The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-21
MASSIVE KOREA
WILL BE ON TIME
Champion Of Pacific Fleet is
Marvel of Modern Ship
Building.

The two million dollar Korea, largest
and fastest of the ocean greyhounds of
the Pacific steam fleet, arrived in San
Francisco before the mail left. Messrs.
HackfeId & Co. of Honolulu, agents for
the Pacific Mail Comapny's steamers
state that the Korea will reach this
port on schedule time, on the second
of September.
When the Korea comes alongside the
wharf in Honolulu she will probably
meet the biggest crowd that ever as
sembled in this city to witness the ar
rival of a steamer. Many people wish
to see her She is one of the largest
steamships ever built in the United
States, having a length of 572 feet,
breadth of 60 feet and 2 inches, and
depth of 40 feet and s inches. She has
a displacement of is, 400 tons, coal bun
ker capacity of 1883 tons; water tanks,
ballast 3146 tons. The big vessel has
a horsepower of 10000 provided by two
sets of quadruple, four-cylinder, four
crank engines, with twin screws ~
feet and 6 inches in diameter. There
are fourteen boilers, of the Scotch type,
with ffty-six furnaces, and in the en-
ed with that department, there are six
Junior engineers, twelve oilers, three
water-tenders, two electricians, and
fifty fremen and coal-passerS.
! Concerning the Korea'S accommoda-
lions the San Francisco Chronicle says:
Nothing so large and massive in ma
rine architecture has ever before en-
/ tered this port, or any other in the
Pacific, and the furnishing and equip
ment of the steamship are in keeping
with her size, for the Korea is designed
as a speedy passenger ship of the hrst
class She has handsome accommoda-
lions for 227 saloon passengers, ana
hundreds of steerage passengers can
be accommodate ted in both the Europe
an quarters, under the forecastle, and
the Asiatic apartments under the poop
deck. All the first-class passengers VIII
be housed amidships on two of the up
per decks. There are suits of rooms
on the Korea more spacious and more
elegantly furnished than the bridal
rooms on some of the best of the other
large steamers running into this port,
and the fine single rooms are attrac-
tive and we'll ventilated. All these
reconstructed, all the accommodations
for Passengers on the Korea-wiil be
filled on her first voyage, for the steam
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THE most notable feature of the
Korea, as a passenger steamer, is her
magnificent dining saloon. This extends
across the whole width of the vessel
and will accommodate 202 people at one
sitting 1t is lighted during the day
from a dome of colored glass extending
through two decks. On the deck imme-
diately above the dining saloon is the
social hall, possessing numerous high
backed upholstered benches that give
the effect of a series of alcoveS. The
smoking room, some distance aft, OF
the same deck, is large and finely fur
nished. Rubber-ti tiled floors are in the
writing parlor, the smoking-room anc
other rooms. The commanders rooms
and those of the other deck officers, are
on the upper deck. The bridge, over
forty feet above the water, is the bes'
equipped that has ever been seen II
this port"
Captain w. w. Seabury, who ha:
been in command of the steamer China
for so many years, - in command Of
the Korea. ]. ]. McKinnon, chief OIL
Ger, has been master of the steamer
Colon on the Panama route. The sec
ond officer is Henry Lewis, third OIL
Ger, William Parker. The engine rooms
are in charge of chief engineer Pau
Rossiter, who has as assistants hrs
engineer, George w. Quinn, second,
B. Morris, third H. Cowan, A. NJ
Thompson is purser and Mr.. Ashmar
is chief steward.
As the Korea will be in port for bu
a few hours it is doubtful if the gen
eral public will be permitted to &c
aboard and inspect her during her frs
stay in this port.