Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-12-30
Mr.. DEMIEG AND The ZETA
Sugar Machinery Nan Mikes a Record
Trip 10 a Gasoline Launch.
Out oil New Cillsns and Back Again Wa Gil
cage and NV York Au Undertaking En-.
lirely NV in lle annals Of ystEiItg.

Il. w. Deming, prominent in the
world of sugar machinery construc-
ton and visitor to Honolulu in the
month of January of this year. has just
gained a heaping amount of fame In
a field quite away from his system of
Qualification so well known on the
plantations of all cane countries. Mr.
Deming sends to his friend. 4. d. Ten
ney here, and others. an account of the
remarkable cruise of the gasoline
launch, Zeta. owned and sailed by MIR.
Deming and carrying the flag of the
Southern Yacht Club. The launch was
built in nine weeks under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Deming to replace one lost
by fire.
She is AZ #. inches on the load wa
ter line. 3 feet beam, and draws about 3
feet of water aft. Her timbers are of
steamed oak, and the ribs are placed
exceptionally close together to add
strength to the formation of the hull.
Her planklng Is ~ inches thick, and
there are only one or two joints, the
majority of the planks running from
the stem to The stern. The bow of the
Zeta is almost straight, but there is
enough curve to add beauty to the trim
lines. The sern has clean run and
enough overhang.
Forward there is strong rail and
aft there was a rail, but the sea off the
Florida coast carried 1t and the yawl
boat overheard. The cabin house of
the craft extends avross the beam of
the craft. leaving only few inches on
each side for footing. In fact, there
is no deck on the sides of the cabin,
and only small deck forward of the
pilot house and aft of the engine room.
| The sides of the cabin are almost en-
tirely made of glass, which gives
plenty Of air ana light o the apart
| ments within.
In the cruise of the Zeta beginning
in July of this year and ending four
months later, there was travelled the
distance of 6,217 miles, with many ad-
ventures and hair-breadth escapes.
The course was up the Mississippi to
st. Louis, thence through the Chicago
canal to Chicago, across the lake and
into the Erie canal, thence to Buffalo,
thence to the Hudson river. thence to
New York city, thence to chesapeake
Bay on southwark to Key West, Char
lesion had been visited and a stop was
made at Savannah. Finally the launch
thuisiastic cheers and a salute of five
steamed into Lake Ponchartrain and
to her old moorings, very little worse
for the voyage and greeted with en-
guns. Mr. Deming is devoted yachts
mau, and has certainly done more than
falls to the opportunity of the average
amateur sailor man. His whole crew
consisted of engineer and cook and his
passengers were wife and two daugh-
ters. On one occasion one OF the
daughters saved the launch by going
overheard % assist her father in max
ing a haul OF the craft near a reef. The
zeta encountered and rode out one 60
mile an hour gale. The party saw the
Dewey reception and the international
yacht race. Mr.. Deming Is justly
proud of his achievements and joking.
says TO his Island friends that he
might take the notion sometime to
steam around here in the Zeta.