The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-11-22
CAPE HORN DAYS
ARE NOW NUMBERED
Remarkable Trips of the Bark
Foohng Suey and the Ship
Edward SewaIl.

reached its destination October L. and
the Sewall October 4, both ships re.
naming between three and four days
apart throughout the entire voyage.
This is a remarkable showing, as the two
vessels are distinct types of sailing
craft, the Sewall being one of the larg.
est full-rigged ships in the American
merchant marine.
Both carried Hawaiian sugar to the
Atlantic seaboard. While the Foohng
/ Suey may carry another load of sugar
around the Horn, the Sewall will not
again be chartered, as the additional
output of sugar can be handled in the
American Hawaiian line of steamers
via the Tehuantepec route, and in an
other year the Panama Canal will be
available for shipments from the Ha.
waiian Islands to the Atlantic, thereby
eliminating the long voyage around
Cape Horn.
The days of the Ground. the- Horn +"
shipments are numbered, although for
nearly hundred years New England
and the Islands were connected by way
of the Horn.
Progress Bad for Fish.
The fish which cruise around in the
old Bishop wharf slip are feeling the
effects of progress these days, for the
Inter-Island company, in blasting ont
the coral to make room for the FRO.
posed floating merchant marine dry.
dock, is killing fish by the myriad. The
company can't help the slaughter, be-
cause the fish insist on making use of
the slip, although they have the en-.
tire harbor in which to play and find
daily meals, as well as the open sea.
The old Bishop wharf shed has been
removed, the wharf flooring is out and
the blasting and drilling machine is
constantly at work preparing the blasts
which dislodges huge banks of coral.
Much of the material for the dry
dock is on hand
A Commanding Seamark.
One of the most commanding sea.
marks is the towering floating crane
for the Pearl Harbor naval station
whose upperworks are being assembled
in the naval slip opposite the naval
station. The huge Orders are being
raised and capped, the rat-t.t-t-t of the
air rivetting machines being heard
from morning till night. The crane
will be completed in about two months
| dL Iiluc II lS pOMCl
machinery will be on hand and ready
} for installing. When finished the crane
will be towed to Pearl Harbor. The
crane is one of the largest ever built
for the American government.
Melancthon Sold
The old hulk Melancthon, which has
been tied up at the army engineer 4
wharf for nearly year, has been solo
to c.. II. Brown of the Honolulu ScraI
Iron Company. Mr.. Brown will dis
mantle the hulk and get the best OF
the wood, as well as the brass, copper
and other metal out of her. The
Melancthon sailed into Honolulu har
Dor many years ago and was kept here
as there appeared to be no particular
, use for her services in any other par
| of the world. She has played a humble
part in the upbuilding of the nava
: station at Pearl Harbor.
Commencing New Wharf.
,, With the commencement of the re
moval of dirt from the site of tn,
proposed bulkhead wharf site the har
Dor commission is getting work unde
way which will be the most ambitiou
scheme for the improvement of tn
waterfront yet undertaken. TIL
: dredger has been at work on the harbO
line near the foot of Fort street, Will
the earth is being removed from tn
outcropping opposite the Alakea wharf
The bulkhead wharf will occupy yer.
large area, the major portion of whicl
is to be devoted to cargo space, wher
the largest vessels with the larges
: cargoes will have no difficulty in find
= ing room for the entire amount.
In the past two years there has bee
| vast improvement on the waterfront
: several new wharves having been adde'
b or alteration made to secure the bes
9 results. The Richards.street wharf
: an entirely new wharf. The old Hack
d field wharf was made over and length
y ened as to shed to accommodate tn
rapidly increasing trade of the Matsol
d line, although the company still has +
a shift from wharf to wharf to find roor
Y for all its cargoes, some vessels bring
l. ing as high as six and seven thOusan
d tons at time. The old Mauna Lo
n wharf has been removed: on the sit
g will be erected one of the fines
g wharves in the Islands Other whar
improvements are to be completed i
n the near future along the Inter islam
:, chain of wharves, some being lengtheI
d ed and Others being additions to re
/. place wharves which had rotted an
v were condemned as unsafe. The Oah
d Railway company is making many in
n provements on their private wharvei
where all the American-Hawaiia
( freighters discharge heavy cargoel
n The United States war department ha
). installed n reinforced concrete whar
r at Fort Armstrong for the use of th
n mine planters and other small craft O
Il the kind
Crew Loses It's job
,, The former crew of the United State
lighthouse tender Knkui wanting NOR
holidays than the government could a
low them, are all out Of job and IA
Kukui has been sailing the seas arOun
7 the Hawaiian Islands since electio
time with new crew, The Kukui wa
i, scheduled 10 sail on a cruise az seye
a o clock the night Of November 3, Th
crew did NOT eyinre desire 10 lonv
N town while the important business q
/, counting ballots was in progress, b
4 they remained ashore 10 learn the u
. rultH Of tho election Ilrp uln0 lus