Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-25

the proposed vessel which would ma Ike
II almost AS large as the American
liners s.. Paul and Paris: Length. geo
feet: breadth. extreme 60 feet depth.
nodded. ~ feet: draft to bottom of
keel. 2S feet: displacement $4,000 tons:
total bunker capacity, 900 tons. With
$4,000 horse power at Very high rate
of speed, approximat;ny &c or q knots
an hour.
AS result of the recent amalgama-
ton Of the well-known shipping firms
Of Flint & Co. and Dearborn & co,
OF New York. ana Williams. Dimond &
co. of San Francisco. under the firm
name of Flint, Dearborn & Co. the
announcement is made that within six
months the first OF a fleet OF steel
steamships will sail from New York for
san Francisco en- route to Honolulu as
!" regular line of service. These YES
sells are now in process Of construction
one, the California. is building at the
Union Iron Works. San Francisco. and
will be delivered in May: the others
are on the stocks in the Roach ship
yards on the Delaware, and will be
ready for service during 1900
The vessels will be 430 feet long over
all Il feet breadth of beam and 81 feet
, inches deep. They will draw. when
loaded. 26 feet Of water. Their carry
ing capacities will be $3.50 tons of o24o
pounds. and their coal bunker capacity
viii he 800 tons. The vessels will have
z speed OF ten knots. and will be fitted
for carrying freight only. 4 few extra
SIateloomS in the cabins will accommo-
date several passengers. but they Will
not be passenger ships. The vessels
Will cost about $500. 900 each.
Those building on the Delaware will
make the trip from New York to san
Francisco in sixty days. the course be-
'ng through the Straits of Magellan.
They will stop at San Francisco on the
q f,.iy,
they will go direct from Honolulu to
New York. stopping only at Coronel
Chilli. for coal.
\ vessel will leave New York every
i"rty-hve days. It is the desire Of the
owners TO reduce THIS interval to thirty
days. but to do this two or more
steamships will be required Thes. adj
ditional vessels will be built at the ear
Hest date possible. the next ship being
designed to be Of 10000 tons capacity.
The placing Of steamships regularly in
the trade between this city and Hawaii
is an innovation. as heretofore it has
been conducted by sailing ships.
The starting of this line it is said
has been caused by TWO considerations.
The first is the recent great increase
in the quantity of sugar grown on the
islands, owing to the setting out Of
many new plantations. The quantity
produced is much more than can be
handled by the refiners on the Pacific
return cargoes from the islands. This
increase In the cultivated area of sugar
lands has also greatly Increased the
demand in the islands for manufacture
ed goods. thereby insuring larger and
more staple incoming cargoeS.
The second consideration is that the
islands have passed under American
control. and that presently the tariffs
Of the United States will be extended
to them. shutting out the competition
OF foreign countries and increasing the
trade with the United States
Williams. Dmond e Co. are having
built by Arthur Sewall & Co. of Bath.
Me. a steel bark of about $50 feet in
length. which will carry 200 tons of
freight
This vessel will not be used in the
Cape Horn trade. on which all the sail
ers will be snpplanted by the steam
ships. but will be put on the trade be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu. 1t
would require eight Of these barks to
take care of the increased trade which
mas developed on this run, but no more
orders can be given for vessels now,
because Of the increased price Of steel
The condition Of the commerce of
Jamaica and the anxiety expressed by
the people Of that island for it's i'm
provement have resulted in the estab-
lishment of a new direct steamship line
between England and that island
Copies of the British Trade Journal.
Just received by the Treasury Bureau
Of Statistics. state that the Colonial
Office has signed contract with the
Jamaica Fruit & Produce Association
for direct fruit and passenger service
between that island and the United
Kingdom. to commence in May, 1900
The contract is for five years, and the
steamships will run fortnightly. at an
average speed of fifteen knots. between
Kingston and Port Antonio and South
symptom. The steamships will be fitted
Cor the convenience of fruit. and will
have storage for at least 10000 punches
Of bananas.
The contractors bind themselves to
employ at least six agents in Jamaica
in developing the fruit industry, to i'm
prove the wharf accommodation 1T
Kingston and other ports. and to build
ore or more hotels in the island. The
subsidy payable is 100000 per annum-
Of which one-half will be contributed
by the Imperial Government-to be in
creased to e12.OO0 if more passenger ac-
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