The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-07
KAIMILOA REDIVIVUS. .
OLD WAR SHIP" PUT ON THE
MARINE RAILWAY.
If Found Seaworthy May Be Sent To
Hilo BY Matson Company TO BE
Used As Oil Scow.
Great and Mighty Caesar,
Dead and Turned to Clay,
His Ashes now Might Stop
To K CON tbD CpIG A UNIV -

Great and Mighty Caesar,
Dead and Turned to Clay,
His Ashes now Might Stop a Chink,
To Keep the Cold Away"
From the proud position of having
been the only war vessel of the Ha-
waiiau monarchy, the Hamlet of the
fleet, the old steamer Kaimiloa is to
soon perform the ignoble service or a
harbOr scOw.
This MOI ming she was towed by the
tug Rover from Rotten Row to the
Marine Railway to Lnde, go exlmi iLation
to determine how worthless she really
is. The old war vessel was recently
purchased by Mr.. Matson of the Mat
son Company from the Inter-Island
Company. 1t is said that well on to
81, 600 was paid for the old boat. Wheth-
er this figure is correct is not exactly
known. In any event, the new owners
of the old craft are going to try and
put her into commission for use as an
oil scOw. According to the present
plans, the vessel will be fitted with oil
tanks and used to convey the oil from
the large storage tanks to any vessels
which may require oil, or vice versa.
The oil is not to be stored on the Kai-
milOa. If this plan be not feasible, the
boat will be used as a scow for general
work
The plans have not been fully settled
however. If the boat be found service
able, she may be taken over to HiO and
put into the oil scOw work al that port.
The people along the water front
were greatly surprised this morning to
see the old Kaimiloa moving down the
harbor, vita time SCARED dignity.
Many of them could scarcely believe 1t
and rubbed their eyes 10 learn, if they
were dreaming or were actually wit
Messing a marine resurrection. 1t was
I the kaimilOa all right. She sunk re-
| Gently, but was tlOated safely enough
this morning, and as she went slowly
down the channel to the Marine Rail-
way, old timers recalled the days of her
glory, when Kalakaua was king.
At that time the vessel was fitted out
as a warship. She was in class of
her own. She was sent to Samoa on
a diplomatic" mission, numerous dig
nitaries and others, diplomatic agents
and commissioners being among the
passengers. The idea of sending the
| commission was to secure treaty with
! the king of Samoa whereby King Ka-
lakaua was recognized as the big Ali
of the Pacific Islands. The interests of
Samoa and Hawaii were identical, etc,
etc, and Kalakaua was to exercise a
sort of patronage over Samoa and the
other Pacific Islands.
Unfortunately no one had been sent
along to keep a watChful eye over
the commission, it is said. The capital
| of the King of Samoa was stormed with
entertainments and luaus for days and
nights, but when the Ammunition"
gave out, the prov of the KaimilOa
/ was turned Hawaii-ward and the par
! ty returned, without having effected
/ the Great Pacific Inter-Island Alliance.
| The KaimilOa it is understood was a
'tank' steamer on that occasion for
| diplomatic purposes and now at the
end of many years her bones are to he
! rejuvenated, and she is once more to
! serve as tank scow, but with probably
more profit to her owners than on the
| occasion of her Samoan trip.