The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-20

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with the departure Of the American
Hawaiian steamship Arizonan from
Puget Sound for Honolulu, the new
Tehuantepec railway schedule for the
American Hawaiian line goes into eff
feet. The Arlzonan is already on the
way to this port. She will load sugar
at Honolulu. Kahului and Hilo and VIII
then proceed to Salina Cruz, the Pa
cific Ocean terminus of the railway.
The sugar will be transhipped by rail
across the isthmus to Coalzacoalcos,
the Atlantic Ocean terminus, and VIII
be reloaded into another American Ha-
waiian steamship and forwarded to
New York. The trip either way will
consume about thirty or thirty-two
days The present trip around the
Horn from Hilo to New York takes
about sixty-two days.
1t is the intention of the company,
however, in the case of New York
freight destined for Honolulu, to for
ward 1t via San Francisco. That Is,
the vessel which takes on the cargo at
Salina Cruz proceeds first to San Fran
cisco and then to the Hawaiian Islands
This route will take about forty-four
or fortyfve days.
The Arizonan will leave Hllo for Sa-
lima Cruz about January ! with full
load of sugar of the 1907 crop. The
first steamer from New York for Homo
lulu. via Coalzacoalcos, will leave about
January Is.
FIRE ON THE SIERRA.
The liner Sierra, Captain Houdlette,
arrived early Friday morning from
Australia New Zealand, Samoa and
Hawaii on board We're thirty
cabin. sixty-five second cabin, and
sixty-five steerage passengers, the for
mer including NJ. Robinson, from sgd
ney, and his brother. ii. J. Robinson,
from Honolulu, who nave been working
In those cities in the interests of the
Marconl Wireless Telegraph Company.
At 6:15 O'Clock last Thursday morn
ing, when the Sierra was almost half
way between Honolulu and this port, a
In the after part Of the steamer. The
fire was extinguished within fifteen
minutes. before any of the passengers
knew anything about it. A quantity of
glue stock, from Sydney, was damaged.
There was no excitement on board
Chronicle.
t- SENT CREW HOME.
The Chinese crew of the British
steamer Islesworth, now in port, was
released during the week and sent back
to China on the Japanese steamer
which left few days ago. The crew
was under contract for a certain pc
riod which was completed while the
steamship was in port. clause of the
contract compelled the steamship peo-
pie to return the crew to the place
where they were originally shipped.
The steamer is taking on a mixed crew
from here and will leave today for
British Columbia. The vessels engines
and boilers have been considerably re-
paired here by Cation. NELL & Co.
LIST OF SEA-GOING VESSELS.
The bureau of navigation of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor has
issued its list of sea-going vessels OF
the United States. with official numbers
and signal letters, for the year 1906. The
publication Is part 4 of the thirty
eighth annual list Of the merchant
vessels of the United States for the
year ended June 3d. 1906. 1t will not
he issued in its entirety until about
March l. 1907. The new publication
contains the international and inland
rules to prevent collisions of vessels
list of ea-going merchant vessels ar
ranged according to their signal let
tiers and giving size. rig and other in
formation about the vessel; list of
yachts, with size, when and where
built, home port and owners name and
a list of vessels belonging to the navy,
the quartermaster's department, the
revenue cutter service. the lighthouse
service, the coast and geodetic survey
and the fish commission service.
WORLDS GREATEST PORTS.
Statistics compiled by the Depart
mont of Commerce and Labor show
that London is the largest shipping
port in the world and that New York
Is second. The following table pre-
pared by the department shows the
tonnage entering and clearing in the
twelve largest ports in the world
Tons Tons
Port, Entered. Cleared.
London ,.....,.,... 10, 95s,73s s,104. $50
New York ........... 9.235,524 $500. 500
Antwerp ............ 9,073,021 9,lO4.2