The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-28
NEW IhIER-ISLAND
STEAMER KILAUEA
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trepid with the remains of some be-
loved banana trees on big punt pass.
ed the Kilauea, and was the first to
shrek her aloha at the new ship. This
was duly acknowledged and then the
suction dredge at work near Fort
Armstrong shrilled her welcome, fol
lowed in turn by the Likelike, the Ma
una Kca and the Kinau The crowds
along the wharves shouted welcomes,
and the Hawaiian band played Aloha
De from the Fort street wharf as the
new steamer slipped along to her dock.
The Matson wharf contained many
hundreds, and all were lost in admira-
ton of the neat way in which Cap
tain Freeman took his new charge
alongside Coming up the harbor at
a good clip, he seemed to stop dead,
turn at right angles, ana go up to the
wharf with the ease of ferry boat.
It was indeed an excellent piece of
work, and none could have done it bet
ter. Needless to say everyone want
ed 10 nave Il lOOh at INC uSN NO9SSA'
The Voyage.
Manager'J. A. Kennedy Of the Inter
Island S. S. Go. was the purser on the
trip down, coming in that capacity
for the sake of the opportunity to get
here in the boat When seen this
morning before the Kilauea left the
quarantine grounds he was fun of ad-
miration for the new ship, She has
all the good qualities Of favorite
ship. She is fast, and she is a good
seaboat. both qualities having been
proved on the voyage down.
I'VE started at half-past three on
the afternoon of the twenty-frst,'
stated acting-purser Kennedy. The
first night out we had some dirty
weather. A forty-fve-mile gale was
blowing, and we had Ito run to the
south to escape some of its severity
Then for four days afterwards we had
some more bad weather, A tremen-
dous northerly swell was running, and
after that we had a southeasterly
swell. 1t was blowing a regular gale.
"The boat, however. behaved splen-
didly throughout, and we had no dam
age done to us whatever She is a
splendid craft. We have a fairly
heavy cargo. The most of it is dis
tillate and giant powder
The Personnel.
The Kilauea has an interesting per
sonnet Captain Freeman is well
known as the popular skipper of the
flagship Mauna Kea. He is in love
with the new boat and very proud of
her. Mr.. Hills, the chief mate, is an
old Pacific Mail officer. The purser,
| ]. A. Kennedy, is well known through
out Hawaii. The majority of the 9th
er officers are from the cOmpany's SER
vice in some capacity or another, in
GLIDING Frank King, chief engineer In
the engineer room was c. McGregor,
son of President McGregor of the Uni
on Iron Works, the builders of the XII
lauea. He came down in the humble
capacity Of oiler. He will remain here
his home. Walking around the deck
this morning, arrayed in some we'll
fitting street clothes, he looked any
thing but an oiler. He is following
in the footsteps of his father. and has
had a varied experience in the engin-
eering business in the Union yards,
having passed through every phase
up to the grade that he has reached.
Included in the personnel might be
included a number of Hawaiians and
Portuguese, who slowed away in the
kilauea. They found that Hawaii was
not so bad a place as they thought it
was before, and crawled into convent
ent hiding places before the ship left.
They were discovered when the YES
81 was on her way, and then they were
set to work at scrubbing and such
duties all the way down.
The speed was good throughout the
voyage. When it is reeollected that
the steamer traversed the intervening
space in six days fourteen hours, with
some dirty weather the major portion
of the way, it must be conceded that
she has not much to learn from her
older sisters, for some of the mail
steamers take seven days, and the
best take six The average speed was
about thirteen knots, but last night
the Kilauea reeled off fifteen and
half 1t is said that she can get up
to eighteen. She is an oil burner, and
has a radius of three thousand miles.
Unlike Mauna Kea.
Lying at her anchorage, she looked
different from the Mauna Kea. 1t must
be admitted that she is not as attrac-
overlooking as the Mauna Kea, The
fittings, however, are equal in every
way to those on the Mauna Kea The
accommodation of the Kilauea is lO2
in the cabin While the Mauna Kea