The San Francisco call., 1899-05-09
SAILING SHIP
FITTED WITH A
FREEZING PLANT
ROderiCk Dhu to Carrv
a Refrigerator.
AN INNOVATION IN SHIPPING
ALL KINDS OF DELEGATES TO BE
CARRIED BY SAIL.
Many Changes Pending on the Water
Front-Wharingers and Col
lectTrs viii Lose Their
Places.
AN INNOVATION IN SHIPPING
ALL KINDS OF DELEGATES TO RE
CARRIED BY SAIL.

The Hawaiian clipper bark Roderick
Dhu Is being fitted with a cold storage
j mt. When completed she will he the
-I sall'ng vessel ever equipped in such
manner for commercial purposes.
me Roderick Dhu is a regular trader
uetWeen San Francico and Hilo. II. l.
one ana her master are great favorites
with the travelling public and the vessel 5
accommodations are taxed to the utmost
every trip she makes. That is one reason
why a cold storage plant is being put
l"lp the bark. Another and the principal
one Is that the planters want all the deli
cacles In the California market They
want game in season, fresh fruit. vege-
tables, fish, beef. mutton and poultry
Ihen there will be fresh butter and eggs.
and in fact the choicest of everything in
the market Will go to Hilo in the Roderick
Dhu's freezing chamber.
When completed the freezing chamber
VIII have a capacity of 70 tons The
donkey engine aboard the ship will not be
Eseu 20 run the machinery as il would
nave 10 be kept goInF night and day. and
thdt would make the expenses too heavy
nut Il small gasoline engine is to be put in
place in the fOrGCaStle. This can be run
at small expense and without skilled labor
ana VIII serve all the purposes of a dom
key engine.
koaerlCk Dhu Will bring all kinds of
tropical fruits and vegeta bles. Ihe for
mer viii he carried all the year round. but
the vegetables viii only be brought here
Is expected TO make green peas. string
heahS ana asparagus plentiful in CalifOr-
mia about Christmas time.
captain Johnson OF the ROderick Dhu
says that all the coffee lands around Hilo
haNe been sold TO sugar planters. All the
coffee trees under three years of age will
p. torn up and the land planted with su-
4 cane. The boom in sugar plantations
= .normoGs and coffee has to take back
quite a number Of wharfingers and col
leetors viii retire into private life during
the next few weeks. Edward Short term
at Mission street expired yesterday and
Dan CrOWleys at the seawall expires to-
day. j. B. Hyslop at Pacific street goes
out of Office on May p, J; s. Virgins at
Beale and Rob < Stafford At Jackson
dan A. Murphy at Folsom. and Harry S.
vacated by short, Parsons and Hyslop
VIII be filled by Commissioner Herold
Ihose nose. yac59ted by Crowley, Virgins.
iarney, and those vacated by Nash and
Murphy by Commissioner Kilburn. There
are over 100 applicants for the various
places and the wirepulling is very great
in consequence.
The shin ST David. which arrived from
NeW 4ork a short time ago, is to be
is so much surplus freight the steamers
cannot handle that there will be plenty Of
EI,uS 20 ma the 81. DdNlQ.
The Government transport Sherman
docked at Folsom street wharf yesterday
She viii be Coaled as quickly as possible
and got ready for a return trip TO Manila
The men from the Grant were landed by
the steamer Mcdowell and that transport
goes on the .drydock this morning. The
work of loading the Centennial is going
on apace and that transport should get
away this week.
The Mail company's steamer City of
Para sailed for Panama and way ports
yesterday with a large cargo, but few
passengers.