The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-06

.,.amsh,p yamaguchi Maru arrived
- isnan last night, and amid = shower
r-,nands and c0nntermands WAS tied
= n the Arlington dock There was no
~eaEity: that IL not TIA English The
E.~anese officers may have INDUCED In .
- cultural oaths, but they onenoed no
- The Yamaguchi Is q great. long vss-
80 .-d docking her even under ordinary
s.ss-,,rstances must be a job OF magni-
+ ~ II was particularly hard last night
-4re 10 the fact that on the north side
- Arlington dock. where the Landing vas
q ~ msdr. the steamer Resale was lying.
- 70 trying to load q cargo Of sheep.
- shesp were trying not to be loaded.
1nne the KosaIie's captain and crew
-sfe1led and coaxed and threatened. and
~ aheep calmly listened. the famasuchi
- q lie fn wait n short distance from
~ dock. When finally the aheep had
~. Induced to ambie down the gang
. ~srk into the Rosalse's hold. the big
Seemehip's PROV slowly pushing forward
( - iooulng close on the dock. She was
~r.lnx head on at right angles 70 the side
/ - ehe wharf The famaguchi was close
= chen the Resale started to back out
- steame. had narrow opening TO
! - through, the ocean vessels PROV al
- scraping one side and the face OF the
! ~ threatening on the other. The great
, npwd on the wharf said II WAS a close
ave"
1vsrv one seemed more or less mad.
- iad reason to be, others were SO by
~rneashy. James Griffirhs. local manager
q ne Nippon Ynsen Kassha, was among
- Who had reason to be. Rsgh- before
q evcs was the second steamer o. tns
&unn<pe steamship lire being delayed In
~ hn6inx By band OF unthinklng sheep.
~ Resale should not have been there.
- aid; the docks managers knew the
Ynae,chi was 10 arrive al o'clock and
eteuld have prepared accordingly. II all
1nlod WI. the greatest damage being suf-
NM b. small sloop. which got mixed
= eth tho steamships stern and was
esrysd much like smelt slapped by the
hu u . whale.
ne Yamagucni 10 $50 feet long. and with
~ stern lying but six feet from the face
q RAilr,a6 avenue her bow stands several
lbef beyond the edge OF the wharf. The
ofesnshtp and the wharf are about the
e1ns l4ngsh Her breadth IL Il fest 81
sehes. and depth of hold q feet inches.
NJ net tonnage is 1910 tons. and she can
any about 1850 tons.
Immedsa tely on landing the vessel was
t1ksn IN charge by customs officers and .
sey few were allowed on board. Capt
~. Allen. master Of the Yamaguchi. was
- IN hh cabin by a Post-TnteIiigencer
representative. He Is a large. healthy look
~ man. and the first thing that seemed
a afiks him about Seattle was the pecu-
nw odoy Of the low water. He thought IL
surv thing for fever and commented on
h several times. The voyage. he said. was
without Incident The vessel left yoko-
ham September TO- and left Honolulu Sep
ssmber ~ two days after the steamship
Warrimoo The Warrsmoo arrived at VAN
esaver last Thursday. The Yamaggchi has
Dot been dry-docked for year and her
foul bottom caused a slow passage. She
baraed ffty tons OF coal per day on
ths trip over. but on going back after
being cleaned will be able TO make thirteen
knots with thirty-five tons day. She lost
ITO days at Neah bay waiting for a pilot
Ths coal bunkers were empty when she
came IN, but there are 500 tons OF coal In
tie hold Tor the return trip. Ii will be
proclaim with the Yamaguchi. as Il has
been with the Konoura Maru, to dispose
II surplus coal and leave room for freight.
he steamship Is manned almost entirely
~ Japaness. There are but 1--WE white on
EN-. beside the captain. These are Chief
06hcef Hunter. Second Officer Parry. Third
o4aeer Thompson, Chief Engineer Noble
md the second engineer. The purser 10
~ Kenai, q japanese. There are eighty
- tons There were G.i5o packages OF tea.
~ caaes Of curios and 20 bales OF silk
n order 10 facilitate the discharge OF
ne cargo the customs house was thrown
eptn and Deputy Collectors Mcdonald and
CiFissisn entered the vessel last night.
" ~ Davis. the stevedore, boarded tho
stesd last night and made a preliminary
srvey. He wili have sings in place by
ectock this morning and will Immediately
win dischsrging the cargo. II Il hoped to
fs'sh the work today 80 tia. the Yarns-
tstAi may b. ,owed TO Port Orchard with
eH Delay and 90 on the dry dock TO be
0eened NJ. While stevedores are working
- the cargo the crew OF the steamship
n Be started cleaning out her boilers.
y estimated that I've days will be re-
sasrd Tor fosdlng the immense amount OF
Hsashf that has come In hy railroad ard
foss sor trarsshirm-nt- The work AZ the
~ dock VIII probably not consume more
than 40,