The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-08-11
Hoas oscs. Jlly Is isss

TIE great convenient 4 inter-island
steam is denied BY none, and its necessity
is felt by all those living on the other
Islands, distant from Honolulu, and those
whose business makes it necessary for
them 10 cross cur channels. Some time
since. the steamer KiIr,sd was purchased
with the hope that those interested-that
Is. our merchants and eapitalists-might be
induced to form company, to pa. her in
repair, and place her again on her old
route, or, perhaps, that around the Island
of Hawaii. 1t was hoped that the subsidy
voted for that service, by the last Legisla
ture. wofd make an enterprise of that
kind paying one. Those who could have
made the trial, did not seem 10 think so,
and in consequence the KilaEsa remains
moored in our harbor with little hope of
ever again being put into the eoasting
trade There is now. as we understand,
prospect Of obtaining steam coaster for
the windward route, which is fully as well
Of not better,) adapted for the trade, as
the HiLIusd. The owners Of the steam
propeller George S. WI-igkt, through 3
business firm OF this city, have made 4
proposition to run that vessel for one
year. provided they receive subsidy of
$1,000 per month, and are permitted to
retain the nationality of the vessel until it
IS demonstrated that she can be made TO
pay, when she will be put under the Ha-
waiian Flag, and placed permanently in
the trade. Another proposition is, that
If this Government will take $4,000
stock 10 the steamer, al 4 valuation Of
$4,000, and grant the subsidy as above,
she viii at once be placed under the Ha-
waiian Flag, and put on the route. Ger
tain stipulations in regard to wharfage,
water, and port charges, are also asked for
in behalf Of the steamer. We have been
informed that the Government has, in
reply to the above proposition, offered the
owners Of the vessel the subsidy voted by
the Legislature, viz: 1888 per month,
with the water, wharfage, and other privi-
leges enjoyed BY other steamers; at the
same time conserving that the Register Of
the vessel need not be changed before the
meeting of the Legislature, when. if that
body insists upon the literal interpreta-
ton Of the statute, it must be done. The
Government reserves the right, should
the Legislature desire it, to take the
$40. 900 stock in the steamer, as suggested
by the owners. This proposition of the
is as liberal as could be made
under the circumstances, and as the sub
sidy offered Is so near the amount asked
for, 1t is to be hoped that the vessel will
be put on the service.
The George S. Wright was built in
1868, at Port Ludlow, Washington Terri
tory, and is 34l tons register, new meas
1remeut- She has been used as yacht, or
dispatch boat, by the Western Union
Telegraph Company, which Company ex-
pended some 100000 on her for repairs,
fitting up, &c We are informed by
gentleman long connected with the steam
,oasting trade here, recently from Port |
and, where the vessel now is, that he was
on board Of her when there, and be IN
pronounees her well fitted for |
his trade; that she is, in every respect, a
ine vessel and that, with the ordinary |
of fuel, she will steam ten
niles per hour. 1t is to be hoped, for the
Of the travelling public, and
to the benefit of all, that the owners of |
he vessel will accede to the proposition
Of the Government, and that We shall soon
again enjoy the benefits Of inter-island
steam.