The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-05-17
THE GIANT MONGOLIA
ARRIVES AND COMES IN
She Made the Flagship New York Look Small.
Bridge on Level With the Roof Garden.
Who the Passengers Are.
to reach the gangway, passing between

to reach the gangway. passing between
stalls in which were blooded horses.
d. Unless n two-story dock Is built for
the accommodation OF the Mongolia
and Manchuria. there will be consider
able difficulty in landing the Oriental
freight on the return trips. Both ves-
sells, built for the Atlantic Transport
line, were constructed with a view to
two-story dock unloading.
When the Mongolia was alongside
the dock there was opportunity for
comparison. The cruiser New York.
just opposite, looked small. The Mon
golia's hurricane deck was slightly
higher than the cruisers coming tow
er. The gunboat Bennington looked
like pleasure yacht. From the bridge
Captain Kinder could look along the
level of the Young Hotels Roof Car
den. The long forward deck was big
enough almost to take on the gunboat
Bennington, and the training ship
Adams could easily have been put on
the forward deck with space to spare.
Looking off the bridge down to the
water is like gazing over the parapet
of the Young Hotel Roof Garden to the
street below. When Captain Rinder
walks the bridge he is about 10 feet
above the water line.
The saloon promenade is POS feet long,
or one third of the ships entire
length. which Is 6l5 feet. Her breadth
is 60 feet; load draft SO feet inches
and registered gross tonnage 1889
tons. The liner is equipped with five
complete decks and has ten water
tight bulkheads.
There was not an incident to mar the
Mongolias initial trip from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu. The voyage was ac-
complished in days, 10 hours and As
minutes, her daily runs being as fol-
lows: pa miles, S43 miles, 364 miles, 375
miles and 365 miles.
The principal officers of the steamship
are: Captain Rinder commander,
formerly commander of the O. & o.
Coptic: purser, A. f. Rennie, formerly
occupying the same position on the
Coptic: Chief Engineer Chisholm.
Captain Rinder said yesterday to an
Advertiser man: THE Mongolia is the
finest ship l know of, and she is as
near perfect as a passenger steamship
can be. Everything on the trip went
satisfactorily and her engines are o. *.
She rides smoothly. For instance, in
my cabin there are two Norris chairs
and n table which are not clamped to
the floor. They We're never shifted out
of their positions all the way from
Norfolk by any movement of the YES
sci. l am entirely satisfied with her."
A. Gartley formerly of the L. 5.
Navy, and now manager of the Ha-
waiian Electric Company, who returned
in the Mongolia from Washington, said
to a reporter as he boarded the vessel:
You may say for me that the Mon
golia is one of the finest ships I have
ever travelled in. Her stateroom ac-
commodations are the best and the ta-
bic is excellent. Her engines worked
splendidly and she is certainly a credit
to the American merchant marine, and
to the Pacific trade, which is fortunate
in securing the vessel"
Other passengers voiced Mr.. Gartley's
expert opinion.
Among the passengers for Honolulu
We're Henry Along and bride. The
knowledge that Mr.. Along, the young
est son of Mrs. Julia Along, had been
married was somewhat of a pleasant
surprise to his friends here. About two
weeks ago the young Honolulan mar
red Miss May Frances Harvey of
Brooklyn, n. Y Mr. Along cabled from
san Francisco before the sailing of the
Mongolia, that he was coming home
with a bride. The couple will remain
here for some time and may then take
a trip to the Orient to visit Mr.. Along
at Macao.
Mrs. r. p. Schwerin. wife of the vice.
president of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, accompanied by her two chill
dren, arrived to spend a few days in
the city. 1t is interesting to note that
the first passenger to land from the