The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-03
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7. K. X. Liner Win Be Largest
and Fastest h Trans
pacific Trade

Additional details Of the steamer,
Snn francisco Maru. TO be built by the
Togo Kisen Kaishasiu Japan have been
received here by mail. First details
came by cable.
Soichiro Asano, president Of the
Togo Kisen Kaisha. announced Septem-
Der that the first ship to be built at
his new dockyard, capitalized at 5000.
Oc0 yen, win be the san Francisco
Msru, which win be larger than any
passenger vessel now running on the
Pacific. Having length Of $50 feet,
the new vessel win be longer BY forty.
six feet than the Empress Of Rnssia
or the Empress of Asia, the two big
sister liners Of the Canadian Pacific
Ocean Services. Ns s
& Other Dimensions OF the new liner
will be similar to the big twin Empress
liners, each OF, which has 1880 tons
gross register, 30625 tons displacement,
sixty-eight feet beam.
Quadriple Expansion Engines
The new vessel will have quadruple
expansion engines Her aecommoda.
tions for passengers win snrpass any Of
the transpacifc liners, as she IL
planned to carry 300 saloon passengers,
besides 100 second-class add 500 steer,
nge passengers. She will be the finest
and most luxurio1sly equipped passen.
ger liner crossing the Pacific when she
Is put into .commission. Her speed will
be twenty-three knots an hour, making
her the fastest liner on the Pacific. As
she viii sail at such high speed, the
Togo Kisen Kaisha will inaugurate an
express passenger and freight service
across the Pacific, sailing between San
Francisco and Yokohama and stopping
at Honolulu on each trip for twenty.
four hours. 5s
New Service TO Hongkong
To continue her passenger as well as
freight services between Yokohama
and Hongkong for the new liner, two
liners now operating between San
Francisco and Hongkong viii be com,
missioned. The names Of the ships ia
be placed on the new line between
Hongkong and Yokohama have not
been announced. This announcement,
will be highly welcomed by many Of
the silk shippers in Yokohama who are
paying a high insurance for their goods
while they are stocked for many days
waiting shipment, due to the freight
congestion.
This is only a part of the prepare.
tons organized on larger scale Ia
compete with keen rivalry which will
arise among those steamship companies
engaged in the transpacifc trade as
soon as the war is over.
1t was learned that the new shiT
win be completed in two years. Onf
thousand and eight. hundred tons OF
shipbuilding materials which were
taken TO Yokohama by the Korea MARI
included a part Of materials to build
the new ship. );
Siberia and Korea Delayed
The departures of the Korea MARI
and the Siberia Maru for America have
been postpowd because Of the shortage
of labor atsthe Mitsu Bishi Dockyard
and Engine Works at Nagasaki, where
the two liners are to be completely re
fitted. The cholera epidemic ha,
caused many workhen to refuse Il
work at the dockyard.
The steamers, which were purchased
recently by the Togo Kisen Kaishs
from the International Mercantile Ma
rine company, must be refitted before I
commission is granted by the Japanes,
government for them to ply on thu
tTanspacifc run. The Siberia is to sal
from NagasaH October and from
Yokohama for San Francisco October
4, being delayed for more than threI
weeks. The Korea win sail from Maya
saki November 90 and from Yokohama
November 25. She originally wal
scheduled TO sail from Yokohama Octo
Der z. ,sN -, ~. /, " Its Y. ~.
Besides improvements in passenger
and cargo Accommodations installed II
New York, the steamers will be refittet
on a large scale. At New York eacl
was equipped with four heavy der
y rieks, each able to lift freight weigh
ing thirty tons. These heavy derrick
were especially equipped to handle tn,
enormously heavy cargo often takei
On board in the Pacific ports since tn,
war. o. a." Ey# .. .|. VIZ u s4%
M Among several conspicuous improve
ments which the Togo Kisen Kaisha 4
planning are an extensive smoking
: room and barber's shop. The smok
ing room and barber's shop win be en-
tirely rebuilt, without paying the leas
attention to their original design. Boil
the purser's and the surgeon 'sibfide
will be situated at more convenient 10
cations. 80. g. ~. y.
These two ships will have fine ic,
storage, larger than on any other trans
pacific liner. This announcement will
be welcomed by many who will have. al
ample supply Of fresh vegetables ant
Z meat during their voyage HaVin,