The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-08
WATERFRONT NEWS
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TWO MORE SHIPS
FOR MILLER co.
Local Concern Plans Purchase
of Ships ElWeli and
SimEa.

Captain Miller is planning TO add
couple more vessels to his already
good-sized feet Negotiations are at
present under way for the purchase of
the American ship Elwell, owned by
the Seattle Shipping Company OF Sc
attic, and Captain Miller stated last !
night that he also had his eye on the |
full-rigged ship simla, which is at
present lying al The port of Acapulco, |
Mexico.
1t is proposed to put these two YES
sels in the tle-carFying trade between
Hile and san Pedro. the boats trans
ferring the output Of the Hawaiian
mahogany company 10 the mainland.
II is understood that the Miller Sal
| vage Company, Of which Captain
Miller IS the senior, and Eben Low
| the junior. partner. mas a fve-year con-
tract with the Southern Pacific rail-
way for delivering ties at the Coast,
and it IS for this reason that the pur-
chase Of the ships is being considered.
| The ship Elwen is a large, commo-
| 6ious vessel, and il is rumored that
/
| $4,000. AS the Siu1la is also spIen-
| did ship, the purchase Of the two is
/ q transaction probably amounting to
over s3e,0oa Captain Miller stated last
! night that the deal had not yet been
] clesed, but intimated that it would be
| only a matter Of time before the ships
/ would be bought. The Efwe1I reached
/ Esquin1alt, q port on the Northwest
Coast, on April Is. and has been dis
engaged ever since.
/ Besides engaging IN the carrying of
| ties from Hawaii 10 the mainland. II
| IS understood that The salvage COM
pany intends sending the vessels on
| periodical trips 70 Laysan, Midway
! and other Islands for the purpose OF
! picking up cargoes Of guano- This
/ enterprising firm has recently pur-
Il chased the bark Alden Besse, and.
with the acquisition of the EIwel and
the SiEnla, viii have quite a fleet
Coffee fer the Alameda.
! With The good old ship Alameda now
plewing the waves on the voyage TO
san Francisco from here, cargo for her
when she returns is already beginning
20 pile up on the Oceanic wharf Yes
terday the Inter-Island steamer Mauna
Lea, arriving from Hawaii via Maui
| ports, brought here, besides a large
| amount Of sugar, SIS bags of coffee
This was unloadea On the Oceanic
| wharf and VIII await the return of the
Alameda from the mainland for ship
| ment to the Coast.
The barkentine Coronado, Captain
Hondlette, which belongs to the same
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day with q big cargo Of sugar from this
port. The Coronado was brought down
here N a hurry to take off the hands
| Of the local agents considerable guam
tIty OF sugar which could not be
handed by the Alameda. From the
| latter beat 10 wireless word has been
received since she sailed from here last
Wednesday, but j. is presumed that
Operator Ross VIII eonneat up with Ka-
huku tonight
James Cunmins Laid Up.
Captain Searles trim little steamer
: the James A. Cummins, is laid I'D along
side the Oceanic wharf, where She viii
be overhaalea and given a general
cleaning The Cammins keeps up a
pretty stiff schedule of runs between
here and ports on the other side Of the
. island. and i Is probable that the over
hauling VIII do her no harm. She vii
he ready To &c back on her regular
schedule Monday or Tuesday
. Dirigo Expected
waterfronters are wondering thes,
DAYS where the snip Dirigo is. and whel
she viii arrive. The big windjamme
: has large cargo OF coal on board. Sh,
7 r. 81
month, bur enough time has elapsed
since her departure from there to ALLOW
her 10 arrive IN Honolulu She ma
: be expected 70 arrive any day.
Shipping Notes
: The schooner Moi wahine arrive
here from Hawaii yesterday morning.
The barkentine 6. G. Wilder. with
load Of sugar, arrived at San Francisc
from Honolulu yesterday.
The Inter-Is1and steamer Ciaudin
sailed last evening for Maui with pa:
sengers, mail aud freight.
~ Besides her coffee shipment, tn
10 Mauna Lea bropght IN 7714 bags Q
sugar from kena yesterday.
The schooner Helene has about con
: pleted diseharging her lumber eargl
;, She may return TO the Northwest
= ballast.
The barken-ine Coronado sailed int
San Francisco haEbor yesterday. aftt
a fairly quick passage up from Hon
: lulu. She left here April %.
It Is announced that eleven marir
: torpedo boats VIII be shipped fro
the East At an early date to the p
: cif1c Coast and thence to the PhiIi]
: pIne Islands for coast service
The yessels which the American
Is Hawaiian company win build are
Al be OF the type Of the American. 10
- IN service on the East Coast with
cargo capacity Of $500 tons. They n
ise be equipped fer freight carrying onl
q but in his respect they viii be equa
if not superior. TO any ship aaoat.
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as A BARGAIN.
"a When you can save from twenty Fl