The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-01-10
WHARF AND WAVE.

1He Alice COOKE arrived at
Sydney, Ms. W, recently, "A days
from British Columbia, with
100000 feet lumber.
The new ship Roanoke has COM
pleted her cargo for San Francisco.
This is sister ship to the Kappa
hammock, Shenandoah and Susque-
hama. all built in the past three
years These are the largest
wooden ships ever built in the
United States, and it is feared they
will be the last of that character
for some time. The Roanoke is
the latest and largest of the quar-
tette. The Rappahannock regis
tered 1856 tons, but was destroyed
by fire on her second trip out from
the domestic Atlantic Coast. The
Shenandoah registers 1858 tons,
Susquehanna, 1928 tons, and the
Roanoke, 1852 tons. The last
named took abroad her 5000 tons
cargo for San Francisco in twenty
four days.-Ex.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. IL
Work on the great Government
docks at Puget Sound Naval Sta
ton, at Port Orchard, were form
ally begun yesterday. Lieutenant
Wyekoff, the commandant, made a
brief address, and his daughter
Stella moved the first shovelful of
earth. Laborers will attack the
work in earnest tomorrow.
After a seventy-days' passage
from Gothenberg the bark Mon
treal anchored the other day in
New York Bay, a survivor of one
of the fiercest and most protracted
storms that has visited the Atlantic
Ocean for many years. Her cap
tain attributes the escape of his
vessel to the liberal use of oil from
the bows. This additional testi-
mony to the efficacy of oil in pre-
venting waves from breaking over
a vessel was scarcely required, yet
it is somewhat strange that the
process should be regarded as I'M
usual. Shipbuilders are proverb-
tally conservative; but at this late
day it would seem as though no
sailing vessel could be regarded as
completely equipped unless there
should be on board an adequate
oil-dripping plant.
The cruiser Rurik, which was
recently launched in the presence
of the Car and Czarina, is the
most formidable warship of her
kind in the world and the largest
of any kind ever built in Russia,
Her displacement is 1923 tons,
her maximum speed is! knots per
hour, and her coal capacity 1000
tons. She will be able to steam
10000 knots at the rate Of 10 knots
per hour without putting into port
for fuel or provisions.
The old United States steam
cruiser Ranger has. been commits
missioned by the authorities at
Washington to proceed to Samoa to
look after the interests of American
citizens at the islands, pending the
settlement of the present troubles
among the natives. Captain Long
necker will be in command. The
Ranger has recently been under
going repairs at Mare Island: On
oath December the Ranger left for
San Diego on a trial trip to see that
she is seaworthy. The vessel will
return about January 1st, and. if
she works well she will proceed at
once to the islands.-San Francisco
Cronicle.
The British steamship Samoa,
the largest freight carrier in the
worlds commerce, is bound to the
Delaware Breakwater. She is 465
feet long, 50 feet beam and Sc feet
depth of hold. On draught of %
feet she can carry 9256 tons dead
weight. Her gross displacement
is 1860. w. Doxford & Sons, of
Sunderland, are responsible for
building the monster carrier.
The United States Navy Depart
ment is talking about putting some
of the remaining wooden vessels
out of commission and transferring
their crews to the new ships. Six
of the latter will be put in commits
sion between now and next April. !
The remedy is not adequate. Re
building the navy necessitates an
addition to the force of enlisted |
men allowed by law. The old
navy was run down in both mate |
rial and personnel. Some of the
new ships already in service are
short-handed, not because men
cannot be got, but because the law
prevents further enlistment.-Ex. |
The three British gunboats"