Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-02
Britisher stiIl Holds the Record.

Hritisher Still Holds the Record.
PORTLAND, Ore-Shipping men
were much interested in the receipt.
of message by the Merchants Ex-
change that the French bark Pierre
Antonine had arrived at Brow Head,
near Queenstown, from Portland, with
a cargo of wheat, after record
smashing passage Of 81 days. But a.
few minutes later another messagel
came to the Exchange, stating that
the vessel to arrive out was not the
Pierre Antonine. but the Norwegian
ship Sierra Miranda, which sailed
from Portland January 16.-The Nor
wegian coInbleted the run in 147 days,
which does not hardly come up to the
average passage
The British ship Caitloch, Captain
Philips. continues to hold the record
passage from this coast to Queens
town. In 1879 she completed the rum
from the Columbia River in SO days.
and no other windjammer ever came
anywhere near approaching that
showing. The Caitloch was under
charter to Henry Hewett & Co.. and
she carried q cargo Of wheat
PaIatial Liner Under Way.
Reports received by oficials of thel
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
from @. W. Diclxie, superintendent of
construction Of it's new passenger
liner building at the plant of the Newl
York ehipbuilding Company, Camden,
N. j., state that the vessel is well I'M
der way. The neWs coaster viii not
only be the handsomest and most
deliberately furnished vessel plying ini
the coastWise service. but one of the
safest ever constructed. In additionl
to double bottom and ten watertightI
bulkheads on each side of her boiler
room, six feet from the hull, extend |
ing from the inner bottom to the up
per deck This will minimize the danl
ger of sinking in case of collision, in
which the vulnerable part of the hull
meets the force of contact, The new
vessel is the first Of two palatiall
steamships to be built by the Pacificl
Coast Company. She will be IL perl
cent larger than the President and
Governor.
Tacoma Still on Japanese Steamship |
Map.
TACOMA, June 15.-<EdWin Arrett, |
local manager of the Osaka Shosen |
kaisha, or Osaka Mercantile, Steam |
ship company. says there is no truth |
IN the report published in San Fran.
cisco newspaper recently that the line |
Intended to abandon Tacoma and (
make San Francisco a port of call |
This statement was credited to Ko- |
mazda, representative of the account
ing department Of the company, who /
was appointed assistant manager. ko-
mazda was on an annual audit to the !
agencies when in San Francisco. The
Osaka Shosen Kaisha has triffic /
agreement with the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul, Pugent sound line.
-
Mary E..Foster Prepares to Sail.
With the last Of the Pacific coast
lumber leaving the vessel the Amer
lean schooner Mary p. Foster is be-
ing made ready for sea and it is ex-
pected that this vessel will get away
from Allen and Robinson wharf not
later than Wednesday. With the de-
parture of the Foster, the sister shipl
Helene will be shifted to the wharf, T
there to be discharged of a full ship
ment of lumber consigned to Allen ana
Robinson.
Mauna kea Back From Hiio.
Bringing seventy five cabin and thir-
ty deck passengers, besides general
cargo the Interisland flagship Mauna
Kea is, an arrival at the port today.
Purser Philips reports pleasant trip
homeward. A large percentage of tnel
arriving passengers in the steamer
visited the volcano. The vessel met
with light trades. and fine weatbe
both going and returning from the