The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06
WITH A FULL CARGO.
The Mike Aaru to Sail ct
Noon Today.
AMERICAN GOODS FOR JAPAN.
What the United States sends - the
Land OF the Rising sun-vis-
itors on the Ship.

An uncertainty a. to the sailing Of ne
Sea'ue-Japan liner. Mike Maru. Is n an
snd, and This morning oerw cen and Ia
CLOCK tne clearance papers win DO is
sued by MAJ. Mcdonald and the outward
0anEests flied al the Gus tom house. At
noon. or Whereabouts. the lines viii Dc
cSst on and the Big engines put in motion.
NFaa tie matches oagtenec down over her
nrst American cargo and every thing made
snug AND snipsha pc. the representative OF
oriental enterprise VIII turn her face
Westward and follow The day across ths
faciac 10 her home port. laden with the
commercial exchange thas Is 10 contrib
Ute 10 the closer rem Iions o< the Far Ea 81
and -hs Far West
Somewhere out IN ire Pacific ocean the
Mike Aaru Viii pass the Yama Guchi
MsAru en- route 20 Seattle WITH cargo OF
those rich products Of the suTIiand that
ere sent IN exchange for tie -four and
timber ard machinery that the Americans
produce ana wh.cA 1nd waiting market
in the Orient.
The Mike Maru's cargo consists Of $50
tons OF -four. machinery, nails. bicycles.
and sooooo feet of timber OF all dimen-
sions, and al her available space is flied
WIN miscellaneous merche ndise.
Captain Young said yesterday that the
fama GooAi Maru Is q mucaa larger YES
sci f1an rhe Mike Maru. but she has
less carrying capacity. She Is compare
lively new. having been built about four
years ago. The Yama Guchi Is much
larger and a much moro graceful vessel.
Since she was built she has undergone
certain changes with the idea OF provid
Ing hmfted passenger accommodation
on the upper deck. She IS = sister snip OF
the Kin Shu Maru, belonging TO the same
line.
The outlook for business for the new
line Is very haSteT1ng. and even II 1t
should no, at first prove q paying invest
ment. the great wealth OF the Nippon
fusen kaishs. with a nendous sinking
fund for establishing lines. could well af
ford 20 anticipate the future by several
years osSes II necessary. Besides the
coTnpanys own vast resources the last
japanese diet voted an appropriation Of
900 ga. 0oo.dso yen) for purposes OF
subsidy ard extension OF the maritime in
Terests OF japan, and Of this colossal sum
the Nippon Yusen kaisGla. the heaviest
and most influential commercial company
OF Japan. comes In for a liberal share.
lis connections are spreading out all over
tho world. and It's means of handling big
shipments Is exernplifled in the consisn-
ment OF -four going out in the Mike Maru
for Vladivostock. Russia. Part OF the
flour listed in the ships manifest is from
Spokane and 100 tons OF Il are from Vic
torla-
.rsteriav open house" was maintain
on Nle A1lke MRTu, anu uae opportunity
70 visit the big ship was taken advantage
OF by an unendng stream or slght-seers.
who Swarmed over the vessel and exam
ined every inch OF her, passing unpro-
fessionai Judgment upon all the features
of the great freiginter There appeared TO
be something fascinating TO the crowd
that fingered about the dock and climbed
up and down the companion ways and ac-
commodat5on steps IN the contact with
the vessel that only q few days ago
ploughed her way across the yellow ocean
under the shadow Of the dragons and the
my thical monsters Of the Far East. Tn
der her bulging bows the iron foot that
had touched the golden sands of the East
VAS resting In the clear, cold waters OF
The Sound, and her white decks. bieached
by the kisses OF a tropical sun. were
grodden by the half-reverent ones who
considered her not as a construction or
steel and wood. but as a living. thinking
thing that came out Of the West. a har-
bnger OF peace.
The stevedores worked ell night, and
This morning the finishing touches will be
put on. and with her brass glistenng and
her freshly painted sides reflected in the
waters OF the bay the Mike Maru will bid
Seattle au revoir.