Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-07
SURVEY BOARD TO
PASSION ROBT.
SEARLES

OLAhLL0
. A special board of survey has been
appointed to pass upon the extent of
damage sustained by the American
four-masted schooner Robert Searles,
which was brought into Kahului har-
Dor on Saturday night, in badly Grip
Pied condition. Arthur Berg, president
and manager of the Bishop insurance
agency, and the island representative
for the American Bureau of Shipping,
accompanied by John II. Maeaulay,
the harbor pilot who is considered an
expert in. marine survey work in the
islands. left last evening for Maui as
passengers In the Inter.Island steamer
GIandine. -,
supensthe report submitted by. Berg
and Macaulay viii depend the future
disposal of the< damaged vessel. Ar
Iangements are now under way for
bringing the Robert Searles to Homo
lulu. where 1t is estimated that about
five hundred thousand feet OF lufn-
her must be discharged before the
Vessel can go on the marine railway
for general repair. Four masts
will have to be installed, as three
sticks were entirely carried away,
leaving one stump from which jury
sail was rugged, A new steering gear
viii probably be, fitted. Z q i
Berg and Macaulay are expected to
return to Honolulu on Thursday
morning. 1t was stated today that
the owners carried a fair amount of
insurance upon the vessel The hold
is said to have weathered the storm
In very good condition. At the time
the Claudine sailed from the Maui
port, very little water was finding its
way into the vessel. The disabled
schooner will probably. be lowed to
Honolulu from Kahului by an Inter-
Island steamer. -, .s
Met Squaliy Weather. -
Squally weather with much rain
was met by the Inter-Island steamer
Mauna Kea in returning from Hilo
and the way ports. Fresh trades were
the rule as the vessel steamed across
the channel to the Maui coasts. The
Mauna Kea brought considerable
freight and sundries, including ship
ments OF vegetables, poultry, 10 cords
of wood, a lot of empty gasoline con-
tainers, one auto, 10 tons of ice and
s85 packages of sundries, At the local
passenger office, a number of tour
lists from the mainland have engaged
passage for the purpose of Witnessing
the renewal of activity reported at
the volcano. - H..
Everton to the Coast. ....- a.. r. -. -
To be absent from the territory for
at least six months, F. w. Eyerton,
superintendent of the local Seamens,
Institute, will sail for British Colum-
bia as a passenger in the Canadian
Australasian liner Makura this even
ing. .Eyertons is to take UP duties at
Vancouver and Victoria along the line
of those followed during his extended
residence in this city. His identified,
ton with the work among seamen at
this port has won a large circle of
friends not only among those who. fol-
low the sea but also in business and
chipping circles. SEveFton expects to
return to this city in time to resume
his laboTs with the opening of the
Panama canal. .@.>. ..@. -,
~, 80 r. r.ft "a 49, -. -.
Lansing to Visit Island Port.
A portion Of thsgfuel oil brought to
Honolulu in the Union Oil Company
tanker Lansing will be left at Kama.
pail, according to report this morn
ing. The Lansing has been iischarg-
ed, Of twenty thousand barrels of the
OIL and is being made ready to sail
for Maui, and thence to the Pacific
coast. y ) :
Melrose off for the Coast.
The last of a large shipment of lum-
Der has been discharged from the
schooner Melrcse at Hilo,r and that
vessel is reported to have been dis
patched for the sound on last Friday.
The vessel sailed in ballast.
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One Windjammer at HiIo.
The schooner Prosper is reported as
the only sailing vessel at Hilo at the
time CT departure CT the Inter-Islapd
steamer MauRa 'Kea for Honolulu. The
Prosper ? was lying at the. railway
wharf where a shipment of lumber
from the sound was being discharged.
This vessel it is predicted will sail
fcrsthe coast within a week. ~
II "a s::.l
Likelike Brought Hawaii Sugar.
Sugar from Hawaii, amounting to
1000 sacks has arrived in the steamer
Likelike. This vessel also brought
81 sacks of island corn, the first to-
be received here in some time. The
officers report good weather on the
voyage, " !