Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-16
WATERFRONT NOTES

NTHE STRANGE experience OF t'e
British ship Butesh.re is "A subject
for comment among shipping men
who heard her story, after the firm
of j. and X. Wilson OF San Fran
cisco had received an order by cable
to forward six months supplies to
the Buteshire at Acapulco.
Under what appeared to be favor
able conditions. the Buteshire sailed
from Panama last March for Callao
10 load inter, but after knocking
about on the lower coast. trying to
make the Peruvian port. the ship
drifted back to Panama. having been
at sea four months. She lost her
charter through her failure to reach
Callao. and at Panama Captain Pur-
die was ordered by his owners TO
proceed to the Columbia river. After
drifting aimlessly about, trying to
get out Of the exasperating doldrums,
which encompassed her about for
1872 days. the Buteshire put into
Acapulco only this week. with sup
p'sSo '""s ou' all wei. lucy
were. however. in no pleasant mood.
The six months supplies ordered
by Captain Purdie will go south In
the steamer City Of Para, to sail from
here tomorrow. After Captain Pur-
die and his men have filed up on
fresh grub they may make another
attempt to get away from the tedi-
Gus calns of the tropical seas.
BOTH THE new American Dread
thoughts Of $4,000 tons displacement,
for which contracts were recently
awarded. will be equipped with Par
sons turbine engines.
This decision was reached at n
conference between Secretary Meyer
and Admiral Cone, CHIEF OF the bu-
ieau OF yards and docks, who has
Just returned to the United States
from an extensive tour of European
ship yards.
The New York ship building COM
pany, which will construct the Ar
kansas, was notified some time ago
that turbines would be Installed. De-
cision as to the motive power for
the Wyoming, to be constructed by
the Cramps was postponed temper
arily, but Secretary Meyer and his
associates decided favorabiy for the
Parsons turbine. feeling satisfied. as
Secretary Meyer expressed 1t, that
this would be more advantageous to
the government that the proposeu
combination OF turbines and recipro-
eating engines, which had been In
sistently urged by some Of the naval
officials.
ACCORDING TO shipmasters and
other authorities the outer channel
leading in across Humboldt bar has
within the last few weeks shifted 400
feet TO the north. This change has
been caused by the winter storms
channel is practically as deep as ev-
er. II IL shifting continually one way
or another. until finally II has moved
400 feet north OF the former chan
rel on the ocean side OF the bar.
This shifting of the camel will
doubtless be very influential argn.
ment for the Humboldt Chamber OF
Commerce to present to Congress
when 1t convenes IN asking that the
appropriation of s1.037,O0 recon-
mended by Col. Biddle for bar work
be made. President Il. +. Stern OF
the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
has appointed Congressman Engle.
bright delegate from this chamber
to attend the annual meeting OF the
Rivers ana Harbors Congress, which
was held In Washington, ID. C., Dec.
s. 9 and 10.
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1T is EXPECTED that the Oceanic
Steamship Alameda will be sighted off
the island early tomorrow morning
and should come to her wharf on or
about eight o'clock. The vessel is
bringing down SO saloon and 80 steer.
age passengers In addition to a ship.
ment OF about fifteen hundred tons OF
freight.
THE UNITED STATES army trans.
Fort Thomas. upon which several Ho.
noluluans left for the coast, is report.
ed to have arrived al San francisco
on Tuesday. The Thomas is due to
sail from that port for the Philippines
on January q. ~ 81.
A TWENTY-oNE day passage from
Honolulu to Puget Sound was made
by the staunch little American Laken.
tine Arago which has reacacd Tort
Townsend in ballast. The vessel
brought shipment OF lcm'rr for this
port.
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