Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-02


charged full shipment of Puget
Sound lumber, the little American
schooner Sequoia denuied OF. her sails
! and drifting at the mercy of tempest
and storm for days was brought into
| San Francisco on January 9th.
The schooner left in ballast and ac-
cording to- report that has been re-
ceived here from Captain Huffman,
the schooner ScQuoia was prey to
con .rary gales AMI mountainous seas.
| For practically thi.ty-seven days the
little vessel made but small Roadway
against ii combination of adverse ele-
mcuts
A heavy storm met with on Dccem-
Der Bird, while c1rOutc to the coast,
was of sufficient intensity to send the
lumber craft on her beams end and
before she emerged from the center OF
disturbance there was much damage
wrought to sails and gear.
The Sequoia will undergo repairs at
the Golden Gate before rcsuming her
regular run in the lumber trade be-
twccn Puget Sound ports an the isl
ands. On one or more occasions the
vessel has returned from Hlo with q.
shipment of hard wood railway ties.
Kicked on Aor7ng' Ventilation,
Nm oil at /, Il 4
Canadian-Austri1li7n steamer Aoran-
gi called at Honolulu in voyages he
tween Victoria and Australian potts
few official "kicks" were records
concerning her appliances and fittings
for the convenience of passengers,
The Aorangi is now in trade he
tween San Francisco and Australlan
ports and upon her appearance at ihe
California port the United States
government got busy and an adverse
report was forthcoming from the Sur
veyor of the Port at San Francisco
1t was claimed that the steamer ven
tlators had been placed in a position
contrary to the regulations laid down
by the United States Government
The Port Surveyor laid complaint
against Captain Evans, charging that
the ventilators leading to the steer
age Of the ship were only four feGr
above the deck instead of six feet, a,
required by law.
The owners pointed out that the
ventilators met the requirements Of
the New Zealand government, when
are said to be more stringent than in
this country, Instead Of the .ven.ila-
tors raising six feet above the main
deck, they are run up through TIE
forecastle head, which is about ten
feet higher than the main decK. The
draft thus created is bette! than II
the ventilators had been placed in
the position prescribed alul. being
passed upon by the New Gnalanl gov
eminent. Collector Strat.On says that
the case comes under the exception
clause, wherein the ri,A5 Ct another
government must be ctanlzcd
"a
Lumber careoes May Have Been
Storm Bound
owing to severe weather along the
North Pacific coast number of lum-
Der carriers have been reported as
storm bound. The steamship Charles
Nelson Captain Hansen, which arriv-
ed at Tacoma on January 13 from San
Francisco reports the daring seaman
ship of the crew Of an unknown lum
Der schooner bound south, off the Co |
lumbia River on the 11th, The wind
was coming in squalls about fifty |
miles an hour, despite which the
schooner bad all sails sci excepting
topsails. Entering the Straits on the
18TH the officers Of Nelson sighted
three vessels storm bound at Neah
Bay and three at Clallam Bay. Cap
tain Hansen encountered gales all the
way up the Coast.
"Glen Liners" Change Ownership.
While not having included Homo
lulu as a port Of call, tho Glen Lin
crs' as they are known to trans-Pa-
riiic shipping are familiar figures at