The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-28

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II is understood that an effort Is to
be made by the Americana Hawaiian
Steamship Company to ship as many
sailors at the Hawaiian ports as pos
sible for crews on all their vessels
calling at the islands, their experience
with these few Hawaiians who have
shipped at different times from here
having been most satisfactory. Here
tofore II has been their custom to ship
their crews at San Francisco for the
round trip, but this win be discontin-
ued II they are successful in getting
enough Hawaiian sailors to man their
ships.
The wage paid by the company to
their sailors is the prevailing one paid
10 all sailing from the Coast and ac-
eording to a recently adopted policy
of the company the paying off will be
done at this end. During the recent
visit of the s. S. Nevadan, twelve ma
tive sailors were paid off by the local
Shipping Commissioner, the men draw
ing $3.50 each for the round trip
These men shipped from here on the
understanding that they were to re-
ceive no advance money at the Coast.
benefit OF the men and the company.
L, the American-Hawaiian company
succeeds in their plan 1t will be great
ly to the benefit of Honolulu. the
wages of the men coming here, in
stead of being spent principally in San
Francisco. while 1t will also open up
a field of employment for many of the
native sailors. So far the natives who
have shipped on these steamers have
proved themselves good sailors and
thoroughly satisfactory, while they
themselves profess TO be equally well
satisfied at the treatment they have
received in the way of wages and
board and the work they are called
upon to perform.
PIPE LINE COMPLETED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. September
1.-THE Union Oil Company of this
city has Just completed its pipe line
across the Panama, and within forty
five days it will be supplying the At
lantic seaboard cities with California
fuel oil. The pipe line is to be operated
in connection with the tank steamers
on both tn. Atlantic and Pacific side.
In length. the pipe line is fifty miles.
Oil will be pumped over the Culebro
grade at the rate of $4,000 barrels a
day.
CARGO TURNED SOLID.
Many cargoes are not particularly
damaged and others only partly dam
aged IL soaked with seawater, but
some articles are not only destroyed
by such wetting, but cause material
damage to the vessel herself, says New
York Shipping. There is a long list OF
little schooners burned while carrying
lime from Maine ports. the fires having
been generated through the lime be-
coming wet. On par with such eXpe-
riences, but more serious, is the dis
faster to the big French ship Socoa,
which was badly stranded off the Liz
ard, on August 1, while bound from
Stettin, via Cherbourg, for San Fran
cisco with a cargo of cement for the
rebuilding of the city at the Golden
Gate. 1t is said that the thrush of
water rendered the cement perfectly
solid so that 1t may necessitate blast
ing to remove 1t from the hold of the
ship, while for practical purposes the
cargo is wholly lost A cablegram
dated London, August 49, states, how
ever, that the Socoa was floated from
her dangerous position and beached al
Cadgwith Cove, where the crew had
been landed after she went ashore
What will be done with her is yet un-
decided. The Socoa is a steel ship oil
273S tons gross, built at st. Nazaire In
1901, and owned by the Societe Bayou
naise de Navigation, of Bayonne
France.
NAVY TESTS OF FUEL OIL.
VALLEJO. September 11,-Althougil
the monitor Wyoming Is still out OF
commission at Mare Island, the yard
officials are already making prepare
tions for series of oil tests on that
vessel In the near future.
These oil tests are to be made on the
Wyoming to determine the value of
oil for a fuel for Uncle Sans war
ships. These tests will be watched
with more than usual interest. A num-
Der of tanks are now being built for
the ship. 1t is probable that the work
in connection Herewith and the sub
sequent tests will cover a period OF
several months.
Recently tests Of similar nature
were made on one of the torpedo boats
which had charge of the experiment
on the torpedo boat rendered an un'
favorable report. While this repor
will probably have no effect on thu
proposed trial of the Wyoming, 1t II
thought at the yard that If oil does no
prove satisfactory for use on such YES
sells as torpedo boats 1t will hardly b.
an Improvement on those of the moni
tor type.
MOVEMENTS OF THE WISCONSIN
Private advices received by the Ga
zette company from Yokohama brough
the information that the U. s. Battle
ship Wisconsin will not be due her
before the first of next week, sailin
from that port on the Goth. 1t ha
been confidently expected that the bal
tleship would arrived Wednesday Q
Thursday. 1t being stated, In fact, tina
she had approached within eight
miles of the island on Saturday lai
and reported by wireless, holding o
sfor some unknown reason. The info
nation that such wireless report ha