The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-29

Gate for Honolulu. Many people were
on the wharf to see the oil steamer de-
part and there were many misgivings
as to the luck the vessel would have
on the trip. People were heard to say:
She'll be back in couple of days"
They don't know what they're up
against and IF she has the luck to
be picked up by coal-burning steam
er we may see her again." But despite
all these apprehenSive remarks the
vessel arrived here safely on scheduled
time.
When asked what kind of a trip he
had, Captain Weldon said: Well, you
notice how clean all our decks, deck
houses, winches. and everything else
are. This oil is a great success. There's
no dirt from the funnel and our work
is easier We have six less men in our
stokehole now that the oil burners are
in. We could have travelled much fast
er by burning more oil, but it was not
necessary. During the first part of our
trip we burned a little more oil than
was expected, as we were not familiar
with its use, but since then we have
actually used less than we were sched-
uled to. We have some 400 barrels on
board-sufficient for twenty-five days
steaming." Everyone on the steamer
was unanimous in praising oil as a
fuel for getting steam up al sea.
While in San Francisco there was
much comment in shipping circles over
the work of the Nevadan in getting her
fuel aboard for the voyage to Honolulu
ana return. On her way from New
York to San Francisco the Nevadan
was coal burner and at Coronel she
coaled for the completion of her voy
age to Frisco. 1t took two whole days
to fill her bunkers there, yet at the
Golden Gate it required only five hours
to transfer the 400 barrels of oil into
her tanks, and this work involved no
soiling of decks or very hard work by
her crew. Forty-three hours were thus
saved in the time of taking oil fuel
aboard as compared with the time re-
quired to coal for voyage of cor
responding length. This is an import
ant item to a steamship company.
The Nevadan was launched about six
months ago. She is of 2950 tons net
register and can carry about $3.50 tons
of sugar. She is $50 feet long. has a
IS foot beam. and is thirty-four feet
eight inches deep.
Constructed solely with a view of
meeting the requirements of the trade
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the Nevadan is one of the finest
freighters running to these islands. Be
sides the large amount of general car
go she is expected to carry each trip
from the Coast for Honolulu the yes
sci expects to carry a great deal of
perishable goods as she has a first
class cold storage plant
On her maiden trip to Honolulu the
vessel has about 5000 tons of general
cargo, including fruit. vegetables and
meat in her cold storage. Owing to
the fact that the Alameda's cold stor-
age broke down in San Francisco and
that she was unable to carry her usual
supply of iced delicacies for the Ho-
nolulu market this cargo of cold stor-
age stuffs on the Nevadan is particu-
larry welcome at this time
The Nevadan carries all told a crew
of about forty. Her officers are: Cap
tain Weldon; chief officer, J. p Pc
tersen; second officer, J. S Toilet:
third officer, George r. Lauriat; purser.
w. r. Wright: chief engineer. John
Mitchell, and first assistant engineer.
Thomas Selfridge.
On Thursday night the Nevadan will
sail 10 kahului. where she will dis
charge general cargo and take in sug-
ar The vessel sails from Honolulu for
e'eAAi = lS'iAS4SCo uIiect on august y, ana
ner next sailings from San Francisco
to this port VIII be on August % and
October 8, while the new steamer Ne
brasi1an. sister steamship to the Ne
vadan. viii leave San Francisco on
october 30 on her maiden voyage to
this port. The Nebraskan and Neva-
dan will thus keep up a regular service
for Honolulu. leaving the Coast every
twenty-one days for this port
The vessel is locked at the Railroad
wharf. where there have been a string
of sishtseers to look her over since ar
rival!