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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1913.

Shipping

CANADIAN PACIFIC NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA

ROYAL MAIL.

"STEAMSHIP LINE.

From Quebec

THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.

Empress of

India Empress of

From Hongkong

4

24th Sept.

Allan Line

23rd Oot.

8th Oct.

--Empress of

30th Oct.

Asia Empress of Japan

Britain

22nd Oct.

Allan Lino

20th Nov.

All Statuships leave Hongkong at noon. The EMPRESS OF RUSSIA," and "EMPRESS OF ASIA,”. are now quadruple screw 20 knot turbine steamers; of 16,850 tons gross, the finest, fastast and most luxurious on the Pacific,

The direct route to Canada, United States and Europe, call- ing at Shanghai, Nagasaki (through the Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama and Victoria, B.C

All Steamers of the Company's Pacifio and Atlantic Fleets are equipped with Marconi Wireless, apparatus.

PASSAGE RATES. HONGKONG TO LONDON

"EMPRESS OF RUSSIA," "EMPRESS OF ASIA." via Optional Atlantic Port, £71.10.

"EMPRESS OF INDIA"

Optional Atlantic Port £65.

"EMPRESS OF JAPAN," via

Rates quoted above do not, include meals and sleeping car across Canada. These, if required, will be, furnished for £6 additiorial,

via Canadian "MONTEAGLE ". Intermediate service, Atlantio port £43. via Boston or New York £45. Meals and slooping car £6 additional.

SPECIAL RATES (First Clase only.) allowed to Naval and Military officers, Civil Service employees, Missionaries, eto, etc. Local and through passengers may, if desired, travel by rail between Ports of call in Japan.

For further information, Mapa, Routes, Handbooks, Rates' of Freight and Passage, apply to

D. W. CRADDOCK, General Traffic Agent for China. Cornor of Pedder Street and Praya, opposite Blake Pier.

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

APCAR LINE.

Regular Service 'Between

CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS.

EASTWARD.

S.S. "JELUNGA" 5,206 tons, Capt. Sullivan, will be despatched for YOKOHAMA KOBE sad MOJI on 21st Bapt.

S.S. JAPAN 6,013 tons, Capt. Seddon, will be despatched to SHANGHAI, KOBE and MOJI on 25th Sapt,

WESTWARD.

S.S. "DILWARA," 5,378 tons, Capt. Ramage, will be despatch-

ed as above on 23rd Sept,

The above steamers have excellent saloon accommodation for pussengers and are fitted with all modern conveniences and carry a duly qualified surgeon.

For freight or passage, apply to,

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD.

Agents Hongkong, Sept. 15th, 1913.

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO,

AND

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

Joint Service of.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON and MACAO STEAMBOAT CO.,

"LTD., AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE..

HONGKONG TO CANTON. CANTON TO HONGKONG. THURSDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER.

10,00 p.m. FATSHAN."

5.00 pm. "KINSHAN."

FRIDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER.

8.00 a.m. "HONAM."' 5.00 p.m. "FATSHAN."

8.00 am."HEUNGSHAN " 10,00 p.m. "KINSHAN.” ' These steamers, carrying His Majesty's Mails, are the largtes and fastest on the River. Special attention is drawn to the Superior Saloon and Cabin. Electric Fan in each Cabin.

A Telephone servico has been recently installed on the Canton, Company's Steamers Day Steamers Call No. 776. Night Steamers. Call No. 775.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

"SUI AN." Tons 165). S.S. SUI TAI," Tons 1651

$.S. HONGKONG TO MACAO. Week-days at 8 a.m. and. 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf.

Sundays at 9 am. & 12.30 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf.

PROFROTED BAILING now" BoxaRÓNA-

1

SUBJECT TO Alteration"

Ic

Destination

Steamers

MARSEILL ES, !

LONDON & AN- ·|

Shipping HONGKONG

LOG BOOK.

Progress of the Panama Canal.

According in the latest is-ue

PHILIPPINES. of the Panama Canal leccord

are

steam shovel operations in the

Out Culebra, now proceeding on the assump tion that the Urks at Gamboa will

STEAMSHIP CO: be dynamited and water admitted.

For

PHILIPPINES

Steamship. T.

Captains.

Salling Date.

1.12,500

T. 16,000

WED'DAY, 24th Sept. at daylight. WEDNES, 8th Oot, at'd'light."

RUBI...... 4000 F. S. MoMuriay ZAFIRO... 4000 J. Miller

carried.

TWERP, via IYO MARU 8ingapore, Capt. Hirase Penang, Colombo, HIRANO MARÜ A Suez, and Port Capt. Fraser

Baid

VICTORIA. B.C., and SEATTLE

via Keelung, Shanghai, · Moji,: Kobe, Yokkaichi, ..Shimidzu and

Yokohama SYDNEY & MEL- BOURNE, via Manila, Thurs day

Island, Townsville and

Brisbane

CALCUTTA

Yia.

SADO MARU -

Sailing date,

{ Manila Mangarin, WED'DAY, 1 Ceba and Iloilo. 24th Sept.,4p.m.

BATU DAY, Manila Mangarin.

4th Oct, Cebu and Iloilo.

4 p.m.

to the Out on October 10, AIL the skovels available øre being set at work on the rock sections remaining in the canal bottom between Cucaracha elide and the Empire suspension bridge, u e being made of those which have been working in the 1's impor

Electric light Fans in every cabin; competent stewardesse tint parts of the Out and in

terracing operations on the east bank. The shorela engaged in

For Freight or Passago apply to

SHEWAN TOMES & CO. lightening the weight of the west

Hongkong, 15 Sept. 1913.---

'TUESDAY, 23rd

Capt. Asakawa T. 12,500 1 Sept, at 4 p.m. YOKOHAMA MARU

TUES., 7th 12,500 (Oct at 2001. Capt. Wada

KUMANO MARU Capt. Winckler INABA MARU-

WED'DAY 24th Sept. at noon. T. 9,300

WEDNESDAY, Capt. Tominaga T. 12,500 (22nd Sept. at noon

S'pore, Penang CEVLON MARU

& Rangoon

Capt. Noguchi T. 12,000 €

BOMBAY via Singa-Į pore and Colombo. KOBE & Yokohama Cpt. Kaware T. 16,000 NAGASAKI, Kobe?' INABA MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

R. 12,500 Capt. Hori KAMO MARU

"MONDAY,

22nd Sept THURSDAY 18th Sept THURSDAY, th Sept. at at 11 am

TUESDAY, 23rd Sept. 5 p.m. SATUR., 27th September." MONDAY, 29th Sept.

& Yokohama..... Capt. Tominaga T. 12,500, SHANGHAI, Kobe PENANG MARU,

and Yokohama) Capt. Murat T. 12,000 SHANGHAI, KobeĮ KANAGAWA MARU

and Yokohama ...Capt. Machida T. 12,500 1

Cargo only.

Fitted with new'system of wireless telegraphy.

REDUCED SUMMER RATES BETWEEN HONGKONG

AND JAPAN PORTS..

Commencing from 1st June, ending 30th Sept.

GENERAL MANAGERS

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

SUBST

From

bank in the vicinity of Culeben village are to be continued for the present. Shovel work at fucars cha alida has been placed second- ary to the bottom arcavation, and the greater part of the material in this slide will be left to the iredgers after October. All the Regular Fortnightly Sarvica hetwarn

moving rock accessible in this JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN

Will save on or showiļalide will, however, be drilled Experiaci on os abomi

JAVA 1st half Sept. ready for blasting and fired after Thitaroem...

JAVA......2nd half Sept the Cut is floode 1: Tilkini...JAPAN...2nd half Sept., TJibodas ..JAVA...2nd half Sept. ...SHAI 2nd half Sept Timahi ...JAPAN...Ent half "ept.......AVA....2nd half Sept. Tilmanock ...JAVA......ud half Sept.......JAPAN...nd half Sept. Tjilatjap....JAPAN... 1st half Oct....JAVA.....st half Oot Tilpanas......AVA...... 1st half Oct.......S'HAT..... Ist half Oct. Tillwong JAPAN... 1st half Oot, JAVA...... 1st half Out.

The steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light, and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers, and will take cargo to all Porta in Netherlands-India on through B/L.

For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Yora" "Building.'

110

Telephone N 375-

TOYO KISEN KAISHA

Imperial Japanese Trans-Pacific Mail Line. SAN FRANCISCO LINE

Connecting with the Western Pacific Railway at San Francisco to all pointa in the United States and Canada and with Trans- ̈ Atlantic Lines to Europe.

SPECIAL EXCUSION TICKETS (1st & 2nd class) available for PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG. (Subject to alteration)

3 months

E

YOKOHAMA KOBE MOJI NAGASAKI

心 Return.

8.8

Steamer

Tons Captain." Date of Sailing Hongkong Maru!11,00 9. Togo

Sept. 19. at noon 8.8. Shinyo Maru "'...22,000...H..S. Pmith ........Sept. 25. 8.8. Chiyo Maru..,22,000... W.W. Greene......Oct. 17." 88. "Nippon Marü”.....11,000...A. G. Stevens......Nov. 5. ..9.8. Tenyo Maru...22,000... E. Bent....Nov. 11.

The 8.8. Hongkong Maru will be despatched for San Francisco With option of Rail between Steamer's Calling ports in Japau. vis Manila, Kobe, Nagasaki, and Honolulu on Thursday 19th Sept. For further information apply to: Telephone No. 292.

1st class ..... ...$135

2nd class.........$.81

5

Return.

$122

· 1:75%

Return.

$108

Return $95

$ 65

$57

T. KUSUMOTO," Manager.

CHINA NAVIGATION

CO., LTD.

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

For

SHANGHAI

SHANGHAT MANILA, CEBU & L'ILO... WEIHAIWEI & T'SIN SHANGHAI... SHANGHAI-

Steamers.

To Sail. 'ANHUI" 18th Sept. at 4 p.m. “KALGAN" ...20th Sept, at m'night. "CHINHUA". ".23rd Sept. at 4pm.. "HUICHOW" „..25th Sept. at noon. "“LUCHOW”/...25th Sept. at 4 p.m. ."YINGCHOW" 37th Sept. at m'night

This steamer has superior accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in Staterooms. A duly qualified Doo- tor is carried. Reduced Fares, Cargo booked through for all Austral- ian, New Zealand and Tasmania Ports.

AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE.

MANILA, Zamboanga & Australian ports.

TAIYUAN........24th Sept, at 3 p.m.

at noon.

These steamers are equipped with Turbine Engines and Triple Screws.

All steamers carry Japanese Government wireless telegraph and telephone and post office,...

SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.

Tons

At the Tower R inoline about 75,000 cubic yards of material ramsin to be removed to red noe the curve of the canal at that point, and this work will be car ried on, without interference with the spoil trains to the north, so long as material can be trans- ported in this direction to idvantage. The rock barm on the west side of the canal at La Pita point will be drilled and charged after the water: is admitted, so that: the matérial may be blasted with the water så a cushion and removed later by dredging. This arrangement will also apply to the bench that exists on te eset aile of the oanal be tween the Empire bridge and Hagan's slide. The incline at Paraiso, used by the spoil trains moving south out of the Cut, will be allowed to remin in service so long as may be found neoDE- ary. The digging of Culebra Out involves dry excavation amount ing to at least 100,000,000 oubio yards, and from the beginning

it was realized that the working efficiency of the shovels depended primarily on the mesna adopted to got rid of the spoil. In the aine miles of the Out the number of shovels at work has averaged about 30, and though this num faber has been diminished by per- hapa half a dozen as the ares of

in connection with the National Railway of Mexico at Manzanillo and the Tehuantepec National Railway at Saling Cruz).' Only Regular Direct Service to Mexican, Chilian and Peruvian Porta Proposed Sailings From Hongkong (Subject to Alteration).",

Steamers

Date of Sailing Buyo Maru...

10,500 Saturday, October 4, at Noon, Anyo Maru.....18,500...... Wednesday Det., 3, Noon Kiyo Maru... 17,200.Thurs, Feb, 5, 1914 at noon

S. MORIMOTO. – Agent. KING'S BUILDING, Opposite Blake Pier.

•For KI PREtchan sa tu kuningn and Freight, magis 10

*

PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.

MONGOLIA

MANCHURIA"! KORBA

·SIBERIA

$9,000 lens, twin sexwas.. 17,000 tons swin screws,, 18,000 tons, Lin CTW 28,000 ton, Cain screws) Also NILE, 13,000 24 CHINA, 100 tons, and PERSIA, 9,500 tona,

excavation has advanced towards the summit of the continental divide, the concentration of the work within a mile and a half of channel has incressed the difficul- ties of the problems of transports- tion. In the section just norih of Gold Hill seven parallel tracka on the level of excavation are in constant nee, but slides frequently put all but one or two out of Ber vice, so that on the average a mile of track is removed or laid every day. The disposal of the spoil,

To San Francisco from Hongkong calllog at bäschat, “Mozataki, Kobe (Vin Inland Sex), Yoke except from the half-dozen shovels hamm and Hovalain (The Paradise of the Pacific). Throtga Servios vin New York to Europe

most famous caterers♪

engaged in terracing at the tops of the slides, is made at dumps

SOME PEATURES: OF SERVICE. Electric Fans, Swimming Tank, Orchestra, Amusements, Wireless, Submarine Signal Service, and Bilge Keels. Cuisine from one to ten miles beyond DIRECT SAILING TO WESTİRIVER(Twice Weekly. under Personal Supervsion of Mr. V. Moroni, one of the World's the ends of the Cut, or from three to 12 miles from the "8.8. LINTON " and " 8.8. BANUI”

THE COST to Landon by this route", ith its wurivalled opportunities, is 60s retre ticket to shovels. On this work LID lo

In San Franciscs via Japan and Hanoimia the cost in gas. By this INTERMEDIATE SERVICE MANILA LINE Twin Borew Steamers "Chinhua," "Taming" and "Tean:" Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electric The Cidas accommodations are provided for fax to London tretern ficken (109) seda kar comotives and about 2,000 wagons FREE, SPECIAL RATE) to Army and Navy flows Diplomatic, Lantai Civil we employed, and an elaborate MACAO TO HONGKONG.

fane fitted; extra staterooms on deck aft on "Taming" & "Tean." Sundays, at 7:30 a.m. & 5 p.m. ETSHANGHAI LINË-The Twin Screw steamers Anhui Steamer: Korea...... 18,000 Tons Sailing Sept. 20, at 1p.m. organization is required to deal EXCURSION TO MACAO

Chenan," "Linan" and the 8. 8. "Luchow," having excellent Pangya bolding through Tickets have the pelvilege of cravillog by train between. Koos and 1sko; with the fraile The construction SUNDAY, 21st September.

accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fansbas, from of charge, · HONGKONG-MANILA' SERVICE, SMS,

"HEUNGSHAN."

Week days at 7.30 a.m. & 2 p.m.

The Company's Steamship,

will depart from the Company's Canton Steamers' Wharf at 9 am and return from Macao at 4 p.m.

There will be no sailings on Sunday from Macao at 730 a.m. and from Hongkong at 12.30 p.m...

| "

PARES AS USUAL.

Further particulars may be obtained at the Office of the Company

CANTON-MACAO LINE.

S.S. HOI SANG, 457 Tons.

Departures from Macao to Canton on Mon., Wednes., & Fri, ..at 9 p.m. Departures from Canton to Macao on Tues., Thurs. & Satur.,

at 4.30 p.m. Joint Service of

Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd., The China Na- vigation Co., Ltd., and The Indo-Chins Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE. ·

S.S. SAINĀM" 588 Tone, and "NANNING " 569 Tons. One of the above steamers leaves Canton for Wuchow every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at about 8 am, and the other leaves Wuchow.for Canton on the same days at 8.30a.m. Round trips take about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Comany's direct steamers : LINTAN " and ""SANUL" These vessels have superior Cabin accommodation and are lighted through- out by electricity. Electric Fan in each Cabin.

¿Booking Offics open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Further particular may be obtained at the office of the

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT

COMPANY LIMITED WAR

THOTEL MANSIONS FIRST FLOORI Opposite the Blake Pier

Servic

From HONGKONG,

Leave Hongkong.

Alabila. CHINA. PEL # Oct. 15 *NILE Ozt.

*PERSIA Nov. Nov. as

*Intermediate Bioeners,

30

From MANILA.

Leave

Eepima

Die

in the State-rooms and Dining Saloon, maintain a fast schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hong. kong for Shanghai direct every Thursday and Sunday, taking cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtsze and Northern China Ports, the Sunday morning sailings. A Company's launch leaves Murray gig Building (opp. Blaks Fier). R. G. MORTON,

N.B.-Passengers must embark before midnight on Saturday for

Pier at 10 o'clock every Saturday night. ›

enience of the transhipment at Woosung.

These steamers land passengers in Shanghai, avoiding the incon-

Reduced Fares :-Single $45,

For Freight or Passages, apply to

Telephone No. 36

Hongkong 18th Bopt, 1913.

Return $75,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents

COMPAGNIE MARITIME INDO- HINOISE

For Haiphong Direct.

SSSIKIANG,

CAPT. PANNI

Will leave Shortly for Hatp

For Freight and passage apply to M SAINT CLAIR

de BUSSIERRE Agent MESSAGERIES MARITIMES CIL

Pamella Internnisont Exposition-Sea Fränclic

HongKong: SIDERIA Rept, ad

Dal *CHINA. MANCHURIA Oct. 231,

tracks in use at the beginning of last month hadza total length of July and nearly 2,000 – men Are required for the maintenanos of the permanent way. The tonnage per mile is greater than Telephone No. 141 on the Panama Bailroad That

Tine has a tonnage which i reputed to be in excess of that on any other commercial railway

LD. the world, and in the year ended

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD,

Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.

Highest Claas, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the Conat, having splendid, Accommodation for First-Class Passengers, Electric Light Excellent Cuisine.

FUR AMOY AND FUOCHOW RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Steamships, Captain Leaving. HAIYANG *** ] A. E. Hodgins... | FRIDAY 19th Sept, at 11 am HAICHING... W. C. Paasmore. TUESDAY 23rd Sept. at 11 am,

HAITAN

HAIMUN HAIMUN

J. 8, Rosch..... TUES, 26th Sept. at 11 am.

FOR SWATOW averaged

J. W. Evans THURS, 18th Sept, at 11am. J. W. Evans BUN, 21st Sept, at 10 am Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near

PERMS Blake Pier

For Freight and Passage, applyito

Douglas Lap

June 30, 1912, it bauled 1,871,076 short tons of freight, or 38,846 tons per mile of mainline equivalent to 3,070 tons per mile par month For the first five months of this year the exgavations on the Central Division of the oanal

al amounted to 5,415,480 Yards, or an average of 1,083, cubic yards per month. On the assumption that the spoil weight 1.3 tons per cubic yard, the weight of each material ha Central Di month

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