Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-18
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Scme one will have to stand little
matter OF fifty thousand dollars ex-
pense involved in the sinking of the
United States army transport Liscum
In the murky depths Of the Whangpca
river near Shanghai, China. The
United States government represented
i'm the Philippines is inclined to side
step the proposition. The owners of
the big Shanghai dock where the &C
cident occurred away back last Aug
ust are prone to pass the buck" to
another. =.
After repeated attempts, followed
by failure, the cableship Liscum, or
what remains of her. has been brought
TO the surface at last and she will go
into dock as soon as she can be rid of
the accumulation of mud in her holds.
She is a disreputable looking hulk,
according to officers ia the Tenyo
.Maru which recently visited Honolulu,
and bears no resemblance whatever
which was so familiar sight in Ma
rila bay.
The woodwork Of the wheel house
and mid-ship cabins is a complete
wreck, the decks are gene entirely,
and nothing remains but the iron hull
and remnants of machinery. Before
the vessel sank, on the 25th of Aug
ust last, the engines had been sheared
up and when the disaster occurred the
boilers we're naturally wrenched out
of position and their shifting added
to the difficulty of raising the boat,
1t is the. general opinion that the
ship was not worth salving, but as
she occupied position at the entrance
to the drydock she had to be cleared
in order that other ships could enter.
The question now arises as to who
will stand the loss for the sinking of
the liscum. Following their usual
custom, the dock company insured the
ship before heginning work, a policy
for $4,000 Mex. being secured but
the insurance money has not been
paid yet and il is probable that thor
eugh investigation into the reason for
the loss will be made, now that the
boat is above water, but in any event
the loss will exceed the amount of the
policy as the dock has been closed for
ever nine months and work going on
continually in efforts to raise the boat
1t is stated that the chief quarter
master included no penalty clause in
the contract for the repair of this
vessel. Such an omission can hardly
be credited, but if true then the Amer
lean government will be loser to the
value of the service of the boat and
interest on money invested, while the
dock company will have to comply
with the terms CT their agreement and
put the vessel in good shape-a very
expensive undertaking in this in.
stance.
Expansion of Empress Line
The Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany has decided to construct two
more vessels for its Atlantic service.
These will be larger than the same
company's steamers Empress of Brit
ain and Empress of ireland. BY the
addition of these ships the fleet of the
Canadian Pacific Company will num-
Der. including ships now under con-
struction, IL vessels. The company
operates its own services on the Allan
tic and on the Pacific, in addition to
maintaining a service on the Great
Lakes and the rivers and lakes of Brit
ish Columbia The Pacific service Of
the company, between Vancouver and
the Far East was established in 1887.
In 1891 the Empress of India and the
Empress of Japan were placed on this
service, and to them have this year
been added the Empress of Russia and
Empress of Asia, two vessels of 1880
tons and 81 knots.
Several steamships proceeding from
the islands and to Honolulu were in
touch with kahuku wireless last even
ing, the Matson Navigation liner Will.
helmina at 4S6 miles off port, reported
at steaming through smooth seas, fair
weather and all well on board. The
Oceanic liner Sierra en- route from
San Francisco and due here on Mon
day morning, was reported as S36
miles off port with all well aboard.
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