Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-08-04

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rHE OFFICERS SSp rHEIR WORK.
The officer, Of the Manposa are as follows.
II. I. Howard, captain; Thomas Golding
FIRST officer; Thomas Duvdeil. second
officer; George W. Jacques, third ofticer;
lIauy Wilson, chief engineer; ;. n.
lIaines, inst assistant engineer; \. W.
Muiett. second assistant engineer; Charles
Stpckhuu'e, third assistant engineer; George
McL1nc, pur,er; Rolando Kuehn. physician;
I. G. looming, steward. Captain Howard
IA, made So many voyages 10 far Cathay,
bobbing around among the sinuous chan.
neis Of the China sea and its contiguous coast,
that he float, by right the heiroglyphic flag Of
the Chinese merchant service. There are
more than few in Honolulu who have sailed
with Captain Howard before, and there are
few more popular captains in any service.
First officer Golding is, like Captain Howard,
an cN-volunteer naval officer; both having
served as ensigns during the war. Mr.. Gold.
ing commanded a detachment Of soldiers and
marines IN the thrilling last attack upon Fort
Fisher. In 1909, Mr. Golding, then on board
the Os,ipce, spent three months in Hawaiian
waters. shortly thereafter, he entered the
service Of the Pacific Mali steamship Company.
serving in all its branches except the direct
Central American line, viz; the China, the
Australian, the Panama and the British
{ olumban lines, filling most Of the time the
position OF chief officer. Mr.. Dowdell second
officer, has had some years experience in the
service OF the Pacific Coast Steamship Com.
pany Mr. Molctt has been for some times
an officer vt steamships in the Atlantic CARRYING
trade. Mr.. McLane has been for years one OF
the best known pursers in the employ Of the
Pacific Mail lie IS nephew Of Mr.. Louis
Mcl.ane, once 50 prominently connected with
Pacific Mail, and recently retired president Of
the Nevada Bank Of san Francisco. Mr..
Wilson Is young chief engineer, but has had
an experience which the Messrs. Cramp con.
sidered sufficient to justify them in giving him
full charge Of putting in the Mariposa's
engines. Mr.. Wilson takes pardonable
pride in the splendid bit of mechanism under
his control. Through his courtesy, the writer
was made acquainted with some of the features
which make the Manposas engines so
thoroughly representative OF the best results Of
modern mechanical engineering. Among a
deal else vastly entertaining, the writer was
shown the arrangement by which Tracing
Is prevented when the screw is thrown out of
water by high running seas. Racing is
the accelerated motion Of the shaft caused by
the lack Of resistance when the wheel leaves
the water as the vessel pitches forward. This
''Silt - pitNNHtCu ny action OF
what Is known as the Westinghouse Gov.
ernor.' This governor, answering to the first
accelerated movement of the shaft, acts on
he reversing engine, cutting off steam from all
three engines at once. The Marposa has an
indcpenden, engine for turning the main
engines to facilitate the making Of adjustments
IN port, thereby doing in few minutes what
formerly occupied the time and muscle of half
steamers crew for several hours. Two
Worhington pumps circulate cold sea water
through all the bottom boxes of the main
journals, preventing undue heat. What
pleases the chief engineer more than anything
else, is the little shop for small repairs, in.
GLIDING lathe and drill press The three
assistant engineers are all machinists. So are
the six oilers. Besides these, there are in the
engine rooms, three water tenders, one store
keeper, one electrician, nine fremen, twelve
coal passers and one hremen's mess boy Dr.
kuhen IS young student recently graduated
from Philadelphia medical college
HER CABIN PASSENGERS
! Claus Spreckels wife and three servants,
| Miss Emma Spreckels, Rudolph Spreckels,
Mrs Gahnsworth, VIM. Flowerdew, Senator
| \. +. Miller, wife and maid, Miss Dora Miller,
Mrs Daniel Lyons and three children, L. b.
Beck, !. Smith and wife, II. n Pickthall,
Mrs. j. NJ. Cooke, Miss May Atherton, A.
Andrews, Godfrey Brown, c. +. Hinckey,
Mrs. Roth and four children, DR.. II. 6.
McGrew, NJ. L. Hunter, Robert Tallant, J.
d. Spreckels, L. l.. G.. Steele and wife, f. f.
Lansing, wife and child, Miss Flora Lynch,
| ]. w. Craig, E. a. Engleberg, w. b. Wood,
wife, child and nurse, w. ii. Vernon, s. T.
Alexander, wife and child, II. n. Castle, Mrs.
a. Homes and child, f. Ii. Allen, c. A.
Baldwin, Miss Kruger, g. Frank, Chas.
Eckel and Father Leonor, make up the list OF
cabin passengers The Spreckels party, CON
sists of Colonel Claus Spreckcls, Mrs. Spreck-
| els, Miss Emma Spreclels, Mr. Rudolph
sprecl>els, and Mr.. ]. d. Spreckels, all so
wcll-known here that further introduction
would be verbiage, are stopping at the resi-
dence of the colonel on the plains. Mr.. L.
l.. G.. Steele, president Of the company, who
comes here with his wife, is staying at the
/ Hawaiian Hotel, and will remain over one trip
OF the steamer, vising some or all OF the other
islands, Mr. Steele is member Of the firm
| Of {. Adolphe Low & Co., OF San Francisco.
/ Besides being of the shrewdest of San Fran
cisco merchants, Mr.. Steele is deservedly
! popular club man, is gourmet with none Of
the vices Of gourmand, and is gentleman
against whom nothing is on record. Mrs. Steele
is one Of the best-known and best liked society
I ladies of Oakland. Senator John +. Miller,
who succeeded Newton Booth, as the Repub-
lcan member Of Californas quota in the
United States Senate, has long been one of
the most prominent public men in the State.
lie is president of the Alaska Commercial
Company, is good speaker and better
writer.
THE TRlrs AND THE MACHINERY.
First officer Golding and Chief Engineer
Wilson have kindly verified the following ac.
counts Of the trial trip and the voyage from
| Philadelphia TO San Franchises: "During the
trial trip down the Delaware River the Mari
! poSa developed speed OF 1914 knots on 6S
revolutions. The run of 1903 miles to the
breakwater was in hours and u minutes. The
next day, when outside, full power was let on,
and the ship made IS knots an hour TO the
lightship, and on the trip back, speed Of I5I3
knots was attained on IS revolutions per min
ute, and SIS pounds OF steam. The Marposa
left Philadelphia on May 10Th with calm,
cloudy weather For the FIRST 6 days had light
battling winds and cioss.swell ON the Goth and
a7th; passed a vessel bottom up with 90 feet OF
keel, evidently recently capsized and with her
bowspnt broken by a collision. Could not
get the name but renamed for over an hour
looking for survivors. On the aSlh passed a
whaling bark, the Andrew Harris of New
Bedford, standing north. Had light weather
to ed May, when sighted the Pernambuco
lighthouse and passed British ship showing
the signal w. V. G, II. On same day at
noon, passed Cape Fno and arrived a, Rio
laneiro, at 5i53 p. ~ Time 10 days, a.
hours, 20 minutes. On May 9th and 7th
loaded coffee. Left on 9Th, had fine weather
to 9th, when it was squally and rough so that
the ships course was changed. had weather,
with snow and squalls to I4th; went hall
speed I'll the gale moderated. Sighted land
to west and took soundings, finding % faith.
oms Of water the ship drifting southeast al
the rate Of miles an hour. On the 10th
passed Cape Virgin and Cape Possession,
about "a miles abeam. Took soundings and
found 20 iathoms with bottom of gravel and
small stones. Anchored at Gregory Bay al
food tide. On the 18th came to on Punia
Arenas in I3ii fa,homs. On entering the
Pacific had light winds and swell with occa
,onal logs On the a2d anchored al Lo,a
Chill, in 7 falhoms; took in coal to asih,