The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-17

trial of a modern collier or bulk-cargo
carrier. which is considered a great
Improvement upon present vessels. The
new steamer was recently built by
RayIton, Dixon & Co, Ltd, Middles-
borough England, with cantileVer
frames on Harroway and Dixon and
Priestman and Livingston and Sanger
sons patents. Built to the order OF
Statsraad, on behalf Of the Aktiesel-
skabet "Borgestad,' of Persgrund, Nor
way, she is intended for the charter of
the Dominion Coal Company of sydney.
Cape Breton, to be employed for seven
months in the year in their coal carry
ing trade FROM their coal fields to Mon
treal, a distance of about 1000 miles,
and is so designed as to carry over T.
600 tons on a draught of % feet, 1 lnch
at a speed of II knots loaded, and over
12 knots light, SO as to complete the
round voyage in seven days, including
loading and discharging She is built
with hatchways 80 feet wide, so as TO
facilitate loading from the shoots, which
is done in three or four hours, and is
discharged by means OF wharf cranes
on the staiths at Montreal with steam
grabs which remove 1000 tons per hour;
both operations are performed without
any coal trimmers. Her permanent
bunkers. also self trimming, contain
over 300 tons Another feature about
her is that she carries 2200 tons OF
water ballast, or 70 per cent. more than
the ordinary collier, and of this, 800 tons
are carried under her deck on each
side at the top of the holds. This bal
last gives steadiness, and enables the
vessel, with engines placed aft, to be
trimmed as desired: and in ballast only
gives deep immersion to the propellers.
URGES SURVEY OF VESSELS.
Port Warden Spaulding, of Seattle,
believes that it should be the duty of
the harbormaster of all cities to survey
sailing vessels which call at a port. He
thinks it would be a good thing for
some state or federal legislation to be
enacted which would give the port
warden of a city the power to compel
all masters to have harbormaster
survey their craft.
In this manner. Captain Spaulding
states, there would be one man to do
the work. In some cases shippers have
their friends survey the craft. All yes
sells must be surveyed before cargo is
discharged. This is done to determine
whether or not the cargo was damaged
from unavoidable causes or care. essness
on the part of her master. There is
at present no law compelling shipmas-
tiers to have harbormaster perform
the work-Tacoma Ledger.
WORLDS SHIPPING.
A report of the worlds tonnage of
shipping makes a good showing for
the United States. Under all flags the
total tonnage for 1906 is given at 81,
44,904 gross for steamers. and $500 113
is second in sailing ship tonnage with
lab, $685. and Great Britain is first with
1,444, 34S tons. The United States Is.
however, down to third place in steamer
tonnage. with something over 1900. 900,
Great Britain being first with 16, 166, 74S
and Germany second with 1875 TAB tons.
But of the tonnage under the British
flag. over 100000 tons are owned and
controlled by Americans who have been
unable to place their vessels under the
American flag.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The following sugar is reported re
naming on Kauai awaiting shipment:
K. S. NJ, $3.50 bags; NJ. A. K, 3208; G..
& r., 100; P, 2209; H. NJ, S159
Purser Railway of the Noeau reports
bad weather along the Hamakua coast
on Thursday. There was a strong NE.
wind and heavy sea. Loading could
not be continued
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