The Republican journal., 1903-10-08

Cdu-f1dW6lldu llll6 GWlI-SClOW coCnu-
ship Texan, which has been in port
loading for several days. The Texan is
classed as the finest, and has proven
herself the speediest, of the entire fleet
of fine, modern cargo steamships owned
by the American Hawaiia line, and
operated between New York, Puget
Sound and Honolulu. The Texan was
cleared at the customs-house yesterday
afternoon, and will leave Tacoma to-
night on what shipping men say IS the
most remarkable voyage ever under
taken by steamship, and one which,
in it's way, will eclipse the famous voy
age of the battleship Oregon from the
Pacific to the Atlantic during the Span
ish-American war.
WILL CALL AT NO PORTS.
When the Texan leaves the CONNER
cial dock tonight, she will start on
voyage of 13,900 miles, in the course OF
which not single stop will be made.
She will call at no ports from Tacoma
to the end of the voyage. Unless accl-
dent occurs, which is hardly likely with
ship of her class, the Texans huge
engines will not stop revolving second
from the time her lines are cast on at
the Tacoma wharf until she is inside
Delaware BreakWater, on the Atlantic
coast nearly 1900 miles away, voy-
age equal in distance to more than hal1-
way around the world, and which, 1t is
estimated, will require her fifty and
one half days. during which she Will
steam on an average OF 276 miles DAY.
The Texan has taken on here 4,100 tons
of fuel coal, ample to last her to New
York She has big cargo of general
merchandise, loaded at San Francisco
and on Puget Sound
| The Texan holds the Steamlng record
from New York to San Francisco, Al
days and hours, on which she averaged
III knots an hour for Al consecutive
days on fuel consumption OF d 70
| tons day. She is commanded by Cap
tain George ID. Morrison, man OF a
lifetime's experience at sea, he having
been in command of sailing ships until
| he entered the employ OF the American
Hawaiian line Captain Morrison has
made twenty-one voyages around the
Horn. and is well known in maritime
circles on both the Pacific and Atlantic
coasts.
HAS 400 TONS OF FUEL COAL.
1--WE will not make a stop anywhere
from the time we leave Tacoma until
we reach Delaware Breakwater,' said
Captain Morrison yesterday, adding, IN
response to question: mo, l don
know of any steamer ever having un-
dertaken voyage OF this magnitude
during which not a single stop was to
be made We have 4,100 tons of coal
in our bunkers apd | estimate that we
will average 276 miles a day. The dis
tance is 1890 miles, in round numbers,
and | expect to make the voyage in fifty
| bo1 OrIin rilV Vessels
on this voyage stop two or three times.
We will not stop at all unless forced to
anchor of night while going through
the Straits of Magellan. We have made
it in forty-seven days and five hours
coming out to San Francisco and on
that voyage were obliged to anchor Tor
two nights in the straits"
The 400 tons of coal which the Tex
an has taken into her bunkers here IS
the record of the port. Vessels have
taken a larger amount of coal here
| when taking a cargo Of coal. No YES
sci ever took such vast amount for
her own consumption on one voyage,
however. Ordinarily vessels going to
New York would take sufficient coal
here to last them to Coronel where they
would coal again and, generally, once
more at Montevideo. The Texan will
not be subjected to this delay, however.
Passing out of the straits she will pro-
ceed on her course direct to the Straits
of Magellan and passing through them
will head up the Atlantic coast to Della
ware Breakwater.
SHE CARRIES A LARGE CARGO.
The cargo which the Texan is carry
ing includes 3,46O tons of sugar from
Honolulu, loaded at San Francisco, SAT
tons of prunes, PSI tons of wire, 220
tons of miscellaneous canned goods, 35
tons of canned salmon and large
amount OF miscellaneous freight. in
Guiding 70 tons of scrap tin brought
from the Alaska canneries which goes
to New York where it will be melted
over.
The Texan is one of the newest ves
sells of the Hamburg Hawaiian fleet.
She is sister-ship to the tWln-screW
steamship Alaskan of the same fleet,
both being built on the same lines, the
Alaskan at the Union Iron Works and
the Texan at the New York Shipbuild-
ing Company's yards at Camden, New
Jersey. The Texan made her first
round-trip voyage from New York to
Puget Sound and back in fortynlne
DAYS less than the Alaskan and main
talnS an average speed OF Heatly IL
knots without driving her.
The Oldest shipping men on the water
front can recall no steamer which ever
undertook a voyage of this character
and they are deeply interested in its
outcome and will watch closely to see
the time which the giant freighter
makes. In any event, the Texan will
add to the records she already holds
that of being the first steamship to ever
20 from Puget Sound to the North At
lantic coast without stop, and also the
record of the longest voyage ever known
to have been made by any steamship
without stop.
STARCH FROM TACOMA FACTORY.
Included in the cargo which the Tex
an has loaded at Tacoma is nine barrels
of starch consigned to New York by
the Pacific Starch Company, which re-
Gently started its big new factory on
the tide lands. Dry goods, scrap iron,
salmon and general freight comprise
the balance of the cargo the Texan has
loaded here. Captain Morrison expects
to finish and 60 to sea this evening.
Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree