The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-01-27
adjourned without taking any deci-
sive action on the measure.
GfaoTuar Chon6oc

Commencing with February, a
new timetable for the Oceanic Steam
ship Company between here and
the Colonies goes into effect.
The Mariposa, to sail on arrival of
the English mails, presumably next
Monday, will date the new schedule
from the other end, and the Zeal
andia (due here on the 17th) will
inaugurate it on this side. By the
change through steamers, Alameda,
Mariposa and Zealandia, will leave
here on Thursdays instead of Satur-
days, as at present, and the local to
Honolulu, the Australia, will sail
every fourth Tuesday instead of Fri
days. The hours of sailing are
changed to 3 P II. for the through
boats and to 2 P. NJ. for the Australia,
and the schedule changes give the
through vessels three weeks at the
dock in Sydney, and only two weeks
here, instead of the opposite, as has
been the case.
1t is understood that the change
is mainly intended to benefit Homo
lulu and the Islands generally. Here
tofore the Islanders have had vir-
tualiy but one steamer per month to
this port, as the through boat and
the Local both departed the same
week, leaving a three weeks blank.
The change IN the schedule is made
especially. for their accommodation,
and by it there is distribution of
sailing dates that gives them alter
nate gaps of only nine and nineteen
days; that is, the local steamer will
always leave nineteen days after the
through boat, and the through boat
will always leave nine days after
the local. The change is much ap-
preciated by everybody connected
with South Sea traffic, except the
crews of the through steamers, who
would much prefer three weeks here
and a fortnight in Sydney to the
new vice versa arrangement.
The HiIO Line Deal.
The big scheme by which Hawaii
was TO have new steamship line to
San Francisco has been withheld
from public notice for some time
past Messrs. Livingstone, Clark &
Co., who initiated the enterprise
without any particular encourage
ment, ran the small steamer Faral
lone as an experiment, endeavoring
meanwhile to secure paying sub
sidy from the Hawaiian Govern
ment A bill calling for subsidy
of $4,000 monthly was defeated and
another subsidy of 81 900 was finally
passed.
Messrs. Livingstone & Clark give
it out that they were negotiating the
purchase of two large streamers to
resume the service.
They have been inactive so long,
however, that the rumor spread that
the big project had been abandoned.
Owners of the fast-sailing feet trad
ing with the islands breathed freer
when the rumor reached them. Yes
terday, however, it leaked out that
the proposition to establish a new
steamer service was still on the tapis,
and threatened to take larger proper
tions than at first expected.
The Hawaiian Government has ex-
pressly stipulated in connection with
the voted subsidy of $1,000 monthly
that the company shall employ a
steamer of not less than 1000 tons.
Trips will be made monthly and as
many times oftener as the company
shall desire. Stoppages to take on
and discharge freight and passen-
gers must be made at Honolulu and
Hilo.
1t was admitted by MrLivingstone
of the firm of Livingstone, Clarke &
Co., last week, that negotiations were
now pending to sell the company's
rights in the affair to we'll known
shipping capitalist of Los Angeles,
who is said to be Walter Maxwell.
The negotiations are about closed
and the new owner will charter two
steamers and commence running
them to the islands.
Heavy Hawaiian Traffic.
Hawaiian traffic, by the way, out
ranks trade with any other country
doing business through the Golden
Gate just now. Both exports and
imports are remarkably heavy, and
with the single exception of wheat to
the United Kingdom there is no vol
ume of trade from any direction to
approach the California products for
which the Hawaiians are exchang-
ing their sugar and tropical fruit.
The sailing fleet between here and
the islands is larger than ever be-
fore, and every steamer carries full
cargo of freight. Machinery, lam
Der and live stock are entering
largely into the exports just now,
and the amount of sugar mill ma
chinery that is being transported
would indicate increased prosperity
for Kalakaua's realm in this direc-
ton. The S. n. Castle, one of six
vessels that have loaded at Mission
for Honolulu within fortnight,
took on two enormous pumps weigh
ing over five tons each this after
noon.
The Nicaragua Canal.
The report of the Committee on
EOraion Relations on the Nicarauua