Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-25
TO Circle GLOBE
!. WITH NIPPON
VESSELS

The Nippon Yusen kaisha, which
maintains a regular service between
the Orient and British Columbia and
Puget Sound ports, has placed an or
der for six new steamers with the
Kawasaki yard at Kobe and the MitSu
Bishi yard at Nagasaki. The vessels
are in addition to six already under
construction for the same company in
Japanese yards. The new ships are
to be of 1900 tons register each:
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha line has
inaugurated an unsubsidized service
via the Panama canal, and proposes
thoroughly to test the new route with
a fine fleet of cargo steamers. several
of which are now completing on the
stocks in Japan. These ships for the
Panama service will be about 1900
tons each 3" One vessel of the fleet,
the Tokushima Maru, has already pass
cd through the canal bound for the
Orient 1t is said that the Panama
service will be a. continuation Of the
European service9~... ..
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has re-
Gently instituted an auxiliary service
between Yokohama and London via
the Suez canal operating in conjunc-
ton with the regular passenger boats.
1t is the intention of the company to
despatch the vessels of the extra ser
vice, following their arrival at British
ports, to New York and subsequently
through the Panama canal to Japan.
By being routed in this manner the
vessels will completely encircle the
globe.
Los Angeles Harbor's Usefulness.
The Los Angeles harbor is very rap
idly becoming remark BILE among the
seaports of the world for its CONNER
cial activity The other day when the
Iowan of the American-Hawaiian line
touched there she carried out 5000
tons of merchandise, part of it from
northern ports but much of it loaded
here. On later dates the Kroonland
sailed from New York for Pacific
Coast harbors. among them Los An
geles, with 1900 tons of merchandise
aboard and her capacity of passen-
gers ....: .. ~.. "
The general agents of the Pacific
Navigation Company are busy provid-
ing for commerce between our harbor
and those of Mexico on the West
Coast The people down in those
Mexican cities are in great straits for
everything, including their daily
bread" The wharves at MaZatlan and
other Mexican ports are said to be
creaking under. the loads of merchan
disc waiting to be shipped out. The
California Mexican Steamship Com
pany at Long Beach is planning to
have built at the home port two
steamers which will cost 100000
each, for use between the port and
Angeles Times.
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Bid for Coast Traffic.
Capt Fritz S. Olsen and Capt. H. ].
Holstad, both of Christiania. Norway,
spent several days at Portland look
ing over the conditions with the view
of having their steamers sailing be-
tween Norway and the Pacific coast
ports make Portland a regular port Of
call. They are now building four To-
000-ton steamers for the Pacific coast
trade, and it is expected that the
steamer to sail next month from MOI
way will be scheduled to proceed as
far north on the coast as Portland.
II. .@. -. ~. H.. -
Nikola Tesla, the inventor, claims |
that he has solved the problem OF
safety for night navigation in an in |
yention that will transmit electrical |
energy without wires In fact, it is
claimed the device will revolutionize |
the whole system of wireless telegra- |
ply by making it possible to transmit |
messages around the world and also |
to send light from the shore that will |
illuminate the ocean and make the !
lanes safe i'll all kinds OF !
weather.