Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-20
FLOATING GARAGE
WAS VENTURA

Thirty-seven automobiles and motoi
driven cars and trucks afioat in tno
Pacific and aboard one liner comes
Eretty near becoming eligible for~tne
big stoye-lid medallion, to a record
breaker.
The Oceanic steamship Ventura
from San Francisco steamed to a
berth at the wharf this morning, and
within fifteen minutes stevedores mad
begun work of discharging the first
0f the large number of cars.
The machines were in some cases
knocked down." boxes ald crates
adding much to the seven hundred
tons of general cargo for discharge
at Honolulu.
/ Few instances can be recalled along
the local waterfront where a steamer
i from the coast ever brought larger
number Of motor cars than the con-
signment received this morning with
the arrival of the Ventura.
For two days after leaving the coast
the Ventura bucked a fierce opposing
wind with an accompanying rough and
/, disagreeable sea. Few were the pas
sengers who failed to succumb to the
Prevailing NAL de mer. .-. j..
Many accustomed to trans-Pacitic
travel, were obliged to forgo active
participation in out of door sports or
even sit by and appear interested in
airy sort of entertainment prepared
by the ships officers.
The one consolation that afforded
Ventura passengers grain of comfort
was the belief that the Matson Naviga-
ton steamer Wilhelmina Jared no bet
ter at the hands of Old Neptune. g,
The Ventura. arrived at her wharf
about one hour later than is GsUal with
Oceanic liners. Cabin passengers for
Honolulu numbered 114, while there
were 10 in the second class and 3 in
The steerage. - ~
/, The through list includes 80 cabin,
q second and 25 steerage passengers
for Page Page or Sydney.
In addition to the thirty-seven motcS
ears for the ISLANDS, the Ventura
freight included quantity of general
merchandise and refrigerated provi-
sions, to the amount OF seven hundred
tons. ~s 49, ~ q.
The vessel is wen laden with
through freight, the principal lines De-
ing canned salmon, to the number of
$4,000 cases.
The Ventura brought mail from the
mainland to the amount of 3S4 sacks.
The vessel is listed for dispatch to
me colonies at four o'clock this after
noon. ...|S<,t. ..~- a..
One of the several interesting fea-
lures connected with the large list
of travellers in this liner is "a large
collection of birds and animals, be-
longing to the Great Scheg Shows.
The circus is being transported to the
colonies, there to open an extended
season. Four ponies, 10, monkeys, a
large and educated baboon, 10 dogs,
q trick cat and Sc parrots are num-
bered in the company.
Pufser Baker declared this morn
Ing that there was not dull moment
on the ship when the green and white
polls" began lifting up the voice Of
protest over the rough weather. The
conversation never Jagged. Some of
It was highly spiced and really not
fit for publication in respectable
wireless bulletin, such as is some
times issued by Ventura officers.
When the parrots, aided by the ST.
means. opened up talkfest, the hum
resembled that some times heard at
a suffragette meeting.
A quartette of mainland railway
men left the vessel on arrival here, to
join the Hamburg American liner
Cleveland with its crowd of five hun
bred round-the-world excursionists.
1t was a delighted crowd of frost
bitten Los Angeles people who left
the Ventura this morning. With a
view of escaping the rigors and hard
ships of a southern California winter,
a delegation of thirty well-to-do Los
Angeles residents formed party
which booked passage in the Ventura.
In some instances they will remain
in the islands until the return of the
Ventura from the colonies. Others
plan to take passage In the Sonoma
and also in the Sierra.
. The cold and snow prevailing
throughout California is declared by
steamship men DIS having greatly
stimulated tourist travel from the
coast to the islands.
The finishing touches to refitting the
Sailor Boy are under way as that yes.
sci lies in the stream. This vesseT is
believed may enter the island trade,
carrying hard wood lumber from Hilc
tc Honolulu. Much labor has been eX.
pended on repairing the windjammer
since she first arrived here is dis
t~essed condition, following as event
iui voyage from the south seas.