Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-19
WATERFRONT NOTES
throw Pllot,s Ashes 10 Wind.

Capt. Stephen Cattle, known wherever
d ariners foregather in the four corn
ers of the earth. directed in his will
that his body be cremated and that
the ashes be carried through the Gold
en- Gate and there scattered by the
winds he had served for lifetime.
Today the tides have their way with
him.
For fifty years Castle had been
pilot; for thirty-five years he had guild
ed deep sea ships across the Lar and
through the Golden Gate. Last week
he died. Yesterday his son carried
the ashes aboard the pilot boat Cali
fornia. There were no mourners ex-
.cept himself and no attendants ex-
cept the crew Of the California. Be-
yond the bar the captains ashes were
thrown to the winds.
Accident in the New Hebrides.
News reached. Sydney by the
steamer Makambo of Burns. Philips
line, which arrived from the New
Hebrides, of the loss Of the FrenChl
recruiting schooner Nahonga, at PEN
'ticost Island, in the New Hebrides.
On arriving at that island. the
schooner, as Is the usual practice, let
off charge of dynamite. which Is the
signal that recruiting vessel Is IN
the vicinity. The natives thereuponl
put Off to the ship, and are taken on
as required. On this. occasion, how
ever, the charge was Inadvertently
dropped alongside the vessel. and eli
hole was blown in her, with the re-
suit that she foundered Immediately;
No one was injured by the explo-
sion, and the crew Of the vessel es-
capped safely.
Much Hardwood Brought from
Hawaii.
Hardwood lumber made up large
percentage of the cargo brought to
Honolulu this morning with the ar
rival of the Inter-Island steamer
Claudine from Maui and Hawaii ports.
Nearly 10000 feet Of the native lum-
Der in the form of planking and floor
ing was received here. Other items
of freight included 5 horses. 2 mules,
2 mill rollers, is cords wood, 50 bum
dies hides, and 100 packages sundries.
Purser Kibling reports fine weather
on outward and return voyages. The
American schooner e. X. Wood was
the only overseas craft remaining at
Hilo at the time of departure of the
Claudine for Honolulu. A small list
of passengers arrived in the vessel
New British Columbian Harbor
Established.
A Canadian order in council has
been passed. declaring Prince Rupert, |
B. c., to be shipping port, and the |
harbor to be public harbor. The
harbor includes Tuck Inlet, Lake |
Wainwright and Porpoise Harbor, |
with connecting and tributary waters
enclosed between the mainland and a |
line drawn north true across Venn
Passage through the east tangent Of /
Dundas Point, line drawn north and
south true through the west tangent
of Snider Rocks, line drawn east
and west true through the south tan
gent of Holland Island, and a line
drawn north "a degrees east and 35
degrees west true through the east
tangent of Leer Point.
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Plans Ship Line Via Panama.
BOSTON, Mass, Aug sE.-Aceord-
ms to an announcement by Daniel O.
Ives, transportation expert of the Boz
ton chamber of commerce, line of
steamships-seVen vessels costing |,
81 100000 each--is to be put in opera
ton between Boston and Los Angeles,
Cal, via the Panama canal. The pre-
motors of the enterprise have received
the approval of the chamber OF com
nerce and of the port directors. and
and other New England
shippers have recorded themselves in
'ayor of the project. /!