Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-16

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|HARBOR NOTES
The U. s. naval crane is at Pearl
Harbor today, having been to%ed
there yesterday by the navy tug Ma.
vajo.
En- route to Grays Harbor~ for an
other load of lumber for the City Mill
Company, the schooner 'Beulah sailed
late yesterday.
Another nitrate boat. the Ferrona.
is due here for bunkers at the Inter
Island September % from Meijillones,
Chile, bound for Vladivostok.
! At 5 O'Clock this evening the Mat
sonia will sail for Kahului, returning
here Sunday evening. She will sail
for San Francisco next Wednesday
morning.
Next mail from San Francisco is due
to come in the Observation-Disclosures
freighter Georgian, scheduled to dock
Sunday afternoon. She is bringing
269 sacks.
The Japanese freighter Kumi Maru
locked about IL o'clock this morning,
coming from Philadelphia with a gen.
eral cargo for tne Orient by way of
Panama.
That Kahinalua, captain of the sam
pan which recently capsized while
landing passengers OFF Lahaina, has
no navigator's license, and his boat
has no passenger license, has devel-
/ oped.
The schooner Lizzie Vance left Ka-5
hului Monday, according to the report
made by Freight Clerk J. F. Macken-
zie of the Claudine He also reported
the schooner w H. Smith to be un-s
| loading lumber there.
Several Pacific coast shipping firms
have organized the Parr-McC ormick
steamer line, to take care Of the big
increase in merchandise freight be-
tween San Francisco and Eureke, Coos
Bay, Portland, Willapa Harbor, and
Grays Harbor, with special attention
| to San Francisco Portland service. .
Shortly after 8 O'Clock this morn
ing the freighter Natal, carrying car
go of nitrate from Antofagasta, South
America, to Vladivostok, anchored OF
port, and will pass the rest of the day
being fumtgated by quarantine Off
GERS in compliance with federal regu-
lations concerning boats from South
American ports.
A strong resemblance to Noah's ark.
as concerns the live stock on board,
was borne by the Inter-Island steamer
Claudine, which locked this morning
at $50 O'Clock, coming in from Maui
ports. She had on board 40 head of
cattle, ~ calves, As hogs and numer-
Gus crates of chickens and turkeys,
also 10 barrels of wine, bales of bags,
casks Of tallow, sacks Of potatoes, corn
and beans.
With 200 persons already booked for
the mainland, the Matsonia will go
out Wednesday filed to capacity, &C
| cording to Castle & Cooke, local
agents for the line. The boat has
berths for 246, but brought in 283 cab
in passengers last Tuesday, having
placed a number of frst-cabin men
passengers in the remodeled steerage
compartment designed for men only.
Provided she reaches here on time
from the Orient, the Pacific Nail liner
china will be the first boat 70 take
the next mail to the mainland. next
I Tuesday. This will be her last call
here, as she and the Manchuria, Cue
here September IS. will 20 INTO the
service of their new owners, the At
lantic Transport Company of West
Virginia, on their arrival at San Frun-
cisco from the Orient
Fer the year, which ended June 81
| last. an increase of 1853 ships in the
number of foreign vessels registered
under the American flag, was effected,
according to department Of commerce
records at Washington, which show
ecCrd increase in American shipping
:or the year. On June 80 there were
registered in the foreign trade LioI
ships, t0taling ,Sl3,775 gross tons, an
increase of 363 ships and 1858 tons
for the year The gain is claimed to
lie due to the new American registry
law. -5tEz@s-sz.