The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-19
ANOTHER MAIL.
STEAMER ARRIVES
MAIDEN TRIP OF THE NEBRAS-
KAN AND INITIAL TRIP OF THE
NEW NAIL CONTRACT.

The American Hawaiian steamship
Nebraska on her maiden trip reached
this port this morning at O'clock, sew
en- and a half days from San Francisco.
She brought 143 bags of mail, this being
the initial mail trip under the new con-
tract between the American Hawaiian
company and post office department.
The contract calls for the trip to be
made in seven and a half days, and this
requirement was met on this voyage.
The Nebraskan Is a sister ship to the
Nevadan, and is almost a replica of
her in every respect. She is 1856 feet
long and As feet beam. Her gross ton
mage is 4044 and her net tonnage 1926
tons and her carrying capacity 5,5U0
tons. She was built by the New York
Shipbulding Company of Camden, New
Jersey, in 1902 She is strictly freight
err, and is fitted with every convenience
for handling freight. Both forward and
aft there are cranes with numerous
booms, and donkey engines and gear
to handle freight in most expeditions
way possible. The quarters for the Of
fcers are all amidships and on the up
per deck, and all well appointed
The officers are: Captain c. w. De-
lano, master; j. S. Greene, first officer;
H. F. Perkins, second officer; H. c. Pc
| terson, third officer; H. e. Weeden,
purser; e. Hough, Chief Engineer; A.
r. Jones, First Assistant Engineer.
The Nebraskan arrived in San Fran
cisco from New York early in October
and was there transformed from a coal
burner to an oil burner, the oil burn
ing apparatus used being Identical in
kind with that on the Nevadan. 1t gave
| the utmost satisfaction on the triT
| down, the vessel never being hove &c
except once to test the compasses. A
| speed of twelve and a half knots, it is
claimed, can easily be maintained with
her oil burning apparatus. She could
have arrived off port last night, but as
this was not considered desirable, she
was slowed down and arrived early this
morning.
The Nebraskan was taken to the rail-
road wharf. A good deal of time was
consumed in berthing her as she haG
to be threaded up the slip between the
Hackfeld and the railroad wharf, be-
tween two rows of sailing vessel:
which left none too much room for the
big steamship The threading was sue
cessfully done, with only a slight mis-
hap to the after rail of the ship Norma
The work of discharging began as soor
as she was made fast to the wharf. Sh,
has about 200 tons of freight aboard
for this port and Kahului, most of it foi
this port About 1000 tons are from
New York and the remaindeP is from
San Francisco. Among the cargo is {
blooded horse for George Rodiek, ant
considerable quantity of white Leg
horn, game and Plymouth Rock chic
kens and some finely bred turkeys foi
w. w. Dimond and E. j. Walker
There is also a large quantity of cole
storage goods for this market which
arrived in good order.
N the way down two of the game
cocks which were in the same coop go
to fighting in royal style, and only thu
timely appearance of the mate and tn,
separation of the cocks saved then
both to their owner.
The Nebraskan is scheduled to sal
for San Francisco from this port No
vember 2S, the day following Thanks
giving. That is also the day the Ne
vadan is scheduled to sail from Sar
Francisco for this port.
Purser Weeden, to whom the loca
newspapers are under obligations fol
files of the San Francisco papers early
on the arrival of the ship, is a brother
of Captain Weeden of the Nevadan.