Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-21
PALATIAL YACHT
EDITH IS NOW
A WRECKER

Still staunch and seaworthy despite
| the ups and downs that have marked
| her long career. the old steam freight
er Edith, which has served as every
thing from a palatial steam-yacht TO
an itinerant cargo-carrier, is about TO
change her trade once again. In the
spring she is to leave Seattle QUILTED
as wrecker The Edith will en-
| deayor to strip the hail Of the steam
ship Olympia, which has been perched
for several years On reef in Prince
| William sound, of her engines, boilers
and other fixtures OF value.
The Edith is we'll known in Homo
lulu. She was withdrawn from the
| freight service because she was be
Heved unseaworthy but an examina-
tan last week showed that notwith-
standing the public belief to the con-
trary the freighter is still good for
few years service.
| At marshaPs sale recently at Sc
| attic the Edith was purchased for
| 500 by Capt Harry w. Crosby of the
Washington Tug and Barge Company
! and Ben Markus of Markus & Neider,
machinery dealers, for use in wreck
| ing the Olympia.
| The freighter Edith. was built in
/ San Francisco in 1882 as pleasure
| yacht for H. F. Ralston, a well-known
millionaire of the Golden Gate port at
that time. Everything that money
could purchase went into her con-
struction, equipment and furnishings.
A few years ago, having outlived her
4 81, In foI,i ncr oh no
turned to the job of freighter. Since
then she has led varied career as a
Sound cargo tramp. .s..n,s 10. s@t..
/ The Edith has changed hands, so
often that no one attempts to recall
| her list of owners. Almost as often
as she changed hands some alteration
was made in her architecture. She
| has been rebuilt so many times that
| she bears little or no resemblance to
the palatial yacht that slid from the
ways in San Francisco in 1882. .e:.
Better Freight Service Promised.
In addition to their west coast serv-
ice w. r. Grace & Co. have. increased
their line and extended the field so
that there will be a more frequent
service between Portland, San Fran
cisco and Sound ports and Balboa and
the west coast of South America. Due
to the withdrawal of the Kosmos line
| from the service and the interruption
| in the schedules of other foreign COM
panies, the heavy trade between the
North Paciae and South America has
created a demand for American ten
mage, and Grace & Co. have come to
the aid Of shippers. The company $
west coast aeet has been increased
by the charter Of the steamers VIII
liam Chatham and st. Helens. In adj
dition to good offering of cargo for
west coast ports, it is said that there
| is a vast Quantity of freight at yari-
Gus points on the west coast which
has been awaiting movement for some
time.
Soon to Fly Matson Flag.
Soon to hfy the .Matson Navigation
flag the American steamer Francis
Hanify, launched in October at Will
mington, Del, is nearing the Pacific
coast This vessel, now under char
| ter to operate between San Francisco,
Honolulu and Kahului, is due to ar
rive at Honolulu the latter part of
February. 1t is not planned that the
Francis Hanify will enter the passen-
ger trade. The steamer is built to
carry lumber or general cargo, hay
ing a capacity OF 100000 feet of lum-
Der under matches and on deck.
| Should the steamer be used in the
transport of oil about $500 tons of fuel
can be carried. Her deadweight is
have a speed CT IL knots The steam
er was finished some months ago. 1
Thames to Coast in 20 Days. ID
Adyices received in Portland from
London are to the effect that january
saw the Inauguration of 20-day
Panama canal service from the.
Thames to Portland and other North
Pacific ports by the Royal Mail Com
pany, Two of the vessels employed
will be the Glengyle and the. Glenef-
fer, Just out of the yards, and Others
will be the Carnarvonshire and Cardi-
ganshire, which were recently used
as transports by the British govern.
ment. These four steamers can de-
liver $4,000 tens Of foodstuffs every
two months at British ports.
IA J.:
Tug Owners Fight for Business. ~
Opposition to the port of Portland's
tugboat service at the mouth of the
PCclumbia river has been inaugurated
by the Puget Sound Tugboat Com
pany, which has placed the tug Co.
Hath in service there. Two more
tugs are to be sent to the Columbia
by the new competitor for towing bus.
mess, according, to adVices from Sc
attic II. .
Coast Skipper Forfeits License.
The United States local inspectors
II at CnntfIn lnro .,.rra. La IL !. 4.