The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-27
ALONG THE
WATER FRONT.
The Californian Comes
as an Army Trans
port.
RIO De JAaElR0 FROM COAST.
THE QUEENSLAND SCHOONER
FANNIE ADELE FROM
SAN DIEGO.
The Machinery of the Wrecked
KIlchara GoaS Into the Tu-a
RIO De JAHElR0 FROM COAST.
The Machinery of the Wrecked
Kilohana Goes Into the Iva
lani-captain Fitz to Com
mand Fannie Akele.

The Californian. which Was built 1T
the Union Iron Works. in San Fran
cisco. fer Flint, Dearborn & Co. OF New
York, arrived here yesterday on her
maiden voyage. She comes as a trans
port, having been chartered by the
Government 10 take stores TO Manila.
IN place Of the regular vessels. which
are being rushed to China with troops
as fast as possible.
The Californian is as fine a specimen
Of freight steamer as the Oregon was
OF a wGrship. Special care was taken
IN her construction and fittings, as she
IS TO go around the Horn to New York.
and the product of Pacific Coast ship
building plant will naturally come in
for very rigid inspection and criticism.
and the Californian was built TO stand
the test
Her cost was in the neighborhood
Of S500. 900. She is one of four steam
ers now building Her dimensions are:
Length, AS5 feet: breadth, 81 feet;
depth of hold, 50 feet; draught when
loaded, 20 feet. Her speed is about
knots per hour, and she has coal ca
pacity for 1900 tons, sufficient TO carry
ner about 1000 miles
For handling freight she is very
well equipped, having two large
matches fore and aft. Her deck machi-
merry consists OF eight double steam
wlnches and two steam capstans She
has two electric generators and two
evaporators for the distillation of wa
ter Tie Californian was being pre-
pared 10 load wheat for the United
Kingdom when she was chartered by
the Government, and she had been
sheathet inside for the loading OF the
cargo. She left San Francisco for this
port on the 18th at 5:30 p. m, and on
al noon, Captain Morrison,
who did not like TO make port after
dark, as he is stranger in these wa
ters, slowed down, and the steamer |
vac sighted at o'clock yesterday |
She locked at I, being just |
eight days and fourteen hours from |
lock to dock
Captain Morrison, her commander, |
,ame out from New York to take |
,harge of the vessel. The other Off |
.ers are known here. There are: First |
officer Turner, Second Officer Blain /
anu VI Ch2NC4 IlOl1lSS. uS 6uSl-
leers' department consists of twenty |
i've men, all natives of California. The
thief engineer, Mr. Chisholm, is the !
oldest, and he is not yet 80. His as
istants are: First Assistant Engineer
Donaldson, Second Assistant Engineer
-aswell, Third Assistant Engineer Nc
ienzie. The whole crew consists OF /
White men. They number over fifty.
Quartermaster Clerk E. NJ. Hine is in
.harge of the stores, which amount TO
'433 measured tons. Among this
reight is a Shipment of 900 tons of
hairs for the hospitals ~ the Philip
lines. This is probably the largest
shipment of chairs ever made at one
line from a Pacific Coast port The
californian brought ninety-five bags of
nail fer this port, and among it were
everal bags for the German warship
ieier, TO arrive here. In docking the
californian yesterday the pilotboat got
ahmed between the vessel and the
lavy coal barge lying in the slip and
vas badly smashed. The Californian is
lnder lease to the Government for six
months. with an option of three
months longer, if desired. She leaves
or Manila this afternoon.