The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-12

mail between Wednesday afternoon
and Friday morning.
The Sheridan will take on thou
sand tons of coal here, but whether
she will go to the Alakea wharf, or
the Matson dock has not yet been
determined.
Hongkong Maru Out Today.
The Hongkong Maru will leave this
afternoon some time for South Amer
lean ports. She is taking on 72O tons
of coal to last her on her long run
across the Pacific. She will be got
away Just as quickly as possible after
the coal is slowed. Her place at the
foot of Fort street will be taken by
the U. S. S. South Dakota.
Passengers Arrived.
Per T. X. K. S. S. Nippon Maru,
from the Orient, January 11-Dr. A.
Helm, Miss G. L. Johnson, Mrs. N. A.
Johnson, Miss Julia Johnson, Miss
Ida L. Luther, w. Takamoto, Mrs. n.
Fuse, R. Nishimoto, ~ Taniguchi Y.
Uyenoyama.
Per o. S. S. Sierra from San Fran
cisco this morning-Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. Adam, Miss e. Anderson, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Med Arkley, Frederic
Barnard, e. Barth, W. L. Bergstrom,
A. Bretonnel, Mrs. A. Brown, e. w.
! Burgess, Mr. and Mrs Rodney Burns,
Mrs. Dee Clair, Miss Alice Clark, Mr..
and Mrs. II. A. Davis, H. f. Dawson,
Miss Clara Frank, ]. F. Green, Mr..
and Mrs. j. S. Hargie Gilbert Hay,
Mrs II. A. Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p.
Herman, Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Holt, Mr..
and Mrs. B. V. Hoover, Mrs. j. e.
Hughes, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Miss
H. Johnson, w. p. Koch, Mrs. ]. R.
Markley, Miss Ruth Markley Mrs F.
Meters, Mrs. c. E. Morgan, Mrs. M.
Mullen, F. d. Mullins, Mrs. j. d. Null
vehill, j. R. Newman, DR.. and Mrs.
Theron Nichols, Miss Florence Mich
OILS, Mrs. Carl H. Nieper and child,
Mrs. Elizabeth b. O'Brien, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. J. O'Brien, Miss Anna L.
O'Brien, Miss E. Olson, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. f. Pearsall, Miss Carrie Permenta,
Geo. Perry, Miss M A. Phillips, Miss
M. A. Rankin, Miss A. K. Reimers,
Miss Leila York-Rhodes, P. G. Riley,
Mr.. and Mrse Frank Scully, Miss Ella
Simpson, Geo. l.. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. E. Stanton, Mr.. and Mrs. L. c.
Troy, Mrs. w. p Upshur, Miss M.
Warne, Miss Fanny Wiley, E. Wolff
and c. J. Waller, Jr., Master w. Wal
ters.
United States and British Measure
ments.
Shipping Illustrated: The San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce has
recommended to the Isthmian Canal
Commission that the tonnage of YES
sells using the Panama canal should
be determined for the payment of
dues according to United States Gus
toms rules. The recommendation fol |
lowed consideration of the subject by
the chambers committee on maritime
affairs and harbOr, on request of the
commission, and Is one of the most
pernicious suggestions ever made |
among the many to which the open
ing of the canal has given rise. 1t is
well known to those familiar with the |
operation and chartering of steamers |
American and foreign, that our meth
DDS of arriving at the net register !
tonnage are such as to allow inspec- !
tors to assign a net register tonnage |
from eight to fourteen per cent. |
greater to American steamers than to
similar vessels under foreign flags.
The antiquated ideas which persist in
American practice are responsible for
a condition whereby whenever an
American steamer goes into drydock
she pays dues greatly in excess of
those paid by a British vessel of ex-
actly the same dimensions and with
the same deck erections. For in
stance, the steamer Bessie Dollar,
owned at San Francisco, but register
ed at Victoria, b. c., measures 1872 |
tons net under British rules, but I'M
der American rules her net register
tonnage is 3679, or 8S2 tons in excess,
upon which dues must be paid at
American ports. Foreign ships enter
ing American ports are measured and |
compelled to pay the same tonnage /
dues as American ships of similar
size, but at all other ports foreign |
vessels pay only on their foreign |
measurement, whereas American |
steamers in the foreign trade pay, on
the strength of their American ton
mage certificates, foreign port dues on
eight to fourteen per cent more than
other vessels. Furthermore, our sur
veyors are law unto themselves, and
it is seldom that the same ship is
measured alike at two american /
ports In the matter of measuring