Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-10
STEAMER CHINA
Will LIKELY BE
ADDED TO FLEET
teontinned rrom pags onsl

NonIlnucu Honh pASn 0n0J ~
the Atlantic Transport Company uffer-
ing to sell us the China = said Mr.. Asa
no, and | am confident that negotia-
tons will result In our purchasing this
boat. NJ
we now have four liners on the
transpacific run, the Shinyo Maru. Nip.
pom Maru, Tenyo Maru and Chiyo
Mafu. To these we viii add three
more, the Persia, which We recently
purchased from the Pacific Mail. the
Anyo Maru, now on the Japan~South
America run, and the China. which we
will shortly purchase. ....s d
This will make seven boats avail.
able, and with Ave more which ] shall
buy in Japan, the Togo Kisen Kaisha
win have q total OF IL passenger liners
in operation between san Francisco.
Honolnlu, Manila and the Orient by
the last OF October or first OF Novem-
Der. This should relieve the trans
pacific congestion considerably and
help ehoth shippers and pasensefs,
which is our aim. rather than 10 seize
all the business possible. :,
President AsaIfo would not state the
price asked BY the Atlantic Transport
Company of West virginia for the
China, nor what the names AZ the
Japanese liners he intends 70 purchase
are
With regard TO cpaling facilities here
he stated that American laws prevent
a JaHanese ship line from establishing
a egaliRg station of its own In AuneFi.
can territory. and. that no definite ar
rangements have heen made here for
coaling the 4. K. k .fleet.
That the ~ liners will consist main
ly OF 5000 ton bpats which are most
satisfactory In handling freight and
passenger business, was stated by
President Asano, who said that the
Persia and China VIII so under lapa-
,nese registry. we will retain an
the white members OF the crew pos.
sibIe, he added. The captains and
chief officers will havasf0 90, accord
ing TO local shipping men, as they are
licensed under American laws and a
transfer to- Japanese license Is no
longer possible.
Advices from San Francisco ship
ping circles are to the effect that the
7. X. X. president while ct the coast
conferred with the Union Iron Works
REGARDING the immediate building oI
two 700 ton vessels for the trans
pacific trade.
Yes. we are considering building
two new $4,000 ton ships, said MT
Asato this morning, but have
reached no conclusion as yet. You
may say that Che matter IS under dis
eussioif.
Kobe, according to coast alviccs,
may be the company5s big port I'm fu-
tuFe, the Tenyo, Chiyo and Shlnyo
Maru to be confined to the Kobe Ho-
nolulu-San Francisco run, and the Nip
pom Maru and Persia to be used as
feeders to that port. The two latter
vessels, SO run the advices, win be-
routed from Kobe to Manila, Hong
kong, the China coast, and then back
to Kobe where freight for America
will be transhipped to the transpa-
eifie steamers.
- The Fenyo. Chiyo and Shinyo Maru
If confined to the Kobe-San Francisco
run would give Honolulu a T. X. X.
steamer each way every 10 days.
In addition it Is understood that pos
sibly two Of the three ships now on
the South American run may be put
on the Kobe-San francisco, route, pr.
rnarfly as cargo ships to help relieve
the freight congestion. They win car.
fy a few passengers and win also call
at Honolulu.