The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-09
FOURTH OF JULY ON THE
SCHOONER RosAMoND.
The New Schooner on Her Maiden
Trip-An Interesting Vessel and Her
Master Captain Ward

Any wandering mariner who happen
ed to be in the vicinity of latitude 22:45,
longitude 151;1S on the fourth of this
month would have encountered a rath-
er strange disturbance for mid-ocean.
He would have heard some very un-
usual sounds and seen a brilliant dis
play of fireworks rising from the wa
ter 1t was not a ship in distress or
anything like that; only Captain Ward
and his passengers on the new schoon-
er Rosamond celebrating Americas
greatest national. holiday. There were
fourteen passengers and they did not
neglect a feature of an appropriate OBJ
servance of the day, from salutes and
tiag-raising in the early morning, to
fireworks and mask ball in the even
ing. ..... ....... ........... .........
At eight o'clock on the Fourth there
were salutes, with ringing of bells and
flag raising. Later in the day there
were literary exercises, with a patriotic
oration by one of the passengers, Miss
Morgan, who delighted all present with
an eloquent address suitable to the oc-
casion. When evening came fireworks
which had been thoughtfully secured
before the vessel left San Francisco,
were set off, and there was a mask
ball on deck The passengers say It
was one of the best celebrations of the
Fourth they have ever experienced.
The new schooner Rosamond was
launched on May 10, at Benicia, being
the largest vessel ever built there and
having the longest masts, 105 feet, ever
put into vessel on the Pacific coast.
Her topmasts are 56 feet long. She has
many new features and much interest
is manifested in her all along the front.
She has stOCkless anchors, a late de-
vice which no other vessel coming here
has, with the exception of the Moana
and one or two other steamers. A gas
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80 horsepower, is another fine innova-
ton, and there is also a steam engine,
with pump attachment The state
rooms for passengers are actually
larger than those on the passenger
steamers, and they are splendidly fitted
up. The cabin is another finely furnish
ed room. Captain Ward has quarters
that would have made an old time
skipper think he was in heaven.
The Rosamond was named after the
infant daughter of F. M. Swanzy of
this city. The little girl has an inter
est in the schooner in her own name,
l.making her a ship-owner already the
youngest in Honolulu. The other own
ers are T. II. Davies & Co, McChes-
ney and Sons Williams. Dimond and
| company. Allen Herbert and Captain
| u. r. Ward. The vessel cost $65, 900.
She was built by Captain Mathew
| Turner. She is 213 feet long, IL feet
l Deall anu can curry luVU lbllS, VI a lllll-
| lion and a half feet of lumber.
Captain Ward master of the Rosa
mond, was formerly master of the Dia-
mond Head. He recovered the latter
vessel after she had been wrecked and
given up for lost, off Diamond Head
about five years ago, when she was
named the Gainsborough. Before that
| Ward was in the barkentine Amelia
and other vessels. He has been at sea
for twenty-five years, and has worked
present position. The captain is an
excellent host and the passengers unite
in praise of their trip with him, some
of them having decided to go back with
the Rosamond. They have made and
their feelings:
Honolulu, II. H., July 7, 1900.
"The undersigned, passengers of the
schooner ROsamond on its maiden voy'
age from San Francisco, Cal, desire
to extend their thanks to Captain WarC
for the many kind cOurtesies they re
ceived at his hands, and take this
means of expressing their entire sat
isfaction with their trip and the yes
sci, finding the latter complete anC
modern in all its appointments. In re
gard to convenience and comfort, W.
feel that the Rosamond cannot be eX
celled M. and Mrs. Metcalf, Miss Jeal
Mcdonald, Miss Janet Cutter, Mis-
Katherine Lyons, Miss Lulu w. Nor
erty, l.. p. Fraser F. l.. Dowell, A
Won Loben Sells.