Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-27

Tnef Togo KiSen kaisha liner with
few lay over passengers and cor.
dderable quantity of mainland mail
for the islands, should have under or
binary conditions of the weather ana
seas, arrived here early this morning.
Captain A. G. Stevens has. however.
wirelessed in TO Castle e Cooke. the
inperator Has Acres Of peek Space
Deck space in the great c srmar
steamship Imperator need not be ton-
sidered In feet, but In acres, accord
ing to the magnificent dimensions
given to the leyiathan that * soon to
enter the Atlantic trade as q Eas.
senger and freight carrier.
The dimensions of The Inipera.or
are, approximately, length 'S73 tt; ana
extreme breadth, SO it.; and depth
moulded to the top continuous deck.
C5 e. The vessel will have accom-
inodation for about 700efrst, 600 sec.
ond, $40 third ana 1850 fourth class
passengers, with crew OF 100. Sne
is now being fitted out at the new
Hamburg yard of the Vulcanwerke
18th the aid of 20e-ton cantilevet
crane, and is expected to be ready for
service this spring. Deck plans for
this huge transatlantic passenger car
rier have been on file at the agency
Of H. Hackfeld & Co. for some time.
The various decks show hundreds OF
state rooms. believed sufficient to. ae-
commodate the inhabitants of small
city.
The Impsrator succeeds in dwarf
ing many of New York's large build
ings when lined UP for comparison
N Il
Thomas Believed VIII Sail on Time.
The United States army transport
Thomas, that passed through Homo
lulu en- route from Manila to San
Francisco last week, is believed will
leave the Coast port for a return trip
to the Philippines on schedule time.
The Thomas met with an accident to
heI propeller while steaming in ;7lil.
ippine waters The iroopship was
sent to 0longapo drydock, remaining
there for some weeks Should 1t be
found impossible to dispatch tn.
Thomas from San Francisco on March
). the date of sailing may be changed
until March 10, bringing the vessel
into Honolulu on or about March IL.
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Thousand Sewing Machines Damaged.
1t was a serious fire that burned IN
the hold of the Japanese liner Mexico
A.arH while that vessel steamed from
1irget Sound ports to Japan. -Four
5 days after leaving Tacoma, fire broke
out and when the steamer reached
Yokohama at the time the Pacific
Mail orea remained a. the port. y
proved a difficult task to accurately
estimate the damage done cargo o.
the vessel One thousand sewing ma
chimes consigned TO the Singer conf
pany and a quantity of cotton, -four
and sundrieo we're included In the
freight either damaged or totally de-
stroyed.
Hileaian Prepared for Passenger
Trade.
Arrangements are completed for
the transportation of forty cabin pas
sengers from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco with the departure of the Matson
Navigation steamer Hilonian. This
vessel has been placed on the berth to
sail for the Coast tomorrow evening,
6 O'Clock being set as the sailing
hour. The Hilonian will take ship
rments of sugar as we'll as an assort-
ment of Hawaiian products. A late
mail will be dispatched to the main
land in this liner.
Coal for Local Naval Station.
What is believed will be forerun-
ner of other large shipments of east
coast coal to the local naval station
is reported in the departure of the
British steamship Frankmount, a YES
sci capable of carrying between five
and six thousand tons of fuel. Accord
ing to a cable received at the local
branch of the Merchants Exchange,
the steamer sailed from Norfolk, Va,
for Honolulu yesterday. 1t is posi-
BILE that some OF the coal to be trans
ferred to Hawaii will be stored at,
Pearf~fIarbor.
Kestrel to Arrive Soon.
The British steamer Kestrei, now
on a run between the Hawaiian ISL
ands and Tanning island, is expected
WIN be dispatched from the south seas
cable station tomorrow, with destina-
ton as Honolulu. The Kestrel is cred
tied with possessing equipment suffi-
cient to cover the distance in four
DAYS. The vessel will doubtless Dr:ns
a shipment of eopra, or the dried pro-
duct of the cocoannt tree.
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Cleveland is at Yokohama.
With five hundred round-the-worl0
tourists on beard. the Hamburg-Amer
lean liner Cleveland has arrived at
Yokohama. according to cable re-
ceiyed here today. The Cleveland left
here on February 18th.