Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

! line between here and New York will
be it's first venture in domestic com
TerCe
J. II. ROssiter, general manager OF
w r. Grace & Co. in this city. re-
/ TUNED yesterday from New York after
alt inspection OF the new steamers.
The one nearly completed, to be
known at the Santa Cruz, Is OF gooG
dimensions, but the three others will
be larger. Each of the later three will
be 42O feet long. "a feet beam and will
| [ good" for II IL knots.
RoSsiter has made a long study of
travelling in the tropics and with ttF.
intimate knowledge planned the gen
eIal outline and features of the YES
sells. There will be accommodations
o.. each for about seventy-five passen-
gers, arranged in suites with baths at
t2ched.
SisaI Shipped From Hawaii.
A consignment of sisal destined for
the cordage companies on the main
land was included in the list Of Ha-
wall products that arrived as part
cargo in the Interisland steamer. Kill
aUea The liner returned from Kona
and Kau ports this morning bringing
q bales hides, % crates pigs, 90
crates chickens, 80 head cattle, $40
cases of preserved pineapples 5000
sacks sugar and 80 packages sun
dries
Purser Sheldon reports a pleasant
voyage to windward Hawaii ports.
The steamer Wailele was passed at
Paauilo discharging freight and TAX
ing on tugar The Interisland steam
er Maui was loading sugar at MANU-
kona at the time of departure of the
Kilauea The Maui is due to arrive at
Honolulu tomorrow morning with 1000
sacks sugar and Is head cattle.
The American schooner Annie John.
son was reported at Mahukona dis
charging cargo.
Eight Hours for Dredeemen.
The eight-hour bill for dredgemen
which the American Federation OF
Labor has urged for several years
was passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives without a dissenting vote
on July 81. This bill is expected to
overcome the ruling Of the Supreme
Court when it decided that such per
sons as dredgemen did not come
within the scope of the Eight-Hour
Act of 1892. During the progress OF
athe bill through the House, Miss
| Agnes H. Wilson, Secretary to the
+ House Committee on Labor, assisted
by her father, William B. WILSON
chairman of the committee, and while
the bill was under consideration she
sat next to the Representative who
frequently advised with her as the
debate progressed. Miss Wilson, like
her father, is an active trade union
list and is a member of the Steno
graphers' and Bookkeepers' Union of
Washington, D. c. This is the first
tine a woman has sat in the House
while it was in session.
Dearth Of Sailors in Seattle.
, According to news from Seattle a
scarcity of seafaring men on the wa
terfront has caused considerable de-
a, lay to vessels ready to clear, and
much inconvenience has been eXper-
fenced by masters of sailing craft in
signing their crews. 1t is almost i'm
possible to get men to sign for the
Mexican ports on account of the rev
olution in that country and the naZarc
they must meet while ashore. The
schooner Columbia, which has been
OF the drydock overhauling, will &C
10 Coupeville in a few days to load
for Santa Rosalia. Captain K. W
Sprague. master of the vessel, yes
terday was having great difficulty in
obtaining crew. He visited the
haunts of seafaring men on the
waterfront, the Seamen's Institute
and the Seamen's Home, but could
not find a single sailor who wished
TO make a voyage to Mexico.
SWALLOWED the Anchor"
"Swallowing the anchor is becom-
ing quite a practise now among mem
bers of the sea-going fraternity which
frequent Puget Sound. Another old
timer in the Blue Funnel line in the
person of Captain Campbell, master of
the crack freigfter Protesilaus, has
announced his intention of leaving the
sea and accepting the position of as.
sistant harbOrmaster at Glasgow.
Consequently when that freightel
left on July q for Seattle on her reg
ular route the well-known skipper
did not accompany her. His success.
sOr in command has not yet been dis
closed in the advices received here
Kona And kau Sugar Report.
Purser Sheldon of the Interisland
steamer kilauea an arrival from Kona
and Kau ports this morning brings
the following list OF sugars awaiting
shipments: Honokaa 300, kukui
haele. 1920. Paauilo 5000, Kukuiau
300. Paauhau. $500, Honipu, 1891. Pu,
ualuu, 2316.
The Interisland steamer Noeau has
heer placed on the berth to sail for
Windward Kauai ports this evening.
tie vessel taking general cargo and
,,,riJS THO NOoaY arrived from