Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-14
BLUE funnel line
WILL BUNKER At
THIS PORT

Numbered with more than one hun.
dred steamship companies who have
! entered into contracts with the Inter.
Island Steam Navigation Company to
receive bunker coal at Honolulu, the
Blue Funnel line. operated by the AL.
fred Holt Company, is expected to
send cargo carriers from the Pacific
coast of the United States to the
Orient by the way of the Hawaiian
1 islands.
These vessels are similar in tonnage
tand shipment to the American-Ha.
waiian steamers. .-... H..
With its Panama line in operation,
the Blue Funnel will afford a round.
the-wofld service. three fleets of big
carriers being in operation to the prin-
cipal seaports on the globe.
In preparation for the inauguration
/ of its new LiverpoolSan Francisco
service. the Blue Funnel line is work.
| ing complete ARRANGEMENT of the
schedules. It is believed that the first
step in this direction is the substi.
tuition of the liner Oanfa for the Titan
in service from Liverpool, via the
Orient to the Sound, as announced re-
Gently. -
The liner Moyune, first of the Pan.
anna feet between England and North
Pacific ports, is reported to have
steamed from Glasgow for Liverpool
to complete her cargo. She will clear
from the Mersey port for Kingston,
Jamaica, and then win come to this
coast, via the big ditch.
With the departure Of the Ixion in
February the Blue Funnel line inau-
gurates a new schedule between Pu-
get Sound and Hongkong with three
Of its largest vessels. The. Ixf6n, Tai.
thybius and Protesilaus are the three
ships named, but as the latter is still
/ in the service Of the British admiral-
ty, it Is probable that another vessel
will be chosen as substitute tenn
porarily.
The other steamers of the feet that
have been operating from Liverpool
to the North Pacific, via the Orient,
will probably be used in the Far East
ern service, according to reports re-
ceived here, and the Titan is the first
to be taken from the Sound run for
the new route.
Loading Relief Ship on Coast.
Another Belgian relief ship will
leave San Francisco about February
/, this being the third ship to leave
the Pacific coast. 1t is now loading
in Seattle. It is the steamer Cranley,
with cargo-carrying capacity of $500
tons. which left Hongkong December
21. The Cranley us chartered by the
Belgian relief commission.
The Cranley issealling at Japan for
coal and will stopfat Tacoma, Seattle.
Portland. San Francisco and San
Pedro
approximately 5000 tons have al
ready been donated at San Francisco
for this boat, and the chamber of COM
mefce is storing in a warehouse addi-
tional contributions which could not go
on the Samino.
Liners May Use New Dock.
Big transpacffic liners flying the
Pacific Mail and T. K, f.. flag may
use the new drydock soon to be com
pleted at Osaka, Japan, say officers In
the Korea In former years Hongkong
and Nagasah offered the only avail
able drydockage for the larger pas,
senger and freight vessels. The big
dock at Sakurajimi, which has been
under construction for a number Of
years, is declared to be one Of the best
equipped Of its kind in the Far East
Already contracts have been made
with several Japanese lines to use the
drydock.
Mexican Delayed by Landslide?
No adviccs laying been received OF
the arrival of the Mexican, the Ha-
waiian- American freighter, which left
here for New York December IL with
cargo that Included 5000 tons OF
sugar, it is feared that the vessel was
delsyed by landslides in the Panama
canal. 1t was due to arrive in New