The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-08
MONSTER
Of The SEA
Giant New Korea
Arrived Here
Saturday.
MANY PASSENGERS
AND MUCH FREIGHT
Voyage Slow Because of Minor
Delays Since Leaving San
Francisco.

A little part with DR.. Cofer of the
launch, bobbing up and down in the
heavy seas that were running outside
on Saturday, were the first persons to
get a good look at the new Korea. AS
the big vessel rounded Diamond Head,
smoke was belching from her two fun
nels, and closely following in her wake
the size of big merchantmen under
full sail looked but a toy in compari-
son with the two million dollar liner
When entering the harbor she was
met by a party on the tug Fearless
and from that time until the vessel was
nearly alongside the Pacific Mail wharf
constant footing of whistles told the
city that the giant had arrived. Thou
sands of people were on the wharf to
for Honolulu.
The Korea did not smash any speed
records on her voyage from San Fran
cisco She steamed out of the Golden
Gate on August 30th at p. m. but
stopped when fifteen miles out and
tried to readjust her coEnpasses which
were out of order because of not hav-
ing been properly insulated. Dark
came on and the vessel was compelled
to spend the night without moving.
The vessel dropped her anchors, and
lost one of them, ana it was not until
shortly after noon on Sunday that she
~ 10,
Then another accident happened. The
main feed pump of her boilers became
unavailable Tor use owing to the break
ing of a connecting pipe. This break
and the delay outside of the Golden
Gate were accountable for the long
time taken by the Korea in making
her maiden passage to this port. The
highest run made in any one day on
the voyage was three hundred and fifty
miles. But had these accidents not
occurred the new liner would probably
have broken the record from San Fran
cisco to this port.
AT midnight on the day before the
Korea sailed from San Francisco word
came from Washington that the gov
eminent had decided to allow the trans
fer of the Chinese brought by the Gae-
transfer was made Immediately and as
everything else was in readiness that
difficulty did not cause any delay.
The giant had a crew of fifty three
Europeans, 1873 Chinese and two Japs,
and carried two hundred and ninety
four passengers as far as Honolulu.
Few people have any idea of the
amount of food supplies necessary to
feed such a large number of people for
a round trip voyage. For consumption
on this one trip the vessel has on board
"a, 900 pounds of beef, 5000 pounds of
pork 5000 pounds of mutton, 1000
pounds of bacon, 1000 pounds of ham,
1000 pounds of veal, 10000 pounds of
-four 10000 pounds of rice, $4,000 pounds
of potatoes, 1000 pounds OF cereals, half
a ton of onions, half ton of coffee, 200
boxes of fruits, $50 tons of assorted bis
cults, half ton of assorted fish, 900
eggs, $50 dozen poultry, half ton of
turkey casks of wine, and a quantity
of other provisions which would fill an
island steamer.
All this mass of stuff goes to satisfy
the eating capacities of passengers and
crew. The other things required by
passengers in the way of staterooms,
cabins, promenade decks, assembly
halls, smoking rooms, etc. are even
on a more luxurious style than the
food. For the crew everything that
modern ingenuity could devise has been
done in the way of quarters and food
at not too great expense.
Besides her large number of passen-
gers for Honolulu the vessel has some
well known people on her through list.
There are sixteen members of the
Frawley Theatrical Company, which is
making tour of the Orient that will
extend even as far as Calcutta. S. S.
Dennis, a director of the Pennsylvania
railroad, is making a tour of the world
with his family. Mr.. H. P. Smart an.
other railroad man, is taking his family
on a similar tour.
The Korea is loaded deeply with
cargo. She has about ten thousand
tons of freight and million dollars in
treasure for Oriental ports.
The pick of the officers of the COM
pany have been placed aboard the big
liner. They are: w. B. Seabury, COM
mander; G.. S. MacKinnon, executive
officer; Albert Lockett, first officer;
Paul Rossiter. chief engineer; A. NJ.
Thomson, purser; A. Nelson Beach,
MD, surgeon; H. F. Palmer, assistant
ITelShI clerk. Ii. NJ. Lewis, ZnQ Offlceri
VIM. Parker, Bird officer; ]. G. Ludlow,
4th officer, and carpenter, Waterman,
and four quartermasters. In the pur-
ser's department can be found William
Ashman, chief steward, and nine Euro
peans in responsible positions. Geo. w.
Quinn, first assistant engineer, and
twenty-seven white men are in respon-
sible jobs in the engine room and are
a SSiStp6 NV MY Chinese ct nd
coal passers.
A notice was posted on the doors OF
Messrs. Hackfeld & Co.'S building yes
terday stating that the Korea will sail
for the Orient sometime this afternoon.
Coal was taken in by the vessel yester-
day.
THOUSANDS INSPECT KOREA. |
Sunday was visitors day on the Ko-