Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-20


try her engines must first notify any
vessel in the near vicinity that she is
going TO DO so; and the speed of such
engines while being tried out must
not exceed what they would be under
a slow bell. The vessel trying her
engines will be held responsible for
any damage done to the wharf or 9TH
/ er vessels If such damage is caused
by the vessel trying her engines.
Any vessel while trying her en-
gines must have a responsible person
stationed in such position that he
can see any vessel that will have to
cross the wake of his vessel and on
seeing such vessel, the engines must
be stopped Immediately"
Congress Nearing Completion.
, Officials of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company announce that the com
panys new liner Congress, building at
the plant OF the New York Shipbuild
ing Company at Camden, n. J.. will
be launched the, last week in Decein
Der The vessel will Immediately be
gin her voyage to San Francisco. Her
entry into the coastwise service is
scheduled for June l.
! Captain l. ~ Hibberd, superintend.
ent of the company, is now in the
East in connection with the work.
The new vessel is the first OF two pa
latial liners to be built for the service
between San Francisco and Puget
Sound and Southern California ports.
She will be IL per cent larger than
the Governor and President, and a
twin-screw steamship capable OF
maintaining a speed of 1871 knots an
hour In length she win be twenty.
five feet longer than the Governor
and have five feet more beam than
than latter.
Tug Saves Ship from Wreck.
VANCOUVER, b. c., Dec. 2. - Mis-
taking the new light at Otter point
for the old light at Race rocks while
beating up the straits of Juan de
Fuca to Victoria during very thick
weather, early this morning, the Chill
OF Linlithgow, Captain Mueller, ran
aground just east of Otter point, IS
miles out of his course.
The tug Lorne OF Victoria hurried
to the vessels assistance and pulled
it off at high tide, it will be hauled
out at Esquimault tomorrow for a
survey of lis bottom. which is claimed
not to be seriously damaged from it's
impact with the rocky shore line. The
ship was 81 days out from Antofogas
tn in ballast en- route to Vancouver to
load lumber for Australia II is own
ed by a Chilean firm at Valparaiso,
was built at Glasgow in 1887 and
holds several Pacific sailing records,
including that between Valparaiso
and Cape Flattery,s Md, in 80 days
last spring.
Goronado's Last Sailing Voyage.
James Griffiths & Sons, Seattle, act
ing for the Alaska Whaling Company,
chartered the iron barkentine Corona
do to the Western Fuel Company, to
load coal at Nanaimo, E. c.. for Eu-
reka, about December 10. The Coro-
nado is lying at Smith cove. She re-
! turned recently from Akutan, Alaska,
with cargo of whale oil and fertiliz-
er, the result of the summers opera
tons of the whaling steamers Unimak
and Kodiak. She will take shipment
OF about fifteen hundred tons coal.
The Alaska Whaling Company has
plans for converting the Coronado in
to steamship, and the work will
probably be commenced when she
completes her service for the Western
Fuel Company. The Coronado is in
command of Capt John Dahl, one of
the best-known sailing-ship masters
, on the north Pacific.
.-..
harlesden Is a New Fixture For Ho-
noiulu. r
The steamer HaTlesden. a vessel OF
considerable carrying capacity has
teen chartered by the Interisland
steam Navigation Company to bring
between four and five thousand tons
Australian coal to Honolulu. The Har-
! lesden it is understood will sail from
Newcastle y. S. w. for the Hawaiian
islands tomorrow, according to cables
that have been received at the Office
of the coasting steamship company.
| The freighter Hornelen was TO have
been dispatched from the Australian
coal port but at the last moment the
sible that the Horneien may be placed
! Oh the berth at Newcastle to follow
the Harlesden at no very distant date.
| Inter-Island Saiiines This Day.
The Inter-Island steamers are to take
departure for Hawaii and Maui this
! evening.
The Claudine. now operating under
| a new schedule which eliminates Hilo
as port of call, will sail at five
O'Clock for Lahaina. Kahului and the
regular Maui ports of call A fair list
, of cabin and deck pass engers vii: be
carried.
The steamer Kauai has been placed
on the berth to depart for Lahaina.
Hilo, and Hamakua ports at -four
O'clock this afternoon, taking. freight
aEd late mails only.