Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-03

For years there has been more OF
less inconvenience resulting from the
inspection of baggage of Seattle or Ia
coma passengers arriving by sea, in
consequence of the steamers calling at
Victoria, B. c., on the way to San
Francisco. Passengers from the Brit
ish Columbian port are of course sub
Ject to strict examination by the Gus
toms officers upon arrival at San Fran
cisco, but Americans, coming direct
from Seattle or other Puget Sound
ports, have always objected to the re-
strictions placed upon their liberty up
on their arrival, as the result of touch
ing Victoria. A plan has been arranged
whereby passengers by steamer will
be spared this inconvenience Here
after an inspector of the United States
Customs service will pass upon all bag
gage of the through passengers at Vic
toria, without mountaineering them.
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The steamer Columbian, of the Amer
iCan-Hawaiian line was launched from
the yards of the Union Iron Works. at
San Francisco, on April II. The new
craft is 473 feet in length, fifty-eight
feet in breadth and thirty five feet deep.
fitted with twin screws and with ca
Ipacity for 1880 tons of cargo. Her
speed will be about twelve knots an
hour. The Columbian is to run on the
route connecting San Francisco with
Puget Sound Honolulu and Salina
ICruZ, on the isthmus of Tehauntepec,
under the command of Captain Col.
cord, now in the steamer American.
"
President William Babcock and 9TH
er officials of the San Francisco Dry
dock Company entertained number
lof friends on an excursion trip to Hun
ters Point on March IA, on the tug
Sea Rover. The trip was made to en-
able the visitors to view the new grav-
ing dock. A still larger dock is plan
he'd The proposed dock is to be 1850
feet in length, with depth of "a feet
of water over the keel blocks. The
lcapacity OF the dock will be appreciat-
ed when it is realized that the largest
one now in use in the world is only
S25 feet in length
M
The Northwestern Steamship Com
lpany has chartered the Pennsylvania
to take cargo of shingles from Seattle
to Texas, via San Francisco. On the
vessel will be 100000 shingles, prob
ably the largest shipment of its kind
ever shipped from Puget Sound. The
Olympia of the same company sailed
for San Francisco recently, carrying
100000 shingles. Heretofore the
shingles have gone by rail, but owing
to the car shortage they are now going
by water to San Francisco and are
there transferred to the Southern Pa
cific.
Two freight steamers, which will be
the largest vessels of their type in
Southeastern Alaska waters, will be
brought here by the Alaska Steamship
Company. President Peabody has just
returned from the East, having pur-
chased them on the Great Lakes. Each
has capacity Of 5000 TONS and is 255
feet in length. The Great Lakes Pas
Sengers Steamship Company's steamers
Chippewa and Iroquois also purchased
by Peabody, are already Ell route to the
Coast. These vessels have seen but
fourteen months service.
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1t is rumored at the Mare Island
| lCal.) Navy Yard that the United
States navy transport Lawton is to be
sold by the Government. The trans
port is at present at Mare Island out
of commission. The Lawton formerly
belonged to the War Department and
carried troops and army supplies to
and from Manila. The War Depart.
ment, having a surplus of vessels,
transferred the Lawton to the Navy
Department.
A report is current that the steamer
Shawmut of the Boston Steamship
Company, which arrived at Victoria,
B. c., on March from Manila, and her
sister-ship the fremont, will be
drawn from the Oriental service, be-
cause of the failure to secure subsidy,
and placed on the run between San
Francisco and Salina Cruz, via Homo
| lulu, until the Panama Canal is COM
pleted, when they will run to Panama
via Honolulu and San Francisco.
"a
William A. E. Smart, the oldest ma
zine steward in years of service on the
Coast, died at his home at Seattle,
Wash. on April II. Smart was EN-.
ployed on the steamer Humboldt He
has sailed many years in coastwise yes.
sells. ~"
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The Tacoma tWash) floating dry
dock, located at Harbor, has been pur.
chased by the Hefferman Engine |
Works, of Seattle, and will be towed |
to that city in May. The price paid |
Twas less than 100000.