The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-10
STEAMER
MAUNA KEA
cFrom Saturdays Advertlser)

The contract for building the new
+, 1nter-Island steamer was signed yes
terday by James A. Kennedy. on be-
half of the steamship company, and
Vice President Fredericks of the Union
Iron Works of San Francisco The
| specifications call for a steamer 25l.6
in length and a 3I-foot beam. The
Kinau has a length of 1856 feet and a
beam breadths of 32 feet.
The construction will be the best
obtainable and the design is modern
many of the features being copied from
| the plans of the Mongolia. An inno-
walton, In so far as the building OF
island boats for these waters Is con-
cerned, is the double bottom. In the
| event of the steamer going on the
rocks at any time there would be alb
solutely no danger of serious results
for the steamer would keep afioat and
would ride easily on the second bot
tom Practically she will have six
decks or five above the hold. There
will be the tween deck, the main,
upper, shade and bridge decks. There
will be cabin accommodations for 100
passengers on the upper deck, every
stateroom opening out on the deck.
| here will be two berths and couch
in each room and the appointments
viii be almost de luxe. An electric
light win be at the head Of each bed
and a fan in every room driven by
electric power. Special attention Will
be paid to the arrangement of the
lavatories in the rooms and they Will
be beautifully finished in hardwood
and porcelain. The largest of the rooms
Will have a length of ten feet There
will be a large and well furnished
social hall with everything for the en-
tertainment and amusement of the
passengers and the smoking room,
which will be on the shade deck, will
be fitted up for comfort and will be
provided with tables and a bar at
which non-alcoholic drinks and tea
and coffee will be served to passengers.
ON this deck, directly back OF the
pilot house, will also be the staterooms
of the captain and the first and second
officers.
Accommodations for second-class
passengers will be on the tween and
main decks. There will be rooms for
female passengers who wish to lie
down and beside there will be abun-
dant airy space for men who can ac-
custom themselves to the deck boards
without feeling discomfort. There will
be several toilet and one bathroom, the
latter for the accommodation of first
class passengers only. All of these
rooms will be fitted with the very
latest appliances and will have tile
| floors.
The steamer viii be fitted with triple
expansion engines and steam steering
gear and viii have guaranteed speed
of fifteen knots. Her carrying capacity
win be 600 tons of freight and 1t Is
thought that if she leaves here on
! the regular Kinau schedule she will
arrive at Hilo early the next morn
ing.
The company realizes" said Mr..
Kennedy yesterday that the very
name of the Kinau is a soul-strrer to
the community and we had to get
something that would be so far ahead
of her in every way that the tourist
travel to the other islands would i'm
prove and the Mauna Kea, which is to
| be the name of the new steamer, is
| lIt result OI OuT utllDtIdllphS. llt
cost of it will be, well mite greater
than years subscription to the Ad-
vertiser, but the directors of the Inter-
Island company felt that it was some-
| thing in which economy should not
be the only consideration. The plans,
you will observe, contemplate some-
| thing a good deal finer than anything
in the history of the island shipping
and the specifications have been drawn
with view to the comfort of the
passengers.
I'm some instances the Mongolia has
been the pattern followed and this
applies mainly to the arrangement of
the diningroom, which runs clear
across the steamer, and the pantry.
The tables in the diningroom, you Will
notice, run from the center to the side,
except one, instead of in the center
as is the case on the other steamers.
The pantry is patterned exactly after
the big steamer and is situated near
the diningroom and the steam tables
by which heat the food win be kept
warm at all times"
There will be six working boats on
her and two galvanized iron boats for
the use of passengers at the landings.
The contract calls for the steamer to
be delivered to the owners in one year.