Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-03
WATERFRONT NOTES
W rrrrorized by Dread Disease.

plIlI tADI,I hIlIA, Pa, March "a. -
The British bark Brilliant arrived here
today with her crow in q stat" Of ter
ror as the result Of two deaths and |
six scamen III Of bcribcri One corpse /
with the six men who were suffering ,
from the dread disease were tak"n !
from the bark at the State Quarantine /,
station
The situation the crew faced as one ,
after another became sick and turned
almost as black as the pitch in the
seams of the hold, was not a pleasant
one.
Captain w. A. Grant said tonight
that he had never had more mcnaC.
ing period with tcrrOriZed sailors in
his life than he did at times during the
voyage az many of the sailors We're
of Indian extraction. The bark wasl
at sea l3l days, buffeted by serious
winter storms.
! The disease appeared early in Jan
uary. when two sailors were stricken,
and before the middle of February five
other members of the crew became i'll.
The remainder of the voyage was
made with these six men in a serious
condition. and the other sailors strug.
Cling to keep out of the thrOes of the
disease. Captain Grant said that he
tclt fortunate In reaching port with
the six men barely alive.
-
Recognizing It's superiority over the
general run of lumber, the American
Hawaiian steamship Company has de
Cidcd to use Oregon lir for building
the entire docking to go into the five
modern steamers which 1t has under
construction at SparrOws Point, Md,
in the yards of the Marylan Steel Co.
The steamers will be among the lalS-
est and most modern vessels flying the
American flag and will be ready to go
in commission within the next year.
An order of 100000 feet Of the ma.
tcrial has been placed with Portland,
ore, millmCn for the construction of
the decking of the steamers. or this
quantity shipment of 10000 feet
has gone out on the steamer Falcon
from Portland for San Francisco.
From the BAY City the lumber will be
forwarded 10 Salina Cruz, the Pacific
terminus of the TChuantcpeC railroad,
on other steamers of the same line.
, The balance of the 800, 600 feet Is be-
, ing sent by rail across the continent.
> Several of the new steamers under
construction AT the Maryland yards
will be brought around to the Pacific
Coast before the completion of the
Panama Canal. When the big ditch
has been thrown Omen for traffic the
entire feet will ply between Atlantic
and Pacific Coast ports. making port
Of entry calls At Portland.
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VICTORIA, H. C., March l9.-With
the retirement Of Capt. Richards OF
the Nippon Nuscn Kaisha liner SadO
Maru, who has been replaced by n
Japanese master, Cant. Asakawa, for
merly chief officer Of the Tamba Ma
ira, the last of the foreigners in the
trana.Pacilc service of the Japanese
stcamship lines has left the service
When the Nippon Tuscn Kaisha line
- started this service some years age
with the old steamer Mike Maru, Eu
ropcan masters and chief engineers
and in many cases foreign mates wcr'
employed, but year ny year THEN
places were gradually filed with Jap
anese, aud for some time past Capt
. Richards Of the Sado Maru was the
), sole survivor Ills place has now been
a taken ny Nhpl, ASukhWu, VINO DfOuShI
4 the Sadu Mnru into port this voyag"
4 "a
+ with the arrival of the Kasuga Ma
ri, the most favored boat on the run
!, from Shanghai to Yokohama, ON tn,
+ end inst, her popular skipper, Capt
= r. Swain, will retire from the n. Y. X
service and will leave with his wife
for Europe.
D. Capt SWANS career lindcr the Jap
: ancse flag has been Il long and distin
< guishcd one AS far back as twenty
II eight years ago he entered the sCTyiC.
A., of the Mitsu Bishi Kaisha. Many yes
h sells on the different runs have a
e some time or other been commanded
d by him. Ills services were constantly
"a in demand during the recent war, TO
is which he received the decoration o
the Fifth Order Of the Rising Sun.
The directors of the n. Y. X. in rec
-. Ognition Of his able services as seniO
captain Of the line, 1t is announced
" will present him with an honorariun
~ of several thousand yen together will