Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-26
Hon W Il Seward
NEWS FROM HAWAII.
Eie turning Of a Hawaiian Whaling Bark
ey the Shenandoah Decided to be Eira-
cY-hroPOSed Increased Accommodation
for American Steamships.

slie ttarning Of a Hawaiian Whaling Bark
ny tne shenandoah Decided to be Pira-
GS-Erois0sed Increased Accommodation
E0f American Steamships.
THE SHENANDOAH AND THE BREMEN INSURANCE CON-
/" PANIEs.
From the Honolulu Advertiser, Feb. I0.l
From tho following in the Bulletin we learn that
the insurance on the Harvest will be paid by the Ger
man insurance companies.
a CLEAR CASE OF PIRACY.-Tbo underwriters IN
Bremen have decided that the burninr of tbe Il
waiian whaling bark at Ascension Island in Anil
last. by Waddcll Of the Shenandoah 7ca8 an act OF
GrGcY md on tins ground hIUe agreed to nan the loss
Should Waddel, or any of the officers Of tRa Shcn
pandoah ever be found wit hin the jurisdiction of the
baWalan courts It may go hard with them.
The payment OF the insurance is but an act of ms
tice. for more daredevil case of wanton piracv
never occurred and Waddell deserves hanging. The
vessel was parity insured and the owners were
Messrs. Hackfeld & Co.. J. I. D0wsett and Captain
Frank Molteno. all of this city
INCREASED HARB0R ACCOMMODATION FOR AMERICAN
COMMERCE.
From the honolulu Advertiser Feb. lO1
telegram in our last paper informs us that the
mail service is TO be of FIVE thousand tons measure
ment. and the largest wooden steamer in the wnrid
IL Is likely that the company who have the contract
nave determined TO put on vessels Of the largest
ciaSs-t0r two reasons, increased safety and speed
rs 1t is found that such vessels safer in stormy
weather, and that greater speed is obtained in prO-
portion TO size. And, secondly to enable the vessels
to make the entire trip OF thousand miles across
thlS ncean without stopping to coal, i that plan
=, Nov, to compete successfully with the Oriental
Steamship lice, via Suez and Irdia the Pacific mail
steamers, III order to obtain China freight and pas
sengers, must devise some way TO shorten the time
from New York or London to Hong Kong. by taking
the northern or circle saling route tho distance
shortened seven hundred and fifty miles or between
three and four days, over the southern route Now
H. IN order to succeed in this ocean race these
steamers have to run against time, it may be found
that success will rest solely the question whether
they shall be compelled to stop for coal at nterme-
diate points between San Francisco and Hong Eonr
and thereby lengthen their trims from fhree to sy
days. We opine that this is the reason why such
large vessels are 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 out from our harbor altogether
II left as it now is.
Of course it is uncertain as vet how much water
they will draw, but steamers Of that class generally
dra" from twenty to twenty-thrce feet, and the
chances are nine out of en that when fully loaded
five thousand ton steamer will not be able to cross
our bar at all lies. twenty-five feet being the most
We can allow. Ia this event one of two things must
be done, II they still purpose calling at these islands
Our bar must be dredged to admit of larger vessels
or we must SIT still and SEQ the ships stop at ilo
which port they can enter at all seasons and tides
or pass by our island altogether. The eypense of
dredging the bar will be considerable, but we pre-
sumo contractors can be found somewhere willing to
introduce a suitable machine and clear it to the
depth OF twenty-five or twenty-siX feet for fifty or
sixty thousand dollars The LARGEST ship ever had
N our port Ii We are not mistaken has not been
three thousand tons nor drawn twenty-one feet
The Sovereign of the Seas. which loaded here in
1852, 24Zl tons burthen. and drew eighteen and
half feet IN and twenty feet out, leaving port with
only part Of a cargo. The United States steamer
Merrimac. which was about four thousand tons bur
then, was compelled to anchor outside These facts
should be considered by the government in its plans
for the future and IF there is any possibility of
making our harbor accessible to ships of the largest
class. which, in few years at tarthest. will be stop
ping here. so provision should be made to receive
them" 1t would be mortifying to to have the
PaGlGc mail steamers come mere and find that they
could not enter our rort though anxious to do So
We should not begrudge doing all we can, and max
of steam.