Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-21

equipment and facilities for the hand
ling OF vast amounts of freight at the
isthmus Of Tehuantepec, according to
officers in the American-Hawaiian
freighter Virginian. now at Honolulu
and preparing to steam for Kahuln,
Hilo and thence 10 San Francisco.
The march Of progress at the 18TH
mus has had much to do with making
possible a ten-day service over the So
called triangular route.
4 The statement was made today that
the railway line that traverses the
isthmus with a terminal on the Pacif-
Ic at Salina Cruz is now better
equipped than ever to handle big con-
signments Of freight. 1t is claimed
that now there is no delay in the
matter of securing cars In which to
place cargo removed from steamers
In the Atlantic for transhipment to the
Pacific. - .
Six sets OF tracks on the wharves
and at the vessel-side, preclude any
delay in the loading or discharging OF
freight. A recent visit to Tehuante-
pee disclosed the fact that the faciii-
Z tIes for handling goods were Of the
most up-to-date kind. The freight
ears ali had sliding roofs, and the
stip slang the goods right out OF the
lpuil into the cars There was no
handing at all. All the men had TO
do Mas TO stack the goods in the cars.
as the derricks from the ship lowered
them A car was unloaded by the
derrick being slung into il after the
roof had been thrown of, and then
the goods went straight into the
ships holds.
The trains we're excellent They
made good time, and the rates were
cheap. What might be an important
fnrtof In the case Is that an English
man had b 6O-year lease of the lire.
IL looks as though Great Britain need,
not worry whether high or low rates
are imposed on It's steamers for pas
sage through the Panama canal, as
with the Tehuantepec route available,
ms felt that Great Britain can be In
dependent Of tlae canal.
Harhor Notes
At the present rate that the coal
is leaving the United States army
transport DIX, that vessel viii be
ready fDt dispatch for Puget Sound
ON Thursday or Friday Of this week.
The Dix is being discharged Of $500.
tons Japanese fuel.
The schooner Alice Cooke, arriving
here on October End, with shipment.
or lumber to the order OF Levers &.
Cooke, WIN 60 on the marine railway
Tor cleaning and repainting before
proceeding to the Sound for more
s lumber
me American schooner Fearless is
be1ieIed WI be cleaned and repaint-
ed before sailing for the Sound. This
vessel has been discharged or lumber
consigned 10 The City MIL Bompany.
The finishing touches 20, the gen
eral ovefhanIing given the American
schooner Sophie Christensen, will be
completed by tomorrow and that yes
eel WIN then return to Tahiti.
a bsl1 OF the cargo 1r0ugnt from
S&iinA Cfua. San Francisco, and
1 Sound Ports in the American- Ha-
waiian freiehter Virginfan was left
at Oceanic wharf. The virginian sails
Tor island ports this evening.
A Seattle dispatch received here is
70 the effect that the United States
naval steamer Supply Is soon to pay
8 visit to Honolulu. enrOute from Pa-
Ket Sound to Guam, where the vessel
Is said viii be stationed
Ss
Maui shipping.
The American bark Albert, arriving
1T Kaanapaii from Port Ludlow on
September 18th has been discharged
apd that vessel was dispatched for the
Sonnd fon last Wednesday, according
70 report brought to this city with
she arrival OF the ter-Island steam
or Mikahala. The Albert brought
cargo consigned through the agency
Of H. Haclxfeld & Company. At the
time Of departure of the Mikahala
from Maui ports, the American oil
tanker Lansing. with fuel OH Tor dis
charge ct KahAlui and consigned to
the Union OH Company, arrived at
Khhului on Friday The american
SCHOONER Prosper, laden with lumber,
10, Alexander & Baldwin. also arrived
1.-THE Maui port on the same date.
As far as can be learned mere, the
schooner Kona is at Hama, where q
shipment OF sugar destined for San
Francisco is being loaded.
whalsrs Seek Prey IN
Southern Seas.
sE9oaolHla shipping men will have
occasion to recall the Norwegian
steamer. Loeb Tay, that visited this
port some few years ago, remaining
here for coal and water before pro-
ceeding to the coast as the same
vessel that has but recently been fit
ted as a floating refinery attached to
the fleet of steam whalers now oper-
ating in the southern seas.
The whale is now being sought in
the Antarctic in place of the Arctic
owing 20 the Iact that the whaling
grounds in, the north have been fish
ed out. e.. ~. d, ,~.....
The Loeb Tay will be remembered
as an, eight. thousand ton steamer
that originally hailed from Tonsberg,
Norway, the home of many Nor
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