Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-16
nile Will BE A FAVORITE
With TRANS.PACIFIC TRAVELLERS
Latest Addition to Pacific Mail Fleet Possesses Many Pleas
ing observation-disclosures to Sail for San Francisco To-
morrow Mornng-KIaue Returned From HiIo Run
Restorer Met With Nasty Weather While Effecng Re-
pairs to Cable-Mau Retu rned With Sugar.

The British steamer Nile, now dis
playing the house flag of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company from its
masthead. is destined to become fa-
vorite means of transportation for
| travellers, Judging from the encOmiums
Of praise bestowed upon the newly ac-
quircd liner by the rather small list OF
passengers elected to make the initial
voyage from Orient to Ovcident.
The Nile, with five cabin, a few sec
Ond-class and l4O hsiatic steerage
passengers, arrived at the port this al
! tornoon, completing the first leg of a
voyage that Is declared as bordering
upon the uncvcntiul.
The Nile is expected to be dispatch
Cd for San Francisco on or about 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning though It
may be the noon hour before the liner
gets away for the Coast. Six hundred
tons of coal are to be taken aboard
during the stay of the Nile at this
port. this fuel being loaded while the
vessel remains at her berth NJ the
Alakea wharf.
The Nile has for some years back
been engaged In trade between the
United Kingdom. the Continent and
South American ports. She was for
merly owned ana operated by the Roy
al Mail Steamship Company and Is in
every way fine passenger and cargo
carrier. While the Pacific Mail has
placed the Nile in the intermediate
service, her appointments MS well as
cuisine entitle this steamer to the
front rank in the Pacific, so state the
delighted passengers
The Nile was an object of much in
terest among shipping men upon her
arrival here today
She Is stcel-built vessel with
three masts and two tunnels Messrs
-. and G. Thomson. Ltd, Glasgow,
built the ship in 1898 She has a
promenade. deck 2l7 feet long, poop
AZ feet long and forecastle 70 feet
long. She is fitted with wireless te-
legraphy, rcfrigerating machinery
ana electric light throughout. There
~ accommodation for 2l5 iirst-class
passengers, 30 second-class and 36S
third, There Is one cabin de luxe on
the promenade deck, and also first
class ladies' bOudOir and a smoking
room. The main deck Is taken up al
most entirely by irst-class state
rooms. among which are four cabins
de luxe. The poop Is reserved en-
tirely for secOnd-class passengers,
smoke room, ladies' boudoir and dining
saloon for their sole use. She is emf
nently suitable for the trans-PaciGcI
trade Every stateroom Is provided
with fan ana large air ports.
Among the innovations found in the |
Nile and much appreciated by thcI
passenger who Is compelled to remain
on board while the steamer lies at n |
port are the silent cargo cranes, which |
insure little or no noise in the dis
charge of freight.
During the stay of the steamer at |
Hongkong she was given a general
OyeIhauling.
Several well-knOwn ana Justly pop
ular Pacific Mail officials who have
won wide acquaintance with travel
ers and shipping people at Honolulu.
are to be found among the stan of Of
fccrs IN the newly acquired liner.
Owing to the interest awakened by
the arrival of the new vessel, her de-
parturc for the Coast tomorrow morn
ing Is destined to draw a large dele
cation at the wharf.
A big consignment of mail destined
for the mainland will he forwarded by
the Nile.