The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-10

Wireless messages from the MatSon
steamers come in with a regularity
which keeps the company's name
prominently before the public. The
location of the steamers is wirelessed
in every night, either to Honolulu or
to San Francisco, depending upon
which port is closer.
Not only is the position of the yes
sci given but brief summary of the
state of the weather and the sea is
also given. This information is Of ex-
treme value to those whose investments
are in ships, for it enables them to
know how their vessels are faring. For
instance, the Lurline wirelessed in on
Friday night at eight clock that she
was 995 miles out from Honolulu en-
route to San Francisco, and that
smooth sea and light wind prevailed.
The captain of the Hilonian wirelessed
in at the same time that his vessel
was 615 miles off port, following up
the Lurline and that light east wind
was prevailing, but that he was also
bucking into quite heavy head sea.
From this the agents and owners can
easily gather that the Hilonian will
soon pass out of the bad weather con-
ditions and enter into a region less
troubled by the elements, according to
the report of the vessel further ahead.
This news also has interest for
friends and relatives of those aboard
| the ships, particularly to the friends
of those aboard who are inclined to
seasickness. They know that few
score of miles further on the troubled
, sea will be left behind and an easy
one encountered, and that such pas
sengers will rest easier.
All in all, the wireless system on
| the steamers running into Honolulu,
while perhaps expensive, are yet some
thing of a blessing and of extreme
commercial and maritime value to ev-
erybody.
Hyades Off for Coast.
The Matson steamer Hyades left for
San Francisco via Kahului, at $50
| last evening. The vessel is carrying
| about $500 tons of sugar.
British Cruiser on Her Way.
| Shortly after l O'Clock yesterday
| afternoon the British cruiser Bedford
east off her mornings and steamed out
| for San Francisco. In addition to her
! bunker supply of coal, the Bedford al
| so took on fuel oil, her boilers being
e.
| sumption. the cruiser took mail and
will make the trip up to San Fran
| cisco in about seven days.
Catching on the Front.
Bird-catching of unique sort is
INDUCED in along the waterfront by
| japanese. There are some places be-
tween the Brewer building and the
| Mauna Kea wharf which were set aside
by the former board of supervisors for
| little parks, grass was planted and
| cocoanut trees planted. The present
board has rather disgracefully permit
ted the grass to die down but the
cocoanuts are making desperate at
tempt to live. Even though the park
feature is allowed to lapse, those cocoa
nuts in few years would be well
worth seeing and all that is needed
is for one or two of the watchmen at
| the Inter-Island wharves to take a
bucket of water to each tree every day.
In these parks are water taps. They
are generally leaking and from these
taps the sparrows along the front
quench their thirst. They circle
| around a few times and finally balane-
ing themselves just in front of the
faucet, with their wings futtering at
incalculable speed they dip their beaks
| into the water. While in this position