The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-07-03
THE LINE.

lctlefs IcCclfCu uCAO ; tO A"c h"A " ~N
Francisco, state that the rumor had been current
there for several days that the Pacific Mail Com
pany had secured the contract for carrying the
Australian and Now Zealand mails. On the 2lst,
shortly before the steamer left, we are informed
that q telegram was received from London to a
prominent house in San Francisco, confirming the
statement. AT oil events, there can be scarcely
q doubt that if the Company named desire the
contract, their facilities and the means at their
command are such that they shoulddistance compe-
tition. The San Francisco NeV Letter OF the
10Th June, says "The tenders for the Austria
lian mail service, via San Francisco, were to be
opcned in London on tho LIST of this month, but
the result is not known here yet. A rnmor is
current that the Pacific Mail Company is the
successful tenderer, but the company has received
no information upon the subject. Having the
best steamers afoat for this particular service, 1t
is to be hoped that the rumor is true. Owned
and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, the
Pacific Mail Company must necessarily obtain
this business If 1t insists upon it. 1t will be for
mnaee ior the Colonies if the service falls into
such good hands" And we may add that on a
smaller scale, it will be equally fortunate for the
Islands, and for several reasons. Fist, with the
! IaIk6 anu IOOuGN OOttlo NhlN WYNN w ~
ute, the grievances which those of us who have
ON to travel to and from the Coast have
ned of and to which We alluded recently
occas, disappear. Next in order, it is though
eomplsi might be the monthly divergence to Ho
would " the purpose of intersecting with tn
by some, FaAa' Oh 'he ooa's oi 'he
%nolulu, 10 VOL SIN Il
line from Aus. china
line, bringing an increa, - this port,
The largest sized ships OF sne Company now
employed on the China route, such as the City
of Pekin, are indeed of too deep a draught of
water to enter our harbor with entire safety, but
the second class ships, like the Colorado, can
enter Mt all times. Ii may however be questioned
whether, in the event OF that company securing
the contract for the Australian service, such an
arrangement as to the China line would be a pro-
bable result. 1t has been suggested that g if the
China line were made to connect at Honolulu, as
was originally intended, two steamers would suf-
fee TO perform the Australian service" But it
must be remembered that the boats from China
bound to San Francisco are generally-if not al
ways-full of both cargo and passengers, and
could not take ON board the additional freight
and passengers coming from Australia. These
considerations, we apprehend, are os such q prac-
teal nature that they will be likely to outweigh
the advantages of 4 fne-weather route to and
from China and n midway coaling station, which
would be secured by making Honolulu a port of
call. But the time may come when we shall have
the China line, on considerations quito indepen-
dent of a connection with Australia and then
there Will become apparent new and cogent argu-
ments in favor of laying an ocean telegraph cable
from San Francisco to China and Japan via HO-
nolulu, and eventually to New Zealand and
Sydney.
Since the above was IN type, we learn by the
mail from the Colonies that the feeling was strong
in Sydney in favor of the contract for the mail
service being awarded TO the Australian Steam
Navigation Company. We find the following in
the Auckland Herald of June IA
1t appears, says the Sydney Morning Herald,
that negotiations for a Pacific Mail Service, on q
permanent basis. are being continued between this
colony and New Zealand and that Sir Daniel Cooper
and Mr.. Tnosaas. Russell have arrived at an unfssN
standing with the.New South Wales Governmental
TO the services &c which tenders are to be c2t to
mad in respect Of ~>"~tntn ah colon" \
contribute by r.
have coHe of the p
tract fol which tend
May. "a anticipate
ernmeR concur
w. sfyices