The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-24

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lerton and his wife were well known
IN Honolulu. as the gallant skipper had
sailed many a voyage to this port
Pleiades In Today.
With a general cargo, the American
Hawaiian freighter Pleiades is due here
from San Francisco this morning. She
will introduce an innovation in the
way of her sailing schedule this time,
and will go from here directly to San
Francisco next Saturday. The PIeiades
will have no mail from the Coast this
morning. She will carry general car
go of sugar, pines and merchandise
from Honolulu.
Makura Here Soon.
The Canadian-Australian liner Ma
kura left Fiji exactly on time, accord
! ing to advices received here by Da-
Vles 4 Co., the local agents of the
steamship company, and she will ar
rive here next Tuesday morning. The
Makura is fast becoming one of the
most popular boats on the run between
here and the mainland, and. although
the fact that she goes to British Col
umbia somewhat limits her passenger
| sphere, she is getting her full share
| of the travel. There are about fifty
| people booked here already for the trip
| up, and the big liner will have plenty
| of room for more.
Alden Besse to Garry Ties.
The bark Alden Besse, which
| brought special cargo down here from
Los Angeles, was taken ON the Marine
Railway yesterday morning for minor
| repairs to her bottom. She had new
sheathing put in some places. and she
win come off the ways probably this
afternoon. The bark will sail for Hilo
on Saturday, where she viii get cargo
of ohia ties FOR the Santa Fe railroad
| company, if enough of them have been
| prepared for shipment. Mr.. Wadding-
ham, representing the owners of the
vessel, stated yesterday that nothing
| definite had been settled regarding the
! future movements of the Besse
"We will go over to Hi1o Saturday.
said he, sEand will probably get ship
| ment of ohia ties for the mainland.
/ There appears to be some trouble about
getting the ties out, and it may be that
/ the lumber company on Hawaii win not
have enough of them ready for US.
Whether or not the Alden Besse will
/ be kept regularly in the trade with
| these Islands is matter of conjecture
even with us as vet. Our trip down
here was in the nature of an expert
| ment. and it may not prove to be sue
cess IF a regular business is establish
ed between Los Angeles and Honolulu
it will be necessary to put steamer
on the run, and that will leave the
Alden Besse out of it. Nothing has
been finally settled as yet, however. -
| Kukui at Naval Slip.
| The lightship Kukui, which is now
on her way to her new station in the
Hawaiian Islands, will probably be
locked at No. naval slip when she
| arrives here, though nothing definite
has vet been fixed for the Honolulu
docking place of the craft. The water
| barge attached to the local Naval Sta
| tion is at present being seraped, pre-
paratory to being painted.
Two Frenchmen Diverted.
Portland Two French banks, the
! Theirs and Button, previously listed for
Portland for wheat. have been diverted
| to Sydney, N S. w. The local agents,
| Charles Farracque & Co., received in
| structions to have the vessels proceed
from Honolulu to the Australian port
for orders.
The Toll of the Sea. '
Five steamship disasters since the
first of the year have fallen heavily
on marine underwriters The British
steamer Adato went ashore on Vries
Island, making loss, with her cargo
! of something like 100000. The Ger
man steamer Vanguard, which went
| ashore at Punta Mogotes, was insured
for 100000; her cargo was worth an
| equal amount and only a small portion
of il was saved The British steamer
| Anglo African stranded on Cape Henry
i with 100000 cargo of nitrate, MAX
ing a loss with the vessel of about
| 100000. The new steamer Karuah,
| constructed last summer for an Austria
liam coasting company, was lost Whlle
completing her maiden voyage, lnvolv'
ing a loss of $4,000, and the British
steamer Craigvar was badly damaged
on the japanese coast. bringing the
total losses on five vessels up to neafiy
one and 2 half million dollars.
/ Chinese Steamship Companies.
The Chinese government has instruct
ed its ministers at Washington, Lon
| don, Paris and Toxic to make inquiries
into the system and management OF
steamship business of the four eoun
tries with a view to the establishment
of national steamship line. financed
bv the government and people OF
China and aided by subsidies similar
to the japanese State aided steamship
lines.
1t is proposed to establish service
first on Chinese rivers and then on the
Chinese coast followed by a transpa
cife line.
4: TRANSPORT SERVICE.