Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-11
Shipping
FIRE PROTECTION URGED
FOR TERRITORIAL WHARVES

The system Of wharyes owned an9l
controlled by the Territory Of flawsii
are either totally without or woefully
lacking in needful protection against
fire, in the opinion OF members OF the
Ilarbor Commission, who completed al
tour Of inspection along the water
front this morning, in company with
harbormaster Foster
Commissioners, Berndt, Wakefield
and McStocker. spent some hours in
visiting the several wharves.
During the tour OF the shipping DIS.
trict, the commissioners were present
at a test made by George Paris, who
represents a mainland gasoline force
pump manufacturer.
The equipment has been Installed
at the city boat landing The pump,
was soperated for some little time ana
during the course of the trial four
inch stream of sea water WIS thrown
for a distance Of one hundred feet
Harbormaster Foster has for months
past urged a better fire protection for
wharyes. In one or two instances the
wharves are bat partially served
through the city wafer mains
II is freely predicted, however, that
should fire gain fair Roadway on
any OF the wharyes, ii would be i'm
possible to save the structures, be-
canseAof a shortage of water.
II is believed that were Independent
water pumping plants operated. By
gasoline, installed at the several
wharf buildings the. danger from
fetal destruction of the wharf would
be reduced to the minimum.
Another point brought out 1T a
gathering of the Harbor Commission
was the fact that no insurance is car
ried by the Territory on the several
wharf buildings.
The Commission also made an in
spection Of the two lnterisland
wharves to better determine the feast
bility of widening these structures. It
is PROPOSED to condemn the old Kinan
wharf, and remove the structure. Then
would follow the widening OF both the
Mauna Kea and newly acquired Mat
son wharves, in order that the coast
ing steamship company might better
handle freight shipments. il
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Four New White Star Liners.
The report that four White STAR
liners, each of from $4,000 to 10000
tons, were to be built for the Austria
liam trade, is somewhat premature. |
Beyond the fact-as was announced
come months ago-that one 1S.000-tonl
vessel, intended for the Common
a..
ton for the white Star" line, Dali
getty and Co. have received no infor
nation from Liverpool, and are, !
therefore. unable to either affirm orr
deny the rumor current in Hobart
that the white Star" liners would \
probably call there regularly for gen
eral cargo, water, and coal when
homeward bound. AT present, during
the fruit season, the white Star"
liners make call at the Tasmanian
port TO ship apples for London. In-I
stead of making this call at Hobart, !
as the mail liners do when comingl
from Sydney TO Port Melbourne, the
white Star" vessels go to Hobart
after leaving Melbourne. The reason
for this is that if they took fruit on
board at Hobart, before coming 4oI
Melbourne. to complete loading, theirl
draught when again leaving Nell
bourne, would be possibly too great
for them to pass through Port Phillip
Heads in safety.
Discussing the question of the navi-
cation of Port Philip Heads by the ISL
600 ton lines now being built, Mr.
Clements. shipping manager at Mel
bourne of Dalgety and Co., Limited. |
states that il would be impossible for
such a vessel, when fully loaded, OF
navigate the Rip" where a draught
of only 80 IT. is regarded as the limit |
of safety The draught OF the new
liner is 34I5 It., so that she could
only come into or leave Melbourne
when her holds were anything utrfulll
of cargo II is interesting TO note
that with the improvements made byl
the dredge Triton in the easternl
channel of Port Jackson the new,
liner would have no difficulty in navi-
eating these waters. The new liner. !
which is being built at the Belfast
yard of Harland and Wolff, is to bel
named Ceramic.
German Line Encourages Travel.
Inc sNOTlH lI0TUldn lzlOAu, }BFPtHe1.I
has forwarded an announcement off
the extension and enlargement of itsI
travellers cheques" system. which ,
as a result of the plan now put intoi
effect. will make Norddeutacher trav.I
ellers, accommodation cheques world, |
wide in scope.
The adoption of the "Maudats de
Voyage" the French issue, and the 4
Circular Notes. the British issue. com !
pletes the cheque service. The com. |
pany now issues the following: Inter
national Reiseschecks tGermany) forl
so, 100 and 2e0 marks; Travellers |
Cheques Omitted Statest for $40. 500. /
$50, 500. and $500; Mandats de Noy-l
age tFrenchl so. leo and 200 francs: |
Circular Notes British ;. 10 aRdl
20 pounds sterling The latter is forl
issue in all countries of the world |
The N ID. L. Offices now number
about 5000, and travellers can go tol
few places on the globe without find
ing an Office that will cash thesei
cheques. New offices are being con.
tinuaIly added.