Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-06
NEPTUNE KIND
LURLINE

Neptune was kind to the Matson
Navigation liner LuTiine on the return
voyage to the Hawaiian islands, so
states Captain Henry Weeden, in step
ping ashore from that vessel shortly
after O'Clock this morning.
1t was while the well known steam
er was completing her last trip to the
coast, and would have reached the
Golden Gate the following day, that a
! gale of much intensity sent everyone
below. while gigantic seas swept the
vessel from stem to stern.
The present trip is characterized as
quite peaceful. Fact is that several
pleasing social stunts were pulled off
aboard the liner Thirty-three cabin
and six steerage passengers left the
liner upon arrival at Hackfeld wharf,
each declaring that they had greatly
enjoyed the tranS-Pacific cruise
through summer seas and ideal
weather.
The after part of the vessel pre-
scented scene likened to the barn
yard of a. successful mainland farmer.
Twenty-six head of mules, several fine
blooded horses, and some prize cattle,
not to mention scores of cOops and
crates of chickens, reSched destina-
ton in safety and good health.
The Lurline will be discharged OF
5000 tons cargo and then proceed to
Hilo, a2d thence to Kahului. 1t is ex-
pected that the vessel will sail for
Hawaii tomorrow night, remaining at
the Crescent City for day, then go
ing to Kahului, where 1900 tons mo-
lasses awaits the liner. The Lurline
should return here. by Sunday morn
ing. In departing for San Francisco
on next Tuesday evening. the steamer
will carry a full shipment OF sugar,
and two score cabin passengers.
Al late mail from the mainland
reached here at an early hour by this
vessel. Through DR.. Trotter, chief
quarantine officer, the -Lurline was
granted prompt pratique.
Car Ferry Saves Much Time.
Establishment of the car ferry serv-
ice between Vancouver and Esquimalt
will have the effect of bringing to
Victoria, daily transfer barges, and in
the event of their being a congestion
of freight cars at the terminal city
two barges will be despatched to Vic
toria each day An official of the G, 2.
r. announced that the service is to
be a permanent one and all the freight
consigned to Victoria and the adjacent
points from the East will be brought
by the car ferries.
The establishment of this new sery-
ice has been sprung so suddenly by
the G. p r. that probably few have
been able to recognize as yet, the ex-
IRENE Importance and great benefit
it will be to that city. One of its
most conspicuous features is the fact
that the freight cars will be landed
there far more quickly than if they
are brought over the Esquimalt &
Nanaimo rails. Up to the present the
cars have been ferried across the gull
to Ladysmith. There they are shunt-
ed about and sometimes it is not until
the next day that the freight train
is ready to bring them over to Vic
toria. The bad haul over the summit,
which is hard strain on the engines,
will be overcome by the new service.
Coronado Next to Retire as
a Hulk
It has not been many years ago
that the barkentine Coronado was
familiar figure along the Honolulu
waterfront, that vessel having COM
pleted many fast passages between
San Francisco and this port
The fomous old iron harkentine Cor
onado, which operated in the sugar.
trade between the Hawaiian Islands
and the Golden Gate has been pur-
chased by the Canadian Pacific Rail;
way Company from the shipping firm
of James Griffiths & Sons, acting for
her owners, the Alaskan Whaling
Company. The Coronado, once
among the fleet windjammers of the
Pacific, will be converted into a barge
and operated between Vancouver and
Vancouver Island in the coal-carrying
business. The Coronado has been
sailing the high seas for nearly forty
years, and her transfer marks the
passing of another fine sailing vessel
well remembered by local shipping
men.
The Coronado was built at Sunder-
land in 1874 and is of heavy iron con-
struction. When in the sugar trade
she was operated by the ]. d. Spreck-
els & Bros. Company
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Many Disasters in Three Months.
NEW YORK The year 1913 has
Proved thus far the most disastrous
three months that shipowners Oh bot;
sides of the Atlantic have experienced
N nearly so years. Correct estimates
of the loss caused by the series @
storms that have swept the coasts of
Europe and America are difficult to
obtain, but one authority who base;!
his figures on the Lloyd's report, said
today that the DANCE to deep-sea YES
sells alone would be $7,000,009. This
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