Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-03
HARBOR NOTES

The schooner Susie P. Oliver"
three-mast, 296 tons register, built at
bucksport, Me, in 1882. is reported
sold to the French government fC!
$4,000. She was purchased by her
late owners in 1907 for $1,000
So great is the demand for workers
in shipyards that one representative
of northern shipbuilding interests has
been in San Francisco trying to get
men to go north. Just how long this
recruiting of men has been going on
is not known exactly.
In the future the United States
government will not foot the bills fer
the fumiSation of vessels, but the own
| 81 for labor and to pay the cost Of
the sulphur used in the work The
United States, up to the present, has
been the only government doing fumi-
cation work free.
The American four-masteI bark
"DirigO," sunk by a German subma-
! rlne on May 81, with the loss OF one
man, was the first steel square rugged
vessel built in the United States,
hence her name Natin, lead) Size
was launched at Bath, Ne, in 1894,
2845 tons register, aud was lately
owned by c. C. Mengel Bros, Louis
vile, Ky.
While the tourist travel in the
0fin To
that to Hawaii is keeping up nearly |
to the normal amount, according to
shipping men interested in the Homo |
lulu trade. OF course, at this time
Of year, there is not the rush that |
was on in the winter months, when |,
every cabin was sold out weeks and |
some times months in advance, but |
the tourist is still making the regu- |
lar trip to the islands at this time |
Commerce between the mainland of |
the United States, foreign ports and |
the Hawaiian Islands showed a graft
cying increase for. the fiscal year
which closed June 80, 1917, according
to a statement made by Collector
of Customs NJ A. Franklin, whose fig.
ures show a total for the year 1867
Of $1,169, 0S48O, against 81, lG1 ,051.12
for 1876. In the opinion Of Collec,
tor Franklin, Hawaii is one of the
very few United States revraHa Gis,
tricts which will show an increase to
their credit when the reports are filed
at Washington, D. c.
The withdrawal of the service OF
no p
Australia is going to result in d big
benefit to the steamer interests OF
San Francisco, especially the Oceanic
Steamship company, which will be
taxed to cary all Of the mail matter
from the Antipodes to England. The
mails will of necessity have for the {
greater part to be routed through San
Francisco, as the only other line ply.
ing between England and Australia
is the Orient line. The principal ,
line between Australia and Can Fran
cisco is the Oceanic line, which, gives
the most direct service between sgd
ney and London. ,
Final efficiency tests to determine
the turbins in the MatSon
steamship Maui can main-i
tain the standard of operation required
by the specifications for the builders
were made on recent vOyage from
San Francisco to Honolulu. Making the
round trip on the steamer was Will
lam w Smith. identified with the i
company, which built
the Mauis propelling machinery. He )
appeared quite satisfied with the re
suits. According TO report the
haui's engines on several occ asiCns.
drove the vessel at the rate Of IS
Knots an hour. The turbines arc said
% have worked the best Oh tie re
cent trip to the islands since they +
have been installed
The high water mark in prices for
wooden vessels was reached when the
schooner Amazon was sold by A. f
Thane & Co Of San Francisco to par !
les of Mobile. Ala, for $15O,0oU
Higher and higher prices have been
he rule lately for all kinds Of craft
md from indications the: limit is not
ret in sight The Amazon will be
lsed by her new owners in the trade
between the Gulf and SoutlI America,
probably Argentina. The Amazon CT.
les 100000 feet of lumber and is X
n good shape, as was attested by
'ort to the nitrate ports. The sChCOn
r-rigged vessel was formerly a four
nasted barkentine She was built at +
3enicia in 1902, is 1867 tons gross,
09 feet long, AZ feet beam ina % feet