The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
MARINE

Because the gentle whisper of COM
rades and new acquaintance to have
just one more sounded louder in their
ears than the hoarse warning shrek
of the transport 5 whistle, a number
of soldiers from the Thomas missed
connections with the big troopship and
by the time they arrived at the Naval
dock she was well on her way out TO
the Philippines. Others had a narrow
escape from being left behind.
The sailing time Of the transport was
changed from ) clock yesterday af-
tern0on to 3 clock, which apparently
caused some misunderstanding A de-
lay of fifteen minutes was caused by
the appearance at clock of the
pilot, who had not been appraised Of
the change, but the troopship cast off
her lines exactly at 3:l5 and slid out
of her berth, the Twelfth Regiment
band playing on her deck and the Ha-
waian band unsteady bidding her good
bye on the wharf
The vendors of leis did land-of
fee business before the sailing of the
transport and there was large num-
Der OF people down to see the steamship
sail.
Just after she had swung out into
the stream and was fairly under way,
a big doughboy under tow of a wiry
little native boatman came hurrying
down that wharf with all the grace
and speed of a muley cow chasing a
small dog. He had dallied too long
somewhere uptown. The boatman
bundled him into boat and rapidly
jerked him out, to climb aboard amid
the ieers of his comrades.
The transport was clear outside when
party of, half dozen more soldiers
wandered idly onto the wharf, then
stared blankly at the empty space
where they had expected to see the
froopship. Apparently possessed of the
if they ran fast enough, they com.
menced sprinting up the street in the
direction the Thomas had gone. They
were called back. however, before they
got out of sight and bundled into a
launch under the direction of Captain
Falls. Several others appeared juse in
time and nine in all were sent cat to
the vessel
However, when it was found how
many men had been left behind, the
transport anchored outside and sent her
boats ashore TO pick up the stragglers.
It is believed that al who belonged
aboard were collected and taken out
before the vessel finally sailed.
Roma Did Not Sail
The oil steamship Roma which was
scheduled to sail for Port Hartford yes
terday afternoon did not finish dis
charging cargo in time to get away.
She will probably sail this morning
and her berth at the Railroad wharf
will be taken by the bark Fullerton,
which, has been waiting since her ar
rival yesterday morning for chance
to begin unloading.
Claudine Arrives
The Inter-Island steamer Claudine
came in early yesterday morning from
her regular run, bringing passengers
and freight from Hawaii and Maui
ports. Her freight included $3.50
bags of sugar. ninety-i five bags of pota-
toes, ffty-eight bags of corn, twenty
five head of cattle, fwenty-one calves
and ,sixty-one hogs.
Oficials on Hall.
The steamer W. G. Hall sailed at 5
o clock yesterday afternoon for Kauai.
Among her passengers were United
States District Attorney R. w. Brock
ons and United States Marshal E. r.
Hendry, who went to Kauai on secret
official mission about which they were
very chary of talking
Waterfront Notes.
The Mohiean was shifted yesterday
morning from Brewer s wharf to her
old anchorage, on the far side of the
channel.
The barkentine Irmgard has been
shifted from the Bishop wharf to the
foot of Fort street.
The schooner Balboa sailed from
Hilo Monday for the Coast with a
cargo of ohia ties. She had to wait
two days for the arrival of a crew
from Honolulu, it being impossible to
secure in Hilo the men needed.