Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-17
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To share in gigantic subsidy
awarded by the Japanese Diet amour
ting to 4,54S,025 yen for the year
1916, the Togo Kisen Kaisha liner Chi
20 Maru, one of five liners operated
by that company in the nsPaeifie
service, is at Honolulu today, bearing
several distinguished Japanese Off
cials. ~* -.. ~
With the arrivaI of the Chiyo from
San Francisco today it. was learned
that the Japanese department of COM
munications had completed a thor
oUgh investigation previous to decid-
| ing as to the opening Of a Panama ca.
nal route, namely whether the new
route would be found necessary to the
welfare Of. the steamship company,
that the Japanese treasury had funds
sufficient to grant subsidy for YES
sells proposed on this route, and also
its effects upon the service maintain
ed in the Pacific by the T. K. K. : d :,
| Honolulu will not be made to suffer
in any event by the ablfshment of
q new line, or the addition Of steam
ers to take care Of the canal business,
Twas the announcement made this
fmcrning r.. i. T.. -
/ At first the selection of an interme-
Idiate port was difficult The depart
ment considered Honolulu, San Fran
cisco, San Pedro and Salina Cruz,
Mexico, but all these will affect the
ISan Francisco service or the South
American service of the Togo Kisen
Kaishas' and so finally chose Seattle
u flo- -
Imore days voyage compared with the
direct route to Panama; but this de-
lay is expected to be counterbalanced
by cargo loaded in Seattle. ...
/ Eight vessels of 10000 tons each
Twill be employed for the new service,
imainly to carry cargo between Kobe
and New York. and will sail once ev-
iery three weeks At the beginning,
however, five or six vessels will be
fused, and when eight vessels are on
the schedule the subsidy will amount
to about 100000 yen.
The new proposal for ship subsidy
eurtafls about 400, 900 yen; from what
had been granted previously. The San
Francisco route will be maintained as
before; and either the, Tacoma serv-
lice by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, or
the Seattle service by the Nippon Yu-
sen Kaisha, will be abandoned, or
be extended further south to the Pan
anna route. The new route for which
the n. Y. K. is to get the contract,
will make Kobe. the home port and
New York its terminus, touching at
Seattle, then directly to Colon, at the
west end of the canal, and also at
New Orleans, then heading to New
| York.
One of the largest delegations Of
ltea-huyers to pass through Honolulu
for the Far East in many months is
iourneying in the Chiyo Maru. The
big|liner was favored by fine. weather
from the time Of leaving San Francis
co until the vessel brought up
| at quarantine this morning. While
but three cabin passengers will re-
main here. the liner carries so cabin,
$50 second class and 124 Asiatic
steerage passengers.
Mail to the amount Of 206 sacks was
landed here. The Chiyo Mary is to
proceed to Japan. China and the Phil
lDpines at 4 O'Clock this afternoon,
about forty cabin passengers joining
the liner at Honolulu.
A through cargo of 1000 tons Of gen
eral merchandise is aboard the YES
sell
Edward Soeley who has been a
member of the San Francisco wharf
official staff, is now freight clerk, tax
ing the place Of Clarence Ludwigsen,
who has been offered a fine. position
with Coast silk importing house.
Seelev has made several trips across
the Pacific in the Tenvo Maru and is
not. stranger to Honolulu shipping
fraternity. Mrs c. Fortune is a new
stewardess who is making her first
trip in the Chiyo Maru.
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