Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
WATERFRONT NOTES
Six New Steamers for Pacific Coast

Six New Steamers for Pacific Coast
Company.
The plans for the new steamers TO
be built nv the Pacific Coast Steam.
ship Company for the coast trade have
been completed. and the contract for
the construction of the first was
awarded Ia the New York Shipbuild.
ing Company of Camden, n. j. The
new steamer will he larger, more
powerful and in every way an advance
on the steamer now operating under
the sign or the Maltese cross be.
tween Seattle, San Francisco, Los An.
gelcs and San Diego.
The new coast liner. the name of
which has not yet been decided. Is to
be iiO feet inches in length and SO
feet in beam. II will have displaCc-
mcnt of 10000 tons. its engines will
develop 1000 horsepower and II viii
mako about 16Ih knots.
There will he accommodation for
4OO nrstClass passengers, 100 in the
second class and 100 in the third
class. Large and COmmodiOus quar-.
tors will he provided for officers and
crew. The navigating bridge will be
20 feet inches above the keel and
will extend beyond the beam of the
ship three feet on each side. This
will enable the navigator To see along
the side of the ship when making a
landing. to further aid which power
rul sCarChlights will be installed
where they will he of most use.
In the arrangement of passenger
quarters the new ship promises to be
the passenger managers dream come
true. for every room will he an out
side room. There will be many suites
and ROOMS with private baths.
A special feature of the now ships
will be the scCOnd-Cabin accommodate
lions. SCCOnd.Class passengers viii
have COmmOdOus statCrOOms and a
large. COmrOrtabl dining-rOOm. They
will have promenade decks reserved
to themselves. In improving the sec
ond-Cabin accommodations the com.
pany Is getting in line with the rail.
roads with all of which the steamship
company now maintains interchange.
able arrangements.
The contract for the second steamer
probably will he let as soon AS the
work on this first addition TO the fleet
Is well started. Although the com
pany officials will not confirm tho re.
port. II is said that the company will
build at least six new steamers before
the opening of the Panama Canal.
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Increased Traffic via Tehuantepec.
There was n great increase in traf-
liC over the TchuautcpeC route CFChu-
antcpeC National Railway in the last
fiscal year. The increase in the move.
wcnt Of merchandise from west to
cast was IS per cent. and from east
to west 20 per cent The calendar
year 1911, for which official figures are
not yet available, will show that the
increase continues and the total tran.
| shipments for the year will run con
sidcrably above l,O00,0O0 metric tons,
The bulk of this traffic arises from
the freight brought to Salina Cruz ana
Puerto Mexico bv the vessels of the
| American Hawaiian Steamship Com
rany. II Is understood that this com
pany has given definite notice TO the
| TchuanlcpeC National Railway of its
intention to use the Panama Canal
when the same is ready for business.
| The effect of the withdrawal of this
| fine fleet of American frciGhtcrs from
this TchuantcpeC route will he far
reaching SO far as concerns this 18TH
mus.