Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-08
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WATER FRoHT NOTES

WATERFRONT NOTES Il
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1T WAS officially announced at San
Francisco on January 81 that the
steamer .Hyades has been purchased
by the Matson Navigation Company
from the Boston Towboat Company.
The freighter, which has been operat.
ing for some TINE under charter to
the Matson Company, will be formally
taken over by her new owners on her
arrival from Honolulu. For some time
II has been known that negotiations
were under way which would result in
the well known carrier changing hands
but no confirmation was made Of the
deal until January 81, when Captain
Matscn made the announcement. The
terms of the sale are private. The
Hyadcs will operate on the Matson
Company's triangular run between
San Francisco. Puget Sound ports and
Hawaiian ports, In conjunction with
the big passenger steamer Hilonian of
tut ittt. WHICH, VIII We Ndhtu
on the direct run to Honolulu when
the new liner Wilhelmlna goes into
service February 10. The Hyades Is
a steel freighter of 1858 gross tons
and 1882 net. She was built at Spar
rows Point, Nd. in 1900 and has seen
service OH both the Atlantic and Pa.
cific. She was In the Oriental trade
for some time. and also operated to
Alaska. For more than year she
has been under charter to the Matson
Company. Sine is 33l.5 feet long, a.
feet beam an DIS feet depth of hold,
with engines of 1900 horsepower.
LLOYD'S RETURNS of vessels to-
tally lost. The returns of vessels to.
tally lost, condemned, etc. from Jan.
uary LIST to March 3lst, 1909. gives
tables showing the number. net and
gross tonnage and nationality Of
steam vessels and the number, ma
tionality. and net tonnage of sailing
vessels, totally lost. condemned. etc..
during the first quarter OF 1909 Also
showing the ilnmber and tonnage of
! vessels owned in each country. The
total number OF steamers lost. etc, Is
seventy.four OF gross tonnage OF
1884. The number of sailing vessels
lost, etc, Is sixty-four. OF net ton.
mage OF 1880. The material OF con.
struction is noted and the losses are
detailed.
FIVE THOUSAND tons of sugar
has been loaded into the American
ship Erskine NJ. Phelps during the
five weeks that the vessel has re-
NAMED at the port. The Phelps is at
the railway wharves and will fin!sh
loading sugar for Delaware Break.
water today or tomorrow. II Is en-
rected that the ship will get away the
last of this week or the first part Of
the next for the Atlantic seaboard.
Captain Graham is now looking for n
crew.
LLOYD'S SURVEYORS do not seem
to find much TO do in American ports.
Four are kept at Dusseldorf and but
one at Boston, Copenhagen has four,
the number being the same at New
York. Trieste enjoys the services Of
three and New Orleans OF one. The
apportlonmcnt for Rotterdam Is foul
and OF Baltimore two. San Francisco
is not on the list, though 1t has non.
exclusive surveyor, but Antwerp is
down for three exclusive ones.
THE BRITISH ship Celtic Chief Il
awaiting crew as well as orders and
is expected will get away by the last
of the week, It Is believed that the
vessel, which has had her share OF
trouble since arrival at Honolulu, will
sail for Australian ports.
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THE MAUI was an arrival ut the
port this morning. bringing shipment
of eighty head Of cattle from Hawaii
The vessel arrived with small
amount of general cargo. Fair wealth
er was met with on the inward trip.
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| ACCORDING TO advices received
here the Japanese steamer Hongkone
Maru sailed from Valparaiso for ia
pan by the way Of Honolulu twenty
six days ago. The vessel Is bringing
q shipment of nitrates.
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ANOTHER SEIZURE of opium wa:
made on the steamer China at Sar
Francisco by inspector Richardson
who found 20 tins concealed in the
steerage baggage and among thu
the freight.
THE LITTLE lumber schooner vii
liam Olsen is now twenty-three, day.
out from Gray's HarbOr with full
shipment of lumber to the Honolulu
agency of Levers & Cooke.
THE PACIFIC MAIL liner China
sailing for Japan ports and Hongkonl
at 5 o'clock this evening, will tax,
three layover passengers to Fa