The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-06
NIPPON MARlYS CARGO SHIFTED
But Little White Yacht Righted and
Was Undamaged---Sierra Out
Missourian and Santa
Maria Due

sOuSJulnS, out we came through the
bad weather all right" said Captain
Stevens OF the Nippon Maru this
morning.
The whole Journey" supplemented
purser Graset was through one con-
tinuous storm. But the little yacht
behaved herself splendidly OF course
she rolled, but l would rather be in
the Nippon Maru than in one of the
biggest liners coming here. The shift
ing of the cargo was soon righted, and
we came through the storm with triv-
tal damage to our bowsprit."
The Nippon arrived with fifty in the
cabins, the second-class full and fifty
six in the Asiatic steerage. Many Of
those in the cabins were tourists, but
only four stopped off here.
There was no cargo for here, of
course, but the Nippon's holds were
full. She has about 34OO tons alto
gether, the chief item being 100000
worth of treasure and raw cotton
which totaled about $500 tons. There
were 1900 bags of mail. This is
large amount, and Is no doubt due to
the fact that many of the eastern
trains have been snowbound, thus
preventing them from making connec-
tons with the Mongolia, which pass
ed through here on Tuesday last on
her way to the Orient.
When the Nippon left here on her
voyage to the Orient she was a full
ship. Rooms that were being used to
store the large mail had to be cleared
to make room for all the passenger
The Hughes Musical Comedy com
pany that has appeared here with so
much success left by the Nippon, and
had a big sendoff, with Bergers band
in attendance to help the enthusiasm
along.
1t is expected that the Nippon will
make up the day lost by bad weather.
SIERRA GOES AWAY LIGHT
The Sierra got away this morning
amid the usual musical serenade.
Owing to being day earlier than
usual she was unable to take full
load of cargo, and no doubt many
people have been scared from making
the trip by the reports of stormy
weather now raging between here and
San Francisco The Korea has wire
lessed in that she was in gale, but
was making good Roadway.
In the cabins there were only 1fty-
one, with eleven in the steerage. The
holds contained only two thousand
tons of cargo, the chief item being
sugar. The remainder was made up
of the usual island products of canned
pineapples, etc. The Sierra is due
at San Francisco on Monday morning
next.
This trip the Sierra is one day
ahead in leaving, and she will be here
again on Thursday, February %, in
order to allow her passengers an op-
portunity to witness the Floral Par
ade, and see as many of the sights of
these islands as can be crammed into
six full days.
OCEANIC BOATS WILL
| LOOK DIFFERENT.
| The officers on the Sierra state that
there is no secrecy about what the
Oceanic Company will do The in
tention is to resume the Australian
! service.
The Sonoma and the Ventura are
now nothing but bulls. Everything
has been taken out of both the boats,
and the work of renovating them is
being pushed ahead as rapidly as pos
sible. The Sonuma will be completed
first, and then the Sierra will go off
this run and be replaced by the Sono-
ma while the Sierra is having a much
needed overhaul
/ The idea now is to have oil tanks
so large that when they are replentsh-
ed here on arrival from San Francis
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take the boats to Sydney and back
again without filling up the tanks
again on the run. The Sonoma and |
the Ventura will have one smokestack |
instead of two. The two that have
been taken down will not be replaced !
but in their stead there will be only !
one large stack. The room thus saved |
will be taken up with four fine, large
cabins with bathrooms attached.
These rooms, of course, will be the
finest in the ship.
Whether the Sierra will be so alter
ed and put into the run is not yet .
known, as the time is now growing |
short before the contract must start ,
again. In all likelihood though, the |
Sierra will be altered to harmonic
with her two sisters.
When these two boats are in com !