The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-17

No event Of greater importance In mar
thine circles has occurred IN ,hls cy
since the arrival Of the Aiike Aarh. ihs
flrxt vessel of the Nippon fusen haisnas
fnau the docking of the stesmfr cleve-
tsna ~ Arlington wharf yesterday after
moon about o'clock. ALI the ships law
xersv of the water front were on hand
10 pasx opinions on the vessel anu 10 issue
s,fyiesaI commandments on the possibili-
ties az Increased commercial relations be-
tween San Francisco and the SOUND
when the Cleveland rounded Magnolia
binfr the experts were on hand TO ex-
press themselves fayorably ana otn~
erwfse upon her appearance. as
she BOWED I'D the bay. ner I'M
,,eual looking nose and forefoox ex-
citing general comment The Cleveland
rubbed her sides first against the outer
end Of the wharf and then was Slowly
warped around the north end OF the dock.
her stern ashore She brought 20 tons OF
miscellaneous cargo and thirty passcn-
gers for Seattle She sailed from San
Fraucisco "wednesday night Cor this port
direct. making the run up In three days
and eighteen hours. Capt Hall informed
q representative of the Post-Inteiiigencer
that the Cleveland II an eleven-knot boat,
bat that abe encountered some heavy
northwest weather. which somewhat de-
layed her. The sea performances OF the
Cleveland are said 20 be remarkable for
such an old craft and seem To justify her
recent ratings In Lioyd's. She was in
specfed less than a week ago. and while
her papers were not issued before she left.
she is said to have passed we'll Her Of
ficcrs are: Hail. captain: mate. Howes;
second mate, Collins: chief engineer.
Jones. She In owned by Charles Nelson.
of San Francisco. which r. the cieyeiand's
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twenty men. She wiz dock I'm this city
at the Arlington dock. Her regular run
win DO from San Francisco to Puget
sound. touching at Port Townsend. Seat
tic and Tacoma. Six hundred tons Of
freight have already been engaged for her
return trip. leaving this port May 70.
The Cleveland Is an old vessel. just how
old her last papers do not state. and none
Of the officers are able TO say. Who'.
she was last overhaued her plates were
taken out OF the engine room. on which
we're the dates Of their manufacture and
presumably of her launching. She was
built at Hull, England. and her first voy-
ages were between England and Medite--
-anean sea ports. Since then she has
sailed under the English Nicaraguan.
Chilean, Hawaiian and American flags.
and her history subsequent 10 the English
registry is difficult 10 trace. When
launched II is believed that she
was christened the Sirius. and she
has been renamed with each subsequent
registry. Under the Hawaiian flag she
was called the kahului. That was three
years ago. and she was engaged In the
sugar business between the Islands and
San Francisco. Last January she was
admitted TO an American registry and
was chrfstened the Cleveland. Since
then she has undergone a thorough over
hauling. She IL built Of steel. with steel
frames. and her hull is reported as being
In perfect condition. Her present sail
area IL stretched on a hrigantine rig. She
II OF s62 net tonnage and 800 gross. Her
length IL 40 feet. beam. 81 feet depth
"a feet. and she has three decks. She has
90 horsepower compound engines and
her deck equipment consists Of two steam
~inchea. Al one time the Cleveland was
IN the transatlantic trade. but was sent
To the Pacific owing 20 her inability TO
compete In matters OF speed with other
Atlantic steamers OF more recent build
She has at present accommodations for
forty-two first-elass passengers. the ga
loon being aft and comfortably fitted and
furnished. II II reached through a deck
house and down a wide companion way
The state rooms are on either side of the
saloon. opening into IL. and are decorated
In white and gold. The deck house con-
tanning the companion way is large and
AT present there are no steerage or in
termediate passenger accommodations
but these VIII be nut sn after the next
trip of the steamer up from San Fran
cisco. Originally the boat had s,eeraee
quarters. but they were removed when
SHE was put In the exclusive freight husf
ness.
The principal interest attaching 10 the
advent In local waters Of the s~,eVaian5
~ the rates that have been named To-.
freight and passage. and the naming Of
these will undoubtedly result In a rate
war between the Tine represented bv .hn
Cleveland and the Lakme and the Pa
eifc ceast steamship Company. Fretgh,
both ways Is quoted al 81 per ton and ss-
loon passage at s7.s0 Opinion among
the iongshore attorneys Is divided as "a
the business that the new line viii de- h,,,
all elements are united that thus far no
Jonah has been discovered There yVas
also considerable delegation ~ private
citizens. who had no opinions 10 exnress