The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-23
SIERRA WITHDRAWN
FOR THREE MONTHS.
August September and October
Voyages Are Cancelled For
Thorough 0verhauIing'

ages OF the Oceanic steamer Sierra
have been cancelled. C. Brewer & Co,
agents, received n message conveying
this Information yesterday morning.
The Sierra went into drydocx at
Hunters Point, San Francisco, July Il,
after arriving at San Francisco the
evening of July 10, day and one half
late, due to propeller shaft lost in
the voyage to San Francisco, follow.
ing broken propeller blade on the
voyage to Honolulu. 1t was announced
last Thursday that the next voyage
San Francisco July 20, honolulu July
20; departing July 81 and arriving at
San Francisco August chad been
cancelled. The announcement of yes
terday extends this cancellat lion until
November o, when the Sierra Is SEIZED.
uled to leave San Francisco, arriving
here November Is.
-Four Round Trips Of
The following voyages therefore are
arrivals and departures here
being given the first date Of each set
giving arrival and the second depart
ure: July 20, July 81; August %, .'u-
gust 90; September 20, SeDtembcr %;
October IS, October %. Four round
trips, in all, are off.
~ Explanation given is that the ship
will receive "thorough overhaul
ing.p To a question as to whether
she would be in drvdork during thIs
three months, J. W. Robertson, man.
agor Of the shipping department of G..
Brewer & Co., replied that she would
be undergoing repairs the whole time,
hut she will not have to be in drydock
throughout.
Mr.. Robertson said he did not know
the exact nature of the work that
would take such a long time The Sier.
ra Is boilers and engines arc in good
shape, he said. and he could only con
lecture that she had been DAMAGED
more seriously on her trip to San Fran.
cisco that the loss of her propeller
shaft.
q. Naturally, this newest cancellation
revives talk that the Sierra will he
transferred to the Australian run. and
that she might be undergoing altcra-
tons to fit Der for the longer voyages
If the ship did go on the Southern So.
vice, she would have to be rttod WITH
more oil bunker space. One rumor
was that she would go on the San
Francisc o Tahiti Australia run, not cali
ing at Honolulu. The three monthEf
withdrawal from the Honolulu seFffcs
might be the forerunner of trsbsfsr to
that route. That is merely Speculation.
however. Mr.. Roberts1D' said he knew
nothing Of the Sierra beng put on an
other run, nog.pf any other vessel re-
placing her Honolulu during the
withdraYeL
Corgestion Of passenger business he
game bad with the cancellation of ono
round trip of the Sierra, but this was
-elieved in some measure by the action
Of the Matson line in rescrving the
of the Matsonia, from Homo
lulu next Wednesday,, for first cabin
passengers, and in opening the cabins
Of the Hilonian, freight boat only for
four years, for one voyage to San Fran
cisco, sailing from Honolulu next We'd.
nesday.
Matson May Help
1t is presumed that the Matson line
will take some steps to relieve the
further congestion that now threatens
| Honolulu, such as continuing the Mat
sonia and HilOnian arrangements. J.
II. Drew, manager of the shipping de-
I'artment of Castle & Cooke, agent
said yesterday afternoon that no adj
vices had come, but it probably was
premature to expect them soon.
The Sierra s cabin capacity is G4O
and Storage sixty, but, Of course, the
steamer. like all others, never was full
TO her theoretical capacity. It might
ne said, however, that accommodation
FOR 1000 passengers have vanished.
Ships of the Canadian. Australasian
inc, the Makura and Niagara, un.
will benefit, for rather thar
wait, many passengers wifi 60 to Vie,
,Oria and thence into the States. The
"A. ships cannot take passengers di.
,ect to the States because Of the coast
wise shipping laws. The Togo Kisen
iaisha can take only stOpovor THROUGH
'assengers for San Francisco, and this
$ true Of the Persia of the Pacific
Nail line. There still are available the
VI Mongolia, Manchuria, Siberia and Ko.
ca Of the Pacific Mail and the Ven
ura and Sonoma of the Oceanic line
nut the passengers they can take to
he Coast depends altogether on the
pace left after through passengers
rom the Orient and Australia have