The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-05-12

THz Steamer Hil1asa was bought b.
the, Government 10 prevent her being
broken Up, and her machinery dispersed
There has been hope entertained. that
some Of oar eutsrprisins fellow citizens
would see their way clear, to propose soue
plan. BY which. with the aid authorized by
the Legislature, Inter-Isla1d Steam Nav
igatiou might be re-eStabliShed Some
thing has been p1blizhsd about a ring
that might Dc expected 70 do something
bat the said ring does not make itself
visible At the Gove-nuent-House. or else
Ehere-ss yet. There has been but one
proposition made to run the Eilrusa. and
none made TO run any other ves<el. unless
a sugyesti0H tia, the North Pacific Steam
ship Company would run vessel under
the American sag. for subsidy Of $4,000
Per aHG1u- shogd De taken as i propo-
siti0n- Admitting. for the purpose OF
argument, that the matter Of the Esg
cold be got over. which Is not obyiouSl,
there reuains the fact that the aid re-
quired from the Treasury Is nore than
t~iee the amount which the Legislature
suthorizei-
0ae OF the advocates for su6sidiziug
the foreign Company Is quite sure that
they and It IS TO be Inferred. they. al0ue,}
can perform the service most aeceptably,
aud that the aforementioned sum l. quite
reasonable. If this De so, the Legislature
IS the proper body to convince On this
subject They have had the matter under
pablo delioeration for a considerable tine.
and hzve conelrded that the sun Of
$4,000 for the the Two years. for the
service to windEard. and including going
10 Kauzi. $4,000. and not $4,000.
Is sufficient for this o5ject-or if it &
not Sufficient, that it Is al the public
treasury can afford-snd no one has the
right or power to sitter that decree It Is
10. Ike any u8ioreseeu event Occurring,
when one nay reasonably take a response
bilty, trusting to the serse Of justice of
reasonable men to Justify hin Steam
communication Is very Conducive TO the
prosperity Of the people, bat Is not abso-
l1tely essential to their.safety and. there
fore, it follows that if the means provided
By the Representatives Of the people Is
not sufficient TO secure It, then it can not
be had-and that Is al there Is Of It.
Some people talk and write as If they
think that they can have al the privileges
Of free government and the peculiar
Advantages Of a Gsspotizu. combined in
one But this Is impossible
This view Of the case does not involve
the question Of the Propristy or impropri-
ETY. Of paying to parties. resident abroad.
large suns Of m0ney for doing the service.
The Legislature may vel take that, ike
wise into consideration whether they
viii abandon thsir coazting-trade, OF auy
part Of IT, TO foreign owners They nay
vel think that auyOue might vel afford
to rau vessel, if they pay 10 Wharfage,
10 license, no storage. and receive al their
earnings and 5000 per nouth besides.
and that if anyone Is to have any such
it should De people residing
among Us, whose property contributes to
TIE common wealth
Something has been said about the
KiI1lssa being slow. There she lays in the /
harbor, to be examined by auyoue-and
she Is. mast undoubtedly, 4 good, strong
ship She may Be slow, bot she VII get
to Lahaina quicker and more safely than .
sailing vessel vii beat up there, and carry
her passengers more comfortably. Bat as
We have said before. sziftness Is quss- .
tion Of fuel She had cone down to using 4
20 tons Of cal on the rOund trip,-Ieav-
ing here Nouday night, and arriving hack
morning Nov, one can; .
make mach steam With that amount Of
iuel- In trying to economic fneI, there
had cone to be q resemblance to the
scoaouieaI mans horse, that Was to Be
OF nothing; bat Just as he had
,ot to one straw day, the horse died
The fact i, that no better ship vas ever
.Grasd o1t Of New England ship-yari
han the K1dzsa She VII 90 to wind
Yard with very reasonable consumption
t feel, six knots per hs1r- Starting
ron here al uight-faH. she can get to La
alma Al dzy-break- and there Is no use IN
Tasting your coal to get there before
ne regularity With which she did make
sr trips-and would do 50 again-is Of
reat vzIus to the community, in every