The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-16
DIX BURNING
BATAAN COAL
Making Test Which Has
Proved Successful
So Far.

AS the result OF the success or the
coal-burning test which the T. S. A.
r. Dix is making on this voyage, it is
not at all unlikely that the United
States Government will spend a sum
of money that will figure up into the
mines in the Philippine Islands, ac-
cording to statement made yester-
day. For the first time in the history
Of the transport service on the Pa
cific Ocean, the Dix has not a speck
of japanese coal in her bunkers.
She is buring coal from the mines
at Bataan, a small island just to the
south of Luzon, in the Philippines. 1t
has proved to be a superior article
splendid for steaming, and causing re-
markedly little smoke. The Dix has
$500 tons Of this coal on board, and
yesterday she gave the Sheridan
enough to make fair test with. Ac-
cording to the engineers of the Dix,
the coal is every bit as good as that
which is usually taken on board the
transports at Nagasaki
This is in spite of the fact that the
coal which is now being used is
entry coal, being taken out from the
edge of the vein. The mine at Bataan,
which is still practically undeyeloped,
is in a side-hil The experts who
have examined the property state that
a still finer grade of coal can be Sc
cured when the mine has been de-
veloped.
Should the government decide that
this coal is suitable for use on the
transports. it will mean that the big
troopships will cut out Nagasaki en-
tirely on their runs to the Philippines.
It will also mean that they will bring
coal to this port and thus remain in
Honolulu longer than has been the
custom in the past. 1t will take con-
siderable time yet, however, before
these mines can be developed. The
report from the Dix on the excellence
OF the article will be forwarded to
Washington as soon as possible.
Filipino Boy Returned.
Although his father is employed on
the boat, a seventeen-year-old Filipino
boy who had slowed away on the
transport Dix at Manila was put on
BOARD the Sheridan yesterday and sent
back to his native islands. The boy
had slowed away on the vessel with
the idea of getting to Seattle, where
he wanted to work and get an Ameri-
can education Uncle Sans red
tape" does not allow of that method
of securing passage on his ships, how
ever, so the lad was returned on the
Sheridan. The officers of the Dix felt
sorry to be forced to send the boy
back, for he had a genuine thirst for
knowledge and was willing to work
and learn everything possible about
the ship, but regulations are regula-
TONS
Sheridan Sails.
Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock
the Sheridan backed away from the
Naval slip and started on the voyage
to Manila. The Hawaiian band played
on the ship during the afternoon. There
was the usual crowd of Army and Navy
people down on the wharf to say fare
well to departing friends.
GlenhoIm Arrives.
The British ship Glenholm arrived
here Yesterday morning with a cargo
of nitrates for the Hawaiian Fertilizer
company. Captain D. Williams is the
skipper of the big steel vessel She
had good passage here from Iquique,
making the distance in forty-eight
DAYS. She anchored in the harbor yes
terday afternoon, but will probably
dock at the Hackfeld wharf today or
tomorrow. Waterfronters were not ex-
peeting the Glenholm, and she was mis-
taken for the British ship Ben Lee,
which is of the same rig.
Andrew WEIGH to Hilo.
On account of the strike, which has
left little sugar at this port, the bark
Andrew Weleh, Captain Kelly. will
probably go over to Hilo for her cargo.
She has not yet fully discharged the
general cargo which she brought down
from the Coast. but, as soon as this
is completed, she viii leave for the
Big Island port.
Rosecrans Takes Tow.
Some time today the Associated oil.
steamer Rosecrans will leave for Gavi
ota, towing the ship Falls of Clyde