The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-07
MARINE
Hackfeld wharf work Progressing


Tie greater part Of the work Of re,
plaaking the HackfeId wharf has been
completed now and by the middle Of
the week the entire job should be fin
lshel. All the lumber needed for the
WORK Is now lying on the wharf. The
entrance flooring will be a great i'm
provement over the rough and rotten
flooring Of old. Hackfeld wharf, how
ever, viii not be used for the large
steamers Of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company and the Toyo Kisen Kaisha
company after the Alakea street wharf
shed Is Completed which will be in
about TWO months time. Hackfeld &
Go. propose 70 use the Alakea street
wharf great deal of the time for the
vessels for which they are the agents.
Death of Sailor Larsen.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27.-The
Matson navigation company's steamer
Hil0nian, Captain Peter johnson, arriv-
ed here yesterday from Honolulu with
a large number of passengers and cargo.
The day after the Hilonian left Ho-
nolulu AIel Larsen, member of the
crew. was lost overheard.
Larsen was standing on the rail on
the s+arboard quarter. Suddenly his
foot slipped. and overheard he went.
His body was not seen after it struck
the water. and Captain johnson be-
lieves the seaman was struck by the
propeller The Hilonian was stopped
and remained in the vicinity for some
time The sea was comparatively
smooth at the time of the accident.
Must Keep OF Army Wharf.
When the next troopship docks at
the army transport wharf the rules now
IN force at the Pacific Mail wharf re-
garding friends meeting passengers will
be put into effect. The work of the
customs inspectors in the baggage cor
raj on the transport wharf has been
greatly hampered by the presence
around the gangwav of friends meet
ing passengers. Under the new regu-
IL ION nobody but dock and customs
officials and the incoming passengers
win be allowed on the wharf until all
the baggage has been examined.
This rule viii apply with equal force
70 army officers in uniform and to
civilians. male and female. The late
/ arrival VI iut 14JGdh itAClAE Al
| sarv To enforce this rule. but when the
| Thomas arrives the treasury depart
ment VIII have control of the army
| wharf until the customs inspectors have
| finished their work.-Call, May 2.
japanese Vessels Nearly Ready.
| According to the statement of Presi-
dent Asano, Of the Togo Kisen Kaisha,
| three sister ships of the Tenyo MAru
| are expected to be completed by 1910
while the cargo boat of 5000 tons now
under construction at Nagasaki Will be
/ eoulnIeted before long and her trial run
| viii be conducted this autumn.
Schooner Hind Sails Out.
| Captain Olsen of the schooner Robert
R. Hind duplicated the performance OF
Captain Underwood with the Robert
/ Levers when he hoisted sail and left
the barbor Friday without the assist
anee of a tug The Intrepid at that
/ time was bringing the Prosper back tc
this port from Kahului, but even il
the tug had been here, Captain Olsen
would not have called her into use. He
/ said that he always sails out of a port
| when the wind IS at all favorable as
it certainly was Friday afternoon The
| Hind was locked at the Haekfeld
wharf. and, after three of the big sail:
and couple of jibs had been raised
| the lines were let go and the four
masted schooner caught the fair breeze
and went out through the channel a:
steady and straight as if she were
| behind t0w-fne.
"WeI, m goin up to see old Scot
| ". = shouted the mate, just as the
! lines were let go and the schooner be
gan to pu1 away from the wharf. M'
for Seattle, where 'Scotty' Mestor
keeps the big grogshop. He's got g
place down on First Avenue that h
h calls ''The Whale, " and ii be drinkin
his health IN bottle of foozle-wate1
4 inside Of eighteen days