The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-11-28
steam
We give here tho act relating to Island

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4 We give here tho act relating to Inter Island
gStcam Navigation passed by the last Legislature.
q TEerea,. on the rhireenih dsy of November, In the year one
- thoasani eight hundred and siNty-seven, a contract vas exc
q eaicd by The Minister q ihe Interior, on behalf q this Gov.
Navigation Company. which contract siipuiAies for paynen,
u % sahd COMPANY Il 40, less than eight Thousand mr. more
IL than ten thousand dollars pr snnunI. payable monthly Or
O~ year certain, % be eomPqted from the day on which the
steamer \ itsHsa commenced To run AMI also PROVIDED Tor
q the surrender 81 us exclusive pHvihsss II aid corporation
.ss At Enaefsd. by rae King and IA. LegisEafiUe Assembly
u ernie HaHaitIa LsAsH4', an ths Legislature Of the king-
y SECTION l. The contract concluded n, aforesaid !. hereby
ratified ard Confirmed, and declared tp he valid and binding
upon this Governments TO all inicnts ard purposes, AMI payment
% the subsidy ihsrsia named TO the amount Of ten thou-lnd
81 SIC. 2 The Minister Of the Iuterior. on behalf Of this Gov
rated eomPaniss. fr the performance hereafter Of the Inter-
ssesehrg ten Thousand dollars Per AHuuIn iPrOuidsd, that such
80 M sna ,nAn ~ nslI ny. 10 20 5nm = : L. 81
tons buuhsn Hnd that such steamer shall he required, UPON
wsihae and nnq; and 70 make the reund Trip si,hin one wssk
Z contr1et with Individuals or incorporated companies for
Z Pef1oning the service q transportation, BY steamer, between
Z ,h- sum five thousand dollars Annually Pr0ridsd, that triIs
Sni at the -evefai ports Of NauIiiwhi' iianAiei, holoa' and.
Of rhs Act ~hieh DOS not wear he Hawaiian Fiae.
= The contract with the owners of the steamer,
, RiLaMea, above provided for in Section i expired,
on the 18th OF this month. The question with
the public IL, what to do next. The generally
annual sale of the hiidueG is TO take place next
week. What her late owners may have made or
Host Is perhaps immaterial in the present inquiry. .
The history is probably much the same us that OF.
steam enterprise by land in its earlier stages
Most Of the railroads in the United States have'
changed hands n number of times, and with loss,
on the Part of shareholders. before becoming per
gruuueufly rayIug Investments and Urpbahly their.
average management is not better nor worse than,
ihas been that of the kiIauea.
IL seems to be ar established fact that inter-is-;
Gland steam navigation must be continually assist:
.ed. to n greater or less extent, from the public:
FUNDS; whereas the schooner fleet not only pays!
fits own way, but furnishes n revenue to the Gov:
s~crnment. We are often met by the remark that
.it il an Injustice to certain clnsses thus to favor:
steam navigation ut their expense. This, from!
.the standpoint OF captains and owners of schoon-;
.ers, is very natural, and perhaps plausible.
] Again, it is said that the money expended fori
scual and other items goes from the country, and
ls n dead loss to the country. To justify the apI
preparation of public funds to this use, as also
1.-THE free wharfage, and carrying license which isi
pgrantcd, IL will be necessary fret to prove that
I the expenditure is for a public benefit, affecting all
rather than n part of the community; that the
steam employees and owners only get fair wages;
linsiead of a big bonus -" and to prove, in refer
fence To the second objection, that the wealth off
She country is not really diminished by the i'm
5pOrtation Of coal. (
! With reference TO the first point it should be
remembered that the business of tie country Isl
more or less a unit, and must rise or fall together. !
:It is in the hands of certain leading individuals
Now a planter, or a merchant, or a grazicr, in!
squIck and regular communication with centres of
trade. will do his business better, will do more
Cuisines, will be more active, energetic and ready
to compete with his neighbors, and to employ
5otherS in his service, than if living in uncertains
The result Of steam service is pref
..cision, regularity and confidence; all import
.taut elements in success. Merchants and agents;
IN town, having a certain day III which to tran-s
Sact business to windward, will do their business;
sbetter, and, giving satisfaction, will have mores
cuisines to do, and probably more orders to fill.
frlris may be said to be a moral effect of steam. S
I'VE will not enlarge here on the additional num-
Eber Of travellers that may be induced i to visit diff
sferent places, as some are dubious as TO the beneits
eof such increase. But it is certain that energetic
land civilized persons are more likely to settle.
Lwhere steam goes than where 1t docs not. 8
I The second objection, that money is taken OUT
eof the country to pay for coal, deserves attention. {
liz is a loss, unless industry is stimulated to pro-
tduce what will pay for the coal and more too inE
(which case it will be a gain. 1t is to be hopeds
Ethat it will be so. Moreover the world is a unit, 8
int least is becoming so commercially, and indus-s
strially, and what benefits trade benefits all. The
is already initiated OF taking a cargo
sofsugnr, coffeeand rice TO Australia, with n view to
bring back coal. !
! We think there are more fchooners to-day IN