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

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The schooner Susie P. Oliver"
three-mast, 296 tons register, built at
buC ksport, Me, in 1882. is reported
sold to the French government fey
$4,000. She was purchased by her
late owners in 1907 for $4,000
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 tile own
ers will be required to pay a fee Of
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
hIlI6 quinn ny a oCI I4GAIi SuOLAAo
rIne on May 81, with the loss Of one
man, was the first steel square rugged
vessel built in the United States,
hence her name (Latin, l 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
Orient has slumped to a great extent,
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
sying 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 total for the year 1867
Of $1,169, 084.S0, against $1,lGl ,05l.12
for 1855. In the opinion of CCllec-
tor Franklin, Hawaii is one of the
very few United States revenue dis
tricts which will show an increase to
their credit when the reports are filed
at Washington, D. c.
The withdrawal o. the service OF
the P. & o. line between London and |
Australia is going to result in 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.
whether the turbins in the MatSOn
steamship Maui can main
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
company, which built
the Maui's prOpelling machinery. He
quite satisfied with the re-
suits According to report the
Mauis engines on several occasions,
drove the vessel at the rate Of IS
knots an hour. The turbines are said
to have worked the best Oh the 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
ties of Mobile. Ala. for S150o"u.
Higher and higher prices have been
the rule lately for all kinds Of craft,
and from indications the limit is not
yet in sight. The Amazon will be
used by her new owners in the trade
between the Gulf and South America,
probably Argentina. The Amazon car
ries 100000 feet of lumber and is
In good shape, as was attested by
successful voyage from a northern
port to the nitrate ports. The schCOn
ar-rigged vessel was formerly a four
nasted barkentine She was built al