Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-19
MAIS0N CO.'S
new STEAMER
fine VESSEL
Second of New Liners To Be
Ready November, 1913,
Gables Tenney
COMPANY TO PUT ON
A WEEKLY SERVICE
Four Passenger Boats Assures
Honolulu Schedule Never
Before Equaled I

honolulu Is today assured of week
ly steamship service by liners flyins
/ the Matson Navigation house flag
with the completion of new and
modern equipped steamship, the con
tract for which has been signed by
Captain William Matson and Vice
President e. d. Tenney, of the Mat
sson Company, according to lengthy
cable received this morning by Ship.
ping Manager John H. Drew, OF
Castle & Cooke.
The positive announcement of the
letting of this important contract will
be hailed with delight by the bust.
ness community and the general pub.
lie in these islapds.
Vice PresidenI and General Man.
ager Tenney has cabIed today that the
second of the new steamships has
been ordered. The vessel, which In
every way will correspond. to- the
liner Wilhelmina In it's construction
and equipment. will be built at the
well-known yards of the Newport
News Shipbuilding Company, which
concern also holds the contract for
the building of the larger liner or
dered some months ago, and hxtens-
lively mentioned through the columns
of the Star Bulletin at the 1ifne.
wen E6dIppsd fof lsland service.
The MatsoH liner now ordered and
to be delivered to the owners by the
latter part Of 1913. is to be 44G feet
in length, with a breadth of 54 feet
This vessel win have cabin accom-
.modation for ninety passengers. The
plans also cali dor providing quarters
for large number of second class
passengers The new liner for which
a contract has just been signed, is
declared will be. equally as modern
and up-to-date as the larger vessel
row under construction at the New
port News shipyafds.,
The Matson Company has been as
sured that the new vessel will be
ready for delivery not later than No
yember 1st. 1913.
According 10 adyices received by
Manager Drew, the two. new ships
should leave the East Coast. OF the
United States on or about the same
time. Every device and improvement
known TO modern steamship con.
strllction has been carefully studied
by the sofficers in the Matson Com.
pany with view of Incorporation in
the two new steamers. II is stated
that they will represent the last word
in shipbuilding. 2.
Weekly Service Promised.
The addition eof two new and fast
liners means mat the Matson Naviga.
ton Company win be prepared to
maintain a. weekly service of passen-i
ger liners between Honolulu and San
Francisco direct. These vessels are
being constructed with a view of coy.
ering the run from islands to coast
in twenty Eight days or under.
With four steamships in the trade
between Honolulu and the California
coast port, the company officials are
satisfied that steamer can easily
be dispatched every seren days from
each end of the line.
A service in which the WilheImina,
the two new steamers and the Lur,
line figure, will guarantee far
more prompt and regular tranship.
ment OF freight as well as the tran
sit of passengers to the mainland, a
matter that is destined to meet the
increased demand for additional and
faster tonnage. .'.. 49,.
The four steamers will insure al
cabin passenger capacity for neatly
five hundred travellers. These figures
allow for $50 in the Wflhelmina, one
new liner at $50, the second steamer
at 80, and the Lurline at so passen-
gers.
Mr.. Drew expects to receive fuller
details concerning the final plans
passed upon for the new vessel. in a
later mail. The Matson Navigation
Company has in view the determine,
ton of keeping pace with the con
stantly growing demands made upon
the company for more tonnage, and
the placing of the second contract
today marks the fulfillmeAt of this
policy.