The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-19

bora some ~ years ago II ire little CITY
OF Aren5a-. then one &C the largest ship
building parts OF the world According
IL. ne brsathed a marine atmosphere from
his earliest childhood. and al Is years OF
age he went 10 sea in brig, A. the end
OF two and half years service n his
second ship he was paid Of in Liverpool
and shipped for America in the American
ship Granger
This was in 1873. and FOR the SIX years
following he sailed between San Francis
GO and Puget sound and was much in
and about Seattle. where he remembers
many OF the ol5-tinerS. In fact. ne was
bona dde resident Of Seattle fer seven
months his business being that OF steve
dore He visited every port Of Puget
sound and knows its many coves and
wlndings as well as any pilot sffoat.
Modern Seattle will be a revelation,
however 70 the sailor OF the olden days,
for Capt Andersen has not been on the
Sound for seventeen years. He ieft San
Francisco in 1873 for Alaska, where he
spent year. After romantic and aGven-
turous lie in northern ATTITUDES. be went
70 Yokohama in 1ssA and joined the Mttsui
Bishi Company. the predecessor OF the
pf eSert Nippon Yusen kaisha, and in the
employment Of these two he has now spent
sixteen years OF continuous and active
service.
noura Maru. and slowly worked his way
up, his first command being the Miiki
Maru. 20 which he was assigned in August.
1888 She was then on the Coast run, but
in the following year she was put on the
Bombay run. Capt Andersen commanded
in succession the Asagoa. the Hiso and
the Ginkai. and in May. 1894 he took the
Hiroshima Maru. with which he has since
remained till his present voyage in the
Tensaln-
The Hiroshima was on the Bombay line.
and under Capt. Andersen's charge she
enjoyed an enviable reputation. never be-
ing called on TO pay a dollars worth OF
Claims for damage 10 cargo. The in
surance men paid the best possible prac-
tfcal tribute 10 Capt. Andersen By offer
ing a special rate "a per cent. lower for
goods shipped under him than for those
shipped under any other commander.
During the war with China the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha vessels were used as trans
ports and Capt. Andersen. in the Hlroshi-
ma. saw a deal Of active service. He had
the honor OF carrying the first japanese
vessel into a Chinese port, landing a body
OF troops at Tai-lin-wan where they cap
tursd the key 10 Port Arthur. He secured
a number OF interesting relics OF the war
some of which - stu preserves, though
he gave many Of them 10 his Japanese
frien6s. For his service during the war ne
was decorated by the emperor with the
Sixth Order OF the Rising Sun. and he also
has one Of the service medals of the Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha-
As might be expected of man of such
experience Capt. Andersen is an efficient
commander, looking We'll to all the inter-
ests of mis- ship. He IS fortunate In the
staff Of officers accompanying him on his
present voyage. all Of them beng
thoroughly competent and attentive 10
49, ,2g4 ~aff
represented. Mr.. Metcalfe is an English
man. Mr.. Nielsen German, Mr.. Graham
and Mr.. Sherras Scotchmen. Mr.. Mehta a
Parsee. and the others japanese. She car
ries crew of seyenty-four men al told.
The Steamer.
The Tenshin Maru has an interesting
history. She was formerly the Worcester
city and was built in West Hartford.
England. by w. Gray & CO., in 1857. She
is a screw steamer, schooner rugged. with
steel hull and steel framework. ID feet
long and - feet abeam. Her net tonnage
is 1910 She has triple expansion engines,
with cylindrical doubIe-ended boilers, 22i
horse power. Including the gig she has
seven good boats. Her certificate SHOWS
accommodation for six first class passen-
gers. four second class aud 10S steerage.
She was originally built for the Ameri-
can cattle trade. but has been so COM
pletely remode,ed that ali traces OF stala
and pens have vanished. After she was
bought by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha she
was put N the government transport ser
vice, where she did useful work. Just pri-
or 10 her present voyage she spent six
or eight weeks In Yokohama where she re-
ceived a thorough overhauling. New decks
were laid. her engines and boilers were re-
furnished. couple Of new boats added,
a deal OF painting done and many minor
repairs. so that her officers think her IN
better trim than when she was launched.
The Cargo.
The Tenshin carried 4I49 packages OF
freight for Honolulu as follows:
Eight packages beChe de mer 500 pack
ages beans. packages dried fruits, pack
ages tea. ! winnowing mill. packages
canned goods. 1254 tubs sake 6 cases
cigars, 10 cases vermiceih. Is cases dried
provisions les cases curies cases pickles,
case oil. s. cases canned provisions. 1874
cases curios Is cases sundries. 372 cases
provisions 90 cases oranges. case
matches. IS cases canned goods. case cot
ton goods. ! case books.
As might be expected on account OF her
coming ny Honolulu her cargo for Seattle
IS comparatively light. numbering 47Ss
packages. from Kobe. Yokohama ard
Honolulu. as follows;
From the Kaitsu GOMEZ Kaisha to H.
rade Seattle: thirteen bales rice and
beans. eight cases curios and provisions.
three casks provisions
From Sale & Co 10 Andrew Kan & Co.
Portland: twenty-three rolls OF mating.
thirteen cases curlos. TWO bales Dantsu
carpet.
From Hunter g. Co. 10 order Vancouver
and Victoria. 4oNo bags rice
From Kingdoms chwabe & Co. 70 order.
Victoria: twentv-one roIls mating
From Wing Hing Soong & CO. 70 Tai
Soong z Co. Victoria. thirtv-thr@e eases
oranges To Hong Wo Hing Kee e GO.
Victoria. twenty cases oranges
From Owarlya to order. san Francisco:
ore case matches.
From JOAN 9 Se.gfried & Co. 10 order.
Chlcs go: eot packages tea
From Sale & Co. 70 order. Toronto: one
rnT, mating.
From wilson & Co. 70 order. Phradel-
plia; tree bales wool.
From S.enssen & Co. 70 order. New
York. one case matches
From Tyce & On. 70 ". Ryla & Co New
YORK; nineteen hsiss raw six
From Il. Little s Co. 80 order. New
York. ten bales raw six
From tle American Trading Co. 10
same $ew York. one case cotton goods
three cases woo.eu goods twenty cases
matches
Frem The katsu Gomez EsIsha 70 order.
Sew York, typnty-slx cases brushes
Prom B3deaa'J e. Heath 10 Middleton
s Smith. New YORK. ore ease tea
From Parp = 20. 70 Parke-Oavis & Co.
New York. ten Gases peppermint crystal.
From Kan "a. Trading Co 20 Woeyeno
& CO. New York: - cases curlos.
From y Koado - r. Z. Babnat. View
Ycrk: ore Csc cErias