Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-10
WIRELESS GUARDS
MAGELLAN STRAIT

way OF the tortuouS StraltS OF Magel-
Ian were much safeguarded through
the recent installation of powerful
wireless telegraph plants now located
rear Punta Arenas, or better known
TO mariners as Sandy Point"
Captain Musson, master of the vii
iesden, that departed yesterday after
noon for Makatea, there TO load phos
pilates destined for Australia, was
agreeably surprised to discover the
efficiency Of the new plant. While q
temporary plant has been In use for
some months, the Argentine govern
ment is at present erecting a more
powerful wireless station not far from
Punta Arenas which Is destined to be
ready for operation within but few
months.
Captain Musson and his officers al
30 noted with much satisfaction that
a number Of new and modern guide
lights as aids to navigation Of the
Straits Of Magellan had been install
ed. A practical and well equipped
light house at Cone Hill and Direc
ton Hill, both strategic points in nav
igation Of the narrow and winding
body Of water now prove of great az
eistance in the navigation OF the
etraits after nightfall.
Magellan is noted for the severity
OF storms that prevail there at Ger
tain seasons Of the year. Captain
Musson noted that light buoys at
Punta Arenas bank, Magdalena Bank
and New Bank have been placed in
operation, and lighthouses at Isla CO
horn. Punta Morton, Cabo Cooper
Kay, and light bnoys at Orange Bank
and Triton Bank were expected TO be
completed toward the end of 1912.
During the stay of the Willesden at
Honolulu a quantity Of Cardiff coal
brought to the port was discharged,
while the remainder was shifted to the
vessels bunkers.
The Willesden sailed for Makatea
late yesterday afternoon.
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Erskine NJ. Phelps Joins Rank OF
Baroes. n
over at the Union Iron Works in
San Francisco the American ship Err
skine M. Phelps is meeting the fate
which is the lot of nearly all the for
mer fast sailing vessels which have
escaped shipwreck. Her tall masts
are being cut down and when the ship
carpenters are through with her she
will have lost her former identity as
an ungainly looking barge. The ves1
sci made her last Cape Horn passas,
when she arrived at San francisco in
December from Philadelphia with a
cargo Of general merchandise in com
mand of Captain Curtis. The Phelps
was purchased by the Union Oil Com
pany and win be used as an oil car
rier, towing between San Francisco
and the southern oil harbors.
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Two Score Years as Pilot.
Captain John r. Macaulay is round
ing out his two score years service
as pilot for the harbor of Honolulu,
and he now has to his credit a long
list of notable achievements In the
herthing of vessels, numbering way
into the thousands.
A careful record has been main
tanned by the veteran navigator in
the years that he has well and faith
fully served the republic and later the
territory. Among vessels handled by
Captain Macaulay were: Ocean steam
ers, 1854: ships. 324; barks, 566; bark
entines, 2ST; brigs, So; schooners, ATS;
warships, 15S: whaleships, 8; yachts,
IL.
Motor Liner Expected at the
Coast
The first motor propelled vessel to
come to the Pacific Coast will leave
Antwerp in the middle of June In
the service of the East Asiatic Com
pany of Copenhagen. Although the
name of the vessel has not yet been
released, il is believed that she will
be the Selandia, owned by the East
Asiatic concern and one of the first
ocean craft to make long voyage
by this method of propulsion.
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Predict Many Lumber Rats.
One hundred and seventy tons Of
heavy. chains for. bling sea-going RATS
together were recently discharged by
the steamer Nethalem at Stella for
the Hammond Lumber Company,
which expects to send five RATS of
logs south this summer to San Fran
cisco. One of the huge RATS is COM
pleted an another is about half EN-
ished. They will not start south for
another month because of the uncer-
tain weather now.
ROYAL Mail Representative Busy
Il. ]. NJ Nash, representative of
fhe ROYAL Mail Steam Packet Com
many. which win inaugurate with the
steamer Harpagus early in July a
regular service from Portland to
Europe by way. of Puget Sound, Brit
jsh Columbia and the Orient, is in
portland. He will attend to pre-
jininaries of the new schedule.
panama Traffic is Heavy
All records were broken during
February, when 10Y ships brougn!
ses7r visitors to the Panama Canal
Thav hav etaken away so many of the
I;ttie silver coins of Panama 70:
..;,. that there is at present an