The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-20

Although the Gay was not recognized
as public holiday along the water.
front there was very little doing, prac-
tcally the only boats working being
the Inter-Island vessels.
II was one of those half days when
everyone is ready to do whatever turns
up but does not expect much to come
along. The usual crowd Of stevedores
we're also missing on the docks al.
though a few scattered ones were
handling cargo that was running near
demurrage time.
HELENE FROM TACOMA.
The schooner Helene arrived from
Tacoma this morning after taking
twenty-seven days on the trip. She
berthed at the Allen ana Robinson
dock
She brings over million feet of
lumber but will now have to wait un-
til the Mary e. Foster finishes dis
charging her cargo.
WAILELE FROM PORTS.
The Inter-Island steamer Waile'e ar
rived this morning from island ports
with $3.50 bags of sugar and a general
cargo.
Included in the general list we're
eighty head of cattle, seven empty
gasoline drums, eight carboys, eight
sacks of empty bottles, twenty-one
cases of empty bottles, thirty-two wine
barrels and sixty packages Of sun
dries,
She reports the following sugar
waiting shipment: Honollaa $500 and
Kukuihaele 5000 bags.
MAY DISCONTINUE SERVICE.
A change is impending in the Orien-
tai steamship service from Portland,
according to statements attributed to
Frank Warehouse by the Seattle
press. AS is well known Waterhouse
is head of the firm which is the rep.
resentative of the Bank Line. Ltd,
of the Weir steamship lines and of the
Australian mail line.
81 cannot discuss the matter at this
time" he said, 81 have just returned
from London ana will visit Portland
within a few days. The question o
whether the Oriental service will b
discontinued from Port and after Au
gust l will be settled then.
"The only reason hat the question
of discontinuance of this service has
arisen is due to the difficulty of get
ting tonnage. The demand for steam
ships is immense and steamships are
scarcer now than they have been fol
years. l have not seen anything like
1t for years. We have to pay SUCH al
awful price for steamships that Pacific
Coast rates won't stand it,
"At the present time the boats star
loading at Portland anO then come u
Seattle. If the Portland service 7
discontinued, it will be simply because
of the increased value of tonnage
while the rates on the Pacific Coas
haven't increased in proportion to thu
value of the tonnage"
SUCCESSOR TO TITANIC.
There seems to be some little cor
fusion as to the size of the gian
White Star liner building by MessrS
Harland and Wolff, and which viii
now be called upon to replace tn
Titanic" observes Shipping nlustra
ed. she will certainly mark an II
crease in tonnage as compared wit
that Inflated vessel, but the gain wi
be in the beam more than in tn
length of the ship So far as is know
the Gigantic (Which is the name tn
new vessel is known by in Belfast
will be very little, if at all, long
than the Olympic and Titanic, but 81
will have at least one foot more beaI
viz, ninety-three feet six inches,
compared with the ninety-two feet s
inches of the other two vessels. TT
Titanic had a length b. p. or $50 te'
and a length over all of SS2 feet nil
inches. The Gigantic will probably
launched in October, 1913, and "
begin service in June, 1914"
British yards at present are ma
ing, and very little Importance is
ing, and very little importance Is
present a set in shipbuilding and sh
owning circles against record bre1
ing, and very little Importance is
tached to the achievements in the vi
of specially early delivery Of ne
ships II l. being recognized all roul
that nothing is gained by delivery lol
within contract times and that Will
the ability of hustle when necessa
is of great value, the policy of hustliI
all the time serves very little purpose
PASSENGERS BOOKED.
Per str w. G. Hal, for Kauai port