The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13

discharged at Kihei. The Lansing viii
sail from Honolulu about noon today,
for Kihei .and frou1 there viii sail 10
Port Hartford.
The Lansing is one Of the finest and
hest equipped oil tank steamers in the
world-the best, her officers are dis
posed TO think She has been here be-
fore but not for some time, and not
since she was given a thorough over
hauling and made an oil burner. She
was formerly an oil carrier, hut a coal
burner Now she has been equipped
for oil burning. She was built about
nine years ago and is registered in
New York. She is provided with every
convenience both for the special work
she is engaged in and for the con
yenience and comfort of her company.
Included in these convenienees is a cold
storage plant. She carries a company
of forty-one all told
Captain Richard Dickson was mas
ter of the Whittier. and made mum
Der of trips here as master of the
Argyll. and one trip as master of the
Santa Rita. He has been master of
the Lansing since last April, engaged
most of the time in carrying oil from
Port Hartford TO Oieum. where the
conpanyss refineries are located.
Mr.. Boyd. the chief officer. has not
Ey,f CHI 1sa
was here as an officer of the Mari
posa. Mr. Anderson, the second Off
Ger, was first mate in the old Morn
ing Star when Captain Bray was mas
ter. on a ten months cruise in the
South Seas, ending in Honolulu in
March. 1898. He says there have been
many changes in Honolulu and in the
Honolulu harbor since then, nearly
ten years.
Mr.. CASTOR is the chief engineer OF
the Lansing and very proud of the
vessel The vessel is 404 feet long. rs
feet beam and 20 feet depth of hold.
She is capable of carrying 1000 tons
dead weight, and her engines. of triple
expansion type. can give her a speed
of twelve and a half knots, and she
has averaged eleven and a half for a
whole voyage. Her pumps can dis
charge her in nineteen hours.
On the present voyage the first two
days out from san Francisco were
rather rough, but after that she ex-
perienced good weather, with steady
trades, TO Honolulu. The Alameda
was sighted the first day out of San
Francisco, but nothing else after that
TO REPLACE AMERICA MARU.
It has now been definitely settled
that the big new japanese liner Tenyo
Maru shall start in her maiden voy-
age to this port from Hongkong on
April IL, taking the place Of the Amer
lea Maru and filling her schedule. The
America Maru win undergo extensive
alterations and repairs at Yokohama
and viii incidentally be converted into
an oil burner. The Tenyo Maru, which
win be in the nature of her equip
nent. accommodation, furnishing, APP
pointments and turn of speed the fin
est passenger vessel which has ever
entered the harbor Of San Francisco,
was built at the Mitsubishi Dockyard
and Engine Works at Nagasaki for
the Togo Kisen Kaisha. She is 575
feet long. with a nodded breadth of
sixty-three feet and a nodded depth
ID the shelter deck OF forty-six feet
six inches. Her gross tonnage is H..
coo and displacement 2I,00o. She has
a cargo capacity of 5000 tons dead
weight and accommodation for 215
first cabin. fifty-four intermediate and
500 steerage passen gers.
Fitted with Parsons turbine engines.
thirteen cylindrical boilers and three
shafts. she has easily accomplished on
iher trials a speed of over twenty
knots. and may be considered the Lu-
sitania of the Pacific. The Tenyo
Maru has six decks. a well-equipped
gymnasium, large nursery for children.
special saloon for private parties. COM
plete wireless outfit and even pho
tographers dark room with all neces-
sary accessories. The new Japanese
liner is timed TO arrive here<on May
5. As soon as the alterations and re-
pairs 10 the America MaTu are COM
pleted she will be engaged in the rap
embarrassing japanese trade with
South America, and Will join the line
of steamers recently blished be-
tween Iqufque and Japan.
THE ISLAND SUGAR FLEET.
The Inter-Island steamer Niifau
sailed Tuesday afternoon for Anahola.
where she will load Makee Sugar Co
sugar She is expected back this
morning. The Helene sailed ar 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon for wind
ward Hawaii ports. loaded down with
freight of all kinds. The Noeau being
late. much Of the freight she wog.d
ordinarily have taken went by the
Helene. The A1ikahala arrived yester-
day from Kauai on her regular run,
and goes out again today. The Noeau
is expected to arrive from Hamakua
ports this morning. The Mauna Loa
VIII sail on her regular run at noon
tomorrow The American Hawaiian
steamer Despatch is making consider
able repairs here and did not get out
yesterday. as she was expected 70 do.
She is now scheduled to sail this at
ternoon for Eleele ana daka vyell.
ovERHAULTNG THE BUoYs.
The steamer James Makee Yesterday
began the work Of overhauling the
huoys marking the channel and en-
trance TO Honolulu harbor This work
is being done by Captain Miller. under