Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-14
MORE power
FOR CUMMINS

When the coaSting steamer j. A.
Cummins goes into commission under
the direction of Admiral Eben Low,
within the next two weeks, that vessel
will be fitted with machinery that will
insure greatly increased power as well
as steaming radius.
A powerful Eastern Standard gas
engine, capable of developing 100
horsepower, has arrived and awaits
installation in the Cummins. ]. Salin,
an expert sent out from the factory, is
in this city and will begin the work of
setting up the new engine this week.
Low has had the Improvement I'M
der consideration for some time. The
new machinery adds greatly to the
cargo carrying capacity of the staunch
coaster. 1t is estimated that there
will be room for at least 500 additional
cases of preserved pineapples, with
the elimination of boilers, coal bunk
ers and parts of machinery necessary
to the operation of a coal burning
plant.
The Cummins has recently received
a complete renovation at the hands of
the shipwrights. The Koolau liner
will go into commission practically a
new vessel.
Kauai Sugar Report.
According to the purser's report,
ment on Kauai: K. S. NJ. 1850, v. K.
400. X. X. B. 1900, G. & r. 400. K. P.
14,50O, Mob. 37,546. II. S. 1864, L. P.
$4,000, G. F. 1910.
HiIonian Will Call at Island Ports.
Making four island ports, the Mat
son Navigation steamer Hilonian is
to be dispatched late Thursday even
ing. Sugar Is reported as awaiting
shipment in the Hilonian from Port
Allen, Kaanapali, Kahului and Hilo.
The yessed will sail for San Francisco
with capacity cargo of island pro-
ducts.
Niihau Returning With Sugar.
According to report brought to this
city today by officers in the steamer
w. G. Hall, the steamer Niihau will
return TO Honolulu with $500 sacks
of sugar and small eonsignments of
other island products. The Niihau
has been gathering cargo on Kauai.
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Mosquito Fleet Very Active.
Four power vessels operated by |
Eben Low in the Oahu MOSQUITO feet
are busy in the transportation of a !
vast quantity of supplies from Homo |
lulu to windward Oahu ports. The |
construction work now in progress |
upon a tunnel and irrigation system |
as well as the building of railway |
lines had brought immense quantities |
of material to Honolulu which must |
be transhipped to the other side of !
the island.
In trading along the KooIau coast, /
the four schooners and steamers leave |
this port filled to capacity with |
freight. In returning, they bring /
quantities of the product from sever
al pineapple canneries.
Riq IeeIanaw in Alaskan Trade
Once a factor in the movement of |
cargo between the Orient and the Pa !
cific Coast of the United States, the |
big freighter Leelapaw is to enter |
the Alaskan trade With the charter
of the big freighter LeeIanaw of the
Leelanaw Steamship Company, plans
have been completed for the forma
ton of a new steamship line which
will operate its vessels between Port
land, Seattle and Skagway in the cop
per ore carrying trade. Acting as a
nucleus of a fleet Of steamers which
the promoters of the new line hope
to establish. the Leelanaw will call at
all northern British Columbian ports
of any Importance, thus establishing
an intermediate service as well as an
one.