SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 8

SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE.

ffIBES UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS. . Despite. ihe_ fact that iho licad. officials of the I'nion G.'inpaivy deny that tiio A 1 'Jlwra ith-M'Kaciirrn Company's mow stcanjef Kufoomba bos been chai> : toted to rcliiHc tile SloftftA in the San ■Ffaftoisc.o' trade Jii November, several }>o\vs]uptn s_twuiinue to announce that: the vessel in. question has been char-t-evert. It is a well known feet that the •Jjiliaii Cumpary intend to imprm'o the (Msrvico iu the nc-ar future, but itp' to tho ■ present ho definite arraitgetoeMs have toon made in that direction. • , The San Francisco service was iliatigtiriitcd to October, MO, with the old steamers Aorangi and Maitu sulnn; from Auckland ai:?i eailing .at Eara-t-onga and .Ta.tii.ti on the outvanl trip: to San Frafipiseo, .j'e.tofiviitfe. to 34316?, tiio Union Cor.ipairy purchased the Pert Kingston},'7o?{> i.ofir;. which wps renamed Tahili, and the service was tiiijn ..rreppgajiisqd. AlieliTaißi ..-.wits out -out:as a-port of call, am! Syijj ; tiey was- mado tiio. southern terminal: port, : i;lj0 .stealers' starting fix)®; .that: port, aid caiJinu at' Wellington, Karo-K.nt-a, itiui Tahiti otl it-he outward, antH hoiuo'w'attl passage*. The iM.aithi being -| too small and quite out of date, w.jis ] ouUscqwcai.tli' replaced by the Afoul a, I nhilo t'.ii' Mrnreka made 0110 voyage ill ■] mace of the Aora;;;i. Th.~>n illy t/iVioit | C-jispany chartered tiio Adelaide S.S. j C-O.'r. iiGW' steafijer WiHsoivra., 77(55 fens, I W.hioh matfo a voyage to S.aii Tranciyco j «i. the latter end of last tear- Tiio Wi'tkchra li.«.= now relieved fho old Aoraiiid in the service, and if the lvataßMiba • is Ui n-lieve. the Jloar.n, the . Saii FraiieisSO .service wiJil lie maintained by tlu'ee fine, fast modern steamers. "T'fte iiatieoiiibft, «:hfeh is a teijia.rkaW.y ; Bft© sto-limr, aivd the Isvi-geSt :iit the ' Australian inter-Slate trade, is finite a new vessel. .She was launched last yew, attd bas &eett in. ooimmiisiof) only it tew months. The. ICatooir.lja, whie'ii . was built. *ij.y Messrs. Iln'iland and Wol'ffi j Ltd,, at Belfast, is a iriple-scrow. fouri misted stear.ur <af .8900 tons gi;os|, and 0000 i tons RBi register, iief prirtpflJatl 1 dimensions heiiig: Lengths 45&.C feet; j beam. 00.3, feet; depth. .'i.t.l! feet. Sl'.q is elaborately fifed cut for three classes of passengers, hoi' appointments beiiig j on a vary suttptuous sea le. The Ka- j tooraha, which lifts a sea speed of 16 to j 17 iuiats', is propelled .by j hree screws, ] comfeviiiitwi 'engines, eoiisistiiig, of two sets of quadruple expansion rcelprmatinp: engines driving the wing propellers, l .and a low pressure turbine the centre propeller. According to il'.e "J/VtteltfO'.i Times the Katoomba -will pfofeab'ty make one or two trips in the. in!..erc«.lotml service, before ftoiiiir into. the San l-'ran-: cjsco' trade, in Novenibpr iii time to meet the heavy rush of. pSssnhgers travelling to i.1,0 Panama Exposition. |