Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-19
GREAT NORTHERN
MAKING B|G.TIME
INtONG VOYAGE

More than a third 6f the original
passengers who arrived at San Fran
cisco from New York in the new
steamship Great Northern continued
the Journey to the Hawaiian islands
ernoon. In the absence OF radio mes
sages from the Great Northern to the
Fred Waldron agency the vessel is be-
lieved to be making schedule time.
A wireless message received by the
Promotion Committee today from Fl.
P. Wood, Hawaii resident fair comm. s.
sioner, says that 23j tourists are on
board the steamer Great Northern,
scheduled to arrive here Sunday after
noon from Los Angeles. Although
nothing definite has as yet been learn
ed, it is expected that the Great Nor
tern will be off port sometime, be-
tween 3 and O'Clock.
Philip Hail of the Paradise Tours
Company, who was sent to San Fran
cisco by the Promotion Committee to
arrange round-the-island and other
trips for the tourists, is returning in
the steamer.
There will be Accommodations in the
Great Northern for 275 persons wish
ing to return to the mainland. Book
ings for the return trip may be made
at the office of Fred L. Waldron &
Company. Fort street, the local agents
for the line
Mayor John c. Lane and A. P. Tay.
lor, assistant secretary of the Promo
ton Committee, will go aboard the
Great Northern while the vessel is in
quarantine and officially welcome the
tourists to Honolulu. Accompanying
them will be four Hawaiian girls, who
will distribute Ieis among the passen-
gers, and a Hawaiian quintet. The
Promotion Committee has sent wire
less to the captain of the steamer in
forming him of the proposed welcome.
The Commercial Club is planning a
luncheon to be given during the stay
of the Great Northern in Honolulu, at |
which the captain and several passen,
gers will be guests Of honor. |
Arranging Welcome.
Further arrangements for welcom. |
ing the Great Northern's passengers
TO Honolulu are to be made at a meet |
ing OF the Promotion Committee this |
A number of familiar faces will be
noted in the list of officers. Captain |
A. Amman. commander, Is well known |
to Honolulans who have visited the
Coast. He was fer Years with the Pa
Life Mail Company In its Panama and
service. A. HI. Hunter,
chief officer, served in the Pacific
Mail liners, having visited the port in
he Siberia, Manchuria and Mongolia.
He left the Korea to take up his du-
les in the Great Northern. a4
Samuel Williams, who, a year ago,
was purser in the Oceanic steamer
Sierra and an old.timer in the mari
line world, has been appointed purser
To safeguard the navigation OF the
ship it carries duplicate officers be-
ow the rank of captain. A senior and
Junior officer has been assigned to
ZACH position. o..sF ~ 80 = e.
CAL E. Stone, general passenger
gent, has advised the Waldron agen-
~ that the vessel will be found fullyi
cooked for the island cruise.
Upon the return of the Great North
IN at San Francisco the schedule to
and Portland will go into eff
ect. = 49,. |!
From Balboa to San Diego the Great
Northern made better than IS knots,
Nth eight boilers supplying steam for
IS huge turbiners@ The last lap of
he cruise from San Diego to Sanl
francisco was made in less than III
tearing hours. - ~ @.-1,.
"A race with the turbiner Yale from
an Pedro is said to have proved ex-
iting. both vessels possessing the
anne speed The Great Northern left j
with AGO. passengers. A !
ew left at intermediate ports.
The passage through the Panama ca
al was completed in eight hours.
ONE difficulty was met in passing
le slides. tugs being necessary tn as-l