The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-26
MARINE

Will the Tenyo Maru make Sar
Francisco in four days and eight hours
This is the hope of the officers and
crew of the big new liner which ar
rived here Tuesday after a remark
able run from Yokohama of eight days
and five hours, beating the previou:
record made by the China in December
1897, of eight days, six hours and fif'
teen minutes. This was done without
attempting to push the boat to any
extent and at no time was she max
ing near as good time as she could
have done Had it not been for the
Japanese governments refusal to give
permission for the Tenyo to go direct
to San Francisco, the company would
have sent her past Honolulu in an at
tempt to beat the record made by the
Siberia in October, 1905, of ten days,
ten hours and twenty EIGHT minutes,
II is thought that she would have
beaten this record by at least thirty-siX
hours. AS it is she is going out to
take sixteen hours off the record from
Honolulu to san Francisco which rec
ord is also held by the China and was
made in November, 1902, the run being
made in five days two hours and six
teen minutes. The fastest trip made
from San Francisco to this port was
made by the Siberia in August, 1905,
when she covered the distance in four
days nineteen hours and twenty min
utes.
INSPECTING THE NEW LINER.
Yesterday early the Tenyo Maru was
off the harbor and about eight O'Clock
started in to the wharf following the
Mara ma from the Colonies. There was
a very large crowd at the railroad
wharf to see the palatial new liner
dock and as soon as they were allowed
aboard swarmed up the gangsway to
inspect the new boat. During the day
and until late in the evening she was
crowded with sightseers, who went into
every nook and corner in the big vessel
and were surprised at what they saw.
Never in the history of Honolulu has
a vessel of the class of the Tenyo
Maru called here. Being the latest
boat in the trade, she is the most
modern in every way. Not a thing
has been forgotten for the comfort of
the traveller and the luxury of the fit
tings of the staterooms and cabins,
the magniicence of the lounging rooms
and saloons made an impression on
the visitors which will not soon be
forgotten.
The Tenyo had a fine voyage from
the Orient to port and although the
sea was smooth most of the way she
showed that she is wonderfully COM
Portable boat to travel on if for no
other reason than that there is an
utter lack of vibration so noticeable
in the big vessels which have recipro-
eating engines.
The arrangements of the decks are
very fine and show careful thought in
the planning. The A deck is the one
that will naturally be the most pop
ular with passengers. 1t houses the
quarters of the officers, the lounging
room for the ladies, the card and smok-
ing room and buffet for the gentlemen
and the dancing deck. The space Civ
en- for dacing is as large as any dane
ing floor in Honolulu and beautifully
smooth. On the B deck are the suites
Of rooms and the drawing room and
bathrooms all beautifully arranged and
The c deck has the rooms
Of the first and second cabin. the sa
loon for the first cabin passengers be-
ing well forward and the second cabin
accommodations being aft. The nicely
arranged nursery for the little ones is
on this deck and is so arranged that
the Riddles cannot hurt themselves or
get into mischief. The walls are
padded and very soft carpet and
wicker chairs make hard things to
bump against few and. far between. A
gymnasium is advertised aboard the
boat but although a careful search was
made for it, it was not found. 1t was
explained by one of the officers that
here was not room for it this trip but
hat it would be brought along next
rip out from the East.
The Tenyo has a big list of passen- |
gers and will take many from this
port who have been waiting over for |
he big boat. She viii sail for the |
Coast this afternoon at three o'clock |
As she is bound for a record and will |
It least make the run in five days it |
S probable that letters mailed on her |
will reach San Francisco several hours |
n advance of the Alameda which sails
t ten O'Clock this morning, five hours |
head of the Japanese boat.
BOYCOTT IN FORCE.
OF the six thousand tons of general
reight on the Tenyo Maru for San
Francisco from the Orient not one pound
s from Chinese ports, neither is there
Chinese passenger aboard either in
he cabin or steerage. The big boats
argo for this port consists of gun
lies, silk. mating, rice, sake, tea and
eneral merchandise. Her principal
zig items of freight for the Coast and
verland comprise nineteen hundred
ales of raw silk, being sent to New
FORK to be manufactured; 34,404 pack
ges of tea, and six thousand rolls of
Mating. The sake for this port
mounts to 435 casks and is said to be
rec from the salicylic acid which has
cen tabued by the government. 1t
rill be subjected to the test by Ex-
ert Duncan and if free will pass and
not ii will be condemned
The officers of the Tenyo Maru, all
whom are well known and deserved
Y popular at this port and with the
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