The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-23
CRUISE Of THE
FOOTING SUEY
How LandIubber Crew Worked
the Square Bigger From
Honolulu to New York.

New York Sun.-Often now for
weeks at time you might not see in
the whole length of South street a sin.
gle square rugged vessel where once
deep-water ships filed the slips along
for block after block, and so in the
present day when square rigger does
tie up here it attracts attention. When
lately the bark Foohng Suey lay at a
South street wharf loading for Homo.
lulu people walked down the wharf and
stood and stared at her.
The Foohng Suey was built in Glas.
gov twenty-one years ago, but though
British built her hailing port is Boston.
She was built for Honolulu owners be-
for the Hawaiian Islands were annxed
to the United States, and then when
the Islands came in the bark Foohng
Suey came with them to get an Ameri-
can register. Her owners are Charles
Brewer & Co. of Boston and Honolulu,
and her master is Capt. John E. Willett
who comes from New Hampshire.
The Foohng Suey-her name is Chi.
nese for wind and WATERWAYS built be.
fore, for economy's sake, they began
making ships masts shorter. Later Brit
ish ships have been turned out without
royals, their other yards being made a
little longer with little more spread,
so that the vessel gets the same sail
area; but without royals, with so many
fewer sails to handle, the ship can get
along with one or two less men in the
crew. But the Foohng Suey, fine
steel vessel, with steel lower masts and
fore and main and lower topsail yards
of steel, is lofty spared, like the old
time clippers. She carries forward a
royal, and ON her main, over the royal
there's a skysail. She's a tall, slightly
ship, and SO what with the scarcity OF
ships in South street it was no wonder
that people walked down the wharf to
look at the FOohng Suey loading for
Honolulu.
Honolulu the Foohng Suey requires
ooiHcnhcic DcbWttu llU anu lou uHyb
Commonly she makes it in about 100
but in her last voyage from the Islands
to this port she took 1873, the long trip
being due to the nature of the crew.
Sailing from here she carries a crew
signed for the round yoyage-New York
to Honolulu and back--but vessels sail.
ing from the Atlantic coast of the
United States are very likely to lose
their crews Ia the Islands, On the Pa.
cifie coast there IL an iron,bOund sail
ors' union, and sailors sailing out of
San Francisco get twice the pay they
get out Of New York. 80, when a yes
sci from an Atlantic port gets 10 Homo.
lulu, the crew IN likely 10 quit the ship
leave their wages behind In Honolulu,
but what they leave they make up by
shipping out OF San Francisco, and
that's what the Foohng suey's crew
did on her last trip out.
OF course, they did not need crew
while the ship WAS lying In port, and ~
they Just went ahead IN the usual way
aud unlnRded her and then they loaded
hef, aud ln due eouTse ~ tins tho ship
Was ready for son again aud then q
Honolulu. slipping master pat aboard ~
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men 10 Or Dnl NJ employment VA llon0
lulp sho waited % 90 back 10 she
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who hHd served va ihp urlisd eiates
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