The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-07
DEATH STALKS ON WATERFRONT
William Mule Sinks to Watery Grave.
Many Vessels Rushing to Port
Barry to POstOffice--Local
Boats Away

followed Friday by the Persia ant
Monday by the China.
NO GASOLINE TANKS NOW.
Following out his instruction issued
by the Harbor Commission, Harbor
master Foster has now got the water
front clear of all gasoline drums.
He insists now that anyone bring
ing gasoline to a launch or small
steamer shall do so in a container
ready to go aboard the vessel and he
will not stand for the old method of
dumping a drum down somewhere
along the front and going for 1t every
time more Juice was wanted.
BARRY TO POST OFFICE.
Night Customs Inspector Barry
who is well known all along the wa
terfront, has decided that the post
office looks better to him than the
custom house.
He has now Joined the staff of the
local postofice and the boys along the
front are declaring that their letters
are arriving much more promptly al
ready.
RECORD PACIFIC CARGO.
Shipping Illustrated tells of a rec.
ord cargo taken by the Great North
ern liner Minnesota from, Smiths
Cove, Seattle, March 16, bound for 70.
kohama. This cargo consisted prin-
cipally Of flour, there being aboard
the liner 594,389 sacks, making a to-
tai of about $4,000 tons, besides 800
bales of cotton weighing about 1905
tons. and 1927 pacekags of general
merchandise weighing about 1877 tons,
or total weight cargo of about To-
1872 tons Local papers gave the
weight of cargo as 1906 tons, put
this was based upon the short ton Of
2OOO pounds, used in railroad transport
tation. Besides her huge cargo, the
Minnesota carried 1870 pounds of let
ter mail and 22,750 POUNDS of paper
mall and her draught upon leaving
her dock was SO feet aft and 35 feet
7 inches forward, or mean draught
of 81 feet 3b inches on displace'
ment of $4,000 tons. The register
tonnage of the Minnesota is 2O,7lS
gross and 1924 net Perhaps a few
statistics of the Minnesota's cargo
will delight those of our readers with
keen eye for analogies. Briefly, 1t
can be stated that there were S91
carloads of flour, 161 carloads of cot
ton, and ten carloads of miscellaneous
freight, making a total of 568 cars,
which, coupled together, would make
train 4 1-3 miles long. Placing
594,389 sacks of flour end to end
would cover a distance Of 225 miles.
Made into bread this flour would to-
tai 5S,25O,122 loaves. To mix this
hour in order to make the above mum,
Der of loaves would require 1884
tons of water Made into rolls or bis
cults, the flour carried by the Mime
sofa would make 297 500.
DIVERTING LUMBER MADE.
Advices have been received from
Australia to the effect that the CON-
missioners appointed some time ago
by Canada and Australia to propose
plans and consider means to promote
and develop trade relations have
drawn a tacit agreement, subject to
the approval of the respective parlia-
ments, to place a duty equal to that
now in force in the United States,
which is 50 per NJ. feet, on all Ameri-
can manufactured lumber taken into
Australia or Canada. If the plan of
a tariff on American lumber
in Australia is effected, it will serve
to divert from fifty to sixty-five per
cent of the off-snore trade in timber
now enjoyed by Oregon and Washing
ton mills, to British Columbia. More
than half of the lumber exported by
the northern states on the Pacific
Coast, is marketed in Australia. The
margin of profit is now too small even
remotely to consider American mills
attempting to compete against a dis
crimination of 81 in favor of the Ca
madam mills, where both labor and
RAW material is considerably cheaper
than on this side of the boundary. Ifl
the plan goes through, the Canadians
say they could even ship lumber into
Atlantic Coast markets, via Panama
canal, pay the American duty and sue
cessfully compete with the United
States Pacific Coast mills, provided,
however that there is no discrimina-
ton in canal dues in favor of Amer
lean coastwise shiRs.
4 FOREIGN SHIPS UNDER FLAG.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce, which can always be regarded
as rejecting the concensus of opinion
Of the American mercantile commun-
Ity, has endorsed a resolution recon-
tha