The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-03

ders.
The Mails.
Although there are eight vessels
listed to leave Honolulu for San Fran
cisco during the remainder of this
month, only seven will be utilized to
carry mails, as the Honolulan and the
Wilhelmina are listed to leave within
day of each other. The Honoulan
to be dispatched on the 18th, will be
due at San Francisco on the 3rd,
vile the Wilhelmina leaving a day
after her will be due on the 22nd, a
day ahead.
Sounding in the New slip.
The new wharf adjoining the naval
dock is now nearing completion and
the stage is rapidly approaching
when the contractors will be able to
lay the hardwood blocks on the deck
of it.
At present Captain J. r. Macaulay,
of the pilot service, is busily engaged
taking soundings along the structure
and also in between it and the Alakea
wharf The results so far have been
highly satisfactory, for an average
depth at low water to thirty-two feet
is assured 1t was feared by many that
the great traffic by the trans-Paciic
liners would have made the bottom
of the harbor silt up to a greater de-
gree, for the propellers of the big
boats have to revolve very many
times before the ships are finally
moored, .45
Every ten feet of the water IS
sounded, and there is uniform show
ing right through. In some places the .
water has a depth of SO feet, in some
"a feet, and in others it is more, but
there is ample water for the largest
vessel that now comes here. AS a
matter of fact any vessel that can
come through the channel can dock
at the new wharf.
A fact that is greatly deplored is
that the wharf is not longer This
will initiate against some of the big
ships being worked at this wharf.
Another cause of complaint is the in
tention to build a house thirty feet
wide across the dock that will be.
only sixty feet wide. This, it is said,
Will be a bar to rapid handling One
man said this morning that it will
necessitate turning ship round 70
work the other end, after one end Oh
her has been cleared.
No one could say what use the
wharf will be put to. Some seemed
to think that the Canadian-Australian
boats will be berthed there when lc
is available, but what other boats
would go there could not even be
guessed at. 1t was not thought in
some quarters that a wharf should
have been built for the Canadian
Australian steamers, as they are here
! only twice a month, and then it is al
ways possible to berth them, as they
remain DuJ udy SlShS "i'hO'' 'A''
serious inconvenience to the port.
Smuggling at San Francisco.
San Francisco Examiner, July 3d.
A daring attempt to smuggle large
consignment of opium ashore from
the steamer Manchuria was frustrated
at an early hour yesterday morning by
customs inspectors.
Two men were arrested and held in
custody for eight hours, but they were
later released and the U. S. District
Attorneys office advised the customs
officials that though the men acted in
a suspicious manner it would be hard
to secure a conviction. The two men
arrested and held at the mail dock
were John Dolan and George Smith,
and one of the men is suspected by
the Federal authorities of being the
man arrested by Inspector Brolan
about a year ago on the charge of
smuggling.
About 2 o'clock yesterday morning
Inspector Hurley, who was detailed
on guard to the midship stringer OF
the Manchuria, discovered a line with
stick tied to the end being lowered
through the port of the ash shute.
He caught the line and pulled it on
the dock A few minutes later the in
spector heard a noise under the dock,
and, thinking it was a boat, he re-
ported the matter to Inspector Kile'
made, who was stationed at the gang
way. Both inspectors drew their re-
volvers and waited to give battle to
the smugglers should they come in
sight.
Word was sent for reinforcements,
and Inspector Vargar came over from
the steamer China and Lieutenant r.
c. Rush took charge of the entire