Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-22

THE Kilauea of the Inter-lsiand fleet,
is being overhauled and cleaned at
the eompany's drydock.
Next mail for San Francisco will
leave Sunday night at IL O'Clock in
the Great Northern. Mails will close
at o'clock that evening.
Due Tuesday morning from the
coast, With<5 cabin passengers, is the
Matson STEAMER Manoass which sailed
from San Francisco at 4:4O yesterday
afternoon. ( ...- .. .......
At S O'Clock this afternoon the Mat
son steamer Wilhelmina is sailing for
Hilo to unload cargo there. She will
return he re Christmas morning in
stead of Sunday. -,
The o. s. K. steamer Panama Maru
is three days late, having sailed from
Yokohama for Honolulu and San
Francisco December 90 She was due
to sail December II. Word of the
steamers delayed departure was ca
bled to the Nippu Jill.
Saturday, Christmas Day, the Inter-Is
land steamer Mauna Kea will sail as
usual for Hilo and way ports, but will
leave at o'clock in the afternoon, an
hour later than usual. Freight for
this steamer must be delivered Fri
day. The Inter-Island offices will be
closed to the public all day Saturday.
X. Uchida, who passed through here
yesterday on the Tenyo Maru, first di-
rected the attention of the T. K. K.
toward a line from Japan to South
America eight years ago. The COM
pany now has three steamers on that
run, the Anyo Maru, Seiyo Maru and
Kiyo Maru.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the
American steamer Minneso-
tan is due off port with 3742 tons of
cargo, 32S,000 feet of lumber and 55
head of livestock from Puget Sound;
also 1741 tons of New York cargo.
She sailed from Seattle December Is,
and will take back to New York a
capacity sugar cargo $500 tons.
A mean draft of "a feet has been
dredged at the Inter-1sland coaling
plant slip on the Kalihi side of the
harbor: 1t is expected that the slip
will be down to 80 feet mean draft at
low water, the determined average
depth, by two weeks, Piling and con-
crete pouring is expected to begin
January 1. There are 700 piles to be
driven in the slip which is 750 feet
long by $50 wide, ..st'a.@
Capt. A. Amman, commander of the
Great Northern, ON arriving at San
Francisco December IL after his ship
had exceeded the best previous record
from Honolulu to San Francisco by
one day, said the big liner could have
landed her passengers the evening of
December 10 had it not been for two
days of strong trade winds and a
cross sea met out of Honolulu. As it
was the Great Northern made the
run across in three days, Is hours and
81 minutes. -..~t ..:.... H. =.
Bright and clean with it's new coats
OF paint, the custom inspectors office
was occupied again today, after the
force had been kept out of it for a
week by the painters. The walls are
a cream color, the floors and stair
ways have been painted an attractive
gray, and the trimmings of uniform
lockers are done in black enamel.
Not latar than tomorrow fba Com
mercial Pacific Cable !, Company's
schooner Flaurence Ward will sail on
the return trip to Honolulu from Mid
way. Superintendent Edward Des-
nouee of the company said. today that
the voyage will probably take Is days,
as head winds prevailing at this time
of the year will decrease the sailing
vessels speed The schooner made
the down trip in 10 days. ..>.= =.