The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-14
MARINE
PROTECTION IN
BOARDING SHIPS
Quarantine Officer Hobby Asks
Ships to Give Lee to
Launches.

There is no little danger encounter
ed by the Customs and Quarantine
officials every time a vessel from an
outside port CONS to Honolulu and is
boarded and inspected outside the har-
Dor. Often heavy swell is running,
and it is a dangerous feat for the Off
Gals to spring from the dancing little
launch to the hanging ladders or low
cred gangways along the side of the
ship. One of the boarding officers is
a lady, and she has many times been
placed in dangerous predicaments.
4 For these reasons, and in order that
Z the ships may be granted pratique
5 with all possible despatch, Chief Quar-
( antine Officer w. C. Hobby has sent
I. out letter to the various pilots and
masters of tugs here, as well as to all
the shipping firms, asking the former
to maneuver the vessels in such man
ner that the Quarantine launch will
have a lee from the sea when coming
alongside. The following is a copy Of
the letter which has been sent out adj
dressed to the Pilots Association.
I'm order to protect the Quarantine
boarding launch from injury, and to
! protect the boarding officers Zone of
them a LADY, from unnecessary ex-
posure to danger while in the perform
ance of their duties. and to insure a
more prompt passage through quaran-
: tine of arriving vessels, you are re-
spectfuily requested to maneuver these
vessels in such manner that the
Quarantine launch will have lee from
the sea when coming alongside and
approaching the ships companionway.
The launch is old, is weak in both
hull and motive power so that she
handles with difficulty. The difficulty
in boarding and the, danger incident
thereto, not only for the launch but
for the boarding officers as well, is
greatly increased when the work has
to be done while big swell is run
ming and I have issued orders that the
launch will not go alonsde, when such
a procedure would be attended with
danger to vessel and men, till a proper
lee is given.
''To insure against this delay j
make the above request.
"a copy of this letter will be sent
to the various steamship agents for
their information. with the request
that they issue orders to their respec-
tive Captains to cooperate with you in
this matter"
Thanks to Fire-fghters.
Captain H. A. Hyde and the officers
and men of the Matson tug intrepid
came into their own Saturday when
they received a letter from the Board
of Fire Underwriters of the Territory
of Hawaii giving them high praise fo1
the work done on the occasion of the
fire in Allen & Robinson's lumber-yard
on the waterfront last week. Through
the excellent work of the tug in fight.
ing the flames, the blaze was quickly
under control and the loss was very
much less than it might otherwise have
been. Captain Hyde and his men
desire to thank the Underwriters for
their kind letter, which is as follows:
To the Captain, Officers and Men OF
the Tug Intrepid. Honolulu, t. H,
Gentlemen: Your prompt action in
extinguishing the Becent fire in the
lumber yard of Messrs. Allen & Robin
son was most favora bly, commented on
at a meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee of the Board of Fire Under
writers of the Territory of Hawaii
held yesterday; and 1 have been re
quested to express to you the Com
mittee's appreciation of your valuable
service and convey to you their sin
cere thanks for same.
Yours very truly,
A. r. GURREY, Secretary.
He Caught the Boat.
The youthful son of Senator Nixon
more excitement than usual Saturday
when the Togo Kisen Kaisha linel
Chiyo Maru sailed away for the Coast
The gangway had just been pulled
away from the big ocean greyhound
when young Nixon came dashing dowr
the wharf at breakneck speed Ht
Wanted to catch the boat, but the
chances looked rather slim to him
when he arrived opposite the gang
sway. Up this he ran for short dis
lance. soon perceiving. however, tina
he would not be able to get on boar'
in that manner. He held out hi
hands appealingly to the Jap sailor
who We're busily engaged in hoistint
the ships companionway, and shouted
1--WE got to go on this boat I've go
to co.
His face had most woebegone ex
preston which was conical to the on
lockers in the extreme, and they sim
ply roared at him. The young sciol
of Nevadas aristocracy leaped dow
from the shore plank on which. wit
outstretched arms, he was standing
and rushed to the edge of the wharf
He is a husky specimen of young man
hood, weighing in the neighborhood
two hundred pounds. but when the ia
sailors motioned for him to jump, h
took the chance The boat was sew
eral feet away from the wharf whel
the Senator's son took the leap tina
made him famous. The japanese sail