Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-29
kahuiui a Busy Port.


the Inter-Tsland steamer Claudine re.
manned there to discharge cargo and
take sugar and Sundries. The lana
nese freighter K3ifuku Maru steamed
for the coast Tuesday after leaving a
quantity Of fire brick. cement and lime.
The schooner Melrose with lumber and
general cargo reached kahului Mon
day after a 3G-day voyage from Mukil-
teO.
The -Claudine brought sugar, ~
sacks of taro, quantity Of empty
containers, 10 barrels of wine, A. head
Of hogs, Is crates of chickens, one
automobile and 80 packages sundries.
The vessel met with strong winds and
rough seas returning to Honolulu.
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Sailing Ship Again Has Its Day.
Old sailing ships anchored for
months near the Oakland shore, gath
ering barnacles and facing conversion
into coal barges, have been given "a
new lease Of life. Many small steam
schooners relegated to the back
ground by the large tramp steamers
face a revival of dividend earning ac-
tivity.
They are today being rerigged and
refitted at San Francisco and on
Puget Sound and shipping men are
looking forward to return of the old
romantic days CT the, clipper ships.
With drawal of the big foreign fleets
Oh freight carrying vessels has pro-
Guced in the shipping market de.
mand exceeding the supply Of ships.
To meet the lack of tonnage,
steamers have been chartered from
the Pacific coast trade at attractive
rates and placed in the Atlantic
trade This in turn has left a dearth
OF ships on the coast, The resurrec-
ton of the oldtimers is expected par
TALLY to remedy this condition.
The W. F. CAIRNS, an old schooner
which the Hind-Rolph Company was
on the point of converting into a coal
barge for bay service. is being over
hauled and will soon be blowing the
Pacific with cargo for Australia.
Other ships are being similarly re-
juvenated.
Tramps Taken From State Control.
The big bill of the California State
Railroad Commission to place tramp
steamers operating in coast trade be-
tween points in California, under its
regulation was amended in the lower
house to eliminate this important
change. The concession was made by
the bills sponsors after determined
opposition had been voiced by numer-
Gus assembiymen.
The amendment is made a part Of
Senator Cars bill placing the con-
troll of regular steamers playing be-
tween California ports with the COM
1t is expected that the SEN
ate will concur in the lower house
as it is understood to
be satisfactory to the members Of the
state railroad commission and the
Joint senate and assembly public utiI-
ity committee.
A second amendment, affecting riv-
er traffic by proposing the regulation
of the smaller irregular class of yes
sells operating on navigable streams,
also was incorporated in the bill.
Assemblyman Spengler of Los An.
seles introduced an amendment to
decrease the annual salary Of the COM
missioners from $4,000 to $1,000 a year.
1t was defeated by a viva vOCe vote,
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Another RaiIway-owned Line.
Plans are said to he under way for
the establishment OF a new steam
ship line TO operate betIeen New
\ ork. New Orleans and Galveston,
by the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad, in competition with the es-
tablshed lines operated between
these ports by the Southern Pacific.
Russians Confscate Freighter.
1t is reported that the Russian
prize court at Alexandria has cCnts-
Gated the German steamship Iiaiffa.
captured by Russian warship in De
cember. At the London prize court
the German steamship kamerTn. 1851
tons gross. built in 1919 ana owned
by the Hamburg American line. has
been condemned - 4 RriIp