The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-27
MARINE

The American Hawaiian S. S. Ari-
to carry a Hawaiian cargo for trans
mission TO the Atlantic freighters via
the new Tehuantepec railroad, depart
ed yesterday afternoon, her cargo of
y 500 tons being the biggest ever car
ried out of any Hawaiian port by any
vessel.
The departure of the Arizonan marks
an epoch in the marketing of Hawai-
ian sugars, for although the market has
been on the Atlantic practically ever
since the inception of the industry
here, yet the shipments have been
made almost altogether in sailing YES
sells around Cape Horn. Lately the
American Hawaiian steamers have
been taking great part by way of the
straits of Magellan, but the output has
increased SO steadily that the majority
of the sailing vessels were retained In
the round the Horn service.
But the completion of the Tehuan-
-tepec railroad, with its terminal and
shipping facilities, which has anticipat-
ed the Panama Canal completion, will
practically put the sailing vessels out
Of the Hawaiian service. There are.
however. a number of vessels of this
around the-Horn feet which are
owned by one of the sugar agencies
here. To send all of its freight across
Tehuantepec would be to drive its ships
out of business, and practically de-
stroy their value. Accordingly, enough
of the sugar crop to make cargoes for
the ships so owned VIII be reserved
from shipment by way of Tehuantepec
and will be sent around the Horn. But
the fleet that takes this route this year
will be mere specter of the fleet that
has trayersed that route in the past,
and will be continually diminishing
one.
Oil has supplanted coal as fuel in
these islands to such an extent that
the coal fleet also has been practically
destroyed. Steam and the Tehuantepec
route have superseded the sugar sailing
feet. The effect of this is strikingiy
seen in Honolulu harbor, where some
weeks ago for the first time in over
thirty Years there was not a single
sailing vessel and today the steam yes
sells outnumber the windjammers by
three to one.
RAILWAY DOCK sUPERINTEND-
EMIT.
H E. Weeden, one of the most pop
ular officers of the Observation-Disclosures
service, becomes a Honolulan from this
time on, having been appointed the
permanent dock superintendent for the
company in Honolulu, his duties to
begin at the first of the year. Mr..
Weeden has been purser on the S. S.
Nevadan for a long time and has been
in the service of the Observation-Disclosures
ian company on the Pacific long enough
to make forty trips between Honolulu
and the Coast without break His
promotion to shore duties is a decided
gain for Honolulu's waterfront.
To succeed Mr.. Weeden on the Neva-
dan, w. fl. Bennett has been promoted,
to take charge as soon as his predeces-
sor leaves the steamship. A new pur-
ser for the S. S. Arizonan has also just
been appointed, Nelson Lansing being
named for the position.
NEvADAN BRINGS MAIL.
The Observation-Disclosures S. S. Neva-
dan, which arrived on Christmas night,
brought freight cargo but had on
board three days later mail from the
Coast. The steamship had a pleasant
voyage without any incidents out of the
ordinary
A deck load of four hundred hogs
was a part of the Nevadan's cargo, the
animals arriving ia first-class condi-
ton. Other livestock brought down
was a bunch of sixteen Hereford bulls,
imported for the Parker ranch. These
animals were docile enough when
landed here, but while getting them
aboard the steamship at San Francisco
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