The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-30

American-Hawaiian vessels have been
given out by the local agents:
From New York to Honolulu: S. S.
| Texan, to sail December 10; S. s. Ha-
waiian, to sail via Tehuantepec, Janu-
airy Is.
| From San Francisco to Honolulu: S.
! S. Nevadan, to sail December 10.
From Honolulu to San Francisco: S.
| S. Nebraskan, to sail December 5; S.
! S. Nevadan, to sail December IS.
From Seattle and Tacoma via San
Francisco: S. S. Nevadan, to sail De
cember IL
KINEO HAS A HOODOO.
| PHILADELPHIA, November 17.-After
/ a voyage of 207 days from the
Hawaiian Islands, during which the
| vessel was given up for lost. the five
wharf here Friday. The schooner is
commanded by Captain Patten and car
ries a crew of fifteen men. The cap
tain's log shows a tale of hardship. the
vessel during the voyage sustaining
| many accidents. The steam gear by
which the sails were raised and the
anchors handled was out of order sew
eral times and all hands, including the
wife of Captain Patteu. were compelled
to take their turn at the pumps. Mrs.
Patten on her arrival here today said:
Thank God! 1 have been eighteen
months on the water. and I will never
go on another ship
The Kineo was making her first
around-the-world voyage. She is but
three years of age. being a product of
the celebrated yards at Bath, Me, and
belonging to the well-known fleet of
Arthur Sewall of the same port. This
was the first time she had been in the
Pacific.
From the Atlantic coast, the Kineo
freighted a cargo of coal to Manila.
After leaving that port beri-beri broke
out on the vessel and when the Kineo
put into Brisbane nearly all hands
were down with it. The captain and
his family We're afflicted with tho
dreadful malady, but recovered after
spending some time in a hospital From
Brisbane the Kineo went to Sydney
and loaded coal for Kahului. There she
discharged and then loaded full cargo
of more than 5000 tons of sugar for
Philadelphia. She sailed April q.
At KahuIui at the same time was the
American bark Foohng Suey, Captain
j. E Willett. The bark also loaded
sugar for the Atlantic and as she sail
ed for Philadelphia within two or three
days of the Kineo there was some good
natured rivalry between the masters,
each of whom said he would beat the
Il
rived at Philadelphia August 16, but
nothing was heard of the big schooner
for three months. Captain Patten ex-
pected to make the voyage in 100 days
or less.
schooner being equipped with every
facility and being handsomely furnish
ed throughout. The schooner has her
own gasoline launch to carry the mas
ter to and from his ship. She is
perfect vessel in every respect.
After having beri-beri aboard the
Kineo secured a new crew. Her first
mates name is Clark, one of the old
est and best known mariners on the
coast. He went from Honolulu to join
the ship.
The Kineo is named after a mountain
in Maine. She has water ballast COM
partments and every iother modern
device. Her gross tonnage is 212S and
net tonnage 1857 Her dimensions are:
Length. 259.5 feet; beam, 45.3 feet;
depth. 22.9 feet.
Old-time mariners say that the Kineo
is poorly rugged to Withstand the ter
rife winds off Cape Horn. Schooners
are in no danger when beating against
head winds, but while running before
the wind there is some chance of mis-
hap. The perils off the Cape We're es-
capped. however. but other misfortune
followed the vessel. and after being
sixty days overdue the Delaware break
water was sighted, to the joy of all
on board The crew did not lack food
during the trip.
DRY DOCK ON THE SOUND.
WASHINGTON, November 1O.-Pre-
liminary plans for big dry dock at
Puget sound, the only structure of that
sort authorized at the last session OF
Congress. have been completed ani ap-
proved. The dock will have the largest
and deepest entrance of any of the
naval docks being 700 feet in length,
with 134 feet Dearn at the top anu
feet of draft over the SILL
A cross section will be similar to that
Of the more recent docks built for the
Navy. These dimensions are such as
will admit the largest ships built on
building, and will take in a 20,000-ton
battleship that is disabled TO the extent
IF possessing abnormal draft.
KNIGHT WILL COMMAND MONGO-
LA.
SAN FRANCISCO. November 10
The command of the Pacific Mail Co. s
steamship Mongolia has been
given to Captain knight. who was III |
the service of the AmericanHawaiian
Co Captain Knight was for
some time chief officer on the steamer
and when Captain Weldon
was detached to take the position of