The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-27
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there WASH I passenger on the deck |
The quick change in the wind had been
too much for them. y
After the first two DAYS, however.
the clouds cleared away, the wind died
down, and the Alameda had splendid
passage the rest of the voyage. The
passengers were very enthusiastic over
the tropical weather from the time they
lost the storm until they arrived in
port, as it was a complete change to
most of them San Francisco. accord
ing to several who came down on the
boat, IS a very miserable place to live
just at the present time
Although the Alameda brought down
ninety-two passengers, she was not
loaded to her fullest capacity The
boat can accommodate about Us pas
sengers very comfortably. The former
is the largest number she has carried in
considerable time, but Purser Smith
stated yesterday that all indications
were that the boat woul II We a still
larger list on her next trip this way
He said that the tourist prospects for
Honolulu were never brighter than they
are at the present time.
About the most interesting feature
on the Alameda this trip, aside from
her passengers, is the wireless system
which was installed while the boat was
in San Francisco this time. 1t is the
United Wireless mechanism, and has
a carrying strength of over 1900 miles
The system is in charge of Robert Ross,
who is an expert operator, and who is
known here, having had at one time
charge of the wireless telegraph outfit
on the Associated oil steamer Rose
| Grams. Mr.. Ross has gotten splendid
results out of the newly-installed APP
paratus on the Alameda, and he be-
lieves that he will be able to make it
a profitable investment for the COM
| pany, as indeed it is.
Expert Ross had his sslistening''
apparatus IN great working shape
Thursday evening, fer he heard the
| air-voiees of the operator at far-off
Sitka, Alaska. The sending power of
the Alameda $ wireless is not equal
to the feat of reaching out the dis
tanee, however, and Ross was there
fore cheated out of an opportunity to
chat with his brother operator, sew
eral thousand miles away He got the
news of the world each day. however,
| from the station at San Francisco. and
| this was printed off very neatly by
| the Alameda Press on the back of
! the menu card, which is also postal
card. The combination of menu-card-
| postal-card newspaper made a great
| hit with the passengers, and the little
slips were in demand as souvenirs. I'M
! proponents are constantly being made
| in the Alameda IS wireless aceommoda-
+, tons, and several innovations will be
! introduced on the next downward trip
| of the steamship
Lou Whitehouse, the Ian who built
| Nuuanu dam. and who is member of
| the E. J. Lord Construction Company,
| was the perpetrator of a josh sheet
called the !" Alameda screwdriver. It
| contained sly slams at almost all of
| the passengers, and especially were
I the HONEYMOON eouples-of which there
were two on the boat-joshed in no
| gentle manner.
The Alameda has undergone eonsid-
! cradle changes since she was last here,
| and these have greatly improved her
] appearance. Her smekestack has been
! cut down nine feet, and this tends to
make the craft look larger. Since she
has been converted into an oil burner,
she needs less draught than before.
i Her cargo consisted of 1906 tons of
/ general freight. in which four new au-
/ tomoh;les were included. She brought
1917 bags of mail.
Lur.ine Sails Today.
With passengers, freight and mail
for the Coast, the Matson Navigation
Company steamer Lurline will sail
! this afternoon at clock. The Lur-
/, line has fair list Of passengers book
! ed for tbs trip. and in the freight line
| she will have 5000 bags of refined
/ sugar.
Mexican Pays Off.
Four sailors, the mate and the cook
| of the barge Mohican. which brought
down the heavy guns from the Coast,
were paid off by the Shipping Commits
sioner yesterday morning, and arrange
ments were made for their transporta-
ton back to the mainland. Accord
| ing to the articles under which they
| signed. the men have their fare back
| to the Coast paid by the Matson com
panv. as the arrival at the port of
! Honolulu completed the voyage of the
Mohiean.
Robert Levers Sails.
Captain Meyers, she popular com
mander Of the schooner Robert Lew
ers, viii probably take his vessel out
side and start the return voyage to
Grays Harhor this afternoon. All of
the lumber cargo has been discharged.
and everything is ready to head out
! to sea. Captain Meyers is on his first
| trip to the Islands as master of the
Robert Levers. and he has made many
friends while here. He viii probably
assume. command of very large Alas
kan trading ship, running to the fish
cries up North, when he returns to
I Puget Sonnd.
Pacific Mail Boat First.
b PANAMA, February 3.-The Pacific
Mail steamer Newport used yesterday
for the first time the new Pacific en-
trance to the canal which has been