The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-09

known, the usual procedure being to
hurry the vessel out Of this port as
soon as possible on her way to the
Coast. The stevedores were not put to
work taking out the Tenyo's cargo for
Honolulu last night on this account,
the men receiving double pay when
they work at night. She has goodly
number of tons of freight for Homo
lulu.
Wireless Can Talk 1900 Miles.
The passage here from the Orient of
the big floating palace was uneventful,
the rough weather which the boat met
being the usual thing. The wireless
telegraphy system of the vessel has
been installed and greater power put in
so that the Tenyo now can talk dis
lance Of 1900 miles, Heretofore her
wireless has been kind of weak sister,
as with it she could get into communi-
cation with port only about day IS
distance out On account of her delay
in sailing from Honolulu this time it
is probable that the Tenyo will speed
up on her way to San Francisco If
this is so, she viii, as did the Chiyo
on her maiden voyage to the Coast,
keep in touch with Honolulu by wire
less. She was reported early yesterday
morning by ethegram.
C. Lacey Goodrich, the ever popular
purser, is stin doing out facts, figures,
and radiating good cheer at the same
old stand. The only change in the
ships complement is in the position of
the first officer, 7. Totaka taking the
place of Hinokuma, who remained at
home in the Orient on account of i'll
ness in his family. The Tenyo will
leave 1900 tons of freight here.
Runner of Cut Rates.
That there will be rate war insti-
tuted between the Matson Navigation
Company and the American Hawaiian
Company is the gist of a well-defned
rumor on the waterfront. This will
come about, it is said, as the resdlt of
the Matson boat Hyades being put on
the Seattle run The Ainerican-Ha
waiian Company will make a decided
cut in the freight rates between Seattle
and this port, says the story. When
this will go into effect, if it does, has
not been learned.
Merchandise fer Hawaii.
The schooner Defender was cleared
for Mahukona on Saturday with cargo
consigned to the port of destination
and to other Hawaiian cities, valued at
$32,555, and including the following
250 bbls -four, 60 ctls wheat, 1912 ctls
barley, 1900 lbs salt, 10 bbls and TO
kits salmon, 25 bales hay, 60,217 lbs
bran, 935 lbs sugar, 4400 lbs bread, 7SC
lbs Goldfish, 2070 lbs middlings, cs
canned goods, 20 steel beams, 23,259 fl
lumber, $4,000 shingles, so bdls laths
Is doors, 3 pkgs windows, 40 SKIS lime
1000 bricks, 68 pkgs tank material,
pkg machinery. ~ pkgs wagon mate
rial, 100 tons fertilizer, II cs powder
60 pkgs paint, so kegs white lead, Isl
cs kerosense, 10 cases gasoline, IL bbls
and ] es oils, coils rope, 1880 lbs coal
lbs bales bags, 5 cs boots and shoes
San Francisco Call, January 26.
Alameda Has Large Cargo.
The Oceanic s. S. Alameda, leaving
for San Francisco at 10 a. m. Wednes
day, viii be ehockahlock with freight
She will have about 1900 tons of island
products including several Thousand
cases of fresh pineapples, about LOO
| bags of sugar, about 1000 punches o.
| bananas, potatoes and rice.
Swipe Souvenirs from Chiyo.
The new japanese turbine liner Chiyt
Maru was open to the public yesterday
and thousands embraced the opportunit,
| to inspect the great steamship Som,
of the visitors who were on board
| Tuesday showed their appreciation o.
japanese artistic taste by cutting sill
tassels from the draperies and taking
them away as souvenirs. Other small
artistic and detachable articles wer,
| also stolen, and yesterday a sharp look
| out was kept on such guests as were
seen to flourish knives or who fingered
| longer than necessary in the vicinity
of any of the many art treasures which
| form an extensive part of the interio.
| decoration. The Chiyo win sail Sat