The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-28
TWO BOATS Of
SAME LINE ARRIVE
virginian From Seattle and the
PIeiades From Frisco
Come In.

Almost together, the two American
Hawaiian steamers, the Virginian and
the Pleiades, arrived here from the
mainland yesterday morning. The
Pleiades was expected to arrive the
day before, but she was somewhat de-
layed by head seas, and consequently
did not poke her nose around Diamond
Head until shortly after eight o clock
yesterday morning The Pleiades came
on her regular direct trip from San
Francisco to this port, loaded down,
and she will sail for the Golden Gate
city again as soon as she has dis
| charged and picked up another load.
The American Hawaiian Company is
giving good freight service between
| the California metropolis and this city,
| running the Pleiades direct She
brought 1000 tons of freight yesterday,
a part of which goes to the other
islands.
The big freighter Virginian, from
| Seattle, was the first of the American
Hawaiian boats to come into the har
| Dor Yesterday. She carried about $500
tons of general freight for the islands,
pdIb VI NHICn 10 lOi NAHUM
| and ports other than Honolulu. Both
| the Virginian and the Pleiades are
locked at the railroad wharf, where
| they will discharge their Honolulu car
goes. The Virginian brought mail from
| the Northwest, but the Pleiades, which
left before the Nippon Maru, had no
| mail.
Word was received here by cable last
night that the Alaskan, of the same
| line, had arrived at Delaware break
| water from Hilo. She carried a full
cargo of sugar. The Alaskan was last
| reported previously at a South Amerf-
can port.
| No Hoodoo This Time.
| At last the Flaurence Ward got
away. She was minus her Japanese
| cook the first time she started; then
when off Barber's Point, the second
start. she smashed her main boom, re-
turning both times to her dock at the
| foot of Fort street. She sailed again
| yesterday morning for Midway Island
taking passengers and supplies for the
| midpacific cable station. There were
! many friends of the departing passen-
| gers at the Channel wharf yesterday
| morning when the little schooner made
ready. Captain Piltz stated that he
| would be back here probably in about
| a month.
Many Passengers Coming.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 49,
| Every transpacifc liner scheduled tc
| leave San Francisco in the next sew
| eral weeks is booked nearly full OF
| passengers for Honolulu and points on
| the Asiatic coast. Included in the
transpacifc business is growing traf
| fic in passengers destined for the South
Sea islands and ports of Australasia
| who may now take passage from here
not only in American ships calling al
Honolulu. but in foreign liners calling
at the island port, under the new Ian
~conferring this privilege upon persons
| bound from here to points beyond
| Hawaii
Japs View Sampan.
| Hundreds of Japanese were on the
waterfront yesterday afternoon and
morning to see the 'tQueen of the
| Sampan Fleet The boat is far and
| away the largest one of its kind IL
| the Islands and is fitted with a power
full gasoline engine. She has compart
| ments which will carry twice as large
cargo of fish as any other sampar
| in the harbor.
Shipping Notes.
The Pacific Mail liner Asia sailed
| from Yokohama for Honolulu yester
day.
The barkentine Coronado, which beat
the "Irmgard in the race from Homo
lulu to San Francisco short time ago
sailed from the latter port for here
yesterday.
/ The Alameda reported by wireless:
yesterday that she was 1900 miles from
San Francisco, and that the weather
was lovely.