Evening bulletin., 1910-09-27
WATERFRONT MOTIFS

10 LEARN things is why Vice Pre-.
1dcni and General Manager r. y.
Schwcfln OF the Pacific Mail Compnny
is staying so long In the orient. and
according TO reports which have come
from the Far East he knows now some
Of the reasons why the r. X. X. line Is
more popular with the travelling pub.
lie than tho y. NJ line.
lie knows that passengers do not
appr1 clate travelling on steamers that
aie 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 ILL., Also
that many like drinks served in their
state rooms. and further returning ira.
velors from the Orient In many cases
prefer their own steamer chairs of
rattan or seagrass. which they can
buy in Ilongkong fairly cheap TO those
uncomfortable ones fuinished,at a 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 cnmpanys paying for the prlvl-
lege.
II is now understood that Schwe rim
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
sengars.
The shippers themselves were the
only ones who were supposed to talk
to 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 investi-
cation OF conditions Oriental and II
Is rumored that the obnoxious rules
will be revoked
ACCORDING TO the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, the steamers Mio-
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 "a
leave San Francisco will be the 40
rangi, scheduled to depart November
16. The Aorangi will leave Wei
lington for the Golden Gate on oc-
tober 22. calling at Auckland, Pa
peete and Raratonga en- route The
Aorangi is a steamer of 426S tons
Register, and Is 3S9 feet long, with
good passenger accommodations. The
new line supersedes the present Wei
| llngton .Papeete service, where con
nection with San Francisco has been
made with the Oceanic company's
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
ished 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
terial 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. IS, f.
Chronicle,
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