The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-04-19
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Pacific Nall Company Affairs.


The delay ~ the sailing Of the City Of Sun
francisco Tor Australia aud way ports has natu-
rally given rise JOmueh cOmmen. rs to the Pacific
Mail CompanyS zflirs. aad many Wild rnmors
have been current during the past day or twO.
Fae delay in the sailing OF the City Of san Fran
cisco having occurred At = time when dispatches
Sere coming acruSs the Continent. indicating
difficulties 10 the Company's New York Affairs.
it has been surmised that there vas some eounee-
tioa in the shape OF cause and effect between
these two matters. We understand, however.
that this is mistaken idea The temporary
officially that existed m New York has been en-
tirely removed. jay Gould, who, for some time
past, has held a-lsrge interest ia the Company
Became so dissatisfied With the administration Of
atflirs At the head Office that he determined upon
. radical change. 10 bring this ABOUT it became
necessary that he should get majority Of the
stock in bis own name. ibis he accomplished
The other day 6y buyiug out Russel Sage. From
that moment N energetic administration OF affairs
set in, which has been psfesptiole here IN
number OF changes aud removals.
The difficulty about the departure Of the City
Of San Francisco arises frUm totally different
cause. The contract under which she IS to sail
was made sOme time ago, in London. between
Messrs Macgreg0r / Elder aud Ihe Pacific Mail
Company Of the one part. and the Governments
0, New South Wales aud New Zealand of the
other. By the terms Of this contract Macgregor
aud Elder were 10 supply two ships and the
Pacific Nail Company three, aud the service was
TO commence az certain specified date OF sub
ject the contractors 10 heavy penalties. The
Pacific Nail Company faithfully performed its
part Of the contract. but Maegreg0r aud Elder
lailed to perform theirs, tue Two ships despatched
by them 10 the Colonies having arrived two
fts IeavnH hn stfnrlnfafi ha
for this failure the Governments named seek to
stop Out oil the subsidy already earned by the
Pacific Mail Company. Hence difficulty has
arisen. which Is ut this moment the subject OF
telegraphic correspondence between the Mail
Company, Messrs. Macgregor and Elder aad the
New South Wales and Neg Zealand Govern
ments, and hence the delay ia the sailing of tue
City OF San Francisco. However. this officially
mas finally be arranged, and it Is certain the
steamer will make the trip. The English mails
consisting Of nearly 500 bags, are already on
board and these are OF so much moment TO the
Colonies that they must 20 on, esen If the CITY
Of San Francisco has to be specially chartered
for the purpose. Passengers may depend upon
receiving At least SIX hours notice Of the hour of
sailing.
CHANCES AND REMOVALS.
Daring the past few days, telegrapbie orders
have been received from New York. masking sew
eraI important changes here. 1t Is understood
that Mr.. A. P. Bacon, the agent at this port, has
the entire confidence Of Mr.. Gould. aud that his
administration Of the agency bas been approved
The following captains have been served gith no
tiee that they will be relieved viz: Messrs. Tan
uer, SearIe, IAchlan Howard, Connolly Phillip
and Dow Mr.. Engineer w W. WaddelI, at
present 10 the service Of the Occidental and ORR
euta Steamship Company, has been offered the
Superiuteudency Of the dock. bot it is under
stood, will decline the position. The following
captains have been confirmed 10 their respective
commands, viz: Maury, WaidelI, Cobb, Morse,
Seabury, Dearborn. Shackford, Cayerly aud No
land. The appointment Of Captain Jas. j. Wad-
dell has been under review 10 the New York OF.
fee, and results in bis being confirmed in the
command OF the City of san Francisco. This
was probably due to his being endorsed by Vice
Admiral Rowan, Commodore Parker, Commo-
dore Shuieldt, aud other prominent officers in the
United States Navy. Such weighiy influence
together with the recori Of his "Trip to this port
in the City of San francisco, probably decided
the matter