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

Honolulu Is today assured Of week
ly steamship service by liners flying
the Matson Navigation house flag,
with the completion of a new and
modern equipped steamship, the con-
tract for which has been signed by
Captain William Matson and Vice
President E. ID. Tenney, of the Mat.
son Company, according to lengthy
cable received this morning by Ship.
ping Manager John H. Drew, OF
Castle & Cooke.
Phe positive announcement of the
letting of mis- important contract will
be hailed with delight by the bust.
ness community and the general pub
lie in these islands.
Vice-President and General Man
ager Tenney has cabled today that the
second of the new steamships has
been ordered. The vessel, which in
every way will correspond to the
liner Wilhelmina In its 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 extens-
lively mentioned through the columns
of the Star-Bulletin at the time.
Well Equipped; for Island Service.
The Matson liner now ordered and
to be delivered to the owners by the
latter part of 1913, is to be 446 feet
In length, with a breadth of "a feet.
This vessel will have cabin accom-
mediation for ninety passengers. The
plans also call for providing quarters
for a large number of second class
passengers. The new liner for which
contract has just been signed, is
declared will be equally as modern
and up-to-date as the larger vessel
now under construction at the New.
port News shipyards.
The Matson Company has been as
sured that the new vessel will be-
ready for delivery not later than No
vember LIST, 1913
According to advices 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-
struction has been carefully studied
by the officers in the Matson Com
pany with a view of incorporation in
the two new steamers. It is stated
that they will represent the last word
in shipbuilding.
Service Promised.
The addition of two new and fastl
liners means that the Matson Naviga-
tion COMPANY viii be prepared tol
maintain a weekly service of passen.
ger liners between Honolulu and San
Francisco direct. These vessels arel
being constructed with a view of GOV.
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 seven days from
each end of the line.
A service in which the Wilhelmina,
the two new steamers and the Lur.
line figure, viii guarantee a farl
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. +. -......
The four steamers will insure al
cabin passenger capacity for nearly
five hundred travellers. These figuresl
allow for $50 in the Wilhelmina, one
new liner at $50, the second steamer
at 80, and the Lurline at so passen-
gers. =.. 49,
Mr.. Drew expects to receive fuller
details concerning the final plans
passed upon for the new vessel, in a
later mail. The Matson Navigationl
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 fulfillment of this
progressive policy.