The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Japanese Steamship Company
Quits the Southern for
Western Pacific
ORIENTAL OFFICERS
LONG DISSATISFIED
New Road to Have Trans=Pacif1c
Ships Waiting for Its
Through Freight
TRAINS AND VESSELS
TO MEET AT PIER "a

THE Pacific Mail company and the
Togo Kisen Kaisha have come to
= the parting of the ways, and the
first steps toward a divorce will be
taken in New York today, when Moto-
ira Shiraishi, general manager Of the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha, will serve on
Judge Lovett a notice to the effect
that his company has found an affinity
in the Western Pacific and will sever
all diplomatic, social and business re-
lations with the Pacific Mail and
Southern Pacific By the terms of
the agreement under which the two
companies operated it is necessary
for the company seeking a release to
give six months notice. II is believed
that Judge Lovett will tell the Japan
ese line TO take its clothes and go, and
that the new combination between the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha and the Western
Pacihc will become effective long be-
fore the six months have expired
Shiraishi and Assistant General Man
ager w. II. Avery are due in New York
this morning. Shiraishi went direct
from Japan via Vancouver, where Avery
met him. Before they leave New York
the deal with the Western Pacific viii
be closed and the plans already COM
pleted, for the operation of the steam
snip line through its new connections,
viii be put into effect
Gould Builds Pier
Pier 81, which was leased to the
Western Pacific by the harbor commits
sion and built with Gould money, will
be the home on this side of the Pacific
Of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha's big tur-
bine liners. of which there will be a
third in commission within a few
months. The pier is practically ready.
The Offices on pier 81 were built under
the supervision of James Crichton, su-
perintendent Of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha,
and the direction Of Assistant General
Manager Avery.
The pier is equipped with a railroad
track which will be connected in few
DAYS with the state belt railroad. In
the rear Of the pier the Gould line
has leased q large area of state prop
erty for railroad yards and ware
houses. the equipment for which is on
its way 10 this coast. BY the time the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha has disentangled
itself from the Southern Pacific and
Pacific Mail embraces, the Western Pa
cihc will be in good shape to handle the
stes mship lines transcontinental busi-
ness.
Eager Ear to WoOing
The severance Of relations with the
Pacific Mail will necessitate the es-
tablishment by the Togo Kisen Kaisha
of independent freight and passenger
agencies at all oriental ports of call
and in this and the other principal
cities Of the United States. Under the
present arrangements the Togo Kisen
Kafsha business is handled through the
Pacific Mail agencies, the Togo Kiser
Kaisha paying its share Of the ex-
penses. The division of expense, II
has long been the plant Of the Toyc
Ffsen Kaisha officials, has been more
even than the division of business, and
belief that the Pacific Mail was
y 81 playing fair made the japanese
line lend an eager ear to the wooine
of the Western Pacific.
The building of the turbine liners
and falling off in business as the re-
suit of the Chinese boycott brought the
Tovo Kisen Kaisha to the verge OF
bankruptcy. President Asano, although
wealthy. could not have saved his line
If Baron Shibusawa, Japan's most
powerful money king, had not gone to
his assistance. With the Shibuwasa
credit behind it the Toyo Kisen Kaisha
took q new lease of life. Work which
had been suspended on the third of the
big liners was resumed.