Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-08

total value or this traffie for the fun
year approximates $125 ,000,60e. a.
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DIESEL Steamers to, the Coast. T.. 'o}
According to o. Kelstrup. travelling
representative for the East Asfatfc
Steamship Company of Copenhagen,
one of their new DIESEL vessels may
make a VISIT to this port within the
year. The Danish Company owns three
of the craft propelled by the Defsel
+ engine, and the arrival Of. one ~
them at San Franciseo will arouse the
interest Of all steamship men. AL
though the new type Of vessel IS said
to be in the experimental stage, It Is
believed that success is assured and
that the liner Of the future Without u
snlokestack VIII be quite common :. =
Kelstrupp expresses himself as well
pleased with the prospects Of his COM
pany on this coast. Since the East
Asfatic installed run to THIS port bus
mess has increased IN q satisfactory
manner. The Bangor is expected 10
arrive from Bangor tomorrow and Is
bringing a fun cargo of European
freight, including a large consignment
of liquors. Sugar and coffee from
Guatemala to the amount of 500 tons
is also included IN the cargo. * ~,
IT, ~" "a "
BCep.Sea Vaudeville Now Assured.
The new passenger liner Congress
building for the Pacific Steamship Co.
at the plant of the New York Ship
building Co., Camden, N. j., will be
ready for delivery about May list. The
vessel, which will operate between
San Francisco, Puget Sound and south
/ ern California points, is 20 per cent
completed and will begin her maiden
voyage to the Golden Gate about May
18TH
One of the many new features and
improvements carried out in the con-
struction of the Congress is the ar
rangement of her staterooms. Instead
of having the entrances from the
decks, as on the Governor, President
+! and other vessels of the company's
fleet all staterooms will open into the
corridors or interior of the vessel, en-
abling the passengers in stormy or un-
| pleasant weather to go to the dining
room, lounging room and other parts
4
| decks. There will be two outside win
/ dows in each stateroom, which will
! give much better ventilation than by
| the old arrangement with both window
| and door leading to the deck.
/ Another new and interesting feature
of the big coaster will be a glass-in-
closed space fifty feet square on the
4 bridge deck aft, which will be used for
dancing and vaudeville eRtsftain-
ments. A well-appointed smoking
room will also be on this deck.
The Congress is the first of two pa
latial steamers ordered by the Pacific
Coast Company for the Coast. She
| will be q twin-screw steel vessel, II
per cent larger than the President and
Governor and capable of maintaining
! speed Of eighteen and half knots an
houT. She will be twenty-five feet
| longer and five feet wider than the
Governor.
disabled Ships Are Sighted.
Some speculation has been caused
by the report of the British ship Meets
field, arriving last week on the Co,
| IlNSIy lIdI BIC pdSoCu wv
abled -masted ships off Cape Horn
The identity of the windjammers could
not be established, according to Cap
tain Evans, who says that they were
theaded in a northeasterly direction
and it was presumed they were trying
to reach Falkland islands for repairs
The first vessel sighted by the Meets
field had lost her foretopmast above
the backstays Shortly after the othel
cripple came in view, but before she
had approached sufficiently near t.
permit of the exchange of signals g
binding snowstorm set in, and Wher
the weather cleared the stranger was
gone She had lost her foretOpmast
all of the yards forward and the mair
and royal mast. Her hull was painted
black and she had white yards.
! The Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company announce the probable de
parture Of the steamer Maui for Ha
wall ports this afternoon. The vesse