The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-04
BEATING RECORDS
The Fine Passage of the
America-Maru.
Partially Ouarap'ir ed and Fum,gat-
ed by r. deral Authorith 8 and
Then Sued by Soldier.
lFrom Wednesdays DailyD

The Japanese steamship America
Maru arrived this morning ) days, 8
hours and 50 minutes from San Fran
cisco, having made the record round
trip between here and the Coast and
back. Purser J. V. c. Comfort gives
the following record of the trip:
Sailed from Honolulu July 18th 9:0S
p. m. Had fine weather to San Fran
cisco, arriving July 10Th i:37 p. IN.
Time from Honolulu ) days, II hours,
Z minutes.
All well on board except one Japan
ese with pneumonia. After thorough
examination of passengers and crew,
the State quarantine officer gave Il
clean bill of health, but the Federal
' quarantine officer ordered the ship
moored to the quarantine station or
Angel Island, to allow him to test the
blood of the pneumonia patient, for
signs of bubonic plague. On the morn
ing OF the 10th the steerage passengers
were removed to the quarantine station
for usual fumigation, and at A p. m
THE Federal officer allowed cabin and
I European steerage passengers to land
, he being satisfied no bubOnic plagu,
existed
y The ship was then moved alongsid,
of the hulk told y. s. S. Omaha anG
fumigated thoroughly, and allowed tC
come alongside the wharf at $50 p. m
on the 2lst, and commenced discharg-
ing cargo on the 22d at 10 a. m.
! We sailed from San Francisco july
2Gth at i:46 p. m. July 9th s a. m
passed steamship Australia bound for
Honolulu, same date 10 "a. IN. steamship
Moana for San Francisco.
The transports Newport with 400
troops and Ohio with 300 were eXpecte,
to sail July 26th or 9th.
| Had fine weather and moderate sea
San Francisco to Honolulu, time
days, . hours, 80 minutes. At II p. m
July 81 passed the transport Tartar
bound for Honolulu, which left Sar
Francisco three days ahead of us. w,
: arrived OFF Honolulu 2:i5 a. m. Aug
ust /.
The daily runs were $40, 377. 393, 3SG
3S3 and 2iO knots total 2.OS9.
: On the 25th twelve soldiers. Euro
pean steerage passengers, commenced
suit against the America Maru and
owners for alleged poor food and ac.
commodations on the voyage from
Hongkong TO San Francisco. Thes,
people We're taken aboard in Hongkoni
at their own earnest solicitation. Tn,
regular European steerage accommoda.
tions having already been sold. the
agent did not wish to take them, but
they begged not to be left behind, IA
they would have to remain in Hong
kong nine days until the next ship, the
City of Peking sailed: so to help then
out, we bought mattresses and fixed NJ
good quarters for them In the forward
part OF the ship, hired extra help Il
wait on them, furnished them first
class food, and all they could eat, ant
this Is the return the Toyo Kisen IA
isha gets for assisting American sol
diers to return home.
While the America Maru has mad,
the fastest round-trip passage eve
made between Honolulu and San Fran
cisco, she has failed to break the rec
ord for the single trip. which is still
held by the China, of the Pacific Mai
Line. In September 1896, the Chin,
went from Honolulu to San Francisc,
in days, s hours, 20 minutes, which
was the record until last December
when she took Vice President Schwerir
up TO San Francisco for his Christ
mas dinner in Z days, hours, II min
utes. II should be remembered tina
the up-trip Is considered the harder bl
, az least four hours, 50 II will be seei
that In spite Of the splendid run Of tn
. Japanese vessel the China Is still con
sIdorably ahead,