The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-21

himself anu his lelIOW Representative dc
LOYALTY as the Minister, who is continually throw
ing ont the idea that all those who do not
adopt bis notions, arc traitors. lake away
his salary, and the country would soon be able to
measure the depth of his bombastic loyalty.
The Australian steam Line.
The arrival of the steamship Ajar on Thurs
day, in little over nine days from San Francisco,
took the public by surprise,-the mail steamer
not having been looked for before Saturday morn
ing. The Ajdr is 4 much larger boat with better
passenger accommodations than either the Idaho
or Montana, and possesses greater speed than
formerly, as her present trip demonstrates. She
will probably be able to ~commoda all the pas
sengers who may arrive from the Colonies
en- route for San Francisco.
From Mr.. III. Ii. Hall, United States Consul
at Sydney, who arrived in her from San Francisco,
We learn that he has made satisfactory arrange
ments to carry out the projected connection at
this port between the Australian steamers and
those of the North Pacific Transportation Com
pany. The details are substantially as follows
The California steamer will leave San Francisco,
in June, July and August, so as to arrive at Ho-
nolulu between the Goth and 22d of each month,
connecting here with the Australian steamers,
which are to arrive about the same time.
After August, the steamers will leave San
Francisco and Sydney every ticenty-eight days, SO
as to connect and leave Honolulu on every fourth
Saturday after August %, viz Saturday, Septem-
Der II Saturday, October Is, &c. This arrange
ment is made so as to furnish the Colonies with
a semi-monthly mail conveyance to and from
England, alternating with the Peninsular and
Oriental monthly line.
With the new arrangement, commencing Sep
TENDER 10th, the fine side-wheel steamer John L..
Stephens will be laid on between San Francisco
and this port, which is capable of performing the
trip in seven or eight days, as she is Il first class
steamer, formerly running on the Panama route.
She will probably leave San Francisco on the 9th
or 10th of that month, and every fourth week
thereafter, so as to make thirteen trips a year.
Mr.. Hall informs US that he has made arrange
ments with various railroad and steamship lines,
SO that passengers from the Colonies or from this
port Will be ticketed through to New York or
Liverpool at the following very low rates the
second and Storage being equally low:
First class passage from New York to Liverpool
will be sos. From San Francisco to New York
Sll2.50. From Auckland to San Francisco $l75,
and from Sydney to San Francisco $500, making
the total expense from Sydney to Liverpool
.f76 los, or from Auckland to Liverpool G7l.l0.
When it is remembered that the fare from Sgd
ney to Liverpool by the p e o. route is over six
hundred dollars (fl25 lOs.,) the advantage pos
sessed by this new route will be apparent.
Regarding the time through-Mr. Hall hopes,
as soon as his arrang ements are in complete order,
and connections perfect, to land his passengers in
Liverpool in 4G or Al days from Sydney. BY the
P. Il o.. route, the average time Consumed is 50
days. Here then is Il gain of time OF nearly one
week, and in expense of $3.50.
This certainly is a very hattering programme,
and with proper vessels, can no dOubS be carried
out. To do so, however, will require better boats
and greater speed than We have yet seen in this
part of the world. There is no good reason,
however, why it may not be fulfilled, and salts
faction given to all concerned.
Besides the line now being established, there is
every probability that another rival line will be
in operation before the summer is ended. The
subsidy asked from Congress of five hundred
thousand dollars, will be granted, and whichever
line obtains it, will ultimately control the route.
1t will not be given to sustain vessels under a
foreign flag, as the main object is to build up
American commerce.. And we only reflect the
sentiment of Americans in this ocean, when we
say that no agencies for subsidized American
steam lines should be employed except American
houses, when so many with ample means exist.
We wish our German fellow citizens every success
in the race for honor and wealth but to see an
American national steamship line controlled by
others, to the detriment of American interests, is
humiliating to every patriotic American.