Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-10
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BOAT DAVIT

which has just left this pOrt-Captaln
J. Graham, is a Liverpool Irishman,
and he has a decided and entertaining
personality. says the Vancouver News
Advertiser Special interest attaches
te him just now as the inventor Of the
Graham davit, a daVit which has al
ready been tested and found satisfac-
tory by the British board of trade,
and which Will probably be installed
upon the White Star lines new NAM
roth liner, Erittanic-a proceeding
which. added to the board of trades
appreciation, will add the necessary
nall mark.
In the official tests which followed
the Titanic disaster, Captain Graham's
invention was chosen before IS other
Gavits as the best, both for strength
and for facility, in loading the boats.
Some idea may be given of the ad-
vance which this invention has made
over all previous inventions by the
statement that the time occupied in
lowering, raising and placing back in
| position on the deck boat, when the
Graham davit was used, was five min
utes, the next best davit taking TWEEN
ty-three minutes to perform the same
operation. The Graham davit has just
been erected upon the Southampton
pier.
In the course of chat while at Van
couver, Captain Graham, who was for
some years chief officer on the Blue
Funnel liner Glaucus, narrated these
and other things. He has, he said,
been engaged for five years puZzling
out and perfecting the davit.
He explained its mechanism. 1t is a
single, double-plated davit with lattice
work sides. Instead of using Manila
rope, which, after it has been wetted
a few times, is apt to swell and jamb
in the blocks, Captain Graham has III
trodueed chain fall for lowering AMI
hosting the boat. The chain runs over
a roller at the projecting point of the
| daVit and passes down through the
middle Of the douNe plated daVit over
series of rollers, being operated by
q small windlass situated at the base
of the davit. Instead of having the
! ling bolts on which to hook the falls
at each end of the boat, this invention
has two rigid rods made fast to the
thwarts of the boat, the idea of this be-
| ing to stop it from canting. The davit
| tails are attached to the boat not in
| the center, but two-thirds towards the
| fore part, this arrangement making it
possible to swing the boat in by means
of the single davit. The rigid rods,
when the small brass pin is pulled out
falls into the bottom of the boat when
it is in use and thus do not obstruct
| 4 H. &C 0% oil he
| hook at the end of the davit falls, auto
natically disengaging itself as soon as
The boat is in the water.
This davit was inspected by we'll
known officer and recommended to the
White Star Line.
Captain Graham has experienced a
remarkably rapid rise with the Robert
Dollar line. He came to the Pacific
| Coast as chief officer on the Robert
Dollar comparatively recently upon her
maiden trip, and after seven months
in that position was made master OF
he Bessie Dollar.
Chiyo Maru Delayed Awaiting Mail.
The prospect of mail from the coast
caused a slight delay in the departure
Of the Togo Kisen Kaisha liner Chiyo
Maru for San Francisco. The big
steamer remained at the berth at Ala
kea wharf, pending the arrival of the
! sister ship, the Shinyo Maru. The
spectacle of two immense trans-Pacific
&teamers of the same company lying
side by side at Alakea slip was one
that may not be presented to local
waterfronters for some time to come.
! The Chiyo Maru sailed for the main
and with a few layover passengers.
-
! hiionian Made Brief Stay.
The Matson Navigation steamer Hi
lonian, an arrival from San Francisco
! and Seattle by the way of Hilo late
yesterday afternoon, did not remain
long at Honolulu. This vessel took
a line from the station ship Falls of
Clyde last evening, and towed that
vessel to kaanapali, where the Falls
! of Clyde is to be discharged of g
| shipment of fuel oil The Hilonian
| is expected will return to Honolulu
! today, while the sailing ship now
used by the Associated Oil Company
as a storage tanker will remain at
! the Maui port until later date.
! Schooner DauntIess Has Been Dis
! charged.
! The last of a consignment OF lum-
| Der brought down from the Sound
and arriving here on December Both
in the American schooner Dauntless
has been discharged and that vessel
is being made ready for sea. The
Dauntless will be sent to the quar-
antine wharf for fumigation. 1t is the
present intention to dispatch the YES.
sci for the North Pacific coast to.
morrow.