The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-04-20

wooden screw steamers wfere built, intend.
| al o. run between here and li,VerEs Of.
I The owners wcre confident that they would
/ he SUCCESS, But Immediately after the
/ tril trip il was whispered that they werc
failure and after few Voyages they
weVo withdrawn and disposed 81 At slmoS,
totSl Loss q the company building them.
/ As raSSriS the uSe of iron in construction.
the English hsd been experimenting for
long time The first iron vessel was
launched in ISL, Snd is Stin in existence.
But not I'LL 1882 did the work seriously
begin, At that time the LloySis began 80
byild SrnSH iron steamers for short Wy
SSeS- \ cortSin amount ~ prejudice had
II b5oyercone, for there were many doubts
IS 10 its strength and hUoyancy. But il
uSde It's way, Snd tho first successful iron
steamer made transatlantic VOYAGE ir
| 1919 the Grvss BTssis launched by the
GreSt Western Company, In those days
the t,-vs' S7AisE WAS rated rs TN unusually
large sizei ship, Ii was ship Of 1000
tons burden. and was an mon screw
steamer combining the new methods II
propulsion Snd construction. The voyage
wSS successful, and the ship Is still in eI
iStence, and, til within few years at
least, rsn 10 Australia, Her success led 10
limitations in the English marine, and IN
1881 the Inmsn line was established be
tween Liverpool and New York Of iron
screw steamers Il hsd no profitable mSil
contrSct, and wSS purely commercial un,
iert&6ng, hut under Shllful management
has been very successful. In the United
States iron shipbuiliing hiss never taken
rot the way If hiss in England Amer
cSns began eSrly to build smsn iron
steamers, Snd do now, but only for eoSSt-
,ng lines We only use iron in cases
where We Sre entirely cut of from oompe
tIilo1, Or where We are driven 70 il, IS il
! impossible 10 use wood for much Of the
costing service, How far the use Of SteSm
lzS Supplanted SSilS Is nsSns Of pro
p,ilSion for vessels is shown by the follow
lnS t&bie:
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Ag->zzss.ss II Ssihzs vesSAS >.
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s. lS-t. ysl. E,srvaSniiss exported stuul0Us
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Not only hz< the tonnage formerly taken
CD by sailing vessels been assumed by
steamers, but On account Of the increased
lllckrsSS q making Voyages, more mer-
chzndIss can be carried by the steamers
Il s certain length Of time. II hiss been
estimated that one ton Of steam navigation
: equal 70 three tons Of sailing navigation
n efficiency Also, the steamships are
much z,o-s durable. The average life OF
steamer : double this Therefore 8 less
supply 81 hesh tonnage Is required IN
order to keep mp the demands Of CON-
-s<re-
he whole eject OF the change. from
SsilS tp steam. was that sailing vessels
wszs driven from the commerce Of the
world with great rspidity- The great
change which affected uuE navigation Is Z
vIS thEt In construction from wood to
ro1- ms brought the matter to the same
grounds q which MI competition depends.
Il Esis It depend On the possession Of
ehsSp supply Of Iro1- So far Is zhility Of
sE-pE--ghts L concerned. ss sooi ships
cz1 be built hers Is IN England Though
the English shpwrlshts work for less
C12sy vEgss. yes the greater efficiency Of
the lscCE q Americans uCre thzn makes
ID for II. according 10 Shipbuildsrs-
AEsEica-s can turn ont - sood machinery
ard understand the Use q steam Just ss
well But the gruuni OF competition had
crZs 10 BE- the supply Of material So,
even Il cIvl wzr nsTer had cone. If the
United SSs1ss had had 10 interruption TO
her e1msrcs. q chzrSe n the tariff.
CsysEtbslass the revolution Ess something
which A1z=lcs should have begun TO feel
soon after 1850 This vzS q hard thing
IN many persons To sss. and suns ship
builders refused 10 accept II Il late a
$50 In thst ysGr certain persons test
Esi before Z eoEnEtEse q Congress thzt
s-ih assistance wooden shirs could o.
built which =o1li compete successfully
With LEuz ships Il wgS an entirely ground |
less hope and thsy have given Il up nov