The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-03
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was begun. The men are not aecus-
toned TO handling the machinery as
yet, and, az consequence, the work
was somew THAT slow. The steamer will
be unl0aded with much more dispatch.
however, than if the old way OF dis.
charging was used As the coal is
holsted from the hold of the vessel, a
crane lifts and dumps it into the ears,
which, in turn, carry it back TO the
regular pile. The ears are used for
either bringing coal out to ships or
carrying II from them to the coal-pile.
The Inter Island company will have
other vessels on the way here with coal
shortly.
The Alakea Street Wharf Shed.
The new Alakea street wharf shed
viii be completed within two months
unless something unforeseen turns up
10 delay the work. according to a state
ment made by Contractor Ouderkirk
yesterday. The new wharf covering
Eas been put up in fast time, the frame
| work and skeleton of the entire build
ing being about completed now.
The feature of the new shed is, Of
course, the gallery landing for the pas
! sengers from the big steamers. This
runs along both sides of the shed at
a heighth which will about correspond
with that of the steamer decks, so that
| people coming off or going aboard yes
| sells have absolutely no steep incline
tends the entire length of the shed, is
4rz-aV ~ 10 M
| where the gang plank from the steamers
viii be placed the gallery is twenty
six feet wide, SO that a very short
plank, If any, will be needed.
Wide stairs lead up from the front
of the building to the gallery. On the
right of the main entrance Of the build
ing viii be the office of the Honolulu
harbormaster, Captain Clark. This is
large, commodious room. On the left
of the entrance to the structure is an
| Office the same size as that of the
| harbormaster. This will be used by
the Customs House officials.
Robert Levers to Garry Ties.
The schooner Robert Levers, Captain
Underwood, has been chartered to carry
/ ohia ties from Hilo to Redondo for the
Santa Fe Railroad Company, and she
viii sail from this port this morning
for the Big Island harbor. The Rob
ert Levers Brought a shipment of lum-
Der here from the Northwest, on which
run she has been for considerable time.
She is a roomy vessel and will prob
ably be able to carry fully $4,000 ties,
The schooner Balboa, which is also I'M
| der charter to carry Hawaiian ties to
the mainland, has not yet finished dis
charging her cargo of lumber at the
Bishop slip She will probably be ready
! TO sail for .Hilo by the middle of next
| week.
Repairing Kukui Wharf.
/ Extensive repairs. are being made at
the Naval slip at which the United
States Lighthouse tender Kukui, Cap
/ tain Joloson, is locked, new piles being
I, placed along the edge of the wharf and
the flooring in parts being replaced. The
piles are being prepared against the at
tacks of the ravaging teredos, which
soon eat the usefulness out of timber
unless it is protected under water
Around the whole length of the piles
strips of taxpayer are being nailed, this
in turn being covered by strips of cop
. per sheeting, the same as is used on
the bottom OF ships. the work is be
ing completed very quickly.
Steamer Coming Here.
The Matson steamer Hilonian sailed
from San Francisco for Honolulu yes
terday. She is due to arrive here next
Wednesday. The Pacific Mail liner
Manchuria sailed from Yokohama fol-
Honolulu on May %, and win arrive
here on Monday of next week. The
American Hawaiian freigh1er Virginian
win probably arrive tomorrow morning
from San Francisco with mail and the
usual cargo shipments. The United
States cruiser Buffalo, bringing a mum
Der of men for the L. 5. station tug
Iroquois, and having on board large
number of soldiers for the Philippines,
is due to arrive from San Francisco
on Saturday morning.
Hawaiian Singers on Chiyo.
Ernest Kaai has made proposition
to Captain Greene of the Togo Kisen
Kaisha liner Chiyo Maru, it is said,
!
to play on the magnificent transpaeitic
| steamer. The men would agree TO fur
nish music during mealtimes and IN
| the evenings, on the payment of 81 TO
each man per day. Nothing definite
has been learned about the proposition
which Kaai has submitted to Captain
/ Greene. the latter having taken the
/ matter under advisement.
British, Ship Unloading.
The British ship GIenholm is still dis
/ charging her cargo and will be kept
busy at this fer some days yet. Where
/ the big vessel viii go from this port
has not yet been learned. The master
Of the vessel Is waiting for orders from
/ the owners.
". G. Hall Brings Sugar.
The Inter-Island steamer ". G. Hall
arrived here yesterday morning from
/ the other islands with heavy load Of
sugar. She brought about 5000 bags
This she IS diseharging at the Amer
! Hawaiian dock.
Dirgo Taking Sugar.