The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-30
JAP FISHERS
At A BANQUET
New Fisheries Company CeIe-
brate Launching of Their
First Power Sampan.

The dinner given last evening at the
Sanouchi Club by the Hawaiian Fish.
e.res Company, Ltd, II honor of the
Aunehing of the nev power sans Van,
Tenjui Maru on Saturday, the first of a
feet of four, was gastronomical sue
cess, and was attended by not only
nearly two hundred japanese fishermen
but by many representative japanese
men of the community.
The large dining and entertainment
nall was used and the table was ar
ranged in the form of a magnet with
| nearly three hundred chairs arranged
around the outer side The table was
laden with Japanese delicacies, prepar-
ed in a dainty and most appetIzing man
ner. The hall was gaily decorated with
flags of Japan and America. A num-
ber of attractive geisha girls attended
to the wants of the guests during the
dinner and afterwards played and sang
and gave Characteristic japanese
dances.
DIR. Mitamura, president of the Ha-
waiian Fisheries Company, made an ad-
dress in japanese and English. He
spoke of the objects of the organization
and the reason why such a company
would prove a benefit to all Japanese
concerned in it, whether fishermen or
shareholders He said the gross re-
ceipts would undoubtedly be very large.
Other speakers were Mr. Tsuchiya, Sec
retary of the consulate, DR. Katsunuma,
who made several humorous illusions
to his not being shareholder, and A.
i. G. Atkinson, the attorney for the
company. The latter said that nego-
tiations are under way to market the
products in a better way than former
ly, with system and on strict business
principles. He said he was not at lib
erty just now to say what future ar
rangements might be made to make the
market more closely connected with the
company "Our idea,'' he said "is to
market cheaper, TO give fish to the peo-
pie cheaper, and at the same time to
get more for our fish. -
Mr.. Atkinson spoke of the bravery
of the japanese fishermen, who in all
sorts of weather go to sea in their sam
pans to fish for the best fish the waters
afford, and said that some arrangement
might be insured, or provision made for
their families in case any casualties
occurred to any of the men at sea. This
suggestion was received with applause.
Following the dinner proper the
geishas grouped themselves at one end
of the room and rendered a program
of musical selections and dancing. One
of the fishermen gave a humorous exhi-
bition of the manner in which big fish
are caught at sea, using an enormous
candy fish for the purpose, but when
he used his landing net and threw the
fish, it was dollar and not the fish
which landed in a geisha girls lap.
The big power sampan is fitted with
a 25horsepower Union engine. The
boat is probably of five tons register
and its compartments are so arranged
that should an accident occur to one
part of the hull the other compartments
would remain intact and keep the vessel
afoat. It is quite long and of eonsid
erable beam. The engine is very large |
and capable of propelling the boat at !
good speed. Captain Yasui is in com |
mand of the sampan. It's work will be |
to visit the sailing sampans of the fleet |
0ut in the deep water and take their |
catches aboard and when complete
Dad is aboard come into port, thus re-
ieving the sailing sampan crews of the
irduous work of coming into port just
% market their catches.
The officers Of the Hawaiian Fish
'ries Company, Ltd, are: President,
)r. Mitamura; vice president, S. Sheba;
reasurer, G. Nakamura; secretary 7.
'oga; auditors, G. Nakabayashi, s. Uye-
la; manager, NJ Kuramoto.