Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-26


used in the construction Of the YES
sci, and the double bottom extends
the entire length OF the liner. The
propelIing machinery is located amid.
ships, just forward Of which Is deep
tank with an ofitight center bulk
head for carrying either coal cargo
or fuel oil.
Japanese Shipping Subsidies.
In his report for 1911. Mr.. E. ,.
Grove, Commercial Attache to the
British Embassy At Tokyo, says that
some alterations and reductions have
been made with regard TO shipping
subsidies with the result that there
has been a net decrease OF E3,92f,
from I1d16,9 32 In 1910 TO E1 ,113, DOS
IN 1911 The most Important change
ii the new grshf Of Y.75, 900 &c $3.50
to the South Seas service, which b 70
be doubled in 1913 and 1914.
Two ships Of over 1,DOo tons with q
speed Of more than 10 knots Win
maintain monthly serviee on this
line. which Is to be opened with q
view to helping the export 81 Tyapan.
csc goods to Java, Manila, ETC.. II
has not yet been decided to what
company this subsidy viii be given,
nor have any definite plans been ar-
ranged, bnt n IS thought tfat com
bany promoted by Messrs. Oaki and
Harada viii start . service in octo-
her next.
On the China route reduction in
the grant has been made a. Y.40, 600
1G4NS8l, whfle o similar reduction
has also been made In the Tairen
line, and the Shanghai service sub
aidy has been decreased by Y.75.000
I27;S5el. The Fog1nos4n ald Korean
GoTernment-G General gives subsidies
70 the extent Of E103, 800 and f2s,-
600. respectively.
Ffc1t ths Atiantic % ess Psciflc.
The Alaska,Pacific 9teEmship Com
pany has closed negotiations with the
American Mai Steaatship Company
of New F0rk for the purchase OF their
steamer Admiral Farragut. The YES
sci win be delivered TO her new own.
ers the Inst Of fhis ni8nfh md made
ready for her new owners the last
OF this month and made ready for her
long voyage via Magellan to this port.
Captain e P, Bartlett, master OF the
coaster Watson. VINO Is with III. f.
Alexander, president of the Alaska
Pacific Company, in the East, will
bring the Farragut out from the At
luntic. The vessel ID to be placed on
the San francisco SEATTLE route, going
into commissions IA the spring. she
is sister snip 0f the sAdmiral Samp-
son and has been operated In the
fruit-carFyihg trade between New
York and the West Indies.
oeztf o. Captain o w. ElstrsRd.
The death occurred In Yokohama,
says the Japan Chronicle 0f Sept. 10,
Of Captain ]. w. Eketrand, at the adj
vanced age OF so. Captain Ekstrand
vas ne OF the oldest foreign residents
In japan. He came ont in the earfr
sixties and entered the service Of the
Mitsu BfsAi Company. Lafr on, when
tie steamshib company amalgamation
was effected. Captain Ekstrand join
ed the Nippon Yusen Kafsha, and re-
NAMED IN the service OF that compan2
until about SIX years ago, when he re.
tired The N. n. X. making him .
very handsome present on ms retire
ment
Captain Ekstrand made very many
friends during his long service on che
Japan coast ,and was for years one. OF
the bestknowh figures among the
foreigners In the Japanese mercantile
marine : :
To s,Ivane stesmer ST Paul. .
Salvage operations upon the hulk Of
the Inflated San Francisco and Port
land steamer st. Paul, which was
wrecked shove Eureka several years
ago, win again be undertaken In the
rear future. The steam Schooller Acme
tailed for Eureka on Thursday,
equipped with powerful tackle which
viii BE used IN an EFFORT 10 raise froy,
the sHnlxen steamer the big foftyt III
boilers. Several efforts have been
made during the last year to take out
OF the wreck some of the valuabl
eetal portions now submerged, but this
IL the first time that q vessel of sum
Client size to handle the larger por-
tions OF the wreck has been dispatcs-
ed to the scene.
w. r. Grace & Co, for whom sew
eraI new liners are being built on the
Atlantic, have announced the names
of four Of the vessels as the Santa
Cfu1, Santa Clara. Santa Catalina and
Santa Cecilia The name Of the Santa
Cruz has been previously announced
and she will be the first one of the
new liners to come to this Coast. She
is now nearing complstion and will
arrive on the Pacific after the fifst OF
the year The four vessels whose
fanles are given are being construct
ed by the Cramps. Grace q Co., are
also buiMing new steamers N Europe
for use when the Panama Canal Is
opened. This eDhcefn operates ex-
tensively between the North Pacific
and the west coast in the lumber and
general cargo trade
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