Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-02
STEAMSHIP men
ARE PROMOTED
Several Changes In Staff
OF The Steamer
Asia

Dtth dbOut
in the personnel OF the staff that looks
after the welfare of the travelling pub
lie who are patrons of the Intermed-
late steamer Asia of the Pacific Mail
service. Since the vessel last visited
Honolulu, j. r. Alberts, well known
freight clerk, has been elevated TO
Pennsylvania.
Alberts will be missed here but he
Is ably succeeded by ID. T.. Cummins,
now on the rolls as acting freight
clerk.
j. W. Hurd, former storekeeper
in the Asia, has been succeeded by
X. l.. Macdonald.
In the engineering staff, II. Mas
ters has ten the recipient OF de-
served promotion from third to sec
end assistant and this left a vacancy
that has been filled by the appoint
ment of A. Hazelwood to the position
of third engineer
The Asia. which Is now engaged In
the transportation of second or In
termediate class passengers, IL be-
coming quite popular with those seek
Ing reduced rates of passage from the
mainland to the Orient. The vessel
arrived yesterday afternoon with
practically all her cabin accommoda-
lions filled with missionaries return
ing to stations in the Far East, and
Philippine Insular government en-
ployees who prefer to escape the nox-
ious red tape of army transport rou-
tine, and go back to their labors In
Uncle Sans Farthest Possessions by
commercial vessel. There is a
small sprinkling OF the tourist. globe
trotting and business class on the
boat though the greater bulk of this
trade naturally drifts to the big and
more modern liners operated by the
Pacific Mail or the Japanese COM
pany.
The Asia makes a stay OF twenty
four hours at Honolulu. She brought
no cargo. One layoyer passenger re-
mains at Honolulu In the person Of
DIR. II. w. Coe, a wealthy capitalist
and financier of Portland, Oregon,
and a personal friend of both Presi-
dent Taft and Theodore Roosevelt
He is well known as one of the fore
most promoters OF banking, irrigation
and mining interests in his state. vice.
president of the Observation-Disclosures
can Bank of Portland and president
of the Bank of Stanfield, of the First
National Bank OF ST. Johns and of the
First National Bank of Kelso. Dr.
Coe stays over in Honolulu until the
Mongolia sails. lie is making tour
Of the Far East for the purpose Of
studying the possibilities for invest
ment.
or the through passengers who will
resume their voyage by the Asia at 3
o'clock this afternoon is F. w. Small
man, general manager of the Mass.
Mutual Life Ins. Co., of Springfield
for the State of Washington. Mr.. and
Mrs. Smallman are taking vacation
trip to the Orient.
+. w. Bauckman is manager for the
Rosenstock Directory Co. of China
and the Philippines, Mr.. Bauckham
has been preaching the business gos-
pei of the Orient to the merchants of
the Pacific Coast and reports very
good success. He is returning to
China to compile the directory of
China for the year 1911 edition.
Bound for the Philippines is A. T.
Noble, manager for the Philippines
Telegraph and Telephone Co., who is
returning to the islands from a trip
home. His company has decided to
install long distance telephone SER
vice to include the towns OF Cavite,
Baguio and Los Banos.
G. r. Sproat, an assistant apprais-
er of customs at the port of Manila,
is returning from leave of absence.
Another passengers is J. p. Dough-
ton, Jr,, United States vice consul at
Kobe. DR., II. W. Grow will make a
round trip on the Asia.
The Asia carries large number of
deported Hindoos and her through
cargo amounts TO about nine hundred
tons. nearly one half of which is
leather, while about fifty tons of cot.
ton is included In the shipment.