The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-22
MARINE:

The Matson liner Hilonian locked at
the foot of Nuuanu street at s p. m.
yesterday, being over seven days out
from San Francisco. The weather on
the trip was wretched, head winds and
seas being met with all the way down.
Everyone was well aboard when the
steamer landed. Nothing was sighted
after leaving San Francisco but the S.
S. Alameda which was passed yesterday
morning.
The Hilonian brought ten cabin pas
sengers, $50 bags of mail and about
1000 tons of general merchandise.
The freight consisted mostly of sup
plies and stores for the troops stationed
here, including large lot for the Fifth
Cavalry.
Among the passengers was A. w. E.
Thompson, owner of the bark Alden
Besse, which is on the way here from
San Pedro loaded with merchandise,
produce and provisions. Mr.. Thompson,
as representative of jobbing and whole
sale interests in Los Angeles, intends
to establish depot here for the dis
tribution of shipments from Southern
California and the assembling of a re-
turn cargo.
On what Mr.. Thompson finds here in
the way of business will depend the
permanency of the projected line of
ships.
Mr.. Thompson is one of the best
known men in the whole produce dis
%ria nj "a 10 haS
letters from the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce and other public bodies,
which will help toward establishing
relations between the local merchants
and planters and the distributors in
Los Angeles,
r. Fl. Dietert is an engineer who has
come down to overlook the plant and
equipment of the Hawaiian Dredging
Co.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Stone are Nome
people who expect to locate here peTma-
nently. Mr.. Stone is mining man.
Miss NJ. Sexton. another passenger,
is the well known nurse. who is return
ing from trip to San Francisco.
c. III. Brown and his daughter, Miss
Brown, returned by the Hilonian. Mrs.
Brown did not accompany her husband
and report has it that she kept her
word and gave her husband the slip as
soon as she got out of Arizona, ostensi-
bly, en- route for San Francisco.
Two of the arrivals yesterday were
the American ship Marion E. Chilcott
and the German bark Marie Haekfeld,
Captain CRUDE The former, arriving
at 1145 a. M. brought a cargo of $4,000
barrels of fuel oil from Gaviota.
The German ship arrived at $3.50 a.
m, fortyseven days from Hamburg.
Light winds which prevailed the better
part of the way made the voyage a
longer one than usual. The vessel
brought cargo of general merchandise
for H. Hackfeld & Co.
The Hackfeld did not sight a single
vessel on the wav here. First Mate
Fedderson is making his first trip to
Hawaii.
New Wharf Shed.
Work on the new Alakea street wharf
shed has begun. A very elaborate
structure is planned. There will be a
second floor which win be reached by
lateral gangways The Pacific Mail, T
X. X. and o. & o. liners will dock al
the Alakea street wharf when the shed
is completed. The contract calls fol
the work to be finished by May 1.
Shipping Notes.
The steamer Claudine will leave al
p m. today for Hilo and Maui ports
The American bark Nuuanu, Capt
Josselyn, left Kaanapali on Wednesday
for New York.
The steamer Niihau arrived yesterday
morning from Kauai. She brought 650(
tons of sugar.
The French four mastered ship Vile
de Mulhause arrived off port from Ho
bart Town yesterday for orders.
Mail for the Coast and the Orient
will be despatched tomorrow by the
steamers Asia and China, respectively
The steamer Claudine arriving yester
day morning from Hilo and Mani port:
brought 2115 bags of sugar, % bbls
bottles. l horse, 20 hogs, L pkgs hide
and los pkgs sundries.
The steamer w. G. Hall left for Kau
al yesterday at 3 p. M. The following
sugar is reported ready for shipment OF
Kauai: K P, 1900; NJ. S. Co., 1900
K. S. NJ, 1900; Max, 1920; G. & r.
2135; McB., 4112; p, 44l0; II. NJ, 1921
X. S. Co., $500.