The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-03
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they receive $500 trip for the Mari
posa. The contract was made for
three years, and it is said that only
half of this time has expired. The
inhabitants of the lazy little South
sea island are reported to be very
much peeved at the prospect of losing
the monthly visit which the Mariposa
has paid to them for years, as it is
one grand break in the tropical mon
otony when the good little liner pokes
her nose into the placid harbor of
Papeete. On all topics concerning
their line the Oceanic representatives
are extremely secretive, and the Alas
ka Steamship Companys option on
the Mariposa was reluctantly admitted
only after it had been announced from
the north.
Respecting the company's liners So
mona and Ventura, they are being
advertised in Australia to sell in May
next, and 1t is pretty well understood
that the steamers are to be returned
to their former run to the Antipodes,
via Honolulu and the Samoans
Oceanic agents are now in Washing
ton in connection with securing the
mail subsidy, upon which they are
relying to make the old service profit
able.
Speculation as to who will command
the Sonoma and Ventura when they
are commissioned once more centers
about Captain Trask, who is now chief
officer on the Sierra on the Honolulu
run, and Captain Cowles, former mate
on the Mariposa and at present chief
officer on the SprecHels yacht Vene-
zia In fact, all tie officers of the
Mariposa are looking forward to being
transferred to satisfying berths upon
the two liners now being practically
reconstructed at the Union Iron
Works.
Next Mail From Coast.
There will be no mail now from San
Francisco for another week The Man
churia will be the next boat with mail
in from the Coast. She is due to
leave San Francisco today for the ORR
ent via Honolulu, and should arrive
early next Tuesday morning.
She in turn will be followed by the
transport, the Sierra, the Chiyo Maru
and the Lurline. The Sierra and the
transport are due to arrive on the
18th, which means that the Sierra will
be the mail carrier, for the transports
are VIGOROUSLY slow and unreliable
The Chiyo Maru and the Lurline will
be here, respectively, on January II
and II. Here again mail is lost
for the Lurline is seven-day boat
and the Chiyo a siX-day boat under
mail contract The Lurline will car
ry no mails, as there will-be no say
ing in time, and it would be paying
for "A service that would be vaueless
The Chiyo Maru does not carry the
mail on the poundage system. 1t does
uOI lldNlGl MllCliVl oAC mas u iNNNA u
mail or not single letter, as the
postal officials pay yearly lump sun
for the carriage of mails by this com
pany's boats.
I Travels 100000 Miles In Year.
The Cunard Steamship Company has
Just made public the record of the
liner Lusitania for the last twelve
months. In that time the liner has
lcrossed the Atlantic thirty-two times
and has travelled more than 100000
miles. The Lusitania, taking all its
voyages for the year, averaged 24.6I
knots an hour on it's westbound trips
and 24.66 on it's eastbound. There
are 1872 fires in the liners stokeholt
and these furnaces consumed 10000
tons of coal during the year. The
best days run westward was 654 knots
and eastbound COS knots. During the
year the Lusitania carried 1924 bags
of mail, specie worth $6,820,OOO, and
l0.C@O passengers, or an average o
25G0 round trip. The liner carries
4 crew of $50, and during the veal
there was consumed on the ship
| ,mOng other edibles, 512,332 pounds