Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-21

cisco from New York and consigned
to the Williams, DimOnd Company. 1t
is expected that the Luckenbach will
be turned over to her new charterers
by June LIST, being scheduled to sail
on that date for Seattle, after which
she will be placed on the run between
Seattle and Alaskan ports. The Mer-
chants Yukon Company will charter
not less than three more steamers for
the coming year. The j. l.. Lucken-
bach has 4 gross tonnage of 1920 tons
and 1892 tons net She has a meas
iurement capacity for 1000 tons of
freight and $500 tons dead weight.
The steamer was built in Glasgow in
1886, and under the name of the
"Saale" flew the Geramn flag on the
Atlantic for several years. She was
badly damaged in the dock fire at Ho-
bollen in 1902, after which she was
bought and repaired by the I.ucken-
bachs and placed under the American
registry.
WiIhelmina Has New Chief Officer
Chief Officer Calling, VINO made one
round trip with the Matson Naviga-
ton steamer Wilhelmina has been
transferred to the freighter Hyades
and his position is being taken by
Jimmy" Russell the we'll known
chief officer in the Hyades. Russell
is familiar figure TO a bunch of old
timers at the port. The Wilhelmina
is reported to have come down from
San Francisco in five days, ten hours
and forty minutes This is a record
that will have to be beaten by the
Oceanic steamship Sierra if that ves-
sci seriously cOntemplates entering
the lists for carrying the mainland
mail. Roth toe Wilhelmlna and the
Sierra are listed for dispatch for San
Francisco on Wednesday morning,
March Doth. According to existing
time cards they will pull away from
their respective wharves at ten
O'Clock. One or the other will be given
the mail which will net a snug sum
of money to the company securing
the consignment
20
New Charter for the H. hackfeld.
The German ship Fl. Hackfeld,
which is now one hundred and twenty
five days out from Hamburg, with
general merchandise for Honolulu is
reported on the coast as having been
chartered by the American Trading
Company to transport a full cargo of
lumber from Portland to London di-
rect at rate of 60 shillings. This
is the highest rate paid for some
months. the prevailing figures for
shipping lumber or sailing vessels to
England being markedly below this.
The H. Hackfeld is due at Honolulu
with general cargo from Hamburg and
will reach the harbor for May loading. |
She Is of 2 1913 net tons and will carry
over 100000 feet of lumber.
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Local Notice to Mariners.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS = Alalakeiki |
Channel-Molokini Island --Molokini
Lightstation was established, March |
Is, 1911.-It is a white lens-lantern
light showing thus:
Light 0.3 sec; Eclipse 81 sec; Light
0.3 sec; Eclipse 2,7 sec.
173 feet above water. and 16 feet
above ground, on white pyramidal,
skeleton, iron tower A black derrick
with gdyed mast is located IS feet
Ely of tower.
Kanahena Point Lighthouse, lis
deg. true (SE by e IL Il mag.).
Kahoolawe Island, left tangent, 1913
deg. true Is by w SIS w mag).
McGregor Point Lighthouse, 345 deg.
true On by w IA w mag).
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Michigan In New Dress.
Resplendent in new dress of fresh
paint, the Mohican, now used as a
barge for storing of sugar by the
Matson Navigation Company has been
overhauled and cleaned. The
work was performed under the SUI
)ervision of Captain Hyde, of the
Watson tug Intrepid.
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Another Wind Hammer Soon a Barge.
The well known ship William H
Smith, which has called at Honolulu
IN several occasions as a lumber oar
'ier is to go the route OF all old and
vessels. The old mar
ne relic will be remembered as hay
ne been partially dismasted off the
Northern Pacific coast about year