The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-26

they have had for years, for five big
Trans-Pacific steamers will probably
move in or out of the port between
daylight and noon, This is not quite
a normal state of affairs, for three Of
the steamers are day late but with
all the smaller slips packed with
windjammers and everything but two
of the naval slips, to which merchant
vessels have no right, engaged, it
would appear that the harbor facil-
tiles are not going to be quite as am
pie during the next twenty years as
optimistic people have pictured them.
The Makura will have to go into
the Waikiki side Of the second naval
wharf and this Harbormaster Foster
arranged through the courtesy of Ad-
miral Cowles, otherwise the big
steamer from Vancouver might have
stood off port until there was room
for her The Manchurna and the
Zeal9ndia will dock at Alakea wharf,
the r. P. Rithet is now in the Oceanic
dock, so that could not be had even if
the Oceanic people were willing, the
Wilhelmina and the Hunolulan will be
at the Haokfeld wharf, and all the
rest of the harbor, except the shallow
water where Captain Miller lines up
his antiques, is occupied by smaller
craft.
other windiammers are expected
this week and two more big steamers
will arrive the latter part of the
week. If the fleet had stayed here
the problem of handling the shipping
would have been ever more complicat-
ed.
zEALANDIA CALLS FOR SURVEY.
The Zealandia has at last been
heard from. The local agents got in
touch with the Canadian-Australian
liner this morning by wireless and
learned that she would probably be in
port tomorrow morning at o'clock.
The Zealahdia's delay may be attrib-
uated to the fact that she left Suva
twelve hours later than was expect
ed but the wireless message requests
the agents to arrange for a survey
of the steamer in this port which is
more ominous. This would indicate
that the big steamer has suffered some
damage to cargo, hull or engines, and
while it is impossible to speculate up.
on the nature of the trouble, local
authorities believe that the difficulty
is probably with the engines, for the
/ Zealandia would scarcely ask for a sur
ivey of the hull in this port unless her
injuries were of the most serious char
acter.
! MANcHURIA WILL ARRIVE EARLY
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria,
from San Francisco for the Orient by
way of this port, will steam into
the harbor tomorrow morning at
o'clock according to a wireless re-
ceived by the agents last night. The
delay of two days in the arrival of
the Manchuria is due to the fire in
the hold in San Francisco bay which
! probably occasioned complete
transfer of the cargo in the after
hold. The Manchuria has SO cabin
passengers, 10 sacks of mail and 1879
tons of cargo for this port.
FALLS OF CLYDE DUE.
The Associated Oil Companys ship
Falls of Clyde, which was in the har-
Dor of Gaviota when the Rosecrans
went down, is now 10 days out of the
oil port and should be in here some
! time this week, bringing a full &C
count of the details of the Bleaching
| of the oil steamer. 1t is rumored
here that the owners of the Rose
Grams are not satisfied to sell their
steamer for scrap iron and are going
} to make a heroic effort to take the
wreck off and put her into service
again, but shipping men are skepti-
cal.
DIVER AT WORK ON CASTLE.
The s. n. Castle, which suffered so
severely from her contact with the
reefs off Tanning Island while
bound for this port from Makatea,
is now being inspected by diver,
The fact that the crew was paid off
yesterday indicates that the Castle is
not likely to get out of mere for some
time and the owners are evidently
preparing to give her a thorough
overhauling here. The cargo of CO.
pra, which cannot very well be stored
on the dock and which cannot be
shipped to its destination in san
! Francisco until the survey is COM
pleted in this port, will be turned
over temporarily to Captain Miller,
who will store the so tons of shell in
one of his own ships on the other
side Of the harbor, Sam Lyle the
diver went down this morning along