Ca. has recef¥ed a fine addition this week with the steel, twin-screw steamer Kungwo, which left on her maiden voyage from Shanghai to Hankow on Tuesday. 1 Kungwo, which is specially designed to meet modern requirements on the river, both for passengers and cargo, is 360 ft. in length, and of 4,600 tons, and has accommodation for 22 first class passengers (foreign), 40 Chinese, 80 second class, and 406 third.
In many respects, the Kungwo will be the finest vessel on the river. A special feature of the accommodation is the spacious dining room, with domed ceiling, with furniture and other appointments designed by Messrs. Waring Gillow, of London. The vessel is finely appointed throughout, and steam-heated. The first class foreign kitchen is tiled, and fitted with all the latest appliances in the culinary line. The first-class foreign-passenger accommodation comprises 11 double-berth cabins, of full size, with reading lamp and fan to each bed, wardrobes with mirror doors, and other details which will add to the comfort of passengers. The lavatories and bath rooms, both Chinese and foreign, are large, neatly tiled, and excellently arranged. A smciing saloon on the boat deck, and larg: promenade deck space, complete. the very admirable passenger accommodation. The handling of cargo is facilitated by large port hatchways and cargo space, and a heavy derrick with a 20-ton lift.
Me. L. W. Hartigan, the Amer-lawyer, appointed legal advisor to the ish Con. sul-General and will assume his duties as soon as he returns from Manila, where he was called away swing to the illness of his father, General T. Hartigan.
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