Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-12

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
will add another liner to the fleet with
the first of the year. to take the place
Of the wrecked Asia, which proved II
total loss off Finger Rock, North
China.
Vice President and General Manager
Il. T.. Schwcrin has closed deal
whereby the Pacific Mali takes over
the British steamship Nile, n liner
heretofore enrolled under the banner
Of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com
pany. and operated by that concern
between Great Britain and South
American ports. via the Straits of Ma
gcllun. The vessel Is reported as hav-
ing been purchased outright, accord
ing to the story which was told this
morning on board the steamship ko-
roa by officers who profess to have
learned the details. Since the elm
nation of the Asia from the transpa-
cite schedule there has existed n wide
gap in sailings from Hongkong as well
as san Francisco. which was generally
understood was To he filed by vessel
the name OF which was unknown.
The Korea came alongside Alakca
wharf before . o'clock this morning,
the officers reporting fine run down
from san Francisco with the cxcep-
tion Of the first day out from the Gold
on Gate. This vessel brought III
cabin. sixteen second-class and one
THIRD class passengers. The through
list FOR various ports along the coast
OF Asia includes 81 cabin - second
aud 80? third-class passengers.
The Korea Is to remain here until
| Z o'clock this evening before taking
up the voyage To Japan ports and
lIungkonE. During this time $50 tons
of general cargo will he discharged. A
mail from the mainland amounting to
2OS sacks was received.
The Korea IL taking large general
cargo to the orient, amounting to T.
500 tons. Of which there are $500 bales
or cotton for the Japan spinning mills.
Honolulu draws six new automobiles
on tho freight list while four will be
forwarded to the East.
one large item of freight Is mate
rial to the amount of sixty tons which
win bc Incorporated in an ice plant
Ia be erected at Canton, China.
ON what Is believed excellent au-
thority II Is claimed that there IL
nothing TO prevent the Nile from taxi
ing up the transpacific run leaving
llOnEkong the latter part Of February.
As the present schedule Is arranged,
the Togo Kiscn Eaisha Chlyo Maru Is
to leave the China coast terminal for
san Francisco on February 1G. Then
win follow the Pacific Mail Mongo-
liza, on March 2. The new steamer
will III into this break in very salts
| factory manner.
Tho Nile IL known here to num-
| her or local shipping people who have
visited the west coast of Central or
South America.
The Nile was built on the Clyde In
| 1898 and Is vessel of $685. gross ton
mage with dead weight carrying ca
pncity OF i1i5 tons. The vessel Is i2O
| feet long, 80 feet in beam and 33.5 feet
deep. II II sinGle-scrcw vessel
| equipped with triple expansion en-
ginos, and VIII have enough speed to
keep in tune with the present schedule.
The Nile, which is now at South
hampton, viii leave London this month
| illN wiz ~ wa sNH'H W I1bUEN'IE,
where II will start on the run between
san Francisco and the coast of Asia.
"a
"Billy" Allen Finds Font Of Youth.
BILLY" Allen, or to he more digni-
fed, Purser william A. Allen, of tho
Pacific Mail liner Korea has become
q mystery to his legion of friends
around the Pacific.
Now "Billy" as he is always known
In shipping circles, has never APP
preached the danger zone which leads
| to Olerlsm On the other hand the
genial official who has Travelled more
miles than any other purscr now in
The trans-Pacifc service does not lay
claim to being the only spring chic
ken in the Pacific Mail family. Truth
is, though whisper It gently. that
BILLY" appears younger with each