The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-02-03

mails and expresses. Thc following Is = list Of
the passengers by her:
Mr. III WA,aey, Mrs \ B Reese,
y c Horn aud wife, Chas Buckner,
Clara workoaaaic, Geo L c Gluya-,
Madame Anna Bishop Shlltzs Dr Chas spear,
Ms Ph-aIan, DR. Frank spaulIiug.
c Lasceies. II Z Dunn.
Levi. Leland, A5er, Z Massey,
A=a d Nldd 4 Benjamin,
= : wooI, I'd Hoascilaeger AMI servant,
DrJ v Al-op, Jr. Z Il Arthur,
mas IE9SeA, J Z Lyude,
Easeae vaa Reed, SanI DFary.
Kls-4s-osro, james sa;:eriee,
Capri : Fri.z and servant, K Eyans.
CI james " BicsueI, And u others.
The delay which attended her arrival created
some doubts lest she had been withdrawn or
that an accident had beflllen her but all these
were d~ispelled when the telegraph displayed
four flags and signalled q steamer. Never have
We seen such excitement and joy IS on this &C.
mountaineering almost 70 frenzy. Natives
seemed 10 share in it az well a. foreigners,
and ran about shouting that the new steamer
had arrived, while all looked upon her arrival
as a godsend, and the opening of l new era,
which We doubt not it will prove. At , o'clock
the vessel was at the wharf, having had a pas
sage Of fourteen days - though as stormy
weather, as strong head winds, and as rough
sea were encountered as are ever met in this
ocean. Probably in the next five years she will
not meet the like. But she has proved herself
a splendid sea boat, riding over the waves and
through the gales like a ife-boat.
We have before given a description Of the
Ajar. and viii now only state that she is about
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freight capacity Of l 500 tons for measurement
goods, besides the coal necessary COR the trip.
She Is about one year old, well built, has an
engine Of 500 horsepower, consuming twenty
tons of coal Il day when making full steam. or
$40 miles. Under favorable circumstances she
will make eleven and twelve knots an hour.
Though perhaps too large for the present trade,
we understand that she runs at no more expense
than a steamer of l 900 tons. Her consort, the
California, is Of about the latter tonnage, and
as soon as required, will be put on the route.
The opening of the line has now become 4
fact. and we trust it will prove Il rermanencv.
II Will, if our merchants and planters wish 1t
TO be, and cooperate to that end. The freight
and passenger trade between the two ports is
Increasing 50 rapidly that there is no reasonable
ground for doubling that. within Il very few
months. the steamers viii be carrying full car
goes and a large number Of passengers. There
have been shipped from these islands to San
Francisco alone, during 1868, over 90 ,6GO tons
of freight, and allowing for a reasonable
increase of about twenty-five per cent, there
Will be the present year over p 600 tons. Few
people, not engaged in the shipping business,
have any idea Of the rapid Development Of our
TvaFvTU
The passenger trade has not grown so rapidly,
because there have not been the inducements for
travel that there will be when steamers run.
Yet our Custom House records show that, be-
tween this port and San Francisco alone, there
have been LAO passengers, viz: from San
Francisco, 7l9 and 10 San Francisco, 42I.
With steam communication, it is reasonable u
presume that double this number will pass be-
tween the two ports, for the first trip of the
-Ajar shows she had sixty-eight passengers.
Taking these freight and passenger statistics
as a basis. and allowing for ordinary increase,
the prospects of the steam line are fair, though
it may have to continue some months before
the new arrangements are perfected, and the
steamers pay their way. But we have not the
least doubt in its ultimate success, and the bene-
fits that every branch of trade will derive from it.
Success TO the Ajar and the new steamer line.