The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-17
MhTSON BUYS
TUG INTREPID
Local T0wboat Is Purchased
From Oceanic Company
- Notes.

Advices which came down on the
Matson liner Lurline Monday evening
Informed the local agents of the COM
pany that the Oceanic tug Intrepid, for,
merly owned by the Spreckels interests,
had been purchased by the Matson
Navigation company, and benceforth all
of the steam towboat business of this
port viii be in the hands of that com
pany. A letter telling Irwin CO., of
the sale was mailed some weeks ago,
but, in some unaccountable manner, it
failed to arrive here, and the news of
the deal consequently did not come until
yesterday morning, when duplicate of
the original letter came in the mail.
Before that time. w. NJ. Gifard, the
local agent for Irwin & Co., had had
no linking of what was going on in
San Francisco.
A great percentage of the towboat
business in San Francisco was done by
the Spreckels boats up until last De-
cemher. when the latter company decid.
ed to sell out their holdings. All of
their tugs were sold then to the Ship
Owners and Merchants Tugboat Com
pany Of San Francisco, including the
Intrepid here. However, the purchasers
had no Honolulu representative, and,
for the time. the business continued to
be handled through the agency of Irwin
& Co.. and all returns were made
through the Oceanic Steamship Com
pany.
The new purchasers of the boat ac.
ceBsed the offer of the Matson people,
and the deal has now been finished.
What further disposition Of the boat,
other than that she viii be continued
in the regular towing business here has
not been made known. The sum paid
for the Intrepid has not yet been given
out.
A new master for the boat came down
in the person Of Captain Hyde, and it
was stated Yesterday that he would
take charge Of the tug today. Captain
Lane, the present master, had no Motif
cation Of the change before yesterday
and he viii probably be kept in the
service of the company for some time.
He is an excellent man for the position,
and the fact that another man has been
brought down here from the Coast does
not reflect upon his ability in the least.
wandering SSSIucu.
In the office Of United States Ship
ping Commissioner Amy, the following
notice is on the board, asking for in
formation concerning the whereabouts
of sailors locally known:
s'Walter Marford, age IS years, left
bktn. Hawaii April l. 1907.
"James Greene. who was discharged
from Queens Hospital in February,
1907.
Edgar Porter, age Is years, height
#. in, light hair. blue eyes, scar
| over left eye, left bark Olympic in
March, 1907
ssSigford Hansen, age 90 years. left
ship Manga Reva. Address, Bergen
Norway.
ssThos. Venerables, James MeMuller,
no particulars. ....o >,
Hyades Changes Color.
The Natson freighter Hyades is
something Ike the chameleon in that
she changes her color in a day. When
the Hvades came here on her first and
the present trips she was painted a
Nt6tt t4dth. I'D ~ tl'eo oNCAi ''iN>
over by the Matson company. Yester'
dav she was coated with the dark min
eral red, the uniform worn by the
steamships Lurline. Hilonian and En-
terprise and sailing ships of the same
company. The Transformation was
pleasing and the Hyades looks better
for the change.
Two Sugar Boats to Sail.
This morning the Irmgard and the
Coronado viii get away for San Fran
csfeo. The Coronado was to have sailed
Yesterday morning. but she needed an
other sailor and waited to get him. The
Irmgard has room for about 1000 bags
Of sugar. but the probabilities of get
ting this in the very near future ap,
reared too slim to her master to justify
any more delay.
American Hawaiian sailings.
The American Hawaiian freighter
Columbian leaves Puget Sound for Ho-
nolulu direct tomorrow, according the
most card notifications which Agent
Morse has sent ont. The Arizonan Is
7ue 10 sail direct TO Honolulu from San
Francisco on February 20.