The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-05
FOURTH ALONG THE WATERFRONT

The harbOr looked its best yester-
day in honor of the glorious Fourth.
The Kent and Challenger both
dressed ship, and so did the Helene,
the Alice Cooke, although she was in
dock, the Alaskan and all the small
boats Not point seemed to 0e
lost. The Alakea wharf had the
Stars and Stripes and the Hawaiian
flag festooned above the big entrance,
while from every staff along the front
tloated a flag to show that the owner,
irrespective of his nationality, joined
in paying his respects to the nation
that has grown great so rapidly.
The boys on the Challenger cele-
brated the day by rendering a supper
to their comrades on the Kent, the
meal being followed by a program or
band music.
Sugar Awaiting Shipment.
Sugar awaiting shipment on Hawaii
IS reported as follows: Punaluu, 3695
bags; Honuapo, 4422; Kailua, 1886;
Kukuihaele, 23,7OO; Honokaa, 1900;
Paauhau, 1O,5OO; Paauilo, $4,000; Ku-
kaiau, SOIL
Mauna Loa from Roma and Kau.
The Mauna Loa arrived yesterday
morning from Kona and Kau ports,
and among her cargo were two horses,
three mules, five cows, seventeen
calves, thirty-three pigs, sixty-eight
boxes fruits, 165 bags coffee, 1910 bags
sugar.
Sierra and Wilhelmina Raced
San Francisco Call: Although both
Captain Peter Johnson of the Matson
liner Wilhelmina and Captain J. H.
Trask of the Oceanic liner Sierra,
which arrived from Honolulu less than
a half hour apart yesterday morning,
deny that they raced from the island
port to San Francisco, when the time
of the ships departure from Honolulu
is taken into consideration, it seems
that for the first time since the two
big vessels began to ply upon the run,
Captain Johnson has succeeded in
besting his fleet rival.
The result would have been differ
ent if it had not been for a dense fog
which happened along at the right
moment and assisted the Matson skip
per. The Oceanic ship left the island
port just one hour before the Wilhel-
nina, and retained a safe lead until
off the lightship at 1870 yesterday
morning. So heavy was the fog, how
ever, that Captain Trask brought his
ship to an anchor and waited until
daylight before he made any attempt
to move.
At o'clock, when the weather was
beginning to clear a bit, the Sierra
was just getting under way when the
Matson ship, with Peter Johnson on
the bridge, came steaming merrily
along and for a short time both YES
sells ran together within a stones
throw AS the WiIhelmina was only
built to make sixteen knots the Sier-
ra, which can develop twenty in
pinch, soon drew ahead and, running
through the Golden Gate, came to an
anchor off Neiggs wharf at 6:3O, while
Johnson let his mud hooks descend
about a half hour later.
1t was said on board the Sierra that
Trask could easily have continued on
from the lightship, but, believing that
a shippers first duties are to his com
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from Honolulu, June "a.
SANTA RITA, Am. S. s., ar. Port San
Luis from Honolulu, July /.
MARIA, stmr., ar. Port San
Luis, from Hilo, June 10.
SCOTTISH MONARCH, for Yokohama
from Honolulu, July l.
S. c. ALLEN, Am. bk, from Fort
Bragg for Honolulu, July 8.
S. G. WILDER, bktn., for Port Town
send from Everett, June 8.
SHERIDAN, U. S. A. T., for Homo
lulu from Nagasald, June %.
SHERMAN, U. S. A. T., from Homo
lulu, ar San Francisco, June 10.
SIBERIA, Am. S. s., ar. Honolulu
from Yokohama, June 80.
SIERRA, Am. S. s., from San Fran
cisco for Honolulu, July l.
BAY, Am. g. s., ar. San Diego
from Honolulu, May 16
ST. ROGATIEN, from London for He
nolulu, April 27.
TENYO MARU, from Honolulu for
the Orient, June 27.
VIRGINIAN, Am. S. s., for San Diego
from Salina Cruz, June 20.
WADDON, Br. S. s., for Honolulu
from Newcastle, July /.
P. FRYE, Am. ship, for
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