The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-09
QuiltGtt6 Of Transports Return TO
the Ofilg.
S. S. INDIANA'S BOILER PlLIKIA
Fleet May Be Able to Sail This At
ternOon-City of Newport Has
Gone On For Manila.

The troopships Indiana, Ohio, City
of Para, Valencia and Morgan City are
anchored in the off1ng having returned
at o'clock last night owing to neces-
sary repairs to the boiler of the In
| diana. Six screw stays are loose and
at the Honolulu Iron Works by work
| ing all night FOrgemaster Charles
| CrOzier, BOilermakers Mckay and Tay-
lOr and TOOlmaker West have turned
out the nuts to tighten them up. By
this afternoon it is thought the boiler
will be in shape to get steam up afgain
At present both steam and water e
out of her.
1t was some time after 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon that the City of Para
and Morgan City were seen by the
signal station returning from off Bar
ber's Point. Following was the Val
encia, and bringing up the rear was
the Ohio seemingly towing the Indi-
ana in distress. At this time
there was steam up in the Indi-
ana, however it was not until the fleet
was off the channel at anchorage that
the Indiana blew off all steam.
The tug which had been made ready
as soon as it was heard that the
troop ships were returning, left for
the fleet at half past five o'clock having
on board United States Consul General
Haywood and a reporter from the Ad-
vertiser. Arriving at the Indiana they
took on board Commander MOrle of
that vessel, Chief Engineer Boyling
and Captin Sawtelle, U. S. A. acting
quartermaster of General MacArthur's
staff. The Eleu then hastened back
in the harbOr up to the nearest landing
to the Iron Works where these officers
landed. Soon the machinists were
busy fashioning the iron into the
shapes required. The six screws which
were loose run between the combustion
chamber and the bulkhead. The plan
to repair these is to cut the threads
on the ends of the bolts down and
make new nuts of smaller dimensions.
For instance six of them will be cut
from one and a half inches to one
and three-eightths and six from one
and three-quarter inches to one and
five-eighths. To do this new dies must
be turned of hardened steel for the
bolts and taps or plugs for the nuts. |
The boilermakers will then take
charge and with a specially cOnstruc-
ted wrench go on board and complete |
the job. Of course the boiler is cold |
and all the water out. Then water |
tahen out by Hackfeld's steam scOw |
VIII. be on hand, the boilers filled, fire |
again and it is hoped the stays |
will stay until the Indiana gets to Ma
nila
Since her arrival in port the boilers |
of the Indiana had undergone more or |
less tinkering. She is a sort of Brutus |
No. 2, for in the engines of the collier |
Brutus there was overtime galore for
the Iron Works boys. There is nothing
the matter with Engineer Boyling. He |
is a sort of second Billy Eassie, knows |
what he wants, and wants it right |
away. There was no way of testing
the Indiana's boilers until she was un-
der a full head of steam. Modern |
liners have a number of boilers and
a deficiency like this would only cause |
one to be shut down. The others |
could do the work at a little more |
pressure The Indianas boiler room is |
limited and leakage like this causes
a complete stop.
Deputy Collector Fred. Clay was on
hand last evening and rendered the use
of the Eleu to the disabled troOpship. |
1t is not thought General Macarthur !
will allow much communication with |
the shore but Captain Larsen's launch |
and the boat boys have all started !
visiting and the chances are that old
acquaintances will be renewed, few
sweethearts Will be rOwed out to wish
some plain Hawaiian good byes to the
boys and they Will see a few of the
people before they sail some
where about noon today.