The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-22
THE C0LUMBIAN'S JACOBS LADDER

The chief point of interest in the
Columbian at the railroad wharf this
morning was when the gangway
would be put out instead of the Jacobs
ladder that dangled over the side, and
gave the only means of gaining and
leaving the ship. 1t is about one OF
the most nerve-racking devices that
has ever become associated with a
ship. To make it worse it had a step
missing near the top, and to those on
the wharf this furnished plenty of
amusement. The inspecting one would
work his way up the ladder with the
wretched affair doing hula movement
with every step upward, and then
SUDDENLY near the top he would find
himself blindly feeling for the step
that was not there. OF course. il was
all very funny to those on the dock,
and all that sort of thing. That Eng
lishmen that their pleasures sadly,
was fully demonstrated by the way
some of them expressed themselves in
regard to the missing step, the ladder
itself, and the idea of not putting out
Il gangway.
The Columbian got in day ahead
Of time from Puget Sound. She left
there on June IA, and has for Homo.
lulu nearly 5000 tons of merchandise
which includes a big consignment OF
Budweiser beer For Port Allen she
has about 100 tons Of cargo, about
$50 tons for Kahului, and about 100
tons for Hilo. She had a fine trip
1own. and win leave the islands with
a full load Of sugar for Salina Cruz.
Danger Spot On Railroad Wharf.
There is a very dangerous spot on
the railroad wharf and although
large subsidence took place there
over a month ago, nothing has yet
been done to remedy the gaping hole
that allows one to view the water
under the dock.
For a certain distance over the
water. the dock is composed of thick
wooden girders. From that spot back,
he ground is paved with asphalt. ItI
S at the junction of the logs and the
asphalt that the subsistence has taken
1lace. A large hole is now there. !
where the earth has slipped into the
water. and the asphalt unable to
year the strain, has caved in. No
tempt has been made to repair the
lamage at all, and the spot is marked
low by a trestle. Judging bv tbe
appearance of the floor, similar trou.
lie will be experienced in other spots
'efore long.
Nippon Maru Arrives Today.
The Nippon Maru is due to arrive
I hVe o'clock this afternon from the
'rlent with about four hundred tons
i cargo for this port, and eighty-three
leerage passengers, about TWENTY
even of whom are Filipinos for the
lantations.
She Will be despatched to the coast /
omorrow in the forenoon.
Mail to Coast Tomorrow Morninq.
There will be a mail to the coast
morning, probably closing at
pout nine o'clock. The Nippon Maru
due to arrive at five o'clock this
ltenoon' and as she only has four
uhdred tons of cargo. it is Anticipated
nat she will be ready to proceed on
er voyage to the coast by ten o'clock
morning Anyway, she will
e despatched before noon.
herman Had Murdered Men Aboard
chronicle, June 1S.-The Sherman
'Illcd the bodies of two United ,
'a,eS soldiers who had been mur-
cred in the Philippines by Moros in E
most fiendish manner They were
lieutenant w. II. Rodney of the Sec
ID Cavalry and Sergeant James Fer
lson OF Company e, Third Infantry.
Ieutenant Rodney was murdered on
pril 10th while he was stationed at
no. AT the time of the crime Rod
'y was walking with his two-year- !,
d daughter. Three Moros attacked
m and he attempted to shield his :,
lughter from harm and he held them
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