The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-13

| pattern, while the Wilton carpet and
| silk curtains are en- suite. Ceilings are
| in pine, decorated in color and gold.
| The vestibule and staircase. in COM
| nnunication with these rooms, are in
| light oak dull polished. On the main
| deck a roomy childrens mess-room is
| arranged. 1t is in white enamel, with
mahogany furniture.
| The second class dining saloon is sit
uated on the upper deck aft, and is
commodious and airy apartment.
| Tables are arranged to dine 81, and by
| means of Ringing backs 10 sofa seats,
| 16 sleeping berths can be provided.
| The framing is in pine white enameled,
divided by walnut pilasters, frieze and
cornice. The furniture, including two
large sideboards, is, in light ash, and
| is upholstered in blue carriage-cloth,
while a handsome piano by Chapel OF
London, together with neat music cab
inets, and duet stool, all in solid wal,
nut, enhance. the appearance and con-
| tribute to the pleasure Of the pas
| sengers in this portion of the vessel.
A large bar and pantry fully equipped
are in close proximity. The second
| class smoke-room and ladies' deck
| saloon are on shade deck aft. They are
issimilarly paneled in a simple design
with cedar wood, clear polished. Sofa
| seats are of the hinge-up pattern, and
! upholstered in blue carriage-clotn
| They are well lighted roomy. and COM
| Portable and altogether the accommo-
dation for the second class passenger
| is of a very high order.
Third-class passengers are placed on
| the main deck aft. The saloon is
| framed in pine finished with white
| enamel. Tables and other furniture
| together with settees, are in mahogny,
| The upholstery is blue carriag cloth.
A pantry, bathroom, and sufficient Law
| atory accommodation are all in con-
nection with the saloon, while adjoin-
/ ing, and finished in a similar manner,
| is an apartment set aside for limited
| number OF ladies'
| The first-cIass staterooms, which are
| arranged for two, three, and four pas
sengers, and which are practically sim
| liar to the second and third-class, are
| very deliberately fitted out, having
folding berths by Messrs. Hoskins;
folding netting racks, sponge racks, a
special number of hat, coat, and watch
hooks. and in all special staterooms and
| ladies rooms long beveled mirrors
framed in polished hardwood. Each
stateroom has in addition, Captain
| Cameron's patent berth ladders and
| IIfebelt racks, the latter great inn
provement upon the ordinary method
of fixing the life saving appliances. The
| boats are very ample in number, viz;
one steam launch, eight Iifeboats, one
cutter, one dinghy, and two Berthon
| boats The boats are carried upon
Cameron's improved patent dropping
checks. The cooking and serving ar
| rangements are Of a very high-class
order. both galley and pantry having
been fitted by Messrs. John Phillip &
Co., Glasgow, with the necessary
ranges. potato steamers, Balm Marie
pans, griIls. hot presses, etc.
The vessel is propelled by a set of
| Parsons patent turbines, constructed
| by Messrs. Denny & Co., Dumbarton.
There are three turbines, one high and
| two low pressure, working three shafts
with three propellers in all. The con-
denSers are placed fore and aft at the
side of the turbines. Steam is supplied
by four cylindrical tubular boilers two
double ended and two single at a
| working pressure of 150lbs. per square
| inch, and fitted with HOWden's system
of forced draught. The go-astern tur-
Dimes are contained within the low
pressure, and work on the wing shafts
The reversing gear is particularly we'll
| arranged, the whole of the engines be-
ing easily controlled by one engineer.
| The auxiliary machinery is very COM
plete, and consists or air and circulat-
ing pumps to each main condenser,
each set consisting of two Edwards
| air pumps and one centrifugal pump.
driven by simple two cylinder engine;
| two Weir's feed pumps. auxiliary con-
denser with necessary pumps. two
| large duplex pumps for bilge and ball
| last purposes, a Card & Raynor dis
tiller and a vertical duplex wash deck
and fire engine. suitable for working
Sees ash ejector, sanitary pump, stew
| ards pump. water service pump, oil
pumps. etc.
| The vessel was constructed under
the special survey of the British Cor
| poration.
The rest of the Lennox Heralds ac-
count of the event contains a long list
of the guests on the Maheno's trial trip,
together with a report of a luncheon
served in the saloons and the speeches
| made thereat.
Colonel Denny, NJ. P, presided and
| in proposing the toast of Success to
the Maheno and Her Owners" said
he was speaking not for the first. the
second, or the tenth time on a vessel
built by his firm for the Union Com
pany of New Zealand He could re-
member this company a good many
| years back, and it was in the year
1874 that Messrs VIM Denny e Bros.
had built their first ship for them-the
first of a good many vessels. That yes
sci had only been a little larger than
the launch carried aboard the Maheno
| that day. During its existence the
/ company had widened its routes, and
| from being a coasting company in New
Zealand it had extended to Australia,
! Canada, the South Sea Islands, and
many other quarters of the globe.
Colonel Denny referred to the fact that
recently the Germans had been writing