The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-10-17
THREE MORE
OIL SHIPS
Sailer's Success
Means Added
Fleet.

BY December /. according to the pres
ent outlook, there will be received here
the iron for the putting up of four more
tanks OF the same size and capacity
as those now in tank town, for the
Union oil Company. These tanks have
a capacity of $4,000 barrels of oil each,
and the entire outfit will permit the
holding of 10000 barrels of fuel at this
port.
one of the great tanks will be placed
at Pearl Harbor. 1t is expected that
the entrance to the harbor will be in
shape for the entrance of ships with
in four or five months, and as the
presence of oil tanks there will mean
great saving for the plantations which
border upon the lochs, there will be no
time lost in having such storage ca
pacity there as will enable the oil COM
pany to furnish its customers at the
closest range. The site for the Pearl
Harbor tank has not been selected,
but there are/ several points close to
lines of communication which are
available and have been placed at the
disposal of the company.
The success Of the initial trip of the
Fullerton to Kahului has guaranteed
the success of the entire venture of the
Union Oil Company, and steps have
been taken to place in this trade four
ships In addition to the Fullerton, the
Argyle a much larger ship, has been
purchased and is now being fitted with
tanks for the trade. Besides these, two
more ships are at the Union Iron works
at San Francisco and will be ready for
the carriage of oil within the next five
or six months.
The new plan is to have the tank
ships fitted so that there will be bal
last space between the tanks available
for cargo. The Argyle will be the first
of this kind to make a trip and 1t Is
expected that in time there will be
fair trade worked up in the matter OF
package freight which is not perisha-
BILE, and that the line may secure some
revenue from this source.
The four ships may not be kept en-
tirely in this trade, but they will have
work before them in filling up the stor-
age which is being placed here. II
after that has been taken care of, there
is a chance for carriage above the con-
sumption of the islands, the ships viii
be sent on trips to other coast ports
where there is a constant demand fol
tonnage of oil carriers.
The Fullerton is now on the way bach
from the coast, having sailed during
the first week of the month. Jus
what point will be her destination can
not be told. If the eight inch host
which is to be used in the pumping o.
oil ashore from the ship has been re
ceived before her sailing. the vesse
will go to Kihei, and If not, the SECOND
cargo will, as the first was, be landed
at Kahului. The hose is to be carried
ashore on pontoons and will thus fur
nish a line from the tanks of the shil
to those of the company on land.
1t is not expected that there will b.
any difficulty attending this method o
unloading the Fullerton, IL the ship cal
be kept quiet during the operation. TIL
pumps of the ship are of such calibr
that the entire cargo can be pumped
ashore in seventeen hours, and this will
mean that in the event of any storm
the ship can pick out the quiet hour
to get out her oil, and run to sea l
there Is a blow.