The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-28

There is rest in an ocean voyage.
| The receding shores shut out the hum
of the busy world; the expanse of
| water soothes the eye by its very vast
music to the ear and there is medi-
cine for the nerves in the salt sea
breezes that invite to sleep. At first
one is disturbed-sometimes quite So
by the motion of the vessel, but this
passes away so completely that before
many days the dipping of the ship is
really enjoyable, and one finds pleas
ure in ascending the hills and descend
ing the valleys into which the deck
sometimes seems to be converted.
If enc has regarded the Pacific as
| an unknown or an untraversed sea the
Impression will be removed by a glance
at q map recently published by the
United States Governmental map
with which every ocean traveller should
equip himself On this map the Pa
cific is covered with blue lines indi-
eating the shortest routes of travel
between different points, with the num-
ber Of miles. The first thing that
strikes one is that the curved line in
dicating tie northern route between
San Francisco and Yokohama is only
ASS I,iles long. while the apparently
straight. line between the two points
IS 4791 miles long the difference being
explained by the curvature of thel
earth. although it is hard to believe
that in following the direct line al
ship would have to climb over such
a mountain range of water, so toI
speak, as to make it shorter to go ucns
degrees north. The time between the !
United States and the Japanese coast f.
has recently been reduced to less than !,
eleven days, but the northern route is |
not so pleasant at this season of the |
year, and we sailed on the Manchuriai
(September 27th), going some twenty
degrees further south via Honolulu.
This route covers 5545 miles. and is
made in about sixteen days when The
weather is good.
The Manchuria is one of the levia-
thans of the Pacific, and is owned by
Mr.. Hartman, president of the Union
and Southern Pacific Railways. The
ships crew suggests the Orient, more
than three-fourths being Chinese, all
the queue and clad in the ma
tional garb. There is also a suggestion
of the Orient in the josshouse and
opium den of the Chinese in the steer
age.
In crossing the 180th meridian we ,
lost a day, and as we are going all ,
as those can who recross the Pacific.
We arose on Saturday morning, Octo- [
DER 7th. and at o'clock were notified
hat Sunday had begun, and the re- .
nainder of the day was observed as
he Sabbath October Sth).
THREE OCEAN TRAFFIC CEN t
TIERS. 5
According to the chart or map re- Y
erred to above there are three CEN I
ers of ocean traffic in the Pacific. Ho-
lolulu. the most important of all, the
islands, 1850 miles northwest
f Honolulu. and the Samoan islands,
ONE 2200 miles to the south. The So
iety islands, about the same distancel
0 the southeast of Honolulu, and Gu
m, some 1900 miles from the mainland f,
f Asia, are centers of less Importance.
Our ship reached Honolulu early on .
ne morning of the sixth day out and
e had breakfast on the island. TheI
hawaiian islands Gnhabited) number N
ght, and extend from the southeast
the northwest, covering about six .
agrees of longitude and nearly four
{ latitude. OF these eight islands
awaii the southernmost one, is thel o
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