New-York tribune., 1896-07-23
NEW LINES TO JAPAN.
oNE FROM SEATTLE IN CONJuNCTioN
WITH THE GREAT NORTHERN

,,,- or,,rp NAV MAKE SAN DIEGO ITS AMERICAN
TERMINUS AND UTILIZE THE TRACKS oF
THE SANTA FE-THE PROMOTERS oT
- THE FORMER LINE IN THE CITY.
>,a.,,rs demonstrates more clearly Japan's rap'a
.avopccment in civilization than the way IN "n,e"
.ho is making herself felt In the business '"
in the New World The establishment y,
steamship line TO ply between Seattle anu 'ap"''
49,. Already been announced. The two Japahese
,,rorxo,ors who are completing the deal ior ".'
line IN conjunction with the Great Nor'hei" n''
wav Conpanv came to the city ias' e'e"e =,
went 10 the waldorf. They are 3 l"anse eN ~
Kafuku both OF Tokio. They are, ike al 'ap""e'e'
small in stature but alert and keen. Inc! oreS'
49, $50. rrronean fashion, and move like men
,,.., L,ow exactlv what they doing. Tney VIII
rema,n in the city for a few days ana then 30 '"
"a pbS,adelphia Washington. Baltimore' N"''"e'
and San Francisco before returning 70 loA'o'
AZ, Iwanara remarked that. since he had oeen
IN this country he had found out one 'hi'is' ",u
that was that some newspaper ciscovereo VIC" ~
,r,s doing or intended 10 do almost neiore ne nuu
,,,ds nm hi. mind He talks English nuentiy' Tie
said I'VE hare completed our nego''auohs ~
Chicago and the West. and now are IN 'ii' i"'
looking after shipping. We want 10 's'' ",o 49,.
important cities in order TO get an 'n''e"'
trafac and the manner IN which business Is oo"o
rcvsrvthing is satisfactory so far. ana we hop'
TO establish closer relationship oe'" VIZ
countries with this line.
Mr. Ivanasa IS general manager OF inc noSa'
Japanese Mail Steamship Company wn'e" 60.
10 make the connection between lohio anu 0
tie Until we can make other arrangements anu
for tie tip,e being. there Will be out one Ves.e'
month each way. he said. Ai'er 'n'"s' -"
arranged IN running order. the service WILL oeyo"u
. aoub, be improved The steamers VIII De OF
about 1900 tons burden EACH Clyde-buiit' ana suit
able for freight traffic We are not' az 'S' '
ing much the passenger tranlc' ana 80 ou' q"
commodations will not In the beginning DE as s"'
isfactory for passengers as some OF the o'"ei ms w.
plyinx between the Pacific Coast and Japan we
orc ha wing eighteen new steamers built TO accom-
nodnte the growing traffic Of our city, ana some Vi
them will be used in :his business
..1-be line represent is not new one although
the connection with the United States Is new i"o
line. was established about twenty-five years aeo
by Iwaski. a weknown japanese fnancer' VINO
,;a n,ucb for the country and aided in building up
&c Industries The capita, OF the company Is about
% unoM ven japanese money. in silver. or aoout
az Os) 900 In your money We have big Meet siN'!
TWO vessels in all our trade Hes mainly pe'"eeh
Japan and Hong Kong Ceylon. Borneo the Malay
ran,ns,a and India. We have also line going 10
E;uropean ports We viii at start our line TO
this Country. and in a short time hope TO get
nm Mr. iwanaea and his companion were much IA
tigued and retired early Is the neoaons esS nG % with
The Great Northern Railroad Company further than
~ that they were SATISFACTORY lHey eAPeCt
10 he in the East about week. .
Chicago July 22-The publication OF The probable
negotiations between President J: j. Hill, OF the
Great Northern Railway and Mr.. MasuJima OF
Toxic fo- a steamship line between Puget SOUND
and Jaran has developed the fact that chicago
men already practically have completed arrange
ments for such a line of steamers. which IL IS
expected will give them almost complete eontroi
of the business between the United States and the
Orient. .,.
In the venture 1t Is understood that the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company has an IN
terest, and that the company is ready, II neces-
sary, to break the alliance with the southern "a
cnc Railway Company and the Huntington IN
terests in order carry out the new scheme Inc
value of trade with the Orient is appreciated fuily
by all transportation and commercial interests OF
the country and there is no apprehension that
there will not be traffic enough 10 make the ne"
line profitable. San Diego IS the present terminus
Of the Santa Fe road and If II could carry freight
TO the docks OF a transpacihc steamship company
there It's tonnage would be increased vastly
President Ripley, OF the Santa Fe road. was seen
in his Office concerning the matter yesterday 1t
Is true" he seid. that We have had several pTopo-
sitions urder consideration looking toward the es-
tAbiishment OF steamship line from our terminus
10 Japan. but the company has not undertaken the
enterprise. The establishment OF our line VIII be
by private individuals who are friendly TO the
Santa Fe -oad'
Mr. Stackpole left here tonight over the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway for San Francisco,
where he will go direct TO Yokohama He said that
be had faith in the success OF the scheme. and be-
Iieved the line Will be started in the near future