The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-26
+arspOrt Thomas Like
a Soldier Town.
ny SOON GO TO CHINA


fHh long Tune slncc n vessel OF the
!. M me great, white United States
-y transport Thomas lay I'm the shell
.d Honolulu harbor. Grand ana big
..s 10 look upon aa she towers above
\. NV naval dock. her tremendous
4 i twenty eight feet beneath the sur
4. of the water
One OF the finest army transports
,t Jbo Thomas ls az once an ex.
rHon of all the latest accomplish
.stt In construction. design. strength.
. imtJy and comfort. and a little float
Il Il p-tu.date city In herself.
Two thousand men can travel with
~mr1uyn ease and comfort on "A shin
Iris kind N u came To packing. the
snsport could % course carry more.
+. a.i imagine cooking for two thousand
r,a That is one of the interesting
pfm,nts 10 visit on n transport.
n uOlt steam kitchen which upon
,t-rs you first Of all are confronted
fh coffee pot as high as a horse
a as bIs around as a country tenn
4 fnnC1 lecturers platform. Then YOU
trvo the long row OF "saucepans."
! rather boilers wherein the cabbage
4 rl cofnDd beef are boiled and the
f.b stew h prepared. To say nothing
lho soup and other preparations cal
iaiel to stay the hunger of the sol
sr boys
An Advertiser reporter was yesterday
h6gn over the Thomas by genial Quar-
mister's Clerk G. l.. Clayton. clay
Insists that the Thomas In the finest
e.sol Ia the way of transport I'm the
,ord barring none. lie says she L.
10 bIssust-long. wide. deep and every
ihor way. n he Is n little enthusiastic
bout the splendid vessel. he IL at any
nle not very far out ~ the way la his
iIcllutious concerning hir.
Tho hospital aboard the Thomas Is
d department. complete within itself.
here are accommodations Tor "a great
'umbDr ~ sick or disabled men. Adj
hnlug the hospital. In the vessels
stern, on che second deck. there Is "A
dlthou devoted entirely Co the prepara-
ton OF food for the sick. flight al
and ia "a room containing an operating
able and all the necessary Instruments.
APPLIANCES and appurtenances, many
lundrOds 81 dollars worth, and all of
no most modern and improved order.
M Uncle sam buys always Of the best
Z everything. and fits his transports I'm
y comfortable "a manner as ~ possible.
nth for the well and for the injured.
me hospital IN as well equipped as any
shore. dispensary IL close To- the
lospital. and IN drug store ON small
Jae
u ls doubtful whether any vessels IN
be- world outside Of passenger steam
hips have such excellent lavatories
Il are To- be- seen on the American
flnsport. In this matter as In all
lhers the utmost care ~ taken 90 pro-
Ide the best.
There is "a Jail aboard. too. only II Is
illed the "bri~." There are no trim
.ngs ON this institution TO attract par.
GUAR attention. The flooring Is n
DOR ana no more. unless mattress
p chucked down To rest the prisoner as
p languishes In the cell.
AZ one passes the bakery. an affair
3 hig as "a good sized baking establish
iont ashore. the appetizing odor OF
foud fresh baked. and pies aud gin
'fbread greots his nostrils The flour
listed bakers. attired I'm their neat
mite caps and aprons. are hustling
, and fro. they are very busy and
cry warm. and withal Jolly looking
3 bakers are supposed always 10 be.
steam laundry IN also included
mung the transports institutions. be-
ldrs two water distillers capable OF
irning out 5000 GALLONS In the twenty
our hours. Then there n an ice-ma-
nine that makes two tons OF ice In a
ny ana thinks nothing of ~. A re-
MIGRATING plant Keeps fresh the food
.hlCh, when the vessel n crowded sup
llos thousands of men for many days.
he plant u one OF Halls carbonic-Bas
nllrs
The engines which whiri the twin
crews ~ the leviathan are the best
nd most advanced. and the vessel is
lulppod with auxiliary machinery
osidos. Thirty-eight hundred horse
over In indicated.
The transport Thomas II f6I feet from
Tom to stern. 80 feet beam and about so
't depth 81 hold. The Thomas was
1n last % the big American army
1nspprts to be completed She was
instructed by tfarlnnd ~ Wolf at Bel
lfi ireland. and was finished In 1898.
I' sherman, the sheridan and the
.lnt were also built at Belfast.
1--WE docks. not counting the hurri-
lnn deck explain the towering pro-
1rilurs II The great boat. AS she lies
tho wharf she takes up pretty nearly
pr whole length. and there Is not more
l1n two feet % water beneath her
0oL
The ordinary speed Of thc vessel Is
-' knots. although her AVERAGE on
i.tIuus runs Co Manila was A. $40
,hot'. Her registered t0nnag, IL
bout $500
sh" ls furnished with bllge keois and
ffirs 1000 tons OF pig iron ballast IN
'r lower hold There are cabin ac-
ommodatiohH for no passengers The
l0ulfH was formerly one Of the White
llr llno Of steamships plying between
'rw York and Liverpool.
nnWn in between decks. where the
'Iliors bunk. n scene presents itself
s.tt iH remarkable as an illustration
Y economy Nv space. perfect clc1nli-
~. th0 entire absence of any uupleas-
n' ndor. and the absolute order main
,,In'd. Hunks run On rows. I'm tiers
Y ihroo The frame work Is AL ~ iron.
,nf1s being stretched as mattresses.
in ne iu every other part OF the ship
n' 1ir is pure and fresh and cool.
'p'cI1l machinery. ventilators and
we Acknowledging pipes are respon-
nIn Tor this Fresh air IL always and
'nunuously supplied. in fact 10 IL
'runlly refrigorated air. n one might
' cypress ~. and n " as cool and
'lt1nt on the lowest deck az on the
.nn'rmost except 81 course. whore the
1lnm hromcn labor In the fearful