The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

ward Hawaii in her own indolent taLh /
ion few hundred miles from here, vel /
laden and in good form, has been the |
subject of much speculation, misinfor-
nation and no little anxiety on the
! part of the consignees. Only yester-
day it was reported with some assur- !
ance that the Prometheus was coming |
here from Ocean island with rock |
phosphate and that she had steamed |
/ from that microscopic speck on the |
chart about February 20. As a matter
of fact, the PIometheus did not sail |
from Ocean island, and again Ocean I
island does not produce rock phos- |
phate, but a very high grade Of fer |
tilizer. The Prometheus, according !
to the advices received by the agents, !
T. H. Davies & Co., left Makatea, just
little north of Tahiti, in longitude
148 deg. Is. min. west latitude is
deg. 40 min. south, with phosphates
about February 20, first reported Feb
ruary 10, and should be in here al
most any day. Ocean island is about
1900 miles or more west of Makatea
in longitude 169 deg. 35 min. west,
latitude 15 min. south, not far from
the Gilbert group.
Ocean island was at one time of
some interest to Hawaii After it was
rediscovered by ]. T. Arundel of Liv-
erpool, and claimed for Great Britain,
that explorer sailed his ship, the. Ex-
plorer, built in Scotland for hauling
granite blocks for the construction OF
the bridge over the Firth of Tay, into
Honolulu and sold il to King Kala-
kaua for $4,000 as the flagship of the
Hawaiian fleet, which aO such was re-
named the KaimiloG.
Another cargo of phosphates should
be in here any day on the barkentine
S. N. Castle, which is allo coming
from Makatea and has 500 tons of the
fertilizer on board. The Castle will
also stop at flaming Island 10 load
copra. Davies and Company have
previously Seen the AGENTS for the Cas-
tie, but on trip the captain will
be his own aAHnt.
LEVERS REPAIRING.
The schooner Robert Levers, which
brought lumber to this port from Point
Ludlow February 20 and came into the
harbor a little the worse for wear,
has finished discharg'ng her lumber at
the foot of Alakea street and Captain
Anderson is now repairing the stem
and patching and painting so that he
can have his schooner in shape to go
to sea Saturday or Monday.
STANFORD SAILS SATURDAY.
The barkentine Jane L. Stanford,
which arrived here from Meji,lonel
with a cargo of phosphates, has nearly
finished dscharging her cargo at
Hackfeld wharf and will be fumigated
in time to get away Saturday for the
Sound where she loads lumber for
South American ports.
PROSPER SAILS TONIGHT.
The schooner Prosper, which arriv-
ed here with lumber from Eureka Feb
ruary 81, has finished discharging,
will be fumigated this afternoon. in
quarantine and will probably sail on
her return to the Coast tonight.
TURNER AND FOSTER TRADE
PLACES.
The Mary Foster, which has been
unloading lumber at the Allen & Rob-
inson wharf since February 26, has
about half her cargo out, and pulled
away from the wharf today to give
the M. Turner another lumber schoon-
err, chance to tie up and get a part
OF her cargo out The Turner arrived
here two days after the Foster and
has been awaiting her turn at the
wharf.
MORE WlNDJAMMERS DUE.
The windjammers in this port seem
to move in 1otilas. Most of the
sohooners, banks and ships here now
will be out of port in a few days. Be,
sides the Levers, Stanford, Prosper
Turner and Foster, all of which will
get away within a week, the German
ship Elfrieda started back yesterday
on her long run to Hamburg by way OF
the Coast ports, and the Andrew
WEIGH will pull out Sunday with a
full sugar cargo Now the S. N. Cas-
tie, the Foohng Suey, an iron bark
bringing general merchandise from
New York for Davies and company
the British ship Cumberland from
Hamburg, consigned to the Hawaiian
7 Fertilizer company, and the S. c. Allen
with lumber from the Sound, are all
, due and will probably come in on each
others heels. The four-masted bark
Hawaii also left the nitrate coast yes
terday for Honolulu and others are on
the way.
, PROMOTION FOR MORRISON.
1t is rumored among the friends of
Ted Morrison, second steward on the