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

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 cutfitted
as a wrecker The Edith will en-
deavor to strip the hull CT 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lulu She was withdrawn from the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
lieved unseaworthy but an examfna-
tian last week showed that notwith-
! standing the public belief to the con-
trary the freighter is still good for
few years service.
At a marshafs sale recently at Sc
attic the Edith was purchased for
$700 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, well-known
millionaire of the Golden Gate port at
that time. Everything that money
could purchase went into her con-
struetion, equipment and furnishings.
A few years ago, having outlived her
E-h al hn rn-
| turned to the job of freighter. Since
then she has led varied career as a
Sound cargo tramp.
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 pa1atial yacht that slid from the
ways in San Francisco in 1882.
"a
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.Mill 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 Pacific and South America has
created demand for American ten
mage, and Grace G. Co. have come to
the aid of slippers The company's
west coast feet has been Increased
by the charter Of the steamers Will
liam Chatham and st. Helens In ad,
dftion to good offering of cargo for
west coast ports, it is said that there
is a vast quantity of freight at vari-
Gus points on the west coast which
has been awaiting movement for some
time. -
Soon to Fly Matson Flag.
Seen to fly the Matson Navigation
| flag the American steamer Francis
Hanify, launched in October at VIII
| 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, haV-
ing 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
1000 tons. She burns fuel oil and will
have speed of IL knots. The steam
er was finished some months ago.
49, p
Thames to Coast in 20 Days.
Advices received in Portland from
London are to the effect that January
saw the Inauguration OF a 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 othero
will be the Carnarvonshfre and Cardi-
ganshfre, which were recently used
as transports by the British govern
ment. These four steamers can de-
liver $4,000 tons CT foodstuffs every
two months at British ports.
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Tug Owners Fight for Business. q
Opposition to the port of Portlands
tugboat service at the mouth. of the
Columbia 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. -.