee cargo which
left the Atlantic port on September IL
by the steamer Hawaiian voyage 24),
and September IS by the Californian
(voyage 2D.
The Twelve-Day Schedule.
The new twelveday schedule which
the Observation-Disclosures company is to
maintain out of Hilo to move the 1910
sugar crop, will be put into operation
about the first of the year. Owing to
some of the plantations beginning to
grind earlier this season than usual it
is likely that an extra vessel will make
a run late in December to start the
early product over to Salina Cruz.
The A1ameda's Delay.
As far as W. G. Irwin & Co., the
local agents, know, the reason for the
days delay in the departure of the
Alameda from San Francisco was due
to her late arrival in San Francisco
and TO the fact that she underwent her
annual inspection by the federal in
spectors of hulls and boilers. She is not
expected here before Saturday fore
noon.
Hilonian Leaves Today.
The Matson liner Hilonian sails for
San Francisco at ten clock this morn
ing, taking passengers, mail and cargo.
OF the former there are quite a mum.
Der of islanders leaving for the main
land, and of the layter there will be
full cargo of general products of the
Islands, including sugar, canned pine
apples and bananas.
Manchuria Here Friday.
Haekfeld & CO., agents for the Pa
cifc Mail, expect the steamship Man
churia on Friday from Yok ohama. She
will discharge 1900 tons of freight
here and will have accommodations for
all the passengers who want to leave
Honolulu for the Coast. About sixty
persons are already booked.
Shipping Notes.
The japanese steamer Manshu Maru
leaves today about noon for Japan.
The next mail to arrive from the
Coast is due on the Alameda next Sat
urday.
The Canadian Australian liner Ma
kura is due here from Sydney via Bris-
bane on November 9.
The t. X. K. S. S. Nippon Maru sails
today from San Francisco for Homo
lulu, en- route to Yokohama.
Kahuku station "talked" with tina
steamship Korea on Sunday night, the
signals coming clearly and distinctly.
The British ship Riverside may fin
ish discharging fertilizer here in time
to leave for Puget Sound late this
week.
According to advices received by the
Marine Exchange, the Dutch cruiser
Noordbrabant will arrive here from
San Francisco about November 8.
The new pennant of Commodore Dan
Friele was flown from the steamship
China when that vessel left Honolulu
for San Francisco Sunday morning. The
story of Commodore Friele's elevation
to his present rank was told in The