The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-30

/ Moderate MONGOLIA
| abaft abeam fifteen miles off; n. m.
Mongolia three points abaft abeam
ten miles off: II n. m. Fresh gale and
heavy seas. "Monpoliav sighted for
| last time
| Seventh Dav-Tpesdav Julv 13tb-
LIT AZ 90 \ Lon 155, ~ w. 225
miles smooth sea no land mr. shin in
| sight OLE n m. Alamedar dronned
| anchor at quarantine. 3.3O n, m,
I" Alameda locked, 3;35 n. m. Mon.
| eolia dropped anchor at quarantine
It will be noticed that during the
time we had the ronpb sea (chon,,Sl
that that was the time when tbe Mon.
polia gained on the Alameda and mass.
ed her During the fine weather the
Alameda pulled nm on the HMonpolia -
and got a good lead which she kent
all through the last two DAYS during
the unite severe northerlv yale. For
fairness both sbips NAV be called fif.
teen "knotters:' and it was in the
short choppy sea that the Mongolia
on account of her length and heavy
tonnage ploughed through and got
ahead of the Alameda In the long
! rolling sea the Alameda made good
and rode the waves like n bird. Some
idea of the seas we had the last two
DAVIS NAV be gotten from the fact that
on every fourth or fifth wave the pro.
peller of our shin came completely out
of the water; and even with that
against ms we made n good fourteen
knots
In closing LET me saw n pood word for
the nFerrv Roat AIomedau and tho
to travel unon bcr Altbmub tho Ala.
media is not as long as some of her
sister Pacific liners. nm her ono will
find n most genial commander a snlen.
did set of officers who know their bnsi.
ness: and service and cuisine of the
best. On Monday evening we had
splendid bon.con dinner canal to anv
served in tbe Islands which is an
original custom Originated nv Cantain
Dowdell wherein he shows all of his
nassengers n farewell courtesy bpfora
leaving his shin
The Alameda is enuinned with wire.
less and the daily news of the world
is issued in n tbirtv.six MAGE namnblet
entitled ttThe Aerogram y One NAV
Mt anv time at n comnarat;vel,, small
cost send a fen word message to anv
mart of the world. and also met no
easily receive ono II was FOO had that
the Mongolia was NOT eoninned Nth
wirolase Gov +bon yo could boyo ov.
cbanged COMMITMENTS IN the wav mn
stWireless,5 PbeIns the onerator m
the Alameda is n snlend;d Ioolt;ng fol.
low. most accommodating and one who
understands his business we'll. II was
/ only nm the trim before +be last that
he broke the worlds record for wire.
less communication between sbips
when he talked with the s. s, Marinosa
22OO miles away On the last trim he
was in communication with the II s
A n Sheridan 13nO miles. and talked
with Cane RIanco OREGON oooo niles
indistinctIv. On this Trim be talked
with Kahnku station Honolulu Mon.
day morning giving the position of the
two ships. Had the pleasure of spend
ing couple OF hours with Phelps early
Monday morning, during which time he
attempted to explain the mysteries of
aerlai teleSraPhy; put IL seemed TO ne
| Il pretty ueep SUBJECT ana TWO months
would more likely suffice before one
could comprehend the subject. 1t was
very weird clasping the receiver over
the ears and hearing the U. $. A. T..
sheridan, talking with Cape Blanco,
! oregon, ana saying That she lSherldan)
would arrive IN San Francisco, We'd
nesday night or Thursday morning
uh sunday evening concert was
| all ioired IN sino;na ola fan,iliar -, .
dur;ng tbn haIoSca g tha auan;nn t.
was 70 those HYMNS that the I.oIj