The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-07
LAUNCH OF S. s. AMERICAN.

There was launched at Roach's Yard,
Chester, Penn, on Saturday, July 14th.
the s. S. American, built for the Ameri-
can-Hawaiian Steamship Company, for
its service between New York, San Fran
cisco and the Hawaiian Islands. via
Straits CT Magellan. She will proceed to
New York in about month to load for
these ports. The American is sister
chip of the Californian, just delivered by
the Union Iron Works at San Francisco,
and of the Hawaiian and Oregonian, in
course of construction at Roach'S. These
four steamers are each 425 feet long, oil
feet beam, 80 feet deep, carrying $500
tuns dead weight and are the first
steamers of this type to be built in this
country. The company has recently con-
tracted for two more steamers, twin
screws and quadruple expansion engines,
TO carry 1900 tons, which will enable 1t
10 have monthly service These steam
ers are of the highest type of cargo boats,
built under Lloyds inspection The Off
GERS of the company are: George 5. Dear
born, president; Wallace b. Flint, first
wee president and treasurer; a, Cheese
brough, second vice president; II. IL. D.
Jackson, secretary; W. ID. Durham,
manager, who, with James II. Post and
Oscar T. Sewall, are the directors of the
company Messrs Flint. Dearborn Il
Co. are the general agents of the COM
pany at New York; Messrs. Williams, Di-
mond & Co. generals agents for the Pa
ciiic Coast, at San Francisco. Cal; Mes
srs Fl. Haclfeld & Co., Ltd. agents at
Honolulu, and Messrs. II. II. Davies &
Co., Ltd, agents at Hilo.
NEW sTEA..uR DEUTSCHLAND
The new Hamburg American liner
Deutschland. the largest ship In the
world, with the exception of the Oceanic,
arrived at New York July 10 on her mi
tial trip. She left Cherbourg at 4:l5 p. m.
OF July 6, Plymouth at 10 p. m. same day,
and made the voyage across from the lat
ter port in the record time OF days Is
hours and &c minutes, distance of S,Oi4
knots, an average of 20 ~ knots per hour.
This is the fastest initial trip made across
the Atlantic by l hour and II minutes.
Her days runs in knots were 30S, 5j7, 55S,
bol, bS2 and 5iS Captain Albers, the COM
mander of the Deutschland, said that he
thought the vessel would bring the rec
ord down to days 10 hours from Cher
ocurg before the season closes. She is
10 leave here on Wednesday next for her
return trip The Deutschland was built
at the YHlcan Yards, Stettln, at n cost OF
100000 marks, or about $3.50, coo, Her
length is Gss teet She has "A dlsplace-
ment OF % 200 tons. and measurement
% 1890 tons registered Her engines are
OF $500 horsepower. She is iited with
Twelve dOuble-ended ana TOUR slhEle-thu-
ed boilers, ll2 fires, which drive two six
cylinder quadruple hammer engines, Her
two propeller shafts are each l3l23 feet
long and 2is inches In diameter, Each OF
The bronze propelleTs Is 22,H6 feet IN diam
ster. She has double bottom. extend
ing her entire length, and Is divided int
twenty-four compartments. seventeen o
which are watertight There are accom-
media lions for 1851 passengers and crew
% SOS. and her FIRST saloon has seating
capacity OF 1862. All her equipments ar,
u the most perfect kind, and the arrange
ments for the comfort Of passengers un
eaualled
TUG FEARLESS,
The Fearless was 10 have sailed iron
San Francisco on July 70 ana would, n 4
expected make the run down here h
about nlnr days. 80 that she may be look
81 Tor al any moment The PROBABILITIES
are that she viii bring nothing but coal
When the FEARLESS Wills, sha can ailail
> speed equal 10 thai Of the Australia
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