The daily sentinel., 1907-10-21

1t will be remembered that Rev.
Miller gave up his church work here
to accept a position under the Fed
eral government, in the educational
work in the Philippines. Rev. Mil
Ter left Grand Junction in July and
sailed from Seattle for the far dis
tant island possessions. His wife and
children will remain in this city un-
til Rev. Miller is ready for them to
Join him in a new home on the other
side of the world
After a voyage of many long weeks
Rev. Miller reached his destination
early ia September. The letter re-
coived by the Sentinel was nearly
six weeks in coming.
Not only will the hundreds of
friends of the well known and popu-
lar minister read with keen interest
and delight this letter, but every
man. woman and child, whether an
acauaintance of Rev. Miller or not,
will find 1t richly entertaining. One
half of the letter Is published today,
the remainder, dealing with Rev.
Miller's visits In Yokohoma and other
great japanese and Chinese cities,
the conditions of the people. the Gus
toms, etc. will appear tomorrow. The
letter follows:
Maeabebe, Pampanga, p. l., Sept. IL,
1901
l. N. Bunting, Editor The Sentinel,
Grand Junction, Colo,
Dear Mr.. Bunting:
Thinking perhaps that some of
your readers may be Interested in the
incident to trans
Pacific Journey and the impression
of an American as he touches
Oriental life for the first time, | am
linking the liberty to address you.
AS much of my Letter as you may
deem of some interest to your read
ers you are at liberty to use.
The Good Ship fremont
We were scheduled to sail on the
Boston S. s. Company's fremont
Julv 22ud. Inasmuch as the gov
eminent was looking about at that
time for possible transports. the
fremont was in dry-dock undergoing
We spent many inter-
esting hours of the six days wait
watching the longshoremen load our
ship.
Immense Cargo
Part of the cargo had been taken
on at Tacoma, consisting of one
million feet of lumber and $1,000
sacks of flour. The vessel tied up
al Seattle to simply "fnish out" the
cargo. The work began "Wednesday
a. m.
Loading the Ship
There was at that time in the
Dock Warehouse enough flour
marked Fremont to I'LL the first
floor of the Fair building, l really
believe. The flour was loaded
into four matches. At two of these
hatches there were elevators with
an endless belt. the longsh horemen
brought the flour on trucks and two
men lifted it onto the elevators.
Each elevator carried about thir-
.y-six sacks per minute or 1900 lbs.
At two other hatches they were
loading with a large net and the
steam winch. The work was lit
lie slower here, but they managed
10 get about twenty sacks aboard
per minute.
AT the fifth hatch they were load
ng hay and oats for the use of the
army in the Islands. About a ton
ser minute went into this one.
Wednesday a. m. when the ship
led to the Arlington Dock she was
lrawing "a feet of water, Friday
night when the hold was full to the
op of the matches she was down to
he. waterline-2S feet.
when you remember that the Ire
mont is sos feet long and 5S feet
vide. extreme dimensions. you can
get some idea OF the cargo on board. |
When loaded to her normal dis
placement the main deck is about
,ifteen feet above the water. The
promenade deck Is seven feet higher.
Here are located all the first cabin
,tate-rooms. the dining saloon and
he social hall.
As the fremont is primarily a
,argo boat and the passenger busi-
ness a side issue. the passenger
are limited to about
thirty-six first cabin and twenty
second cabin.
100 Tons Used Daily
The speed is governed by the sim
yle problem of economy of coal con-