The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-14
Six To Be Principally Passenger
Steamers and Like Number
Chiefly Cargo Carriers
HAS FIVE TO PURCHASE
OR CHARTER FOR SERVICE
Makes Up For Pacific Mails Dis
continuance To Orient But
Not To Coast

Twelve ships on the San Francisco
Honolulu Orient run are planned by
President s. Asano Of the Togo Kisen
Kaisha. He said yesterday afternoon
he expected them to be in service this
year.
L Six will be passenger steamers; six
viii be cargo carriers, but the passen-
ger ships will carry cargo and the
freighters will have passenger accom-
Inodations. Division into the two classes
merely indicates the relative import
ance Of provisions for passengers and
freight.
-Four Of the ships already are run.
ming: the ShinyO Maru, Nippon Maru,
Tenyo Maru and Chiyo Maru.
Three to be added are the Pacific
Mail steamer Persia, the Pacific Mail
steamer China and the Togo Kisen
Kaisha steamer Anyo Maru, now on
the South American run.
Negotiating For Five Now
| Negotiations for FIVE more ships are
under way. Mr. Asano said II was not
determined whether they would be
bought outright or chartered. II is a
eoincidenee that the Nippon Yusen Kai.
sha,, Japan 3 premier line, has five new
passenger and freight ships ut Maya
saki, OF. did have few weeks ago. 1t
Is possible, even probable, that these
are the FIVE Mr.. Asano meant.
Although Mr.. Asano said negotia-
tions for the China were proceeding,
the T. K X. president confidently in
cluded her in the list of ships, and
4 there Is little doubt that the sale Of
1 that steamer by the Atlantic Transport
Company Of West Virginia to the T.
4 X. X, has been contaminated or will
be in the near future.
/ The Atlantic Transport Company of
West Virginia bought the China and the
Big Fonr-the Korea, Siberia, Mongo-
4 Tia and Manchuria-from the Pacific
Mail for $5,250,O00. The Persia was
sold directly by the Pacific Mail to
the 7. X. K. She il the Oldest of the
ships, but stiIl In. good shape. r.
4 Tvsntys Eight Trips year III
Il Twenty eight round trips year will
be made by the passenger ships, and
twenty-five by the freighters, Mr.. Asa
no said. These figures are totals, of
course. The schedule of the T. X. K.
ships, in effect now, calls for slightly
win Garry Many in steerage
The freighters will have aecommoda,
tions for passengers in all three cabins,
but, as in the case Of the Anyo Maru
and Sleyo Maru, now in the South
American trade, they win be steeraRe
ships to n greater degree than first
cabin. ...|r ,E.a..
Sailings for one year will be l0t
in all-ffty-six for the passenger liners
and fifty FOR the cargo-carriers. This
will mean an average Of slightly more
than two calls d week, one each wav
which is almost the exact equivalent
of the Pacific Mail.Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Joint schedule, with the Nile, now with
drawn for British transport service, in
cludsd. For the year beginning Novem
Der 7, 1914, and ending November
1915, fifty two sailings Of ships of the
two companies from San Francisco were
scheduled, or 104 both ways.
Twelve ships Of the T. X. K. will
make only two more sailings than oIe
ven of the T. X. K, and Pacific Mail
which also shows slight slowing down
How service sums up
In short, the service by the aug
Iuented T. K. X. feet will he almost
ident ically that of the old T. X. X
heet and Pacific Mail feet; but, OF
course, the Pacific Mail ships, with thC
exception of the Nile and Persia, cOulC
handle passengers and freight between
San Francisco and Honolulu. both WAYS
whereas the T. X. X. will be unable
to carry either, as IL is now.
Although the trans Pacific service
win be what il was before the Pacific
Mail suspended, the Islands will no
benefit so far as service TO San From
cisco is concerned. So far as servie,
s to and from the Orient Is concerned
there will be no difference.
: The Persia is scheduled to sail from
San Francisco Wednesday for Yokoha
ma on her last trans Pacific VOYAGE un
, her the Pacific Mail flag. She will b,
turned over to the T.. X. X. Mt Ho, 2
kong, and her sailing from Hongl,ous
and San Francisco probably will h,
October Is.
As the Pacific Mail and the T. X. X
have been operating under join
schedule. taking over the Persia anC
China will make them fit in exacth
with the T. X. X. schedule. As othp
' ships are ACQUIRED, they can take tn
A dates vacated by the withdrawal of tn
+, Pacific Mail ships.
Coal Contract Report Confirmed
Announcement Of these plans by IN
Z Asano gives point to recent repo It
from San Francisco that the T. K. X
had arranged to increase its cOntrnr
for coal there. The Persia, China, NiI
ron MAru and Shinyo Maru are Goa
burners altogether. and the Chjv
Maru and Tenyo Maru. the big shin
Of the fleet, are combination coal an
oil burners.
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