Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-13
WANT HONOLULU
Chinese TO AID
China MAILLIN
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co are giving the China Mail their
undivided support. said MIR Fong.
"On this trip. We turned away 100
steeEage passengers and 60O0 tons OF
freight. San FranciSco's Chinese have
pledged US that they will not ship any
freight by the Japanese lines. and Chi.
nese passengers feel the same way"
Could Sell At Big Gain. -.
The China Mails secretary added
that the big corporation purchased the
China for. s30Q,s00, and that shortly
after the deal had been .consummated,
it was offered a sum between $780,
600 and S5e0,G0O for the staunch old
steamer. This was refused.
Both Mr.. Fong and Mr. Sum express
ed themselves as greatly pleased with
the progress being made by. the China
Mail, and said the outlook for obtain
ing support in Honolulu in the matter
of both freight, passengers and stock
subscriptions, appears very bright.
I'VE turned away $50 steerage pas
sengers this trip. and 100 the trip be.
fore" said Mr.. Fong. 1T is our hope
to be able to buy more steamers, but
tions reach sufficient amount TO
make this possible
Purser X w. Clark said the China
Mail could secure business enough.
both freight and passenger, to keep
four steamers busy. IT,. .:....
Mr.. Fong said that the China Mail
allows German merchants to travel
from China to San Francisco and vice
versa. Since the Pacific Mail with
drew from the transpacific trade, IL
has been impossible for German mer-
chants in China either. to travel TO
the mainland or from it, as the Japa
nese lines, the only ones left, refuse
to carry German passengers or Ger
man freight AS the China Mail is
an American line, it will carry German
passengers, or those of any other ma.
tionality. ."|
The liners American registry has
been changed from New York as her
home port, to San Francisco. This
China Mail is establishing agencies evs
erywhere throughout the Orient.
Makes No Japanese Ports.
The China will not call at any Japa,
nese port to take on or discharge |
freight or passengers. No Japanese
freight will be accepted at any port
of call. -: 80. -. ..--.
This voyage, special call will be
made at Shanghai on the outward trip.
Stops will be made at Nagasaki on this
and future trips, but for coal only.
The China Mail is proving a great
help to Manila, as the China will make
the run direct from San Francisco
and Honolulu to Manila, in % days,
with only stop for coal at Naga"l
saki The China has on board 5000 /
bags of mail of which 1900 are for
Manila alone. Ill. >.>...
This afternoon, from 1870 until 3
o'clock, a reception was held at Pier
z in honor of the China's first cali
here under the China Mail flag.
Hundreds of prominent Honolulu
Chinese went on board the ship and
met NJ. @. Fong, the China Mails sec.
rotary; Director Jung Joe Sum of the
clude Capt. F. E. Frazier, First OFF,
Ger r. o. Demarest, Chief Engineer M
Foley, Purser K. W. Clark. Freight
Clerk c. P. James, Surgeon F. Leach II
and Chief Steward H. T. Morgan.
The Hawaiian band played prof.
gram of selections appropriate to the
occasion and Honolulans in generafi
hearty aloha to the China
the first American steamer to re-enter
transpacifc trade since the Pacifc'l
Mail withdrew. number of city and
territorial officials visited the steamer
and extended their wishes for prosper
ity and steady growth to the new line