The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-21
GREAT NORTHERN DOCK OPEN.
Ntnshiu Maru Arrives With Large
Oriental Cargo.

To the Kinshiu Maru belongs the honor
of opening up the new Great Northern
docks at Smith Cove. The big Japanese
liner. several days late, made West Point
about els o'clock last evening. and by !
O'Clock was tied up To the dock. As she
giided down the channel, dredged out for
her reception. She was greeted by sereech-
Ing whistles from the dredges, and in re-
sponsc blew several blasts Of her IN
siren. which In turn was greeted by n
cheer from the assembled steamship Of
ffciais customs officers and 'iongshore-
men. The successful docking came near
being marred by an oversight on the part
Of several employees, who tied seow at
the end OF the channel On coming In.
the kinshiu narrowly escaped sinking the
craft. As ii was, the big iron prov push
ed il aside and crowded on past. =
Capt. Gilmore. the company's pilot,
made an exceptionally good landing con-
sidering the strangeness of the surround
ings and the obstruction In the form OF
the scow.
1t Is the opinion OF several that the dock
Is scarcely ready for business. and should
not be used for at least a month bat. b.
this as IL may. the shipping operations of
the Great Northern from this time OH will
be conducted from the cove. One thins:
is certain-she longshoremen were not
happy last evening In the opening of the
dock After waiting in the rain several
hours for the ship. they were informed
on her arrival that unloading would not
begin until this morning. As one OF them
expressed IL. I'm not only out me time.
and supper bat I'm out 10 cents and 10
cents means two beers. So there you are -
One reason unloading did not begin last
night was that capt. Brady did not wish
~ have the silk taken out IN the rain
The Big warehouse is admirably arr
ranged for the handling OF freight In
the south end is the shed for Imports and
fn the north end III. shed for exports. So
arranged that shipments can be received
fer export while the vessel is being nn-
loaded without I'm any way Interfering
With the work Of TIN. iongshorennen
Tn both sides az the shed are ralroa L
TRACKS running the entire length Of th..
wharf
For the FIRST time in two years the Kin
shin stopped AT Honolulu for which port
she had SIT Japanese passengers and 10,
,ans ~ freight She left Yokohama Feb
faary -, when the STERN bah was up.
which means q lyphoen. but she kept
right on. and for a number az days was
tossed about by heavy gales and big seas.
The French mali steamer which started
nnt The same iiEne fh@ kiushiu put
tSack ~ Yokohama, On February y "A Jap
aiese passenger suffering from kIdnex.
trouble died and was t,lrled AZ SEA- this,
next day. A stop If tweaty four hours,
WAS made AT Honolulu. and the Journey
continued 10 this pert, tire run Aeleg
msAas In eight ana one~half days. tn what
capt Brady terms Yachting weather
A. Victoria twelve Chinese and four
Japanese passengers were put OF anei
t~sfliS~slx TONS os freight. For Seattle,
there were asFge Japanese passengers and
n $50 packages az freight Including a
FsT ~
Fast te4iay % special traits The balance
of tire cargo iuelnlss les. mating. euegos.
etc.
There IS II TIE warehouse wasfiax FER
shipa.ens Oh fAe Htashlu sssa txalex -
s0ft0m ard quantities ct ether freight