Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-25
Pacific Mail information.

oClItC Wall EtHI0TIttdI1Cns
An innovation which was appreciar-
ed much by the passengers arriving at
! San Francisco in the Korea was the
Installation of an information" desk
by the Pacific Mail company on the
wharf in close proximity to where the
baggage of passengers was put ashore
1t has been the complaint of travel
Eers from time to time that they had no
facilities Of gaining In formation when
they arrived. The subject was
brought to the attention Of General
Manager r. P. Sef1werjn, who had
General Passenger Agent H. N. Thorn
as look into the question, with the re-,
suit that the desk was established. A
clerk from Thomas staff is on duty. a
directory and other books Of informal
ton about the city and railroads run
ming out of II. are kept On hand. e.
Captain Healey on Vacation.
Captain. Michael Haaley, popular
mariner, and for some time past mas.
ter Of the United States army trans.
port Thomas. has left the Pacific
coast for Washington, New York ana
Boston, to remain on the Atlantic sea
board for one month where he VIII
spend his vacation. captsin Healey is
inc of the youngest shippers In the
Pacific. He Is well known at Honolulu
and his presence On the bridge OF the
troopship on its recent visit to the
port was missed by local shipping
men. ,.,4,i# ,,%.anF'EysT .~
Whaiers OF for Seasons Work: - '
All of the Victoria. whaling steam.
ers have cleared for their, summer
cruises out of the, c6ast stations, the
last units of the famous feet depart
ling from Vancouver, B. c., a. few
weeks ago. The Gerraania secured a
clearance for Rose farbor and the st.
Lawrence after making q short trip
TO Seattle. will head for Sechart. The
United States WhaleF Paterson. which
has been wintering with the Moran.
VIII leave in about one week or ten
days for Graysi Harbor to commence
operations. - a.EY q
Only meagre reports have been re.
cetved by the Canadian North Pacific
sFlsher1es, Ltd, from the stations as to
the success the wha1ers are having in
their pursuit of the big game. The
last letters stated that the weather
mad moderated along the coast, and
that the catches were fair. Kyuauot
Is doing wen, and Sechart again pro.
misses to be high station MAIDEN
harbor has cut up a number of mann.
mails, and with the addition of the
Germania to the Rose harbor station
mat plant VIII soon be putting up
much whale oil. -, >
SIdpoers Wife Famous Wanderer
All over the world. touching on
nearly all the bodies of nayigable
waters and at all the principal ports,
is the record of Mrs. Fortay, wife of
Capt. J. Fortay, Of the British steam.
er st. Hugo, which has arrived at the
Tacoma smelter from the west coast
OF South America with a cargo Of
about $500 tons Of copper, gold and
silver ores. Mrs. Fortay, however. is
not. with her husband on the steam.
er this trip, and therein lies the story.
Two years or so ago, just before the
st. Hugo was launched. Captain For.
tay was master of the St. Patrick, an.
other of the Saint" fleet, plying be-
tween New York and the Orient, For
six years he had this steamer, and
the times he saw his own little home
in Liverpool were easily counted on
the myers of one hand. He didn't
liko If Sn hA AaD,~l.I
vessels. His company gave him the
st. Hugo, and after five months away
from home. Captain Fortay finds him.
self coming to the North Pacific with
ore and nitrate; loading here with
lumber for Australia, and with
lumber for Australia. and with
the prospect of going back to !
prosDect of doing the same thing over.
He doesn't like the outlook and it may
be that Mrs Fortay will have to trav-
ell again with her husband as she has
often done
May Be Named Panama.
The Berlin correspondent of the
London Times remarks that the Water
and II is ultimately TO be named the
AS regards the difference
between the neutrality-suspicious. line
and the Vulcan Co., concerning the
lmperator, the correspondent says it
s believed that Herr Balm at first
insisted that the Vulcan Co. must bear
ne whole cost Of reconstruction. but
nat he afterward agreed to accept re-
'ponslb1Iity for expenditure over
Ned sum. This sum. however. is