The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-02-20


across the North Pacific, unless a line Of steamers is
aided by Governments with q liberal subsidy, so as to
warrant the putting on Of large boats at the outset
we believe steamer Of about one thousand tons will
he large enough. Such steamers would afford room
for six or seven hundred tons OF freight. in addition
TO their passenger accommodations, and for q while
would supply al the demands Of their business.
they should be built fat foored, and with no greater
draught OF water than necessary 10 secure safety a.,
when replaced by larger boats, their services would
be Immediately available in our own and the Chinese
coast and river trade. They should be bark. rugged,
IOw-masted, and square yarded, with ample studding-
sail gear, which would do great service, saving tons
Of coal on the larger half Of every passage each way.
Accommodations should be provided for one hundred
hrst, fifty second, and one hundred and fifty third
class passengers and the power should be sufficient
10 average ten knots. Such vessels could be placed
In our harbor at n cost Of 100000 or SO, 900 each,
and they might run at an expense Of from $4,000
to Slo.OO per month varying with the price of
COAL need OF repairs and increase of passengers.
1t is unnecessary for us TO bring forward any
lengthy statistics to show the necessity of steam
or the profit that must accrue to a line of steam
ers.. The trade Of California with China and
Japan is increasing very rapidly, and the intro
duction Of steamers will double the
and travel across this ocean within a very short
time, for it must have the same result here that
1t has had everywhere. Experience will, we
think, develope one important thing, viz that
Honolulu must be resorted to both on the olarard
and return passages. The distance from Hako-
dadi to San Francisco by the shortest line is
about AGO miles, and from Kanagawa to San
Francisco about $500, at one of which ports
probably the latter) it is proposed that the
steamers touch on their return from China.
Now it is questionable whether any class of pro-
pellers or steamships can be provided at the out
set, which can ahcays make the above return
trim Withnnt sfnppinr upIOS tbau Jo-o~d -:
cipally on their sails. Com. Tatnall, who con-
veyed the japanese Embassy to San Francisco in
1850, left Kanagawa for that port direct, sup
posing he could make the passage readily in "a
days, for which he had ample coal. The vessel
met the head winds which are often experienced
on the northern route, and was forced to run for
He expressed his conviction that,
though the passage might often with favorable
winds be best made direct, yet frequently steam
ers would be forced into this port, and he 6eEered
Honolulu should be relied on for coaling on
passages. $500 miles, with head winds or
stormy weather, is a long stretch, and a few trips
will demonstrate that Honolulu must become a
depot on both passages. Touching at Honolulu
On the return trip from Hongkong via Kanagawa, |
will lengthen the passage only about three or four
lays. The PoIohattan was 20 days from Kama
sawa to Honolulu in 1860, but might have come
n Is days, or even less had she coursed direct.
from this port to San Francisco she was ten
lays TINS deriation usH be found a necessity,
Unless a very large class of steamers is provided,
'apable of carrying an abundance of coal for so
ong a voyage as will be required if the passage
S made direct. The vessels best adapted to this
rade are propellers of 1000 to 1900 tons bur-
hen, full rugged, with steam only as an auxili-
~. Such vessels, of a superior build, with all
ecessary equipments could be laid on at an
Expense of not over 800, 900 each. If this class
selected, they cannot carry more than ten or
we've days supply of coal on their return trips,
hen 1t is presumable that they will be well filed
nth both cargo and passengers. On the pass
ges 10 China, there would be more space for
lrrying coal, as the competition of China bound
ippers will draw largely from the steamers.
Whatever may be the details of this Pacific
enterprise, which is destined to exert a
influence on the mmer of this ocean,
nd on the trade between America and China,
one thing We may rest assured, that it will
.ry soon be commenced. 1t cannot be delayed
any months-twelv or fifteen at the farthest,-
# capitalists are waiting, eager to embark in a
heme which promises them such golden re- =
ms. ihC hiIOuuCtlOH Va stcduneTS across the
lcifc will open to us a new era, if we !.
1t arouse ourselves to take advantage of the -
nefts which may be derived from it. :.
has placed these islands in the "
ghway of ommerce to become an important .,
int and center of trade, and destined them to V
come the store-house and granary for the float r
3 wealth and traffic of this ocean. If we are :.
Sc, we will shape our legislation to make them 6
lat they ought to become, and thus reap the y
lden harvests held out to us. 1t is only by "
,h a policy that we can become q great, power =
and wealthy people, whom the proudest
tons of the earth will be glad to respect and =
] their ally. If, ON the other hand, we are
wise, and like the foolish virgins of old, let =
lamps lie untrimmed, stubbornly refusing to .
the teachings of the wisest statesmen, and
with religious sanctity to the penny y
and pound foolish dogmas of theorists, =,
group will remain for the next two centuries "
at it has been for the past two,-a poor "
ither-racked tavern, whose accommodation
resOrted to only from absolute necessity. .
Wisdom. experience, selfinterest, all combine r
urge us to action-immediate action. No
e should be lost in neutrality-suspicious. is 90
De done, should be done now. A line of poll me
bold and liberal encouraging commerce bla
uld be devised. Every effort should be made wb
..tract hither, not only any new steam lines a r
t may be planned, but every class of vessels Be
sing on this great ocean. Vessels, however, ton
not come here without something to come of
and it is necessary for us to change our An
cy so as to make our ports attractive to COM for
them as free as possible, reduce I'M
tariff to five or six per cent. Immediately, en-
4 a further prospective reduction, whenever OF
interests of the country call for it. ven
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