The San Francisco call., 1908-10-09

The Pacific Mail company S liners
China and Asia are to be taken out or
the first class passenger business. They
will remain on the run between here
and the orient, but will carry only In
termediate and steerage passengers.
This step has been decided upon for
the reason that the smaller ships on
this run having been carrying few pass
engers and the big liners have been ia
many cases uncomfortabiy crowded. 1t
is also believed that the lower rates on
the intermediate ships will foster
new and profitable class of travel. As
the fares on the intermediate ships will
be practically half the present first
class rates the China and Asia are
were in the days before their big
sisters appeared and captured the
passenger business.
The Asia, Captain Harry Gankroger,
Will sail from here November "a with
only intermediate and steerage pass
engers. The stateroons now reserved
for first class passengers will be the
quarters of the intermediate passengers
and the steerage, then as now, Will be
practically reserved for Asiatics.
The China's first voyage as an inter-
mediate liner viii begin at this port
January Is. The present first class
rates to the Orient are: 20 Hongkang
1925, TO Yokohama 5000 and to Homo
lulu SIS. The rates on the China and
Asia will be SI15. s10O and SEQ The
Asia, being under the British flag, will
carry no passengers between here and
Honolulu.
intermediate ships have been COM
mon and popular on the Atlantic. They
meet the need of people in moderate
circumstances whose pride might pre-
vent their travelling second class on
a ship where there were first class
passengers. On these ships second
class will be first class with a strong
financial argument in their favor If
the innovation proves a success the
liner Persia, now laid up at Hongkong,
viii also be put into commission as
an intermediate vessel.
TOnawanda Is Overdue
The Standard oil company's tanker
Tonawanda. which left Tongku Sep
tember s for this port and was due
here four days ago, has not yet put
In an appearance. 1t is not believed
that any harm has befallen the oil ship,
but the underwriters are a little anxi-
Gus, for the reason that several ty-
phoons have whirled across the Pacific
since the Tonawanda left. Japan.
Accidents ON Puget Sound
The Puget sound steamer City of
Everett broke its shaft yesterday and
was towed into Seattle.
The power schooner Reliance ground
ed yesterday at Aiki point, Puget
sound, during a dense fog. The vessel
was hoated three hours later. The ex-
tent of damage sustained, if any, is
not known.
VIII Be on Duty Soon
William Heffernan, the harbor hospi-
tai steward who was injured a few
weeks ago when a streetcar collided
with the ambulance, is slowly recov-
ering- He visited the hospital yes
terday and expects to have his broken
bones out of splints in few weeks.
when he will return to duty. Heffer-
nan is trained nurse and one of the
most efficient stewards in the city
emergency service. He has been at
tached to the harbor hospital staff for
many years.
New Barge for Bay Work
The steamer Mann Smith, which ar
rived Wednesday from Coos bay.
brought in tow the new barge Ped
der, built by the c. A. Smith lumber
company for service in this harbor.
VIII Cost $1,000 to Repair
The schooner John A Campbell,