The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-13

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This would bring le- . H.n-llil IN seven le-
ami - l7kaL4aa in ~ = lr more - -
Gy- q japan. allowing one ~ s--TIa-e -
Honolulu. TX dl> thence e HaukauE would
t1Ee h=r rHrou-h from >n Fz1ei-1 II -
Gy-r fa-r lss than th= Cg.g~zrss une.
5i-Th- c--ump,iu # cal VII De u1eh les
. -E- can ue L- sails with -ivau--- On the
Ta--a-e g china Yin huuI--I tsn- Of cal
would carry her through in o-limrv favorable
ez~.us from >an F-arcl-o T. u-n-k5u-- ria
R5z5a1I4.
=ch-A very strong argument II favor q ne
tropical route i ;he Ece aDi mild weather the
steiner would I> through In lhe reports q
t1e Cc.5rge5's -ig. we re-d 4 odd stormy
wins weC t-v weather = L4--,l-u and e-Le-
delightful Arr-- -eeEe-. while Iae IassaEe = tls
pr = Irove-tEalv g pea~ure nip. - ta- - Ihe
we4th,- l. o.uceze5- Nv WIKI IasseE-eH this
! . -r4- confederation. ard w1uLd lend u make
TIE steamers much more ppVuAr-a q Le e1leales
u heaI and eoli are entirely avoided
5yh-The scopra-e a. the-e iSan1S-to say
u1chin- u the dire-- -raie and travel - LEelu.
which would --n x e--abI-Eei-wJu-1 tend =
draw many European tourists 70 tli- line some
Of whom would spend a noarh or more IN the
group. and then ur-eei on y Ire SAINT convey
auee which brought chem here
t-h-The necessity Of s5Hae co1Iag arY1t VIII
s,Jn become apparent, If Il i Mt now, and there
l. n1ne that can be named which VII esmEare
with Honolulu. Tie only other point Is RsrD.es
Ret. q small barren uEinhabiced zle,. IcaVeI IN
y. Lat. - 70 AMI L l1n-- IL II. A. Id fresh
water i ob-ainahle. Il ! useless 70 think Of that
a. q cal depot. and We only refer u Il because
We have seen il mentioned a. 3 suitable locality,
in some T our ezchan-e-.
Thus. taking all tLin- in;o consideration, the
belief gains ground that the interests Of COM
merce. the travelling public and Of the mail COM
Iany Itself viii be promoted BY adopfrag the
HoaoIzlu route, and We d. n5t doubt il VIII
eventually end in the selection Of this port a. 2
e1alin. depot.
TIE uip Of the Colorado has been a most sue
oe-stul experiment. demonstrating that this route
u China i practicable. and that a god steamer
en- easily make It. without stopping. This has
been satisfactorily shawn. The question now i,
whether II may nJt lie improved on. The wants
Of commerce VIII ~-5n crowd the steamers with
heavy freiEhrs. ami probably numerous Ia~~en-
Eers. ami II VIII then lie asked. shall We not take
les eoal and carry more freight. which can Re
d,ne only by Stopping NJ Honolulu. The San
Francisco Times Eas the following directly in
point:
Our correspondent al Kanasawa. whose interest
InE letter We have alIealy published = II opinion that
the Colorado ia coming Cut should have taken Tie
route VIA Honolulu. availing herself Of the advantages
Il the traie- instead T running directly acru-- where
ty she encountered these winds, which N this latitude
blow steadily from the We; the greater portion u the
year. b pursuing the former course she would have
t=su likely % meet with L. rough weather and 10
have shortened hrr passage by several days Return
Frv rMl ITr-4- r.Ira WEI L. TIwul rr-.er.Ele. these
currents being dead at Mo>t q tie distance
Perhaps the - northern route = may be the
best ON the return passage; but We have our
doubts even IF that. Last fan the British ship
S1i'oT's Hone made tie Ta--a-e from >~Langhae
to Honolulu in - days and Is hours. and the
iaJe'a made tie same las,a-e in 81 day. The
f,Eler Wa - day, from the japan coast - this
I1rt and the latter > DAYS. Il thee ship could
make 800 = 800 ra;1a- a day wha- would a
steamer perform? IL this ocean there are Ger
tain established currents Of wind. and while
tie northeast trades blow very regularly here,
tie e5uthwest and northwest winds prevail u tie
westward in certain weIl-defned belts.
Should the company decide % make a rrial Of
the route through the troIis, We have NJ doubt
it VIII prove all that has been claimed for II. and
II viii be eventually selected o. the s~pesdiest,
safest, most eoonozdoaI and by all odds the most
pleasant and PopuLr-which are the great objects
sought.
The Hawaiian Government has dOn-e all il can
% encourage this new enterprise and enrioe tie
steamers To this port. L las just completed d
most magnificent wharf SEQ feet in length. with
twenty-four feet # water alongside, at an ex-
pense Of some twenty thousand dollars. II i
one Of the finest and most substantial piers that
we have ever seen IN any port in the world. Ger
tainly New York czn show none which VIII com
pare with our me- steamboat wharf. We now
wait till it shall. sc occupied by the promised
steamer. for which II was built, and trust that
that day l. not far IF.
= The overland telegraph announces that the
Unitei States Postmaster General ia. advertised
fr bids for carrying the mail monthly between
san Francisco ana Honolulu. IL /, understood
that the service i not u commence later Jlan
January /, loOS, 5us if the vessels are ready.
probably an earliG date for it. commencement
viii BE- accepted. The following i a copy Of the
hill introduced mo Congress by Hon. D. {.
MRuer. to whom We are under obligations for il:
y BILL To AUTHORIZE TIE ESTABLISHMENT OF OCEAN
NAIL STEAMSHIP .EBvICE BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
BE II enacted by the senate and House Vi Repre-
sentaJiyeS Of the United State Of America IL Con-
greSs assembled, That the Postmaster General he.
and he i hereby. authorized u invite proposals. bv
public advertisement. for the period Of sixty days, in
one OF more newspapers published il the cities Of
New York. Boston, Philadelphia, and san Francisco.
respectively, for mai Steamship service between the
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