The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-28
lFrom saturday Advertiser.)


her bunkers, the palstial steam yacht
Niagara, which is under charter to
Joseph Letter, the Chicago millionaire,
steamed into port yesterday morning,
aftcr lying OF the hafbor since mid
night. In is globe.eneirciing voyage
the Niagara has Travelled 2s,269 miles
since It left Washington on October
2, 1918. 49, - e
As the handsome craft drew up TO
pier 9, Joseph Letter held his two sons,
Joseph Jf. and Thomas, aged Ave and
three years respectively, in his arms
and pointed out to them the Stars and
Stripes flying over the first bit Of the
United States they have seen since they
left their home last October. The lii.
Ito chaps seemed 10 realize the signih-
cameo Of this and clapped their hands
and eheered Justify 4 49, 49,
| Tho party travelling on the Niagara
consists Of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Letter,
their two children, Joseph aged ave,
aud Thomas, aged threei years, Miss
Frances Williams, sister Of Mrs. Letter;
Mr.. and Mrs. Baline Elkins; Col. w.
@. Cotgrave, late of the British Indian
i VI 1 Il
The Niagara cleared from Yokohama
for Honolulu on July, s.. Smooth
weather was encountered for two days
and then the vessel ran into strong
head winds. The Niagara has bunker
capaeitys Of 400 tons OF coal. In adtii.
| ton to this $50 tons were piled on tho
decks. Owing, to the inferior quality
Of this coal. there were grave, doubts
as to whether, the vessel would be able
to make. Honolulu. As II WAS there
were hut fifteen tons Of coal left in
her, bunkers when she, arrived y The
| Niagara consumes on an average TWEEN
| ty.fve tons Of coal a day, and makes
an Average speed Of twelve knots. tun.
der favorable conditions she has made
| fourteen knots. Tho Niagara, is bark
rugged, but owing. to contrary winds
her sails were Of little on, no use To her
on the voyage from Yokohama.
| The voyage has been an Interesting
one Throughout, according TO Capt. Au.
gust Gabrielsea, who is ~ command Of
the yacht.
Trip Has Been Pleasant ! {,
| With the exception OF two days Of
lad weather in the North Atlantic last
October nothing hasamatred the pleas.
ure OF the trips IN u. es llrt, ia
The Niagara left Washington on DC.
tober 2, 1913 with the Letter party on
board, bound on a trip around the
world. The first stop after.crossing the
Atlantic was at Southampton. Enalani.
From there the vessel proceeded to Mar
settles, thence to Malta, and from there
to the Reyiera, where an extended stay
was made. The Niagara then proeeeiled
to Naples, from which point she pro
ceeded 10 Port Said, and thence through
the. Sqez Canal TO the Asiatie Coast
Singapore Bombay, ,Manila, Shanghai
| and Hopgkong We're visited In turn,
and several excursions lasting weeks
were made inland. Mr.. Letter has com
lined business with pleasure on this
trip, and while in China made several
Investigations Of mining and railroad
properties in that country 1t is re,
ported that he will return TO China this
fall and close several deals that were
partly contaminated while he was there.
While in Manila the Letter party was
Informed of the prevalence OF Chinese
pirates. in the China Sea, and as a pre-
caution against these bandits of the
sea two one.pound rapid-fre Maxims
were mounted on the forward deck,
Lieut.. John II. Merriam of the United
States cruiser Saratoga ioiled the yes,
sci at Manila and acted as. naval com,
nanderi in the event, of these guns be-
ing called into use Fortunately, how.
ever, no pirates were met on the ,yoy-
age. a., HI. 4.
! After visiting the various points of
interest in China, the Niagara proceed
ed to Japan, where a visit Of the va.
lrions ports was made and side trips
!, were taken to the interior. At every
, port at which the yacht stopped the
party was royalty entertained by Amer
lean and foreign residents alike. Is.
4 Owing to repairs that will have to be
done 10 the engines of the yacht while
in port it is doubtful if the, vessel will
depart on the last leg Of its journey
for four or FIVE days Captain Gabriel
sen stated last night that It would
probably take. all Of that time. TO com
plete the necessary repairs, >ys j !, y
The Niagara will proceed, from here
!, to Acapulco, Mexico, q distance of 1871
miles, "A supply of coal viii be taker
!. Ion here and the vessel will proceed u
Panama and thence through the Cana
, TO the Atlantic, Mr., Letter will rusl
the yacht as much as possible in, oFdel
TO be in the North Atlantic in time fo
the international yacht race. il. Septem
Der. Il
win Go Through Canal.
Mr.. Letter received cables since hi
> arrival from friends in Washington
who have assured him that he will b,
able to pass through the Canal afte
August ~. As the Niagara steaniei
from Yokohama, distance Of 344j
miles, with inferior coal, there is lit
tie doubt as to whether the vessel will
have any difficulty in reaching Aea
pulco with a better grade Of coal tina
can be purchased here.
The niagara Is 272 feet over all, wit
a beam Of thirty-six feet She has
nineteen.foot draught when loaded
J The Niagara was built for Georg
Gould at Wilmington, Delaware, i
!, 1898, at a cost Of $s5O,00O. Her inter
/ Tor fittings are magnificent and costly
Her registered tonnage is l433 gross
She has two triple expansion engine
and develops 2000 horsepower, I
The Niagara carries crew, Of sey
= enty persons all told. In addition I
: the captain she carries three deck off
a cers. There are twenty men on decl
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