The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-14
WHARF and WAVE
The Arrival Of the Transport
Sherman.
THE SHIP STAR OF FRANCE
Four Inter-IsIand Steamers Swing
at AnChor-Quarantin on War
rem Not Strict.
THE SHIP STAR OF FRANCE

There was quiet day along the
front yesterday. The Helene, W. G.
Hall, Claudine and Mikahala were all
outside by noon, swinging at their an
chOrs in company with the United
States army transport Warren. whose
colonel is determined he will take no
chances, and has ordered the vessel to
remain for a week. The quarantine on
board the Warren is not very strict as
a boatload of officers came ashore for
the Coast mail last evening and these
men were seen mingling with the
thrOng around the posuoffice and on
King street. During the morning the
Carlisle City came into the harbor from
San Diego bound for Yokohama She
sailed from San Diego on November %
and has run short of coal. She is
locked at Pacific Mail wharf and load
ing as fast as possible. Captain Aitken
expects to get away this afternoon.
The United States transport Sherman
anchored just Waikiki of the entrance
TO the channel at o'clock yesterday
afternoon with troops for Manila. She
sailed from San Francisco at 3: Is p. m.
on December 8. No communication was
allowed with the shore, and shortly aft
er o'clock the representative of the
War Department here sent off the tug.
The Sherman brought forty-two bags
of letter mail.
The Niihau arrived yesterday from
Kauai and is loading for Lahaina. She
will join the quarantined fleet outside
this afternoon. The Lehua also came
in from MOlokai ports and took on a
full load for Maunalei and Kaunakakai.
She will leave for the quarantine an
chorage early this morning.
FOR HAWAIIAN TRADE.
Williams, Dimond & Co.'S new steel
ship Kaiulani was launched at Bath,
Me-. on Dec. I'd, and, according to ac-
count, proved satisfactory in every
way. Captain Dabel, who is to COM
mand the new vessel, is at Bath. and is
very we'll pleased with the craft. Sew
all was to build five ships similar to
the Kaiulani, but was unable to carry
out the contract in consequence of the
scarcity of material. Meantime the
has bought the ship Olympic.
now loading at New York for San
and is having built at Mat
thew Turner's yard at Benicia a four
masted schooner of the same dimen-
sions as the schooner Mary E. Foster.
All three vessels are for the Island SUI
gar trade.
USE OF THE STEAM TURBINE
The Hon. A. C. Parsons is, says the
Marine Engineer. proposing to revolu-
-ioniZe the navy as regards at any rate
he speed of transit. He considers that |
IS knots an hour is within the reach |
Of practical politics where the turbine |
engine is employed. There can be no |
doubt that with a practicable rotary |
engine. such as the Parsons turbine en- |
CINE, there is practically no limit TO |
he h.p. that such engines can be made |
o develop in comparatively small |
space and with little weight of mate
'ial, compared with reciprocating en-
zines. provided sufficiency of boiler
power can be crammed into the hull.
The water-tube boiler has now made |
his practicable within certain limits
Of space and weight for boilers and
.ontained water, far beyond what was
possible with the old system of boilers.
When, therefore, Mr.. Parsons speaks
ii a light cruiser of 5000 tons displace-
nent containing 10000 maximum eff
ective horse power in the form of wa
er tube boilers and turbine engines, he
peaks of what is at least possible and
sufficiently practicable for
immediate experiment The coal sup
,ly. however. for such power to any
adius of action must be immense, as
he coal consumption increases as they
ube of the speed, and consequently the
oal supply per radius of movement
will be much increased as compared
With present normal or maximum
peeds. No doubt the reply to this
you'd be that the greater portion of
my required cruise could be traversed
With few boilers in use and at a normal
II comparatively economical speed
nd that the reserve power of such an
normous speed as As knots would only
Ie used for a short time for emergen-
les of defence or offence. Certainly /
10 locomotive torpedo could catch a
hip with such speed. nor could any
armed cruisers or battleships
pproach her unless she were taken
nawares. From commercial point
# view we are of opinion that econom-
cal highest rates of speed have al
eady been reached. unless it were for
pecial light mail steamers with small
IOl p1oSCHSCiS NAlO /
would not mind paying double or
reble rate of passage for highest speed
# transit.
RAFTING LOGS OVER PACIFIC.
James Robertson. owner of the big
og RATS from the steamer CZarina.
which endangered the navigation of
he North Pacific Coast for some time.
5 on his way 10 Japan on the Empress
f India 10 arrange for the sale of sew
raj of his RATS. which he proposes to
uild in British Columbia waters-the
Xact locality has not yet been settled
and towing across the Pacific with
ramp steamers loaded with general
aTgo. To take one of these RATS
cross the Pacific will, of course, be
he largest tow ever attempted, but Mr.
robinson is sanguine of success. al
hOu9h mariners differ He DrODOSeS