The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11

everywhere you go about the city
you behold signs of the devastation
! wrought III that catastrophe. l was
all fuddlcd again in my sense of di
rection to learn that the fire limit
line ran north and south and from
this line the part Of the city destroy
| ed had been eastward-to the water
front. In this territory everything
in the li1ie of. construction is of
course brand newt you want to
call IL years old, new. Yet here and
there one may still see ragged brick
walls or dumps of brick and mortar
or a cornice standing without visi-
BILE means of support-the last traces
of the tragedy. They don't speak
of it Us the. Earthquake; all good
Friscoans recall it as The Fire.
Probably because I was interested
in Jack London and his work, ]
sought ali opportunity between let
ter-writing and business preparations
to leave, 10 go down along the water
front. And on this excursion came
upon the steamship Tenyu Maru. It
was my first view of the boat on
which sixteen days of my checkered
career were to be wasted in riotous
confinement.
! have always maintained that no
vessel seems as large when viewed at
the dock OF in the harhor as she
does after you have Climbed aboarS11.
So the TeIyu did not seem as big as
it did the second day after ser we
had things all settled at last End were
allowed q! the priuilszsss.of the
gang-plank. e. e0l:;yS understand
then, when exploring the Ship, where
they could pack away thousand
people for twen5 Lone days and find
them. al aliys again when they
reached tlass end of the voyage and
lifted th Matches. For that is the
Ennra5eX the boat is carrying at this
ming
Is jshe was we'll loaded with cargo,
l Iteyen che first day that we saw her.
lat her front she flew the Japanese
Il ensign-a white fan on blue back
lground; AID at her rear was the Jap
anese hag-pure white with red
4 circle in the center. There were
i three decks on her and a deck of
cabins Just above the water line and
under the floor of the lowest prone
made deck The boat was not con-
structed like the Atlantic boats with
cabins opening onto the decks. Ev-
everything upon her opens inward
which. Issuppose is to make everythln
water-tight in case Of typhoons, when
the steamer sometimes has to turn
submarine. Our stateroom was on
the lowest deck down in the hull of
the ship on the left-hand side about
three-Quarters of the way back. All
the same, we found it far superior to
some of tie more expensive cabins
higher up. Being down near the
water-line there isn't half so much
roll in rough weather. When it came
to comfort, the cabin we were given
was all that one could ask.
We found it to be an oblong-
shaped room about ten by twelve feet
square, running the long way in the
direction Of the boat. Entering the
door from the west end we found a
clothes-press with mirror-door on the
right, then the desk and set of draw
ers at which l am working now, with
ideal for writing. The rest of the
right hand side of the room was Civ
en- over to {. couch with hooks above
= and space below to put away ou1
, stuff for 10 day stay after unpack-
, ing our trunks and bags. On the
: left hand side the stateroom behind
the . door was the wash-stand and
! buffet and then the two berths, one
| above tne other, somewhat lavish
: with curtains and cord hangings and
, polished nicklework. The color
: scheme of the room was mahogany
= and white with blue Brussels carpet
/ The room was lighted with electric
lights, each berth having a small
5 reading lamp at the head. The wash
r stand had running water and up over
the comfortable roomy writing desl
was an electric fan. In fact, every
] conceivable comfort the Japanese haC
provided for their guests, without be
f ing freakish. For almost two week
b. now I've lived in this room and roam
+ ed around this boat until l know ev
} cry nook and corner like you folk
2 know your own backwards at home
: And Pm strong for it and it's service
e and crew But more of that in it
S due place later.
T Getting cut Of the country in thes
: war times is no cinch. Washington
n had allowed us our passports withou
= any trouble but even after gettin.
I your passports there are safeguard
e thrown around to see that those re
t ceiving them don't try any funn,
5 work. First it is necessary to go t.
e the British consular-general in Sal
Il Francisco and have your passpor
e "visaed" pronounced vee-sayed)-
s by him, which, means that he take
S complete stock of you and your bust
G ness and tabulates it all for furthe
in reference and nerhanS foT-Iyardinoy +