Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-26
New Lunser vessel . Flsaiine

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PORTLAND, Ore, October 81
plans Tor = vessel OF q type which ex-
pefH say gives promise of revolution
izine the lumber shipping business
on this coast are being drawn by E.
III. Dodge OF The Dodge Lumber Com
pany, Fred 4. Balm, q naval archi-
.tect, and ]. b. c. Lockwood. engineer
for The port OF Portland. Application
for patent has been made. and 1t
is the intention at once to build one
Of the vessels and place it in service
besweesi PoftfaRd and California
ports.
& II ,swilf be kaown as dry-dock
Steamship, and VIII have q capacity
FOR carrying 5000, eo0 feet of lumber
81 q trip. Like b floating dry-dock, It
can be submerged to q certain
dep*h. While partially under swafer,
sc8ws loaded with Hnbef may be
run INTO Compartments built on pom.
foolis at each side Of the steamer
proper. Five scows on each side can
be taken care Of, making total Of
ten, each with q capacity for hand
ling 50O,0 geo feet OF lumber
& There VIII be three sets Of scows
for the vessel, ten IN 6 set, one group
Of which wfH Be kept III each end Of
the route ard the third ID transit. BY
following thfs rule the scows at the
ends OF the route may be loaded and
ready to be taken ii charge by the
steamer ifnmediateiy op her arrival.
Shippers to whom the pialis have
been explained say they are certain
that the proposed new type of vessel
will prove d great success.
CAPT. Thompson approached Century
Mark.
Captain Thompson, master Of the
American schooner Helene. that sail
ed for Port BlakeIey on Wednesday
afternoon after having completed the
discharge Of 4 shipment OF lumber at
this port, is rapidly nearing his one
hundredth round trip from the Pacific
cozst TO the islands.
+ Captain Thompson lis said to have
completed his ninety-ninth trip with
the arrival of the schooner at Homo
lulu some weeks ago. Each trip has
been made in the gallant Helene,
which today h rated rs a fine type Of
Timber carrier. According 10 Captain
Th0mpson's expectations. he will
round ont his century run with the
close Of the year.
Maverick Departs fer ths coast.
Following the discharge Of five
hundred thousand gallons of fuel oil
at this port, the Standard Oil tank
steamer Maverick sailed for the coast
yesterday afternoon. The vessel left
100000 gallons keroseIle IS well as
quantities OF distillate and gasoline.
Portland Out Of A. n. Schedule.
Announcement Was made by the
American Hawaiian Steamship ceHl-
paay yesterday that there VIII be a.
of q considerable pef-
ton of the coastWise steamship bust
ness in the, near future. For q long
time the big freighters Of this com
Raay hare made regular Calls at Col
umbia river ports ihelHding Portland.
1t is the intention to discontinue cal
ling at these ports. the vessels pro-
oeeding direct from San Francisco
to Puget Sound. s. ID
!, This does not mean that the trade
built up ON the Columbia river Is to
be ignored by the MISUNDERSTANDING
company. On the contrary q traffic
agreement. Just made with Swayne
& Hoyte means that the service out
of Portland will be better than ever.
Cargo consigned to the American-Ha-
waiian company hereafter will be
taken down to San Francisco and
transhipped there to the big freight
efs on the Tehnantepec route.
The new steamer Canine has al
ready been installed upon this run
and the Navajo will be added shortly.
In addition another ship win be put
upon the run as soon as completed at
the shipyarfs at Long Beach. This is
the steamer Paraiso, which although