Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-06

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circulated that even If the vessel is
EIffe VII be small. Steamship men
VINO possess d thorough knowledge of
the RIO and other lost vessels now
claim that there was no gold stored
lof the ship. Ia addition to this, 1t is
said that the Murine underwriters
never expended q penny to locate the
Es41p as woliid have been the case II
goid Ca the yaIiIee Of $4,000, 900 had
been stored on board It IL also said
that the wreck could nor have been
located at the point described because
tins is the exact spot III which the
United States Submarine Ei-2 made
the deepesea sseamaffag teHt, sub
merged 183 feet. The general opinion
is that the Rio VIII remain uhdisturb-
= So s =. as,safss4s HfsiS5
eondfess Breaks Record. III
The new Pacific Coast liner Con-
sfess. Mhicii arrived IN San Francisco
from Seattle Oct Is. broke an records
when ii arrived with 500 passengers
aboard. The Congress was command
ed by Capt. N. E. Cousins, and among
the passengers aboard were C, ID. Du-
mann, passenger traffic manager of
the Pacific Coast Company; Fl. X.
Laidlaw, general port steward at San
Francisco, and l. N. Hubbard, superin.
tendent of the Pacific Coast Company.
The officials expressed satisfaction.
The new steamer attracted consider.
able attention in Puget Sound.
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Old Style of Founding Horn.
A real old-time rounding of Cape
Horn was reported by the crew of the
French sailing ship Dugnay Troufn,
which arrived IN San Francisco Oct.
q from Antwerp. Due to heavy north
west and West-northwest winds, the
vessel was 40 days beating its way
around Cape Horn. At times the ice
and snow were so thick aboard that
the crew had to clear them away. The
ship, which is commanded by Captain
Merle, was 159 days from Antwerp
and brought 800 tons of coal. 4
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UnaIaa Relieves McculIouch.
The new revenue cutter Unalga ar
rived in San Francisco Oct. 25 from
Port TOWNSEND and anchored off Sau-
salito, relieving the McCulloch, which
will 90 to drydock for extensive re-
pairs. The Unalga is under command
of Captain Alger.'
Believe Smuggling Now Doomed. u.
The new customs cutter, built at
Hongkong for the Philippine insular
government, has reached Manila and
was Immediately placed in commits
sion. Built primarily for speed, the
Gilbert carries just as large an engine
as is possible to crowd into boat
of her size, and she will hold her own
with any boat that has visited the
Philippines. Her fittings are OF the
finest, including electric light plant,
refrigerator machinery, wireless and
other, accessories. Aside from the
quarters for the officers and crew, the
Gilbert has one magnificent cabin with
private bath on the upper deck aft
which is fit for king.
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| For Lumber and Passengers.
The new steamer under cOnstruc-
ton at the st. Helen's Shipbuilding
Company's yard for Charles r. Nc
Cermfck & Co, San Francisco, which
will be ready to launch in October,
win be named the "Celilo" She, is
to be a duplicate Of the Muftnomah
and MERGED, each of which has Ca
pacity for handling 100000 feet of
| lumber and accommodations for 60
cabin passengers. After launching
she will be towed to San Francisco
to have her machinery installed, and
| is expected to be ready to go in reg.
uIar service between San Francisco
and Portland before the end of the
year.
Japanese Secure Austrian Steamer.
The Austrian steamer Margherita,
1863 tons gross. 2070 net. has been
sold to the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Osa-
ka, Japan She was built at Port
Glasgow in 1900, and her late owners
were the Sos. Anon. Unione AEstriaca
di Nav. Trieste.
Fiji Sugar for the Mainland.
The completion Of extensive altera-
tons to a sugar refinery at Vancou-
yer, B. c., has caused increased ship
ments of sugar from several British