Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-08

! e0A ~ GYMS SSNNDNstAtes OO
no SHORTENING Of sails unless il is nee,
essary for the safety OF the vessels.
Both sailing ships are good for con-
siderable speed and have made a num-
Der Of smart passages. One of the
seamen on the Polaris, who has sailed
on the Johnson, favors the former
I boat as being the fastest, but this will
be offset by her heavy decklOGd
I which Is similar to thai piled up On
! the coasting schoOne"s, which are
, able TO run into port IN heavy wealth
er.
| The deckload Of the Polaris is 12
feet high. 1t contains 100000 feet,
while 100000 feet are slowed below.
in case of heavy weather the sehoon-
ers is liable to lose her entire deck
load.
The fiah Nap Spreadeth Description.
| That considerable misconeeption of
distances arises from the habit i
/ looking at flat maps instead of globes
and that a study of the latter proves
that British Columbia stands to gain
more by the Panama canal than any
other part of the British empire, is the
statement by the London Morning
Post, which devotes considerable
space In an optimistic description Of
the wonderful development which will
take place in this province with the
opening the canal.
The distance from Boston and New
York to British Columbia will be
shortened by S4l5 miles. The distance
from Liverpool to Vancouver will be
shortened by 6100 miles. At the pres
ent time New York is not much near
er the seaboard of British Columbia
than is Liverpool, for the reason that
vessels sailing from British Columbia,
after rounding the Horn, have to run
out to the middle. of the South Allan
tic to pass Pernambuco, on the east
coast of South America.
But Colon, at the Atlantic end of
the canal, is APO miles from Liver
pool and 4 1851 miles from New York,
which gives the United States COM
mercial advantage over England, so
lof 2,759 miles. But British Columbia
itself, says the Post, stands to benefit
enormously by this performatian Of
the western coast of the American
continent. The rapidly increasing
products OF the western half of the
Dominion will find their way through
the British Columbia ports, then
through the canal to the eastern Unit
ed States, the British Isles and Eu-
rope.
Maniians Still After That Direct Line.
When Hon. Manuel l.; Quezon, resi-
dent commissioner from the Philip
pines, passed through Honolulu few
days ago, en- route from Washington
to Manila, he had but little to add to
the story to the effect that efforts to-
ward direct steamship service be-
tween San Francisco and the Philip
pines were in fair way of becoming
realized. =. r*-s
In communication to the Manila
Merchants Association, the commits
sioner writes as follows:
@ / am as yet unable to inform you
as to the possibility of securing such
direct mail service as is recommended
by the Manila Merchants Association,
but can assure you that i will do the
best l can to secure such legislation
as is recommended by the association.
] am aware of the great need of a Of
rect mail from the United States to
the Philippines, and hope that the |
combined efforts of all those who are
interested in the prosperity of the is |
lands, regardless of their political af-
filiations in the United States or in
the Philippines, will succeed in get
ting through Congress bill providing !;
fifstclass biweekiy service between
some Pacific Coast port and Manila
and make the trip between ports in .
not to exceed fifteen days. Very rel
specially, e.. , Il T,~<E I
8 (Sgd.9 MANUEL i. QuEZoN, |
Resident Commissioner from the Phil
ippines. 7
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ShipbuiIdins Activity on East Coast.
The Maryland Steel Company is |
building ten merchant vessels of an |
average gross tonnage each of 5000 |
tons. Eight of the steamers are for
the American Hawaiian Steamship Co.
The vessels are to have a gross ton
mage of $500 tons and are to be of the
most improved type.
The Newport News Shipbuilding &
Drydock Co. has contracts for ten
merchant vessels and five barges. The
vessels are principally for Pacific
Coast shipping firms. The New York
Shipbuilding Co., of Camden, N. J.,
reports that it is constructing thir-
teen merchant vessels of a gross tom
mage varying from 700 tons to 1000
tons. Nearly all of them are for Pa
cific Coast firms and half Of them win |
be used in the coastwise trade via the
Panama Canal. qz%.. |