The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-01
WATERFRONT NEWS

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II front OF her bow, pile it up astern
ana MAKE hil down whica she can
ran or gIIde. In another way OF put
tlhg Il, Ae wants TO overcome gravity
50 as 70 let the ship fall from the
force o. me gravity which She has
overcome. There may be something in
the theory, bat, if there is, then il viii
be almost possible If not altogether
possible Tor man to lift himself BY
MS ~hoe-s1raps.
F'rantz Jensen, who is the brother
Of the Jensen now in Honolulu, calls
MS boat The water fier type
lie hopes TO revolutionize navies and
fleets Of merchantmen the world over,
and that he has submitted his plans TO
the Danish government seems to be con-
s!deTed by himself sure sign that he
Is going 20 succeed.
lie says: = feel confident of being
able 10 promise a world success and
that my invention may pre-eminently
be Of ecolom cal benefit to the com
merce, navigation and sea-defence of
the world, He offers the invention 10
Denmark. first, he being a Dane. He
VIII build boats at sixty-knot speed.
incidentally he recommends his inven-
ton 70 the kindness of the press
One OF Jensen s claims is that he
can .butlG or superintend the building
Of 20J-tou torpedo boat destroyer that
VIII make anywhere from 50 to 100
knots. according to horsepower.
Notice to Mariners.
Hawaiian Islands, Kauai Island,
SW " side-Nakaweli reef buoy.
red frsr-elass nun, substituted Sep5~nl-
Der 26 for the former frst-cilss can
L. Fl. B. List of Buoys, etc, Twelfth
Subdistricr, 1909, p. 10.
By order OF the Lighthouse Bureau.
Y. S. HOUSTON.
Lieut.-Comdr-, Z .S.N., Inspector, Nine
teenrh Lighthouse District
Coal in American Ships.
Among the recent charters made by
the government to carry coal from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Coast there ap-
pears the names Of three American yes
sells. This coming together of the ship
owners and the navy department in
the matter Of the transportation of
coal for the use of the American fleet
In Pacific waters is encouraging and
should lead TO more American vessels
being employed in this service, says
the New York Maritime Register. The
charterlng OF foreign ships for this
purpose has been a source Of consider
able irritation to our shipowners but
it can not be rightly construed into a
feeling OF opposition to them on the
part OF the government authorities hav-
ing control OF this matter. Congress
has not seen fl TO make the approprla
ton Tor tins purpose as liberal as 1t
should be and the department must of
necessity make It's arrangements for
the transportation of the coal it needs
at as low figure as possible. American
vessels We're not always available for
this service and besides shipowners
showed no d spositlon to accept the an
crease in rates over that given the for
eign vessels offered them by the gov
eminent The situation was unfortu
nate. Int Il was one for which the de,
parrment was not responsible and it
NAV be assumed that our shipowners
did not consider the rate offered sutfi-
GENTLY remunerative. The principle Of
Transporting coal in American vessels
for the use Of our navy is a right one |
II IS evident that there is not suffi- |!
cielt number Of American vessels TO
meet the demand. This in time of war
woEld prove q serious handicap to the |
movements CT our war vessels. Even |
in times of peace it IS reproaeh TO |
the nation that its dependence must be
placed on foreign vessels for this ser
vice.