Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-04-27
IMII|NN|IESO7A''S|; FIRST TRIP.
Fine Behavior of President nill's
Mammoth Steamer on Its First
Round Trip to the Orient.

the l0CQ lOSG. COutdluS ull0 AOllOWAu&
account OF the maiden trip of the
steamship Minnesota: !
With every soul aboard Of her warm
in praise of the ship and filed with
pride at the record voyage she had
made across the Pacific, steamship
Minnesota reached port last evening
shortly after seven O'Clock. l3 days,
81 hours and minutes from Yoko-
hama.
Shells she proud possessor Of the
trans-paciic record, having completed
without accident of any sort her
maiden round trip voyage from
Seattle to the Orient.
Not an accident marred the trip
across the Pacific, and from the lips
of the passengers. as they came down
the gang plank and greeted friends
who had assembled to meet them,
came nothing except words of praise
for the big floating hotel which for
fortnight had been their nome.
All told the Minnesota brought 1872
passengers. At Of whom were first
class, ,22 intermediate and the balance
steerage. She had 1906 tons OF
freight, consisting Of hemp, silk, raw
and manufactured rice, curios and a
miscellaneous consignment of Orien-
tai articles. She also brought l42
packages of mail. The greater part
of the Minnesota g freight cargo was
for Pacific coast consignees, fifteen
of whom are Seattle firms or indi-
viduals.
OF her passengers, many were
bound east. A number of these were
officers of the United States army
coming home from Manila, either on
leave or under orders to report at
Washington, D. G. for service in the
United States. Also among her pas
senRers we're number Of Russian
refugees, several Of them officers OF
the Russian army at Port Arthur,
who are now on their way home from
Shanghi, whittier they we're sent at
the time Of the fall of the fortress. !.
Capt. John 81. Rider, master of
the Minnesota, had nothing but
praise for his ship and the way In
which she handled herself. ''We had
fine trip" said he, ''and there was
but one occasion when the Minnesota
did not handle herself like a tug
boat, and that was on February 4
going over, wheL we ran into a
storm. It was a Northwestern land for
a while the wind blew at the rate of
80 miles an hour, but there was moth
ing in the semblante of tug boat in
the manner in which the Minnesota
behaved herself then. For three days
the storm continued: but you could
hardly tell that you we're not on
shore so far as any movement of the
ship was concerned"
Trafac Agent Sutherland says:
CONTRACTS have been entered Into
for the compapy's steamers to convey
mails to the United States and else
where on behalf of the imperial
government OF Japan s.
Arrangements are also completed
whereby cabin passengers have the.
privilege Of proceeding thru Japan
by rail under their steamship tickets
without additional charge. should
they prefer to do 50, in order to ac-
quire knowledge Of that country.
!, 'sFor the additional benefit Of those
Who may desire to break their.
journey at any Of the ports Of call at
Japan or China, further arrange
ments have been made for their
interchange Of tickets with those Of
all regular mail and passenger lines.
trading between Hong kong and
Yok ohoma. s53 -3i$s hi
THE luxury and comfort Of the
Minnesota's passenger ..accommoda-
tions, CONT 5ined with her except tional
steadiness. at aea, will soon enable
that ship to rank as one Of the most
popular passenger vessels ia the
trans-pacifc trade, In dditionS 70 her
qualif ations as an expedi ditiou.s.
ireighter, for no less than 22444, 600
packages the equivalent Of 40, 600
tons have been handled during the,
round voyage, together With 600:
passengers
III s3 Walter Hin. con Of James j !. Hill
head 81 1.-The q GrsatN ortnerns steamship
company !, md Who acted as personal
represent tatixe Of his father Oh the
initial trip of the n Minnes sota to the,
Orient, said s5s2s
The N Minnesot ota bchayed perfectly !,
the trip Sbeing mad thont as per
aceptible roll. Even az the short sp4ells
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