The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-04
MARINE

The family party ferryboat Alameda
arrived off port early yesterday morn
ing and was warped to the> Oceanic
wharf before seven O'Clock. She had
made the fastest, smoothest and most
heavily laden trip Of her long life. Five
days and nineteen hours from the Col
den Gate to Diamond Head, 1880 tons
of freight, 156 passengers and 25S
sacks of mail.
A Cosmopolitan List.
It was a cosmopolitan passenger list.
There was the Wise Milton company
of colored performers who delighted
the passengers every night with their
singing and other stunts. There were
forty school s'marms' who have been
spending their vacation on the main
land, principally at the Seattle fair.
There was Senator Dillingham;, Thomas
McTighe, ''The Irish Consult DR.. HI.
A. Mills and W. R. Wheeler of the I'M
migration Commission; Mrs. "Bill''
Langton, come back from the Coast to
put the Paradise of the Pacific in
order; Larry Twomey; Harry Werner,
the moving picture man and a partner
with him; Austin White, the young
golf champion, and host Of others.
All sorts and conditions and everybody
enjoying the voyage to the limit.
China Has Sailed.
The P. NJ. s. s. China sailed from
San Francisco for Honolulu and the
! Orient yesterday at l .. m She carries
800 tons of freight for Honolulu and
| full passenger list, many of whom
are booked for this port She viii
probably arrive here next Friday morn.
/ ing, September 10.
Asia Due Tuesday.
The Asia is due from Yokohama next
Tuesday, September z. IF the weather
be fine and the sea smooth she may
arrive trifie earlier and the agents
state that she may be here on Monday
! She carries 600 tons of freight for this
! port. Her time of leaving here fol-
| San Francisco can not, of course, be
stated until she arrives and it is
estimated how long it will take he1
| to coal and load
Another Big Crowd.
Passenger Agent Cockroft, of the
Oceanic S. S. Company in San Fran
cisco, has written to Mr.. Wood, of the
| Promotion Committee, stating that thu
Alameda will have as large a passen
| ger list on her next trip from The
| Coast as she had this time.
The Men Had to Be Good.
/ There were 113 women passengers ou
of total of 156 on the Alameda. Thu
is the largest percentage of the fai,
sex ever recorded on voyage between
here and San Francisco. The mer,
men things had to toe the mark ant
behave themselves, too. The odds wer,
! greatly against them.
| Beg Collier Here.
The big collier Scottish Monarch
came in to port yesterday morning aft
err anchoring outside all night. She i
now lying at the Interisland coal whar
where she is being relieved of mon
ster load of fuel
Molokai Light Tenders.
, James Keanu VIII be in charge o
the new Molokai light. W. F. William
will be first assistant and Charles Mar
tin, formerly of the Iroquois, will b
second assistant.
Another Wireless Hero.
Another wireless hero has made hi
name famous. George Eccles, wireless
operator on the Inflated steamer Obi
that went down off the Alaskan coas
on August &c after striking rock i
fog, stayed by his instrument lon
enough to summon aid from other ves
sells. While he was sending for heir
the passengers were being put in til
: lfeboats, but he went down with tn
ship. Owing to the remarkable pluc
of Eceles the survivors were soon picl
ed up and only five out of a total O
| 2l9 lives aboard the ship were lost.