The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-05-05
RECORD OF
OIL BURNER

| The voyage of the American Hawai-
ian steamship Arizonan from Honolu
| lu to Philadelphia distance of a.
600 miles-without making stop for
fuel at any port on the way Is the
most remarkable steamship achieve
ment on record. This vessel is a fuel
oil burner. Her tanks We're filled with
California crude petroleum at Honolu-
lu and throughout the long voyage,
which consumed fifty-fve days and
nine hours, she relied entirely upon
this stock for the generation of steam
to drive her engines from start to
finish. The $4,000 miles We're covered
without an accident or a hitch to her
furnaces, boilers or engines, and she
reached her destination with a large
and valuable cargo in perfect condi-
ton and as clean as a well-kept yacht.
The average consumption of fuel oil
daily was less than 5000 gallons. The
total consumption throughout the voy-
age was, therefore, under 10000 bar
rels AS II is assumed that the evap-
orative effect obtained from three to
three and one-half barrels of fuel oil
is equivalent to that obtained from one
ton OF good steam making coal, 1t
would have required the combustion of
from 1856 to 1888 tons of coal for the
Arizonan to have achieved the results
obtained through the consumption of
10000 barrels of OIL However, the
1 weight of the crude oil In her tanks
was approximately not much over one
half the weight of it's equivalent in
coal and was more compactly stored
2 1t. therefore, occupied less space rela-
lively ton for ton than coal The re-
suit of the voyage, consequently rep
resented the saving of time which
would have been lost through deten.
\ lions at coaling ports, a material gair
: on cargo space and a big reduction II
the number of firemen employed, all o.
\ which are important factors In the
economics of modern ocean freighting
without considering the superior clean
illness of the ship obtained from OF
burning as compared with the effects
of coal burning furnaces. The expert
enCe of the AriZonan must be as much
: of an eye-opener to naval officers as
, 1t is to those engaged in the merchant
: service, for it demonstrates conclu
= sively the big advantages that are tC
:, be gained by using fuel oil for steam
: production on the longer as well a:
. on the shorter ocean voyages. No yes
- sci afoat propelled by coal-generatet
J. steam can duplicate what the AriZon
: an has done with fuel oil.-Chronicle
NEvADAN IN PORT.
The American Hawaiian liner New
adam arrived yesterday afternoon from
:. San Francisco with cargo valued a
:. $760S2. Among the larger items wer,
= 450 bills flour, 1886 ctls. barley, "a
bales hay, 1867 lbs. bran. 1856 lbs. hay
$50 cs bread, 1925 lbs. millstuff, $50 lbs
: sugar, 1899 cs. canned goods, 1900 gals
. wine. 237 gals. whiskey, 952 gals. vine
a, gar. so half bbls. beer, 5492 lbs. fresl
u meat. 1860 lbs lard. 50 900 lbs. rice
>, 1884 lbs beans, 500 lbs. tea, 1880 lbs
II coffee, 461 lbs butter, 1900 lbs salt
: 1927 lbs. ham and bacon, 1850 lbs. driei
fruit $500 lbs. tin plate, 2765 lbs. lead
" tS. cigarettes, lV,tlu lDS. ttudtNf
o $40 cs. tin cans, 1850 lbs. soda COW
e and mules. Besides the articles men
toned there are enough smaller ship
ments to make the steamers cargo pu
n a department store out of the running
!, The Nevadan is late this trip on &C
4 count of the accident near Tacom
,r where she lost a propeller She wi
pc load sugar here and at Kahului.
to SAILING VESSELS ARRIVE.
Two sailing vessels arrived yesterda
:, morning from San Francisco. The frs
- was the American bark st. james
y. seventeen days out, with light cargo
Of She arrived off port at 6 a. m. TIL
es other vessel was the bark Olympi
ne which came up TO her dock at 1873
She made the run in the fast time c
ne fifteen days. Both will load suga
en- here. Capt. Evans of the Olympic re
d, ports sighting the barkentine Newsbo
re- bound from Gray's Harbor for this poi
in on April % in 1891 n. and 1887 "
~ y. Good weather prevailed on the voyag
OF, Of REPAIRS TO THOMAS.
s sne The contract for renewing the insit
RS of the boilers of the army transpo
pc Thomas was awarded on App
o, % to the Risdon Iron Works on i
old bid of $4,000 and its guarantee to con
e ena plete the job within SO days or forte
lily $500 a day for every twenty-four hou
ons that the work takes beyond the spec
he fled time. There We're three other bi
edy ders. as follows: Union Iron Work
, un. $4,000. work to be finished in 30 day
tile Dyer Bros. $61. 900. in so days; Dund'
the Bridge Company, $4,000. in $50 days,
tro- SHIPPING NOTES.
to
me. The transport Logan is due tod
I'm. from Manila and Nagasah with troo
and coal.