The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-07
BOTH ARt
NOW HIKE
IroquojS and fearless
Arrive.
MIDWAY ISLAM SURVEYED
Captain PONDS K port Of rhe Work
Accomplished By Tug
Makes Fine Show.
(From Mondays Daily)

Fearless from the Spreckels TowbUat
Company at san Francisco and made
her the Iroquois, orders were given
by the company for new Fearless.
She was buiit and replaced the tug I'm
Gle Sam bought. The new Fearless and
the lroquois have both been expected
here for some days, the latter from
! Midway Island and tie former from
san Francisco.
They both entered port yesterday.
The coincidence of their arriving on the
same day and at almost exactly the
| same time was the remark of the wa
I ter front generally. The lroquois came
| in first, looking as spick and span as
she did the day she went out for Mid
! way. Then followed the Fearless, most
aptly named, she steamed through the
channel into the harbOr at fun speed
made a swift, graceful curve and haul
| ed up alongside the Pacific Mail dock,
| right next to where the IrOquois was
| lying, in the finest kind of style. She
pulled up in the manner of railroad
| train sliding alongside a station plat
| form. People in Honolulu had never
seen anything like it before and the
crowd on the Pacific Mail dock stood
with eyes wide open as Captain Gilbert
Brokaw put her alongside.
The Fearless brought papers of the
eth ultimo, having left San Francisco
on that day at about o'clock in the
| morning. Captain Brokaw expected
to make the run down here in less than
nine days but encountered strong head
winds most of the way. He steered by
dead reckoning for the first five days.
Nine days and ten hours was the time
down, an excellent trip considering the
odds against which the Fearless had to
fight. She can make thirteen knots In
the hour when pushed and can steam
twelve knots easily. She lost a few
sacks of coal overheard in the heavy
weather coming down although this
did not inconvenience her at all. The
Fearless is a vessel of 1877 tons gross
and is loo feet in length. She is pow
erful boat and will show Honolulu a
thing or two.
The San Francisco Call of July 81,
the day the Fearless left, has the fol-
lowing to say concerning the vessel:
The splendid new tug Fearless sails
for Honolulu early this morning. The
trade in the islands warrants the sta
tioning there permanently of a large
ocean-going vessel for towing pur-
poses, so the Fearless of the Spreckeis
Tusboat Company goes to Honolulu to
take care of the business. Captain
Gilbert Brokaw, formerly of the Reli-
ance, is in command of the Fearless,
while Bert Wheeler has charge of the
engine room. Captain Marshall of the
Fearless is now in command of the
Reliance, but will take the new tug as
soon as she arrives from New York.
This vessel is called the Lewis Lucken-
back, and Captain Mccoy, supernten-
dent Of the SpreCkels Towboat Com
pany, and Chief Engineer Holtz of tine
Alert are now in the East to bring her
here. Chief Engineer Drlscoll Of the
Fearless is now in charge of the engine
room of the Alert.
The Fearless has over 100 tons of coal
in her hunks and in sacks on deck, and
Captain Brokaw says this will be ann
pile to take her to Honolulu. The cap
tain expects to make the run in about
nine days. For the trip Captain Bro
kaw has rugged a large squaresai on
the Fearless, which adds greatly to her
sailing qualities and to her appearance
When an Advertiser reporter board
ed the Iroquols he scarcely recognized
Captain Pond. The captain was as
tanned as ii Is possible to imagine
while his luxuriant growth of whiskers
spoke eloquently of the fact of his haV-
ing been too busy to use a razor. He
was awfully glad to get back to Homo
lulu as were also the rest of the OH
GERS and the crew.
The Iroquois left Midway Island on
Saturday, July 2Sth, just about nve
after the last sounding was
made; so IL can be seen that no time
was lost IN starting homeward when
all the work was done. Captain Pond
and his men have completed as thor
ough n survey OF Midway Island. the
harbor, reef and surrounding waters
as was ever made OF any locality OF a
similar nature. As for the harbor Itself
Il Is safe 10 say thar there is not "A hun
dred feet square anywhere In the har-
Dor whore soundings have not been
made. In an, 1919 soundings We're
made; 3,2SS from the lroquols herself
ana 1906 from her dlngies, souudings
were made out 90 100 fathoms, In some
cases soundings extended out nine
iy-one tons OF coal IN going "a Midway
Island and az that rate would have
been able 20 travel 10000 miles Conn
lnE back Tor the first feN days she
hurked against bad weather, after
wards setting fresh orlh-aasierly
lradfn she consumed between my
ana slAi4 tons On he reluln trip. Tho
inguuiu brought back nlnriy TONS AZ
mo coal she started oui win hul sne
brought hapk very liille ~ provisions
Win NhiNh she went away, rhey Nerr
1rAsi short ~ water aboard ihr irpr
luaia elfn h tisR had ppen there NBB
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would haAr been aApefirneel
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