The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-09

time on account of heavy seas and al
ternate gales and squalls.
The German ship Philadelphia, which
arrived on Saturday from Germany,
had an almost similar experience, bat
ting with the elements for thirty days
off the Horn.
AMERICAN TONNAGE.
The Bureau of Navigation states that
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1900, the total tonnage officially num-
bered amounted to 417,034 gross tons.
Full returns from Honolulu will not be
received for fortnight but about 5000
tons of Hawaiian vessels We're entitled
of Congress creating the Territory of
Hawaii Porto Rican vessels We're also
by the act of Congress entitled to Am
erican documents. but they aggregate
less than 1000 tons. Complete figures
will probably show that the actual ad-
ditions to the merchant fleet during the
year have surpassed the 437,S46 gross
tons documented during the fiscal year
1874, when the law required all canal
boats in domestic trade to be docu-
mented. In that event the additions to
our merchant neHt Tie past nS-
cal year will have been greater than
during any year since 1856.
The figures will be slightly reduced
by the fact that the issue of official
numbers and of marine documents are
not simultaneous.
THE VESSELS BUILT.
The vessels built in the United States
and officially numbered during the year
aggregate 3S1 1858 gross tons. This rec
ord was surpassed in 1874, when 432, 725
gross tons were built in the United
States and documented. OF the new
vessels built during the year, 4S3 of
213, 052 gross tons are steam vessels, 5I5
of 80, 625 gross tons are sailing vessels
including barges with sail power, and
76 1S6 tons are bargeS and few canal
boats for Canadian trade without pow
er of self propulsion. The large proper
ton of steam vessels, Sc per cent of the
total, makes this years addition to the
fleet in value and in carrying power SUI
perior to the additions of 1874 or of any
other year in our history.
| The most important additions of the
year have been the large steel vessels
built for the trade of the Great Lakes
They include the James ]! Hill, of 6,02'
tons, the largest merchant vessel built
in the United States during 1900, nint
other lake steamships, and two stee
| Sc0OOneF DdTSeS edcn Oh over 0,UVU gross
tons, and five lake steamships of Over
1000 gross tons. On the seaboard the
largest vessel built is the steamship
| Californian, $3.50 gross tons, launched
at San Francisco, which will be the pic
neer vessel in opening regular steam
communication between Hawaii an(
the Atlantic ports of the United States
No other vessel of 5000 tons or over OIL
the Seaboard has been numbered during
the year, but six steamships of owe
1000 tons each for the Atlantic coastinl
trade have been built
ONLY FOREIGN SHIP.
The only vessel built during the yea
exclusively for the foreign trade ha
been the steamship Maracaibo of LII
gross tons for the Red d Line in tn
Venezuelan mail trade,
The sister steamships San Juan an,
Ponce, each of 3,503 gross tons, and tn
Porto Rico, 1,257 gross tons, giving tn
Island the best means of steam com
munication with the United States i
ever had, are the first maritime result
OF the annexation of Porto Rico. TIL
steel ship, Edward Sewall, 3026 gros
tons, and the steel bark, kaiulani, 1 81
gross tons, for the Hawaiian trade, ar
the square rugged vessels built, blu
eleven schooners each of over loo
gross tons, were constructed for tn
Atlantic coast trade.
Additions from sources other tina
construction during the year have bee
repaired wrecks, 9,S43 tons; Hawaiia
vessels numbered at San Francisc
since June ia, S,631 tons; vessels sold [
citizens by the Government, 1926 tons
admitted by special acts of Congress
l 5,I64 tons; American vessels returne
from foreign flags, 1907 TONS
DOCUMENTED TONNAGE.
Full returns will probably show ths
the total documented tonnage of th
United States ON June 80, 1900, for til
first time since 1865 has again reache
) 5,0OO,o00 gross tons. The tonnage reg
istered for foreign trade, however. wi
probably be slightly below S4s, 900 gros
tons, the figure for June 80, 1899. Th
increase of the Alaskan trade. carrie
on mainly by registered vessels, ha
checked somewhat during the year til
steady decline in American tonnag
Registered for foreign trade
OF the LOSS steam and sail vessels {
305,677 gross tons built and numbere
during the year. IS of 1854 tons wer