The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-06

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bulance boat recentl$ launched bx
Walker for the quarantine service. is
kept in readiness. A roof has been
placed over the boat and davits
coallne Ships at Sea.
1t was because of the difficulty of coal
ing his ships at sea that Admiral scbley
was at one time during the Santiago
campaign unable to obey the implicit or
ders of the Navy Department, a fac,
which will be Investigated by the recent
ly appointed board of inquiry Apropos
of this, Pearson's Magazine publishes a
timely article on a recently invented
method for coaling ships at sea, which
has been tested by the American govern
ment and is now under consideration by
the European naval powers
Mr.. Spencer Miller, the inventor. be-
came interested in the question of coal
ing moving vessels in 1893, and he pro-
posed at that time to stretch an elevated
cable from the stern of the warshin to
the bow of the collier in tow one end
to be securely fastened TO the warship
and the other end to be wound around a
compromising engine. The coal was to
be conveyed over the cable in bags by
means of an endless rope.
With the Miller conveyance saws the
writer, it is now possible to transfer coal
from one ship to another when 400 fee,
distant at the rate of twenty tons of coal
in the hour, the tension on the cable be-
ing sufficient to insure that th. coal ba ps
clear the water
The 'conveyor carriage, as it is term
ed. carries two loaded bags of coal
weighing 4l0 pounds EACH and an eleva-
tor on the collier takes the bags from the
deck, hosting them to the masthead.
When the carriage reaches the pulley at
the sheerhead of the warship, it collides
with ii, at reduced speed, and on strik-
ing releases the lower hook. thus allow
ing the two bags to drop into a canvas
chute-and slide easily to the deck. The
empty carriage is then drawn back and
the process repeated.
About twenty men ON the collier fill the
bags. and deliver them to the forward
deck, and sixteen more take the bags to
the elevator. In order that the operation
may be carried out continuously the
empty bags must be returned.
This is accomplished by stationing two
men in crows nests at the sheerhead
of the warship to hook the empty bags
on to the side hooks of the carriage Two
men at the masthead of the collier re-
ceive the bags. The entire operation is
continuous. and no delay is caused by
hooking on the bags.
Atlantic Record May Be Broken.
NEW YORK, August g7.-New York
ers will see another very big ocean liner
next month, when the North German
Lloyd twin-screw steamship Kronprinz
Wilhelm completes her maiden VOYAGE
across the Atlantic. She leaves Bremen
September 18th, and her arrival is sched-
uled for September oath. Seafaring men
say it viii be sooner. for the big steam
ship, while built as sister ship to the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, Is ten feet
longer and varies in other proportions
that in ocean vessels count much for
speed
Her keel was laid in November. 1899,
and in her construction the builders have
profited much by the work of the Kaiser
Wilhelm. Steamship officers look to see
the Kronprinz develop speed that will
exceed all records of the Hamburg-Am-
erican liner Deutschland, which now
holds the record across the Atlantic
Battle Abbey Still Out.
The British bark Battle Abbey is max
ing an exceptionally long passage from
Honolulu to Royal Roads, where she is
TO be locked. cleaned and painted. says
the Tacoma Ledger of August 25 The
Battle Abbey Is thirty-six days on the
voyage already, and has not yet been
reported. The British ship Republic is
also about due from the Hawaiian capt.
tai, she having sailed for Royal Roads
twoards the end of last month. Like the
former vessel, she is to go on the ways,
while still another vessel, under way for
the same purpose.
Torpedo Boat Destroyer Launched.
PHILADELPHIA, August 27.-The tor
pedo-boat destroyer cambridge was
launched today at Neafie & LEWIS ship
yard. The little war vessel was christ
ened by Miss Louise Adele cambridge
Hoff, daughter of Captain cambridge
Hoff, and granddaughter of Commodore
Shipping Notes.
The steamers Hawaii and Lehua arriv-
ed yesterday
The Mauna Loa sails today at noon for
The Mikahala departed yesterday at
p m. for Eleele and other Kauai ports,
The bark Kaiuiani was at the railway
wharf yesterday, taking on sugar. She
VIII sail today for San Francisco
The American ship Florence. Captain
Spicer, arrived at Tacoma August 20 to
load her usual cargo of coal for the
Islands.
The steamer James Makee. with the
members of the Board of Health and in
vited persons, leaves this evening for
the leper settlement
Young Bros, whose little fleet of
launches have had moorings near the
house which they recently built on a
spit of land near the harbor lighthouse,
are building wharf projecting from the
house.
Secretary of the Territory Cooper's
launch, 'Manuwai," went on the ways
yesterday for an overhauling. She has
been in Pearl Harbor almost continuous
ly since she was brought here by Mr.