Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-05
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Before the paAtial American yacht
Cyprus, owned by Colonel D. c. Jack
ling, the multimillionaire, pays its
long-heralded visit to Honolulu on
the extended South Seas cruise, the
vessel will be much enlarged and i'm
proved. The vessel is at present un-
dergoing alterations at a Seattle ship
yard.
The principal alteration to the big
| private yacht was the addition OF
thirty-fve feet to her length. This
i was added amidships and it was
necessary to cut the vessel in two
q, halves. The vessel was placed in
! the dry dock, cut in two, the addition
al section built in and the craft then
fioated again within the space of II
days, which is considered something
of a record for hull alterations.
On the recent cruise of the Cyprus
to Panama, Col. Jaekling found that
the crew space was not sufficiently
large to house comfortably the crew
of forty-eight men he wished to have
man the vessel, the designer only al
lowing accommodations for about
| thirty men, and believing that in max,
ing every man of his crew comfortable
and satisfied he would gain in eff
cheney from them, Col Jackling de.
ei6ed to have tae crew space en-
larged. Several new staterooms will
also be added
/ The vessel when completed will
hO ho,
displacement Of about 200 tons. Her
engines are ample to- drive her
through the water at her customary
speed Of Is knots, despite the addition
in length. The Cyprus originally cost
about $425,000, aid the present alter
atoms will amount to about 100000.
( Col. lacking is now in San Francis
co and will make his headquarters
there, where he has rented the entire
twelfth floor of the new wing of the
st. Francis hotel.
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Harhor Filled With Concrete.
= According to President Dwyer OF
the board of state harbor commits.
sioners, there is more concrete in the
harbor of San Francisco than in all
Of the ports in the United States put
! together. The piers constructed for
| the use of the Observation-Disclosures
Company are the largest in the worhl
Any ship which will go through the
/ Panama Canal will go into San Fran
cisco piers without projecting beyond
whereas in New York many of the
Atlantic liners project from 100 to 800
feet beyond the piers and because oil
this have to be helped by Is or 81
tugs in getting under way. Sar
Francisco is able to build such lons
piers because of the great natural ad
vantages of the harbor. In the trir
of the Cleveland around the world hel
captain said that there were only
three other ports where a ship coulG
go into the pier under her own steam
enc of these being San Francisco
The harbOr board has connected the
rails from Folsom to Washington
streets. thus completing the harbol
traction belt, and transports freigh'
at $3.50 per car. whereas the ole
Southern Pacific price was S1100 pei
car. thus showing the advantage O
public ownership.
New Transpacific Service.
June 18th will mark the Inaugural
ton of a new transpacifiC passenge
and freight service by the Canadian
Pacific Railway between Vancouve
end Manila via Japanese and Chimes,
: ports. On that date the new steam
, ship Empress of Russia will leav,
Vancouver for Manila via Yokohama
, Kobe and Nagasaki and it is the plal
: Of the company to cut the time from
the Pacific Coast to the Philippine
! port from % to II days. The Empires
o of Russia, and her sister ship. EN-
l. press of Asia. which will also be uset
: in the new service. were completed
\ Year ago at a cost of 100000 each
S Poth vessels are capable of a speed O
l. p knots an hour and will develop a.
=, average speed of better than 10 knots
|. The Empress of Russia holds tn
ItranSpaCifiC record. having made tn
;, voyage from Vancouver to the Orien
in nine daVS and five h0urS