Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-08
MGR. SAMUELS
BREAKING Speed
MARK ON Ocean

| Bearing important documents and
correspondence, mailed at London.
Eng, on June %. Fiee-P President and
General Manager F. s. Samuals of the
/ Oceanic Steamship Company proposes
to deliver the same into the hands OF
the Australian Commonwealth officials
lat sydney within twenty-nine days
from the date that they left the British
capital
For the purpose OF making minute
inspection of the working of the new
San Francisco Australian line. General
Manager Samuels is an arrival today
as a through passenger in the liner
Sonoma.
1t is Mr.. Samuels' intention to assure
himself by personal inspection that all
! arrangements for the handling of pas
sengers, freight and mails at the diff
ferent ports of call are satisfactory,
and where defects exist he will take
steps to remedy the matter.
/ The Oceanic Steamship official is also
! taking careful note of host of details
! in the operation and management of
the vessels now in the transpacific SER
vice. On the voyage from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu, Mr. Samuels among
other matters brought to his attention
was an interested observer of the work.
ing of the newly Installed oil burning
apparatus in the Sonoma and Ventura
From the latter vessel he received wire
less messages concerning the amount
of fuel consumed on the outward and
portion of the homeward voyage of
the Ventura.
Vice President Samue1s will make
hurried, call at Page Page, as the Ven
tura is to remain at the Samoan port
but five hours on this trip.
Captain Trask has instructions to
push the Ventura to top speed after
leaving Page Page, and it is expected
that the Oceanic schedule to Sydney
will be reduced at least twenty -four
hours.
During his stay at Honolulu today
General Manager Samuels gave his
sanction to a plan originating with the
local office, to the effect that a cable
be sent from Sydney on the date of
sailing, which will give detail report
of the cabins available for passengers
from Honolulu to San Francisco The
receipt of message at this port Civ
ing the number of the stateroom will,
it is claimed, greatly facilitate the
booking of intending passengers for the
Coast AS the cable should reach here
fortnight before the arrival of an
Oceanic liner from the Colonies, the
local staff will be given ample oppor-
tunity of berthing passengers, thereby
insuring general satisfaction not OBJ
tainable by othed methods.
The papers that Vice. President Sam
uels bears from London to Sydney will
reach the New South Wales city in
four days less time in the Oceanic So
noma than by any other means of
transportation, If all goes well with
the Ventura and no accident is encoun-
tered that will result in. cutting down
the speed. At the trials held at San
Francisco the Sonoma made better time
than expected The ocean mail act calls
for sustained speed of Is knots an
hour The Sonoma maintained speed
of more than IL knots for five hours
and demonstrated it's ability to main
tain that gait indefinitely. In addition
to testing the ships speed the trial was
for the purpose of ascertaini1g the
general condition of the ship and its
adaptability for service in time of war
as an auxiliary cruiser.
The trial was conducted by naval
board at the head of which was Cap
tain Charles A. Cove, u. S. N, comman-
dant of the naval. training station at
Yerba Buena; Lieutenant Commander
G. S. Lincoln and Naval Constructor
Henry NJ Gleason, U. S. N. The off,
GERS expressed themselves as we'll
pleased in every respect with the ship.
its engines, equipment and appoint
ments.
The Sonoma was driven from the
lightship 80 miles out to sea and
averaged II knots an hour.
During the five-day stay of the So
noma at sydney. Mr.. Samuels expects
to meet with'a large number of BUSH
ness men who are at the head of large
commercial interests in the Colonies,
with a view to interesting them in
new line with its fast and improved
service to the United States.