New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-09
PIONEER ship BY
CANAL ROUTE HERE
NebraSkan, with Fruit and
Wines, n Days from
San Francisco.
ACTING MAYOR GREETS
SKIPPER AND MASCOT
Locks Work Perfectly, While
Sun Shines All the Way, Says
Captain Knight.

/ The first ship to carry a cargo through
/ the Panama Canal. the Nebraskan, Of
the American Hawaiian Line, laden
with California fruit and wines, came
INTO port yesterday and was vel
comed By Acting Mayor McAneny and
other city officials as CALIFORNIA; OIL.
cially designated pioneer ship of the
new trans-isthmian trade
4 Her captain, George Knight. bore let
ters Of greeting from Mayor Rolph Of
San Francisco to Mayor Mitchell and
from the San Francisco Chamber Of
Commerce to the New York Chamber
Of Commerce and Merchants AssociG-
ton; while her mascot, Dandy, lively
dachshund. bedecked in ribbons of blue
and gold. the colors of California, had
vociferOus greeting for the official
party as they approached the Me-
braskan, lying at anchor off Quaran-
/ tine, on the police boat Patrol.
/ Captain knight has taken other ships
around the old long way from San
Francisco to New York that is, up and
down the coast of South America and
through the Strait of Magellan. He
made on interesting comparison for 4
Tribune representative of the old way
and the new.
I'VE sailed from San Francisco on
August H." he said, land made the
voyage in twenty days from uc-
parture to arrival. This time will be
materially shortened, as we were de-
layed Tor measurements at the canal,
: but even so it was less than half the
/ time by the old way. My last trip by
( tie Magellan route took fifty-siX days.
"By the old route there was a lot Of
rough weather and in winter snow and
/ ice. But the canal trip was sunshine
all the way. We were eight hours
going through the canal. We were
DELAYED two days at the Pacific end
; for measurements. This is delay that
! won't happen again, as our measure
ments hereafter will be a matter o.
/ record. We paid $4,000 canal tolls.
I The official welcome yesterday began
at the Mayors office, where Captain
knight presented his letters. Mr. Nc
Aneny congratulated him on being the
first skipper to make the trip.
{ "YoU bring home TO us the fact that
the great waterway is completed nc
said. THE safe passage Of your snip
tells the story Of wonderful dream,
come true. Il is part Of the dramatic
story % the Panama Canal that the
opening Of the waterway to the :om-
mcTcC Of the world and the coming Q:
a great impetus to our own peaceful
trade. SO long awaited. should fall at Il
time when 50 much Of the world is az
var"
The party then went to the Patrol ut
Pier A and dropped down the bay TO
where the flag draped Nebraskan an
her excited mascot Dandy were wait
ing for them. They went aboard and
inspected the ship, then went back on
the Patrol and conveyed the Nebraskan
to her berth in the Bush docks, South
Brooklyn. In the party besides NJ.
McAneny among others were Dock
Commissioner Smith. Fire Commits
sioncr Adamson. Bridge Commissioner
Kracke. Seth Low, president OF the
Chamber Of Commences; Alderman Cur
ran. Commundant Gleayes of the
Brooklyn navy yard; Eugene II. outer
bridge and George Dearborn. president
of the American Hawaiian Line.
As soon as complete schedules arc
established there will be American
Hawaiian sailings every three days
with ship passing through the canal
every thirty-siv hours. II Is estimated
that within the next eight weeks. oWla@
to biz California crops aud the tu-
rcpcan war. the company's SHIPS VIII
nave brought $4,000 tons of California
products TO this coast.