The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-23
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WATERFRONT NEWS
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LAURENCE WARD
GETTING READY
Cable-Schooner Sails Thursday
---hews Along the
Waterfront.

! Perhaps the most interesting craft
along the waterfront at the present
time is the eableschooner Flaurence
Ward, Captain Piltz, which is prepar-
ing for the trip to Midway Island, on
which the little band of cable-operators
is always stationed Captain Pi1tz
moved his vessel over from Rotten Row
yesterday, where she has been anchored
since the return from the Christmas
voyage, and has locked her at the end
OF the Fort street wharf. All day yes
terday there were people strolling down
on the wharf to see the little schooner
which carries provisions and the lux,
uries, as well as the necessities of life,
down to the inhabitants of the lonely
island in the middle of the Pacific.
These cable-operators and the people
on Midway-there are about twenty of
them-get the news of the world daily
over the wire, but it is usually in so
condensed a form that their appetite il
only whetted the more for sight of
a complete story. So they go after the
newspapers the first thing.
! Transplanting Mother Earth.
i Dirt, ordinary dirt-thirty tons of it
will be taken from here to Midway
Island this trip of the Flaurence Ward.
Piles of it are now accommodating on the
wharf and these will be loaded into the
hold of the boat. White coral sand is
the only terra frmo on the little South
Pacific island. and not only is it i'm.
possible for the people there to grow
vegetables, but it is also almost impos-
sible for them to retain their eyesight
after the sun-glare has been east from
the white sands for some little time
into their optical organs. Consequently,
Mother Earth is transplanted in large
quantities from here and sprinkled over
the sand. It is probable that with the
dirt which is being sent down this
trip the people on the Island will in.
crease their "truck garden, or small
farm, as it has come to be known.
| A new boiler for the splendid little
EGGPLANT which the Midway Islanders
have was loaded on the Flaurenee Ward
yesterday. Time was when these peo-
pie begged, borrowed. and almost stole
every bit of ice possible from each yes
sci that came near the island. All this
is changed now, ice as cold as any in
Iceland being always at hand.
Weather observations on Midway
have been such a success as an aid to
the United States Weather Bureau in
San Francisco that when the cable peo-
b pie asked fora Paragraph their request
was readily granted This arrived from
the mainland on the Alameda. and will
be shipped to Midway on the Flaurence
Ward The cargo of the Ward may
well be described as miscellaneous.
AS passengers the cable-schooner will
have Mr.. Morrison, who goes to be
superintendent for the Pacific CONNER
cial Cable Company there, and his wife.
Mr.. Morrison was an assistant operator
at the Midpacifc station some time ago.
DR.. Hawkins, who arrived here on the
Alameda from the mainland. will also
be passenger on the Flaurence Ward.
Shipping Notes.
The Matson liner Lur1ine sailed from
Honolulu for Kahului yesterday after
i noon.
The schooner Defender arrived al
San Francisco yesterday, after a fairly
good passage from Honoipu.
, Captain Macaulay plotted the big
liner Manehuria into her dock very
j handily yesterday afternoon.
!. The old barge Melancthon is taking
on cargo of gravel and she viii soor
be towed down to Pearl Harbor will
her load.
The barkentine W. F. Garmes sailed
Yesterday from Kahului for Port Town
send. where she will pick up cargo
of lumber.
The ship Falls of Clyde arrived here
J Sunday from Gaviota with full loac
of oil. She is locked on the waikiki
l side of the Haekfeld wharf.
; The Alameda is now lying at th'
Railroad wharf taking on quantity
of sugar. She will move back to th'
Oceanic wharf this afternoon.
The American Hawaiian freighte1
: Mexican arrived at San Francisco from
! Salina Cruz Saturday. She will b.
= making a shoot down this direction
soon.
. The barge Mohican has taken tn
: station of honor in Rotten Row. Sh
{ was moved into the famous old an
!. chorage on the Eva side OF the har
Dor yesterday morning.
1 The Hilonian moved to her own dock
: ng-place from the Rallroad wharf yes
0 terdav afternoon shortly after the Man
n cburia came in. She sails for the main
land at ten 'clock this morning
The Alden Besse spread her canva
Saturday and sailed away for Hilt
; The James Makee made an attempt t
d tow her over the day before, but sue
l. strong winds were encountered tina
- +ha boats had to return.
e The Tovo Kisen Kaisha liner Chiy
i Naru sailed from Yokohama for He
e nolulu Saturday. She will carry tn
a next mail from here to the MAINLAND
e after the Manchuria, which sails toda
% at noon, and the Alameda. which SAL
k at 10 a. M. tomorrow.
viii Young was skipper. pilot, eng
neer, and crew of the Waterwiteh whe
she went out to meet the Manehurl
with the Customs and immigration o