The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-25
MARINE:
Mncanlan penies Miehap.

Pilot Macaulay, who. was on the
bridge of the Pacific Mail steamship
Mongolia late Monday afternoon when
the vessel was being taken out of the
harbor and headed seward en- ronte
to San Francisco, denies the statement
that the Mongolia backed, into the
Marine Railway and caused 1t to be
damaged. In brief, he states that the
stern of the Mongolia was never closer
than forty feet from the outer end OF
the Marine Railway when she began
maneuyering outward toward the chan.
mel He saws he was not informed OF
the alleged damage to the Marine RAN
wav until he read it in an afternoon
PAPER. What might have stirred up
things. according TO Pilot Macaulay,
il the back wash from the propellers,
which were. when forty feet away
from the end of the railway, turned
suddenly for full speed ahead, posi-
bly loosening rocks in sunken
lighter which lay across the ends of
the Marine Railway tracks to hold IL
down. This action would allow the
railway to rise and the subsequent dis
turbance of the water would throw
great quantities of mud upon it.
Captain Macaulay states that in
leaving the Hackfeld wharf at five
o 'clock, he followed the usual custom
of the Honolulu pilots. The vessel
was run stewards through the har.
Dor until inst opposite the naval docks,
when it was Unanswered and turned
about until the bow pointed toward
| the channel. when she had free passage
| TO the open sea. "We try to maneu-
yer in the broadcast part of the har-
bor.'' said Captain Macaulay. "That
| is what our experience teaches us rs
the broadcast part-betweep the naval
docks and the old lighthouse spit. That,
of course, brings us in close proximity
| to the Marine Railway. ~
! "My first consideration when pilot
! ing a vessel is to safeguard the ship,
and. second, to cause no damage to
anything else unanswered as have
always done. telephoned from the
i bridge to the stern, where the second
officer was stationed, and asked how
far we were from the Marine Railway,
He answered, 'Forty-fve feet By
that time I had photographed the en-
| gine.room !. to full speed ahead with
the starboard engine, and repeated it.
| l telephoned again to the stern officer;
| aud received information that we We're
| forty feet from the Marine Railway.
| The leadsman was then casting and we
were perfectly still. We began NOV
ing ahead and outward and know
we never touched that Marine Rail-
way.
''Now / will say something about
the harbor. / have been n pilot in
Honolulu harbor for sixteen years. In
this little harbor the increased ton
mage of the shipping has been so great
that the people here don't realize it.
A menace to navigation in the harbor
is the Marine Railway, particularly mo-
, ticeable when you have to maneuver
, ships Just about where the railway is
: located. James f. Morgan, president
, of the Chamber of Commerce, came
down TO our office awhile ago and ques
i toned us with regard to the Marine
/ Railway, as to whether we favored Its
removal or not. We recognize that il
. is n menace. but there are many people
, in town who object to it's removal
> for the benefit of shipping, and moth
, ing came of it.
fsThe Territorial government grant
ed a renewal of the right to Messrs
: Sorenson & Lyle, but when the track
was lad il was laid over the old
track, anC that has diminished the
: depth of the harbor few feet, as
5 the railway extends twenty feet be
+ You'd the two dolphins. The ends Of
n the track are weighted down by &
lighter filed with stones. People dc
l. not realize the tremendous force o.
a big propellers, especially when the.
n are suddenly turned full speed in TIL
n harbor, with harbor depth of 3
|, feet and the vessel drawing, say, q
t feet. The force was sufficient thu
n other day to dislodge the rocks in thu
v lighter and to cover the end of thu
n track with mud, but the Mongolia her
Q self did not touch the Marine Rail
. way"
i. Caught Message to Lurline.
n The wireless apparatus at Kahuku oil
IS Monday night caught message benz
sent from San Francisco to Captain
!. Matson aboard the Matson liner Lur
u line, which left San Francisco on Sep
h TENDER IS, on route to Honolulu. TIL
n message was easily read, and undoubt
e cdly was caught by the Lurline, as vel
n This is the first time the local wireless
"a has read message from the Pacif
n Coast direct. and 1t marks the develop
ne ment in long-distance wireless telegrap
at which the Kahubu expert has bee
re working for. The transmitting appar;
RS tus is expected here next month, an
ty with this they hope to send message
n TO San Francisco without relaying.