The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-16

ing the waterway, the scheme has been
abandoned.
1t is, however, expected that the In
tornational Mercantile Marine Com.
/ pany will embark upon an enterprise
of the kind. At any rate, two of its
steamers, the Red Star liners Finland
and Kroonland, were recently trans.
| ferrcd to American registry, while
/ Harold Sandcrson, who is to succeed
| Rrucc Ismay as president of the com.
binc on July noXt, has already exam
ineh the facilities available at num-
Der Of ports in the canal zone.
Two Oil vessels Discharging.
The Associated and Standard Oil
Companies have vessels in port dis
charging fuel oil and dstil ates into
their respective tanks. The arrival OF
the w. +. Herrin late Wednesday night
with 10000 barrels of crude oil in its
tanks was the first. Captain MacDon.
aid reported that the Standard Oil tank.
er Maverick was just behinl him for
the past few days. The Maverick Is
wireless plant, however, is believed to
have been out of killer the la ter part
of the trip, which prevented it from
speaking for itself.
The Maverick arrived Yesterday
II orning, having 100000 gallons of
gasoline and diStillatc in bulk ready
for "canniug" at the local plant of
the company.
Both vessels will leave shortly for
their return voyage to the Coast.
Accident Almost Fatal.
a lo6sening sling of lumber from the
transport Sherman almost resulted in
two deatlis yesterday morning on the
Oceanic dock, when a dozen or so sticks
of heavy, dressed timber fell on Charles
Freeman, 'steTedoring boss, and J. X
Eiia, one of his men. Other men in
the vicinity of the falling humber got
out from under in time. .h't lr "Shl
Freeman was Knocked hnd6nsri6Ms,
but was quickly revived. 1t is be-
lievcd that some muscles in his lcs
suffered injury, howcv r, and he left
the wharf in the ami uance, giving
d rections' to his men to get the trans
port out cii time. Kila was injured
more severely, one of his legs bciu9
badly crushed Neither man was dan
gerously wounded '" I.
The Sherman, thanks to Freeman s
/ work and his plucky directions after
his injury, got out at half-past twe.vs
for Manila and Guam.
Columbian Reaches Port.
! Eight DAYS out from Seattle, the
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS freighter Colum-
bian, Captain Blackwell, arrived yes.
terday morning and proceeded to the
/ Amcrican-lIawaian wharf, whore 1t
will put such of its 1000 tons of cargo
as can find room. Slightly over two
hundred bonded packages are included
on its manifest.
/ The Columbian will make every effort
| to get cut for its other Island ports this
/ week. and to this end has taken out a
| permit to work every night, commenc.
/ ing last night, until the time of depart.
! urc. 1t was expected to leave port to.
morrow, but it is doubtful whether it
! will be able to leave lofore Sunday
! evening.
! The wharves in the Eva end of the
harbOr are now so filled with freight
! that 1000 extra tons offer considerable
! of problem. The Hilonian and VIII
helmina piled their cargocs into all the
, previously unoccupied spaces and an
army of teamsters is now attemptinI
to clear a space for the'big All. boat S
freight.
The Columbian will take on tie usual
complement of $4,000 tons 1T sugar and
Island products for Tehuantepec ship.
/ mont.
Heavy Week in Shipping.
/ Thirteen vessels, only two of which
were windiammcrs, have called or will
call at the port since Monday morning
The steamships Nippon Maru and 50.
noma today will make the unlucky mum.
Der, which has been unlucky only be.
cause of considerable work offered to
the waterfront at large. The steamers
were the Ventura, Korea, WiIhelmina,
1lilonian, Sherman, Herrin, Maverick,
Lurline and Columbian. The sailing
craft were the Spokane and the j. NJ.
Griiliths.
A Shipping Not.s.
The busy schooner Annie johnson has
} again left San Francisco for Mahukona.
The Oceanic liner Sonoma. from sgd.
ncy and Pago-Pago, Is expected in port
early today and will leave for San
Francisco at five in the afternoon. 1t
will have a medium cargo of sugar,
pineapplos and other Island products
placed aboard while here N-
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