Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-30

4NdudHu ny Sdpbdiu DdIuSSOu, TIE "SII
known Pacific Coast ship owner, is
considered a good investment, accord
ing to reports which have reached the
Islands by the Manchuria, telling OF
the great scarcity Of available tonnage.
A representative of the new owners
is now in Honolulu, and a general in
spection Of the staunch bark, which
for years has been a factor in the
Brewer Line of sailing packets, has
been completed, which is believed to
have proved satisfactory to all con-
eerned. 49,
That the Nuuanu brought consider
ably less than $4,000 is conceded,
though the exact figure has not been
made public. Local shipping men de-
clare that the new purchasers Of the
Nuuanu, Barneson, Hibbard & Co,
stand to make fine profit from their
purchase. Steamship men from the
Coast state that there is not vessel
flying the United States flag at San
Francisco, on the Sound, or any place
else on the Coast that lis lying idle.
Long before they complete passage
those engaged in the tramp trade are
chartered to go offshore or coastwise.
Every craft capable Of carrying lum-
Der, or any other character of cargo
produced on the Coast, has been char
tered months ia advance, many OF them
having enough business to keep them
going year. Moreover, the owners
are adding to their tonnage as rapidly
as possible, having modern carriers
turned out al the various yards on the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Three new
steamers nearing compilation on the
Willamette and Columbia rivers will
be ready to 20 In commission between
Portland and San Francisco this fall.
The owners at San Francisco are hay-
ing several large vessels built on the
Atlantic Coast.
Hind, Rolph & Co. Of the Bay City
purchased the ship Howard ID. Troop
before the freight rates began to in
crease for about. $4,000. SOn her first
trip II is said that she will net the
owners fully $4,000 above the pur-
chase price. Any ordinary square7rig-
ger, il is estimated, will add from
$4,000 to 100000 to the wealth Of
her owners within the next year.
The Nuuanu is declared to be good
for much service The vessel was
placed in good repair following her
disastrous experience near Cape Horn
last spring. Work was done on this
vessel costing tliGasands OF dollars,
during the stay at the Falklands.
There has been some talk that the
Nuuanu would be converted into an oil
tanker. The claim is made that the
vessel at present is not fitted for the
transportation OF lumber.
whether the 1JuRanu will remain
here for a cleaning or proceed to the
Coast will be decided upon within a
few days. Captain Kitchen has been
selected to take the vessel to the
Coast, as it is believed that Captain
J0sselyn will retire from sea service
after q career covering nearly fifty
years.
Japanese Liners On The Way. e
Two Japanese liners belonging to
the Togo Kisen Kaisha service are en-
route TO Honolulu according to adj
wees received at the Office of Castle
a Cooke the local representatives for
the line.
The Nippon Maru with one hundred
and fifty tons freight from the Orient
Is due to arrive here on next Tuesday.
This vessel is believed will bring a
delegation Of Filipino steerage l:ss-
sengers, who are to take up work on
island sugar plantations.
The Kiyo Maru in the Japanese
fieight service between the Far East
snd Central and South American ports
ie due here on September 5th, with
$50 tons freight The nature of this
cargo is not yet known at the local
agency but ii is believed that por-
ton OF il may be sulphur intended for
local fertilizer plants The Kiyo Maru
will be supplied with several hundred
tons coal during the stay at the port.
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EQUAL cargoes MoIosses And Sugar.
Molasses and sugar to the amount
OF fifteen hundred tons each will be
shipped to the coast with the de,
parture of the Matson Navigation
steamship Lurline The vessel is to
sail for Kahului this evening where
the molasses will be pumped aboard.
The steamer is TO return to Honolulu
not later than Sunday morning. 1t is
the intention to dispatch the Lurline
fDs San Francisco at six o'clock Tues
day evening with 1903 tons sugar and
molasses. The vessel WIFI be supplied
with between $1,000 and $4,000 cases
OF preserved pineapples besides 5000
lunches bananas and a quantity of
sundries. The pineapples to be ship
ped in the Lurline will come from
Oahu canneries.
kaaena Damaged in Collision.
The gasoline steamer Kaaena. OPP
Grated by Captain Eben Low. and en-
gagged in the pineapple trade between
windward Oahu ports and Honolulu,
was damaged yesterday through col
lision with the submarine" oil
tanker Libby Mac" The Kaaena,
with the Libby Mac in tow, was pro-
ceeding along the windward side of
the island when during an unusually
hard blow, the line parted and the