Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31
Shipping
NIPPON MARU NOW SLATED
FOR INTERMEDIATE SERVICE
Little White Yacht Running Mate of the America and
Hongkong Marlls, Will Then Carry Passengers at Re-
mished ninomats and ofticiaIsEGet awav Dav for In
ter.IsIand Vessels.

The Togo Kisen Kaisha liner Nip
pom Maru which passed through Ho-
nolulu some days ago en- route from
he Orient to San Francisco is now
said on good authority, will very soon
pass into the second class or intcrmc-
date service.
The day for trans-Pacihc liners of
small tonnage engaging in iirst-cass
traffic, appears 10 he passing with the
advent of fine palatial liners that now
ply between China, Japan, Hawaii and
the Pacific coast.
For a number of trips, and in fact
since the maiden voyage of such
steamships as the Tenyo, Chiyo and
Shinyo Marus and the Mongolia and
Manchuria, but very little passenger
business has fallen To the lot of the
smaller steamers operated by the ia
panese company.
The American Maru which has now
passed into the control of the Osaka
Shosen Kaisha made several trips
across the Pacific with less than a
dozen In the first class.
The past few voyages of the Nip
pom Maru have been equally devoid
of large lists of cabin travellers and
on her last call at Honolulu the Nip
pom arrived here with but seven cabin
passengers and two of these remain
ed at Honolulu.
The japanese maintain very good
intermediate service in the North Pa
cifc in the liners operated by the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
with the arrival OF the Chiyo Maru
from San Francisco this morning
came the unofficial announcement that
| the Nippon Maru now at the coast
port might be dispatched on her next
trip to the Far East as an "intermo.
date" boat. That will mean that the
Nippon Maru will enter into compc-
tition with the Persia and China al
| the Pacific Mail line and the British
! steamship Montcaglc of the Cana,
dian-Pacifc Steamship Company
these vessels making a rate OF but
one hundred and twenty-five dollars
from San Francisco to Manila ol
Ilongkong.
or course. the reduction when II
goes into effect on the Nippon. viii
effect Honolulu traffic in only one di,
rection, that being with the East
bound traffic.
Honolulu drew but two passengers
IN the Chiyo Maru. The through lis,
includes III cabin, 81 second class
and 1874 Asiatic stccragc or this mum
Der are many prominent in business
and diplomatic circles In the East.
The vessel Is well laden with car,
90 amounting to about six thousand
tons. There Is six hundred bars OF
bullion on board valued at q half mil,
lion dollars.
Purser william Chapman was greet,
ing friends this morning after his alb
sence of one trip during which time
he visited his old home in Virginia
and continued his wanderings to
Washington and other East coast
points. In Chapman. the genial
Tommy" McCombe, and other Off,
GERS of the Chiyo Maru Is a justly
popular vessel with the travelling pub
lie The Chiyo continues the voyage
to Japan ports and Hongkong at five
o'clock this evening. The vessel was
an early arrival and consignment OF
3Sl sacks mail was speedily taken in
charge by the local postal officials
In the through list of passengers are:
Hon. Charles Page Bryan, who was
appointed recently to succeed Thorn
as OBrien AS Minister to Japan, ac-
companied by his secretary, T. S
Blair Is going out to his new post on
the Chiyo. Charles A. Baldwin and
his wife, who was formerly Miss Hob,
art, have begun tour of the world
by the japanese liner. j. w. Gala
CHER, who welded Mnricl Steele, u
s!stcr-in-law of Thomas Williams, will
take his bride with him to Shanghai,