The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-24
NEWS FROM HAWAII.

The Burning or q Hawaiian Whaling
Bark by the Shenandoah Decided TO be
fracy=Proposed Increased Accommo-
dation for American steamships.
THE SHENANDOAH AND THE BREMEN INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
From the Honolulu Advertiser Feb lO1
From the following In the Bulletin we learn that the
insurance on the Harvest will be paid by the German in
surance companies:-
have decided that the burning Of the whaling bark
ss: q s', ne ssssy
waian courts 1t may go hard with them. - '-' 80
The payment Of the insurance but an act Of Justice
for more daredevil case Of wanton piracy never oc-
Cured, and Waddel deserves hanging The vessel was
partly insured and the Messrs. Hackfeld &
Co., j. l. Dowsett and Captain Frank Moteno all OF this
city.
INCREASED HARBoR ACCOMMODATION FOB AxERI.
CAN COMMERCE..
From the Honolulu Advertiser, Feb. 101
telegram In our last paper informs US that the new
steamer now building in New York for the China mail
service to be Of five thousand tons measurement and
the largest wooden steamer In the world. II likely
that the company who have the contract have deter
mined to put vessels Of the largest classfor
sons increased safety and speed-as IL found that
sucn Vessels are weather and that greater
TO enable the vessels to make the entire trip of
thousand miles this ocean, without stopping to
COAL If that plan shall be found best Now, to compete
successfully with the Oriental Steamship line via Suez
and India, the Pacific mail steamers, In or
der to obtain China freight and passengers
New York or London to Hong Kong. BY taking the
northern or circle saing route the distance Is short
ened seven hundred and fifty miles, between three
and four days. the southern route Now IT. in order
to succeed in this great race, these have
to run against time, 1t may be found that will
rest solely the question whether they shall be
PEELED TO stop for coal at intermediate points between
San Francisco and Hong Kong, and thereby lengthen
their trips from three to six days We opne that this Is
the reason why such large vessels being built And
here is the point which we took up pen to refer
specially tO-the probability that these new steamers
will be OF size that will shut them from harbor
altogether, if left as II is or 1t Is
tain yet how much water they will draw, but
twenty feet and the chances are nine out OF ten
that when fully loaded five Thousand ton steamer will
not be able to bar at all tides feet
beng the most We can allow In this event OF two
these islands Our bar must be dredged to admit of
larger vessels must sit still and the ships stop
at Ho-which port they can enter at all seasons and
tdesor pass by islands altogether The expense of
dredging the bar will be considerable, but
contractors be found somewhere willing to
introduce suitable machine and clear it to the
depth Of twenty-five twentysx feet for lfty sixty
thousand dollars. The largest ship had
in our port IT we are not mistaken, has not
been three thousand TONS drawn twenty.
In 1852 All tons burthen, and drew eighteen and
half feet and twenty feet out leaving port with only
part OF cargo The United States steamer Merrmac,
which about four thousand tons burthen,
sidered by the government in its plans for the future,
and u there IS any possibility OF making hartor
cess to ships Of the largest class schih, IN fer ye1rs at
ia net 'cih be stopping here, prorisin should be
made u r cepe them. 1t would be notifying to US to
have the Pacific mail steamers here and find that
they could not enter port though anxious todo
We should not begrudge doing all we can, and making
all reasonable efforts TO meet the requirements OF steam