Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-13
WATERFRONT NoTEs

turned TO San Francisco on April IL
from a salvage expedition to the
wreck of the Pacific Mail steamer In
diana at Port Tosca, which the pro
moters admitted was not as success
full as they had expected. Those In.
terested In the expedition were Cap.
tain Pillsbury. Captain Johnson ani
the master OF the schooner. The
Dora B.uhm left San Francis % on
January 10 and was six weeks In the
vicinity OF the wreck The salvors
found the steamer badly buckled, and
II was necessary TO use considerable
dynamite To get into the hold Two
divers were sent down and with their
assistance about 200 tons, Of miscel-
laneous stun were redeemed from
the battered holds. The schooner
was twenty-five days sailing home,
having encountered n long series of
Gains.
SHOULD THE ORDERS received
by the Pacific Coast customs authori.
''a opPfs w itlt
immigration officers viii hereafter be
obliged to employ launch OF theiy'
own In the work of visiting and board.
ing incoming steamers. 1t Is said
that orders were recently received IN
San Francisco instructlng the immi
grafton officials to use their own
launches for purposes OF boarding yes.
sells and other purposes, also instruct.
ing the customs and revenue officials
that the boats OF their departments
are not to be used by the immigration
people.
THE AMERICAN iron bark T.. C..
Mowatt. which has been tied UP a.
Philadelphia for more than two
years. was offered for sale at public
auction on April ~. The highest
bid received was $1,000. hut the
owners declined to let the vessel go
at that figure. The Il. G.. Mowatt
was built at Glasgow in 1868 and
for many years after being given an
American registry proved herself one
OF the fastest vessels of her class.
THE LIGHTHOUSE bill agreed to
by the House Interstate Commerce
Committee carries appropria tons for
the Pacific Coast as follows: III ght
stations. Anacapa Island. California.
10000: lights for inside passage.
Alaska, $4,000; improvements on
coal shed, Humboldt Bay, California,
$4,000.
FINE WEATHER has been exper-
fenced by the Japanese turbine liner
Chiyo Maru, now en- route to the Or
lent and reported last night as being
500 miles of the port. Smooth seas
are said 10 prevail on the voyage thus
far covered by the Chiyo Maru.
HIND. R0LPH & co. have named
the British bark Robert Duncan,
which they purchased reacntly, after
Captain William II. Lewis. The
Lewis will load lumber on the Sound
for the Colonies and return TO the
Coast with a coal cargo. ri
EVERY ONE of the torpedo boat
destroyers composing the Atlantic
torpedo feet except the Preston and
the Samson exceeded her contract
speed on the recent ruin from Key
West to Pensacola, a distance of
about 450 knots. .u.
AN ADVANCE of 50 In the passen.
ger rate from Seattle to San Francis
co was announced on April by the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
Thus far no advance has been ordered
by the San francisco and Portland
Company. -.. ,..
THE UNITED STATES battleship
Indiana returned to the Philadelphia
Navy Yard on April 81 after a five
days test at sea of brake which,
1t is claimed, will help in the quick
stoppage OF warships.
iTiE hMEHiSAN DiTh ALBERT mHun
fair passage up TO the coast. The
vessel left Kailua after discharging a
shipment OF lumber and is reported to
have arrived at Port Townsend yes
lterday.
AFTER REMAINING In the islands
for many weeks, the American schoon.
err Admiral. which arrived at Kahulni
with a shipment OF nitrates, has de
parted for Port Townsend. II,
THE BRITISH bark orthbank has
been sold to Peruvians and renamed
the Lavenda. Shells unt or charter to
w. r, Grace G. Co. TO carry lumber
from the Sound to Callao, H.
THE ARRIVAL of the United States
army transport Logan at San Fran
cisco yesterday is reported The YES.
sci passed through this port from
Manila on May 4.