The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-07

i Regular Beehive Of Industry ON
Arlington wharf.

! Opportunity TO inspect the japanese
| steamship Yamaguchi Maru was afforded
! few visitors yesterday. Tho customs
/ officers were most particular as 10 whom
/ should be allowed aboard and guarded
/ the gangp,ank jealousy. The position OF
| q customs Inspector In guarding a ship Is
sometimes a trying one. Tom Delaney
| was holding down the plank yesterday
/ afternoon when a large. raw-boned man
! with what Delaney estimates as three
/ quarter Jag aboard came up and started
| aboard. lie said others were going on and
/ no one had better right than himself.
/ To prevent opposition. he said significant
! ~ that IL would be the worse for any one
/ who tried TO stop him. A case OF bluff
I sometimes works both ways, and when the
/ customs inspector threatened to throw
| both man and ''three-Quarter Jag into
/ the cool waters OF the Sound. the large
man hastily withdrew. muttering that he
/ was ''no iightin' man.
! Ii mus. be a pleasure 10 walk the broad
| promenade decks of the Yamaguchi when
she is at sea. Even yesterday. with the
dirt and disorder caused by hustIing steve
dores and sailors as they worked at trans
ferring coal and freight. the decks with
their ratings OF polished brass were at
/ tractive.
The passenger accommodations are ad-
rlirah!e. No stateroom has over two
hos and cold water. There are several bath
tubs aboard for use by the first and second
class passengers. Even the steeraye .s not
forgotten. a2i II so desiring those IN that
class can make themselves clean. The
staseroons and promenade deck for sec
ond-cass passengers are in the after par;
or the steamship. The rooms have the
same accommodations as those for first
class passengers. the Only apparent differ
rnce being that they look a ,rife less cost
~. The sftsr-promenade deck had no oc-
oupants yesterday but Manchurian sheep
and some Japanese geese. Ever since the
Yanarechts arrival these geese have been
holding A uonotorous conversation. which
IS Occasionally interrupted By an exclama-
ten by the bob-tsiled Msnchurfan. They
ali talk the same language" SAID Second
ofticer =. J. Parry 10 those he wa. showing
about the steamship.
From ;he asser-deck could be seen ia o
Of the ships snchors They are patent ar
rsngerueats. being <tockieSs and recurring
neither eating nor fishing when be-
ir= hove ur ''Thcy come rirht into the
horse pipe" OK piained Mr. Parry. The Wis
TORS said Yes aud looked wise on the
after-cecS also Is sounding apparatus in
vented by Sir william Thompson. better
known : Lord Kelvin. By which sound nrs
can 10 taken while the vessel = under fun
speed. The steam steering apparatus used
on tbs vessel Is the paten; - Muir A Cals-
we'll II works without the slightest no1sN
and tSe man handling {; could sing The
r2daer hard around With 10 more exer-
tian than mould lie required IN raising a
letter press.
By an Ingenious arrangement of wires
and steam wlnchee the engineers are en-
ahsei 20 manage the veutiIstorz and skv-
lights from nsl0w. They can also dunn
the ashes without coming above Mr.
Parry said the Yamaguchi was ore OF
ranserent- TEe ashes are shoyelei in a
bucket in the engine room This bucket
IL hotsiec on wires BY steam winch. aud
when IL reaches a certain height auto
raaticaily dumps into a fEnnei ana the
ashes arc carried out by a stream o. con-
stantlv running water. The Instruments
used IN navigation are all OF the anest
!, seems 20 have besn the ann OF former
navigating officers 20 collect coraca sSes
There are several ard al az the Gaes.
raake
TIE present warehouse on Arlington
dock Was none too large 20 receive the
cases % tea packages 81 cu-ies ara bales
Of SIX discharged from the ship yesser-
dsy. About sixty stsVesores ware AT work
ans SIS the freight began TO Pile up IN The
warehouse it MAS placed IN alocSs. Ieav-
;nx streets and alleys, The men rushing
~ and out With loaded or empty trucks
Sers TIE hSes 81 a alive Their inGgStry
1as rh~cSe1 a. a'efock ~ ire afternoon.
when the customs officers ordered stop
untH TIE next morning This was IN ae-
eorss4nce wssh law TIA, 70 Cargo should
be renewed after sgnacwS unless s.. 20
hon1 De asss up
The $50 tens OF coal aboard - furnishing
some jroahie. LAST rfgeg men worked
tus1v shifting e. The yRnagEchi VIII
PROBABLY leave for Pert Orchard this
raorrsir< 80 70 or sse dry dock.
error IN YESTERDAY morning "a
| per IL was stated that swe DAYS we're
PASSED fn waiting A. <ssh hay toT pilot,
instead c. TWO hoaFs. as VAS really ire
Ease.