The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-25

terday was the big tank steamer Wash
tenaw, from Port San Luis, on her
first visit to this port. She brought
a cargo of oil for the Union Oil Com
pany. She is a big vessel and carries
a heavy load. She viii discharge in
qpick time and get away for the Coast
again by tomorrow at latest.
Bringing Coal From Norfolk.
4 number of British steamers have
been chartered by the United States
navy department to bring coal from
Norfolk to Honolulu for deposit in the
coal piles of the naval station. Among
the vessels are the Falls of Orehy, 3139
net tons; Dunedin, 1851 net tons; Ro-
mera (new). Kilchattan and Earl of
Elgin. The first named boat is already
on the way.
First South Pacific Chart.
An interesting history is connected
with the issuance of the first pilot
chart of the South Pacific Ocean by
the photographic bureau. The chart,
which is of much interest and of great
value to master mariners, is an ac-
complishment of the system of collect
ing marine data which was inaugur-
ated fully sixty-five years ago.
In 1914 Lieut.. NJ. F. Maury, Z. S.
n, began the. collection of information
from the logs of men ofwar and mer-
chant vessels according to carefully
devised scheme for the purpose of
making charts TO show the prevailing
winds and currents, and in general all
the principal features of the ocean, in
Guiding its meteorology, limits of ice
bergs, feeding ground of whales, and
all facts of interest or value to mari
ners
Between 1914 and 1861 charts show
ing the above information We're issued
for all seas Eight volumes of sailing
directions were also published. Maury
was the pioneer in this work. His
charts and sailing directions were used
by the mariners of all nations, with
the result of reducing the average
length Of voyages to Australia and
the Orient quarter.
The United States photographic of
fee has always been in advance of
other nations in the meteorology and
physical characteristics of the ocean.
Over twenty years ago it began the
publication of pilot charts of the North
Atlantic and North Pacific. which have
been of very great value to mariners.
Owing to the lack of sufficient appro-
priations by congress and the transfer
of the collection of meteorological data
to the weather bureau four years ago,
the publication of these pilot or wind
charts of the South Atlantic and South
Pacific were delayed until 1909.
The South Atlantic chart was issued
for the first time three months ago,
appeared. This publication will be of
inestimable value to masters of sailing
vessels making voyages from this Coast
to Australia, the west coast of South
America and around Cape Horn.
The pilot charts are distributed by
the sixteen branch photographic Offices
in all parts Of the country to the mas
tiers of vessels of all nationalities who
viii agree to report any marine data
they observe on their voyages.
Shipping Notes.
The Mauna Kea returned last night
from Kahului and Hilo, where she took
a large number of the Russian immi
grants.
The schooner Oceania Vance which
sailed from Eureka for Hil0 on Octo-
Der Is. has a cargo of redwood lumber
for Hackfeld * Co.
The cargo of the Mikahala included
30 head cattle from the Molokai ranch,
, goats, POP bags charcoal. crates
chickens, 50 pigs, Sc bags corn.
Beacheombers are becoming more
frequent along the waterfront, and
there are a number of hoboes making
free with shipping property as ioafng
and sleeping places. The police sur
veillance of the waterfront is rather
slack.