The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-12-10
SUGAR
FROM MILL
Prospect That New
Plan Will be
Followed.
q HOULD the plans which occur

g HouLD the plans which occupy
~ the attention of Capt. w. G..
| Goodman, superintendent of ship
ping for the firm of Alexander & Bald
win, with station at San Francisco,
but who is now here, be carried to the
logical conclusion, which il is intimated
is possible there will be "A great de-
crease in the number of ships which
are to come to this harbor with miscel-
laneous oargoes and for return loads
| of sugar. The plan Is in general to
have all ships go direct to the planta-
tions, unload the coal or other mate
rial which they carry, and take on the
sugar while lying al the same anchor
! age.
The Inauguration of the system for
his firm, which may be continued until
all the sugar mills on the lee side of
the various Islands have their own
landings, will be made at Makaweli.
| The Waialeale today will take UP to
| the Kauai port four great mushroom
anchors, for mornings, and chains
which will be sufficient to hold any
ship which may go to the harbor to
discharge or receive cargo Captain
Goodman will go with the ship for the
purpose of putting down the moorings
and will for a time stay there to look
after the workings of the plan. There
| is coal vessel nearly due, and il is
hoped to install the anchors and re-
pair the small wharf in time to handle
| this cargo.
The anchors which will be put down
will number four, and each weighs
1900 pounds. 1t was found by actual
test in San Francisco that the anchors
of the inverted mushroom type, which
have been urged for adoption by Cap
tain Goodman for the past twenty
years, of the weight of the ones now
here, outheld anchors of the old type
which weighed 600 pounds The
moorings will be placed so that the
nearest to the shore are within half
mile of the little dock, while the fur
theset out are not more than one mile
off shore. The others will be placed in
between, so that a ship may haul out
if it is desired, thus enabling the ves-
sci to keep a safe distance in all kinds
of weather. for while it is often wise
to have ship at the closest range dur
ing the period of settled weather. it is
deemed safe to make provision for the
vessels being kept off shore during the
winter season.
| After the repair of the small dock at
Makaweli there will remain only the
| arrival of the lighters which will ply
between the ships and the shore. These
are similar to, but larger than. the or
dinary whaleboat, which is used by the
Island steamers, but in addition there
will be a naptha launch of the same
size as the whaleboats which will be
used to handle them between the ships
and shore. The boats will have about
six tons capacity, and will be six in
number. These will be brought here
by sailing vessels. being now on the
| way. and they will be sent forward to
Kauai at once.
The moorings are. sufficient not only
for the usual sailing ship which plies
| To-. .l,. I,la t.,,a III
steamer of 5000 tons. The chains are
of the heaviest type for vessels of that
tonnage, and it Is aimed to make this
anchorage such that If in time the car
| rying trade Is to be given over from
the sailing ships to the tramps, there
will be no danger for one of that type
hooking onto the moorings.
Captain Goodman said last evening:
1T may result that the various plan
tations which are so located that sail
ing ships can safely lie off and trans-
fer cargo and load sugar direct will all
be provided for the safe mooring of
| the ships. In the case of Makaweli It
is my opinion that the sending of sup
| plies direct to the plantation, and the
/ loading of sugar there, will result in
saving of nearly. If not quite. $4,000
within the year. There will be perhaps
| $4,000 tons of sugar outgoing, and as
much general cargo incoming. This will
mean saving of more than 81 a ton.
| The condition of the market for sugar
is such that all the possible economies
must be put into practice, and this will
be one OF the greatest for the planta-
tons.
| The anchors which ] am using are
of a type which will hold wherever
they are put down, but which. are not
available for use by a ship. only for
mornings. They are of such weight
and shape that there would be great
danger of staving in the bows of a
ship in lifting the anchor. Twenty
years ago l made small boat for a
little friend here, and / made for it a
small brass anchor of this type. 1t
held so we'll that it broke the string
which l used as chain, and l was
convinced that the type was a good
one. We put down the anchor we are
using here and rigged against it an old
type anchor. weighing 600 pounds,
and with team of six horses pulling,
| the trial being on a dry lot where
there was little chance to get hold,
the mushroom held the longest.
Since the strike there has not been
the revival of business which was ex-
pected along the San Francisco water
front There surely was a great deal
of business taken away from the city
by its northern rivals on account of the
tie-up. The Sound cities have through
rail connection. and they are alive to
the chances when San Francisco is tied
up"
Captain Goodman was formerly the
master of the Robert Levers. and left
that post to join the Alexander & Bald
win force nearly two years ago.
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