The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-11-10
UNION OIL co. STEAMERS.

Four immense tank steamers have
Just been purchased by the Union OIL
Company and will be operated on this
Coast in conjunction with the vessels
that are now running. In the near
future the company will build several
gigantic oil carriers, and the entire
line will be operated under the name
of the Union Steamship Company.
John Baker, Jr., the manager of the
Union Oil Company, has just returned
from the East, where he purchased
three big steamers and also visited
shipyards in reference TO the building
of other vessels. He brings back with
him the Incorporation papers of the
Union Steamship Company. The COM
pany is incorporated under the laws Of
New Jersey and has a capitalization
OF 100000.
The vessels acquired by the oil COM
pany are the Lansing, Washtenaw and
Roma. The Argyll, which has been
plying on this coast under charter to
the Union Oil Company, has also been
purchased. The vessels were owned
by the Michigan Steamship Company.
The Lansing has a capacity of $1,000
barrels of oil and is the largest and
fastest American tank steamer afioat.
The Washtenaw formerly ran on this
coast and can carry 2S,500 barrels of
oil. The tanks of the Roma will hold
1880 barrels of oil. The requirement
of these vessels makes the Union Oil
Company of California one of the big
gest operations of tank steamers I'm the
world. Its tonnage is now far in ex-
cess of that owned by the Standard
Oil Company.
The plans for the vessels that are to
be built have already been drawn. The
largest vessel will be II 600 ton tank
steamer $50 feet in length. The oil to
be transported by these vessels will
come principally from the Santa Maria
oil fields and the market will be found
in domestic and foreign ports In speak
ing of the plans of the company, Mr..
Baker said:
II have just returned from New York
where have completed the details fol
the purchase of the Lansing, Roma
Washtenaw and Argyll. The vessels
Of course, will ply exclusively in the
oil trade. The steamers will arrive
here from New York within the, next
six months. AS to the new steamers
that We intend to build, I Will say
that they will likely be foreign bot
toms. The steamers will be built in
the near future. The increase in the
oil trade of California has made the
addition of these vessels to our line
imperative. Examiner.
RANGE DAY BEACoNS
FOR PEARL HARBoR
Honolulu, T. H., Nov. Q, 1905.
The following affects the list OF
lights buoys and daymarks, Twelftt
Lighthouse Subdistrict, 1905:
HAWAII.
Pearl Harbor Oahu Island.-InneI
Channel Range Day Beacons, two dia.
mond shaped beacons painted black. tn,
apex of the front one up, tht rear on,
down, were substituted November s
for the two sets of two single-pile bea
cons, $50 feet apart, painted white, tn,
middle point of both sets of which in
dicates the mid-channel course, N. b.
w. Ia w. after passing through tn
dredged portion of the reef
The new beacons are placed at tn
middle points of the two former set
and now mark the range as heretofore
By order of the Lighthouse Board,
A. P. NIBLACK,
Lieutenant Commander, u. S. n
Assistant to the Inspector of tn
Twelfth Light House District. In'
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