The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-20
Siberia MARU, OLD I.
Liner IN new GU|SE
COMES IOHONOLULU /.
Former Pacific Mail Steamer Has
Undergone Many Alterations -.
More Cargo Space Now

After more than year . absence
The steamer Siberia returned to Honsf
lulu yesterday, coming this time as a
Japanese vessel, property 6f, the Toyo
Kisen Kaisha. Since change Of own.
ership the former Pacific Mail vessel
has undergone many changes in int.
Tor arrangements, not the least 81.
these being aecommodatidbk IT. nfty
Shree ond.eIass passenGers3 three
new storerooms, new smoking room and
ladies' lounge on "Ao deck and In.
creased cargo space. Formerly the
Siberia carried only cabin and steer.
age. ...- g.. NJ N :. al}'I n
Under Japanese measurements the
vessel s tonnage Is considerably larger.
Her old gross tonnage was IL, 2s4, but
now is ll,7gO; net tonnage was 5655
and now is 6l12. Even her length an.
pears greater under new measureme emit.
reing given as 1922 feet, whereas the
old dimension was 55l.7 feet. New
width is sixty.three feet, while the for.
mer one was 63.2 feet.
She brought. sixteen cabin, five sec.
ord.class and 2S6 steerage TO Honolulu,
from Kobe and Yokohama. Because
of the cholera epidemic reported In
japanese ports, the second class and
steerage were placed in quarantine and
removed to quarantine island, from
which, after examination, the first
batch probably win be released Sat,ir.
day or Sunday and the remainder on
Monday.
Capt. X. Hashimoto, master, stated
that no cholera cases had been report.
ed at Nagasaki for three weeks before
the Siberia left that port, October I,
but were appearing at rate of FIVE or
six day at Osaka. rlE
The Siberia is two days late on her
schedule, and viii arrive in San Fran.
cisco October rs, completing her irst
round trip since she returned to the
Pacific from the Atlantic. On her voy-
age out from San Francisco she went
direct to japan, not touching at this
port.
The old Korea, which also was pur.
chased by the I. X. X. and now be-
comes the Korea Maru, is und erSoine
repairs at Kobe and Nagasaki, and
when she leaves dryddck at the latter
point is to trade schedules with the
VAs'd huIu. MS heunB Hne Will
leave Nagasaki November 10, Shanghai
November %; arrive HongkonR No
vember "a, leave Hongkong December
.; leave. Manila December. 4; leave
Nagasaki December Q; leave Kobe De
cembcr IL; leave Yokohama December
Ia; leave Honolulu, December %; ar
rive San FrancSco. January, 9, The
Persia Maru will take over the Korea =
schedule. and thus will come TO Homo.
lulu on December 4 or5. .,
The Siberia underwent her first
American inspection under foreign
ownership yesterday, Joseph J. Meany
and Thomas J. Heeney inspecting her
hull and boilers. They declared her to
be in excellent condition.
The vessel discharged 1850 tons Of
miscellaneous cargo here.
The new master, X. Hashimoto, for.
merly commanded the Nippon and
more recently the Persia, and has been
a master in the T. X. X. IS South Amer.
lean service for twelve years. O..
Ishii, chief engineer; N. Hasegawa,
chief clerk, and A. +. Evans, chief
steward, were with the ill.starred
ChiyO. f. A. Seeley, purser, has been
in the cOmpany's San Francisco Office
number of years. DIR. L. C. Seully,
ships surgeon, formerly was in the
Southern Pacific Railways hospital
service. J. Yawata is chief officer.