Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-27
WATERFRONT norts


nldont and General Manager A. r.
Rchwcrln OF the Pacific Mail Compcny
u staying 50 long IN the Orient. aud
according 10 reports which have come
num the Far East he knows now some
Of The reasons Why the T. X. X line IL
none popular with the travelling pub
lic than the y. NJ line.
lie knows that passengers 10 not
apprc clnte travelling ON steamers that
are not run for the comfort. of the
travelling public. according to reports
received.
Around the Grand Hotel In Yoke.
hama. the Oriental In Kobe and in the
Clubs he has learned that travellers
appreciate being able to get breakfast
In bed. for instance. without a doe.
tors certificate that they are H. Also
that many like drinks served In their
siaieroOms. and further returning ira.
volers from the Orient in many cases
prefer their own steamer chairs of
rattan or seagrass. which they can
buy IN Hongkong fairly cheap. to those
uncomfortable ones furnished nj n dol.
lar per by the Pacific Mail. In the
past no passenger could have chair
Of his own on deck but must use one
Of the company's paying for the priv.
legc.
II Is now understood that Schwerin
Will revoke some Of the obnoxious or
ders which have been In force. those
mentioned already. and others about
ships officers mingling with the pas
sengers al
The shippers themselves were the
only ones who were supposed to talk
10 passengers except In the saloon
during meal hours.
Schwerin has been spending some
time In the Orient and will remain
there for several weeks more r. turn.
ing to the Coast the latter part of the
year after making Thorough invest.
cation of conditions Oriental and It
Is rumorcd that the obnoxious rules
viii be revoked.
ACCORDING TO the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, the steamers Mo
wera-nOw Maitai-and Aorangi,
two pioneers of the Canadian Aus.
tralian line, which are to be put in
service between New Zealand and
San Francisco, by way of the South
Sea Islands. are being overhauled at
Wellington. The first steamer to
leave San Francisco will be the 40
rangi, scheduled to depart November
10. The Aorangi will leave Wei
lington for the Golden Gate, on Dc
tober 22, calling at Auckland, Pa
peete and Rarntonga en- route. The
Aorangi is a steamer of 426S tons
register, and Is $50 feet long. with
good passenger accommodations. The
new line supersedes the present We'll
lingt0n .Papeete service. where con
nection with San Francisco has been
made with the Oceanic company g
steamer Mariposa. While the Mari.
posa will continue on the San Fran
cisco and Papeete run, the new line
will run independently clear through
from Auckland to San Francisco.
The time for the run will be twenty
one days.
THE STEAMER Riverside has fin
lshed her charter with the Alaska
steamship Company, and has been
turned back to her owners, the
Charles Nelson company of this city.
Since June the Riverside has been
employed in carrying railroad ma
terla for the Copper River and
Northwestern, from Seattle to Cor
dova. Her place on the freight
route will he taken by the new
steamer La Touche, recently CON
structed at the Moran yards. La
Touche is a sister ship of the River
side. having been modelled after her
In almost every particular. - S. F.
Chronicle.
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