Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-06
BIGSIEAMERS.
I0CARRY MEAT


Meat In transit from Australia to
the west coast OF the United States
Will not all pass through the port of
Honolulu, although the Oceanic liners
Ventura and Sonoma are filed to capa-
city each trip with refrigerated cargo.
a large portion Of which is discharged
here.
Plans have been perfected for plac-
ing at least four large freight and pas
senger steamers on a line operating,
between Sydney and San Francisco. as
intimated some weeks age In the col
umns Of the Etar-BuIletin.
Charles Holdsworth, general mana
ger for the Union Steamship Company,
who has~been spending some time on
the coast, has this to say concerning
the possibilities OF marked incfease|
In tonnage.
We started the service between
Sydney and San Francisco he said,
"as an experiment When we decided
that we could make srceess 81 q we
purchased the Tahiti 1t is. our IN
tention to replace the Moana and
Aorangi with vessels of the Tahiti
class. This. however, will not be inn
mediateiy."
According to advices brought TO the
coast by the Tahiti the Onion line has
purchased four big fFeighters two of
which, equipped with refrigerating
chambers, will contribute q two month";
Iy service between here and the an
tipodes, bringing frozen beef and NUT
ton and taking back California prod
ucts.
Mr.. Holdsworth said the report WIS
bit premature, but declared that il,
upon thorough Investigation, the trade
promised to be remuneratiye, his COM
pany would provide the necessary
steamers and increase the service as
the business developed. ss
He said that the meat business be-
tween Australia and the United States
might develop into an Important trade,
but that no definite arrangements for
handling IL had been made. Ilsa COM
pany, he said, was in the field to do
business and would provide ell the
ships necessary when shown thar they
could be operated with profit.
shin punnaue Proves Valuable
Something like 2,000,000 feet of
lumber, of which no record is kept,
leave Portland for offshoren ports
every year. This is the lumber used
for lining the grain-carriers. It took
about $4,000 feet of the product to-
line the British steamship Historian;
now in the liarbor. and one Of the
largest commercial vessels ever to-
come up the Columbia and Wsllamet-
te rivers. About $4,000 feet Of lum-
Der is ample TO line the average wind
TANNER engaged in the grain trade
between here and European ports.
Including tramp steamers there usual
" are from 40 to so vessels laden
with grain leaving Portland for the
United Kingdom every season. Often
the lumber used in them for lining Is
disposed of on the completion Of the
voyage at good price. Although
unfinished the lumber Is of a fairly
high grade. Occasionally a portion Of j
it is brought back and made to serve
twice for lining.
NSW r1dTrioOH EIuS
The steel screw steamer 1ngola has
been launched from the yard or Mes
srs. David and William Henderson &
Co. Ltd, Patrick, Glasgow. The In
COLA has been built to the order OF
Mesgrs. Thomas and James Harrison,
Liverpool, for their Harrison-Re nnie
line Of passenger and cargo steamers
trading between London and South
Africa. She is 416 feet long, has a
gross tonnage of 500 tons, and is
built in excess of the requirements of
Llbyd's registry fDr-the highest class,
There is Accommodations Cor Dyer 100
first-class passengers. The dining
saloon and the music room are in
enamelled white, and the smoking
room is in polished mahogany. The
vessel is fitted with wireless tele- !
graphy, and complete ziRStal htion |
Of electric light has BEEN 4Radd This |
steamer will be a valuable addition |
to the fleet known as the SRennie
Line.
Rains Poured IN kona. -
Officers in the InterIsland KiIauea
report an exceedingly heavy rainfall
along the Kona and KaH coast of Ha-
waii. The steamer returned nom the
Big Island this morning. bringing a
large assortment of cargo including
products of the islands. Among the
items were $500 sacks of sugar, Us
sacks of coffee. s sacks of ava, IA
sacks of ginger, 81 bales of wool, 40 !,
bales of hides. 1873 lunches of ba,
nanas, s. boxes pears. a quantity. of
empties, As cases of honey, III
pieces lumber. 36 crates chickens, II
crates pigs, "a hogs and 200 packages
Of sundries. The vessel will be pre-
pared to sail on a return voyage at
noon Tuesday.
Kona Sugar Report.
Purser Sheldon in the lnterI STAND
steamer. Kilauea reports sugar at
Kona and Kau ports as follows. Pus
naluu IT'S. Honuapo 1850 and Kaiiua
1101 sacks. m