Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-10
STEAMER CHINA
WILL LIKELY BE
ADDED TO FLEET
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the Atlantic Transport Company offer.
ing to sell US the China. said Mr.. Asa
no. and 7 am confident that negotia-
tons will result in our PURCHASING this
boat. -
We now have four liners on the
transpacific run, the Shinyo Maru. Nip.
pom Maru. Tenyo Marn and Chiyo
Maru. 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. 80 s.
This viii make seven boats avail.
able, and with five more which shall
buy in Japan. the Togo Kfsen Kaisha
win have total Of IL passenger liners
IN operation between San Francisco.
Honolulu Manila and the Orient by
the last of October or FIRST OF Noyenl-
Der. This should relieve the trans
pacific congestion considerably and
help both shippers and passengers.
which Is our aim, rather than to seize
all the business possible.
President Asano would not state tha
price asked by the Atlantic Transport
Company OF West Virginia for the
China, nor what the names of the
Japanese liners he intends to purchase
are.
! With regard TO coaling facilities here
he stated tnat American laws prevent
a Japanese ship line from establishing
"a cooling station or it's own III Amerk
can territory, and that no defihite ar
rangements have been made here for
Ie0aling the T. Xxx. fleet. :.
That the u liners WIN consist mains
ly OF 5000 ton boats. which are most
satisfactory IN handling freight and
passenger business, was stated by
President Asano. who said that the
Persia and China win 60 under Iapa-
Rese registry. We win retain al
the waite members Of the crew pos
sibie, he added The captains and
chief officers viii have to 20, 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
e. Il. * president while Ct the coast
conferred with the Union Iron Works
regarding the immediate building OF
two goo ton vessels for the trans.
pacific trade.
Yes, we are considering building
two new IL 600 ton ships, said Mr..
Asano this 1nofhihg, mt have
reached no e0nciusiof as get. You.
may say that the matter Is under els
cuSsion.
] Kobe, according to coast advices,
may be the companyss big port in fu-
ture. the Tenyo, chiyo and ShInyo
Marp to be confued to the Kobe, fIo-
noltlu-San Francisco run, and the Nip
pom AEaru and Persia to be used as
feeders to that port The two latter
vessels, so run the advices, will be
routed from Kobe to Manila, Hong.
kong, the China coast, and then back
to Kobe, where freight for America
will be traushipped TO the transpa-
eific steamers.
The Tenyo, chiyo and Shinyo Maru
II confined TO the Kobe-San francisco
run would give Honolulu a T. K. K.
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, pri-
marily as cargo ships to help relieve
the freight congestion. They VIII car.
5ry few passengers and will also call
at Honolulu