Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-08


ger of going oyerboard. There will be
no shortening Of sails unless II is nee
essary for the safety Of the. vessels,
Both sailing ships are good for con.
| siderable. speed and have made a mum
ber Of smart passages. One OF the
seamen on the Polaris, who has sale
On the Johnson. favors the forEeI
: boat as being the fastest. but this wiz
be offset by her heavy deckloGd
which is similar to thai piled mp on
the coasting schoone~s. which are
able to run into port IN heavy wealth
! er
The deckload of the POlaris is ~
, feet high. II contains 100000 feet
while 100000 feet are slowed below
In case Of heavy weather the schoon-
er is liable TO lose her entire deck
/ load.
The Flat Map Spreadeth Description.
That considerable misconception OF
distances arises from the habit Il
| looking at flat maps instead OF globes
and that study Of the latter proves
that British Columbia stands to gain
more by the Panama canal than any
other part of the British empire, is tn"
statement by the London Morning
Post which deyotes considerable
space in an optimistic description of
the wonderful development which will
take place in this province with the
opening the canal.
The distance from Boston and New
York to British Columbia will DC
shortened by S4l5 miles. The distance
from Liverpool to Vancouver will be
shortened by 6l00 miles. At the pres
ent time New York is not much near
err the seaboard of British Columbia
than is Liverpool, for the reason that
vessels sailing from British Columbia,
after rounding the Horn, have to run
out to the middle of the South Attain
tic to pass Pernambuco, on the east
coast of South America.
But Colon, at the Atlantic end Of
the canal, is 4,720 miles from Liver
pool and 1,9G miles from New York,
which gives the United States a com
mercial advantage over England, so
far as British Columbia is concerned.
of 2,759 miles. But British Columbia
ITSELF, says the Post, stands to benefit
enormously BY this performatiaa of
the western coast of the American
continent The rapidly increasing
products of the western half of the
Dominion will find their way through
the British Columbia ports, then
through the canal to the eastern Unit
ed States, the British Isles and Eu-
rope,
Manilans Still After. That Direct Line.
When Hon. Manuel l.. Quezon, resi-
dent commissioner from the Philip
pines, passed through Honolulu few
days ago, en- route from Washington
to Manila, he had but little to add to
the story to the effect that efforts to-
ward a direct steamship service be-
tween San Francisco and the. Philip
pines were in fair way of becoming
realized.
In, communication to the Manila
Merchants Association, the commits
sioner writes as follows:
. am as yet unable to inform you
as to the possibility of securing such
direct mail service as is recommended
by the Manila Merchants Association,
but can assure you that will do the
best can to secure such legislation
as is recommended by the association.
am aware Of the great need of d.
rect mail from the United States to
the Philippines. and hope that the
efforts of all those who are
Interested In the prosperity of the is
lands regardless Of their political af-
citations in the United States or in
the Philippines, will succeed in get
ting through CongreSs q bin providing
tirst-class biweekB Service between
some Pacific Coast port and Manila
and make the trip between ports in
not to exceed fifteen days. Very rel
spectfully.
:. 5(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON,
Resident Commissioner from the Phil
ippines
Activity on East Coast.
The Maryland Steel Company is
building ten merchant vessels of an
gross tonnage each of 5000
tons. Eight Of the steamers are for
the Observation-Disclosures Steamship Co.
The vessels are to have a gross ton |
mage of 600 tons and are to be of the
most improved type
The Newport News Shipbuilding &
Drydoek Co. has contracts for ten
vessels and FIVE barges. The !
vessels are principally for Pacific |
Coast shipping firms. The New York |
Co., of Camden, N. j.,
reports that it is constructing thir-
teen merchant vessels of a gross ton !
mage varying from 700 tons to 1000 |
tons. Nearly all of them are for Pa |
cific Coast firms and half of them will |
be used in the eoastwise trade via the
Panama Canal.
BAD FREIGHT CONGESTION
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