The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-15
SUGAR CARGOGOE
. BY LONG-HANDLED
ENEMY STEAMSHIP
First Freight Loaded Here In
Seized Refugee in the
Kraetke

An interesting incident on the
waterfront today will be the departure
of the former German steamer stats
sekretar Kraetke, now an American
ship by seizure at the outbreak of the
war, for San Francisco with the first
Island cargo loaded in German bot.
tom. Although she is German. built, be.
ing in the possession of the United
States opens the coastwise trade to her.
The other ships lowed up took what
cargo was in their holds when seized,
but they loaded none. The Staat $50.
kretar Kraetke will 60 under her
power, having been repaired here. Dam
age done TO her by her crew was rela.
lively slight
Assistant HnrbOrmastor Curtis will
take the Kraetke out. She is expected
to get away about six clock this even
ing. Her cargo will be about 1900 tons
of sugar, of which 1900 tons was loaded
ut Hilo and 400 tons here. She departed
for flilo Sunday morning, the first time
she had been out of the port of Homo
lulu since her arrival here from Jaluit,
Marshall Islands, then n German DOS.
session, September -, 1914, as n rcfu-
gee. She returned to Honolulu vester.
day morning. The small cargo is &c
counted for by the ship 8 small size, as
she is only 1000 tons gross and 1900
net, and has cabins. J. A. Kennedy,
president of the Inter Island, is hand.
ling her for the shipping board.
But II Might Be Done
The ships name could be used as n
towing line if Captain Curtis found q
vessel in distress, because it's long
enough but all those tx s." might get
snarled. :
The big German F4sass, towed here
from Pago Pago by the navy collier
Ajax and now being repaired, also viii
take sugar, 1t is expected. She is a,
whale of a ship, being n full sister of
the Pommern.
The use of these ships will help out in
sugar carrying, but, unless some big car.
riers are, put on, the loss of the Matson
liners Maui and Mntsonia will not be
Offset by the sporadic employment of
such ships. 1t appears that Oceanic
liners cannot be counted upon to carry
much cargo out, and none of it can be
sugar, as the situation now stands.
Rabbit-skins, wool, copra and other Aus,
tralian and South Sea products would
faint the sugar, and besides, there is
virtually no space, so heavy is the
movement of through freight. The
Ventura, due here June 26, will have
space for fifty tons. The Sierra had
space for thirty tons, Now that the
United States is an ally of Great Brit
ain, it is probable that there will be
no more pilikiR connected with the ex-
port of wool from Australia and the ex-
port of copra from Australasia in gen.
eral. which promises full cargoes. Prior
TO the cutting down of space in the
Sierra there had been room for 200 and
300 tons in each ship.
Those Unfortunate Ownersl
There also is heavy movement of
freight between the Orient and San
Francisco. The Dutch steamer Rem
brandt had space for 400 tons for the
Orient (but mono for San Francisco be-
cause of the cOastwise laws) the GOen-
toer had space for 225, and the Rind JAM
for 100. For this line, too, business is
heavy and becoming heavier, and all
freight offering here for the Far East
cannot be accepted.
Little or nothing has been heard yet
of the prospects for prompt delivery Of
gunnies from Calcutta, via Hongkong
for next year s sugar crop.
The Dutch steamer Oraria Of the
Nederland Royal Mail, Capt. w. A..
Boyer, arrived here yesterday from Ba
tnvia, Surabaya, Java, Singapore and
Nagasnki, having departed from the
lntter port May o, for San Francisco,
and smiled yesterday afternoon. She
brought no cargo whatever, but took
hunKers. 1t was her first can here
She will return to the Far East via
Honolulu. Through cargo was 3OOO
tons. most of which was rubber. and
she had only two cabin passengers, al.
though there were Chinese in the steer
age.