Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-25
Tourists Away for the Volcano.

Thirty-seven ont OF the hundred or
more passengers who embarked for
Hilo in the Mauna Kea this morning
were tourists. The vessel left at ten
o'clock with Hilo as u port of destin.
alton. Consignments of freight and
three automobiles were included In
the freight list. .r.
Japanese Leave for the Homeland.
One hundred Asiatic passengers the
most part being japanese sailed for
their native land In the Pacific Mail
liner Siberia which got away for the
Orient at five o'clock last evening.
A small shipment of coffee was placed
aboard the vessel before departure.
Nine cabin passengers were included
In the number leaving this port.
Hope to Find a Substitute Fuel.
Navy tests TO find substitute for
Atlantic coal will be resumed July
2Sth, when the cruiser West Virginia
will go to Vancouver, b. c., to take
on 900 tons each Of Comoy, Nanaimo
and South Wellington coal. The
cruiser Colorado will take 900 tons
each of Wilkeson and Carbon Hill
coal at Seattle and Tacoma bunkers.
1t will require eleven days Of actual
steaming To test each Of the different
Goals carried by the cruisers.
Hundred Booked for Sierra.
A wireless Is expected from the
Oceanic steamship Sierra which Is
now EN- route from San Francisco ami
due to arrive on the port at an early
hour on Friday morning. The Sierra
is expected will bring large number
Of passengers In addition to the usual
run of general cargo. One hundred
passengers have booked at the Office
OF G. Brewer and Company for trans
porta,ion to San Francisco in the ST.
ezra when that vessel sails for the
coast week from tomorrow morning
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New York Cargo on the Way.
A large cargo of railway material
and general merchandise, a portion
coming from the East coast Of the
United States is expected to arrive
at Honolulu on July Goth with the
American-Hawaiian freighter Virgil
Man. This vessel is bringing con-
signments of freight which left New
York In the Georgian on June End
and the Kentuckian ON June 7th. The
steamer has sailed from Seattle. Steel
rails and bridge material are being
carried for discharge at Hilo. The
Virignian will take on the usual large
quantity oLsugar at island ports for
transhipment at Salina Cruz.
Standard American Has New Dredqe.
A new dredge Is being built for the
STANDARD American Company which
holds a contract to perform work In
Honolulu harb0r. The st. Johns Ship
building Company has been awarded
a contract by the Standard American
Dredging Company of San Francisco
for the construction Of dredge hull
at n cost OF approximately $4,000,
the work to be completed October
18th. The dredge Is intended for use
either at San Francisco or San Pedro
and will be equipped with machinery
and a cabin built at the foremost part.
She will be OF the suction type and
Is to cost 100000.
OIL Coming Fuel for Pacific Mall.
1t having been demonstrated to the
satisfaction OF the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company officials that they can
use oil much more conveniently and
much cheaper on their ships than
coal the installation of oil burners on
all their vessels has been started and
will be carried out with all possible
speed. The first vessel OF this line
to adopt the oil burners was the City
of Para, which left San Francisco for
Ancon on Saturday. Before sailing the
City of Para cruised around the bay
on trial trip.