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


'provement has been noted in the
equipment and facilities for the hand
ling Of vast amounts Of freight at the
isthmus Of Tehuantepec, according TO
officers in the Observation-Disclosures
freighter Vifgfnian, now at Honolulu
and preparing to steam for. Kahnlui,
Hilo and thence to San Francisco.
The march Of progress at the 18TH
mus has had much to do with making
possible a te1-day service over the So
called triangular route.
The statement was made today that
the railway line that traverses the
isthmus with q terminal on the Paeif-
ic at Salina Cruz is now better
equipped than eversto handle big con-
Shipments Of freiGht 1t is claimed
thai now there fsSno delay in the
matter Of securing cars in which to
place cargo removed from steamers
"a the Atlantic for. transhapment 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 facili-
tier for handling goods we're Of the
most up-to-date kind The freight
cars all had sliding roofs, and the
ship slung the goods right out Of the
hold into the cars. There was no
handling at all. All the men had to
do was to stack the goods in the cars,
as the derricks from the ship lowered
them. A car was unloaded by the
derrick being siung into IL after the
roof had been thrown off, and then
the goods went straight into the
ship'e. holds.
The trains were excellent They
made good time, and the rates were
cheRD. What might be an important
fecfor in the case issthat an English1
man had "a 50-year lease Of the line,
1t looks as though Great Britain need
not worry whether high or low rates
are imposed on its steamers for pas
SAGE through the Panama canal. as
with the Tehuantepec route availableJ
II IL felt that Great Britain can be in
dependent of the canal.
Frelrhtsr Mexiean Has large Cargo
A very large cargo Of merchandise
intended for island importers Is re-
ported as aboard the Amer1can-Ha'
waiian freighter Mexican. stearning
from Salina Cruz and; has arrived Ct
TIE Sol1ndh
The Mexican Is expected to de-
part ftom seattle md TaDond on or
Eb0ut October 26th. The vessel
should arrive here not later than No
vember 9Th.
As Tar as Is known now, the Mexis
can will arrive at Honolulu with ap.
pruximately ten thousand tons freight
to discharge at island ports.
The Mexican is to proceed to ka-
hului and thence to Hil6. ieaying
the latter port for San Francisco.
General Freight Agent G. p. Morse
received advices this morning that the
Mexican would be followed by the
Alaskan, this vessel toe inzugurate the
I913 serVice, giving q steamer every
ten DAYS over the triangular course
Maui shipping.
The American bark Albert. arriving
At Kaanapali from Port Ludlow on
September 18th has been discharged
and that vessel was dispatched for the
Sound on last Wednesday, according
to report brought to this city with
the arrival Of the InterLIsIand seam,
or Mikahaia. The Albert brought
cargo consigned through the agency
Of II. Hackfeld 4 Company. Al the
time OF departure of the Mikahala
from Maui ports, the American oil
tanker Lansing, with fuel OIL Tor dis
charge at Kahului and consigned. to
the Union. OIL Company, arrived at
Kahului on Friday. The American
schooner Prosper laden with lumber,
TO Alexander & Baldwin, also arrived
at the Maui port on the same date.
As far IS can be learned here. the
schooner Kona Is at Hama, where q
shipment OF sugar destined for San
francisco is being loaded. -
~ H.. IL
Whalers Seek Prey In "a
Southern Seas.
Honolulu shining 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 q floating refinery attached to
the fleet Of steam whalers now oper-
ating in the southern seas. 49,
The whale is now being sought in
the Antarctic in place Of the Arctic
owing to. the ract that the whaling
grounds in the north have been fish
ed out
= The Isech Tay will be remembered
az an eight thousand ton steamer
that originally hailed from Tonsberg.
Norway. the home OF many a. Nor
wegian tramp. i ne Loeb Tay is fit
ted with the latest machinery for the
rendering and refining of whale blub.
Der, and will operate with the fleet
in the vicinity of New Zealand and
Tasmania. 80
Mainland Mails. .. y $50
The JAPANESE liner Shinyo Maru
scheduled to arrive at Honolulu on
Friday win bring the next mail from