The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-10-12
The kiIuuea.

The Steamer Kilauea left port on Monday last
on her first regular trip to windward. 1t was de-
termned by her agent, Major Judd) to send her
first to Hilo, as upon that roulette longest and
most difficult one of the cnastng service-she
would if it Is successfully performed, most thor
oughly establish at once, her claims upon the
public confidence and demonstrate her capacity
to make steamer time against the adverse winds
Of the Hawaii Channel. At the same time, the
accommodation to many persons desiring to visit
the Volcano, could be better afforded now, than
after the timetables and routes fully decided
upon and advertised.
However satisfactory the trial trip was. as re-
CARDS the speed ard improved accommodations Of
the boat it is only by a coasting voyage of
several days duration, such as will be embraced
in the regular trips henceforth to be made, that
the boat will show htr claims to the public favor
and patronage. On the trial trip only her steam
ing power was used She was PIT into the teeth
of a stiff trade-wlnd and a head sea- without
any recourse to her canvas, which has been i'm
proved both as to size and set. upon that which
she was provided with before. When her can
vas is set, and drawing as it will when she
crosses the Channel-thus adding its aid to her
steaming power,-a nearer idea of what the
steamer can and will do on her passages will be
obtained than was afforded by her simple trial
trip. We anticipate that her performance on her
first voyage will be quite as satisfactory as that
upon her trial trip. and that her time tables made
up from data obtained by the voyage, will give
ample guarantee that our inter-isand steam
service will be satisfactorily performed, both as
regards the requirements Of passenger travel and
the movements of freight.
The steamer will make the advertised landings
on Mani ard Hawaii. and remain at HIlo two or
three days to give time for the excursionists to
the volcano, to visit the crater and get back so
as to return by the boat. The distance from Homo
lulu to Hio via the landings. is 232 miles, and if
the boat averages six knots per hour the actual
running time for the distance up, will be thirty
eight hours The regular route to windward will
be one week to Hilo, and to Kona the following
week, touching, every trip. at Kawaihae. This
will give weekly mail service to the Island of
Hawaii, and it is believed will best accommodate
travel and trade The chief business of the
steamer must be the carrying of passengers and
light fr light. The ports of call have not the
wbaryes, storehouses and other accommodations,
to facilitate the lading and unladlng of heavy
cargo. Where timetable is laid upon vessel.
and her hours of stay at a landing are limited, it
will often be impossible to give the time required
to boat off heavy cargo, especially under adverse
circumstances Of heavy weather and sea.
The result of the trial trip establishes the fact
that the Kilauea perform the inter-sland
steam service and meet the requirement of max
ing weekly rips to Hawaii. An average speed
of seven knots will insure a weekly service
around the Island, should it be found advisable
to make that the route Of the vessel, and allow,
also ample time for stops at the various landings
Her chief difficulty under her old boilers and rig
staunch, safe and easy sea-bOat and well adapted
to the trade. With her present steam power
she will have speed. A gratifying fact Brought
out on her trial trip is that her boilers make
steam easily with moderate consumption of coal
She will steam cheaply. 1t is believed that 600
pounds of coal per hour will give all the steam
required. With these facts before Us, we may
believe that the ilauea will perform the inter-
island steam service cheanlv and satisfactorily