The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-07-22
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per 8. 8. Australia, San Francisco,
July Ii, 1891.
(From our special correspondent.)
Sugar Notes.

NEW York, July 14.-Cuban centri-
fugal 90 deg. 5-16c. graduated 414c.
The local price of granulated is 81
cents and the market is devoid of any
special feature save the importation of a
large quantity of German beet sugar by
way of Panama. The importation was
made by D. Ghirardelli & Sons, the
chocolate manufacturers, and consisted
of $50 bags, each of 224 pounds. 1t is
understood thatit cost them about AZ
cents per pound duty paid laid down in
San Francisco which is half cent less
than the refners charge.
Speaking of the importation Mr.. Chi
rardelli says that as long as the retners
keep up to the present standard, he
shall bring his refined sugar from Ger
many, Hongkong or even Vancouver.
A fight is brewing between the local
refners and the Vancouver refinery.
The rice market is rather more in
buyers favor, except for island grades,
which are firm. On Tuesday, 500 bags
of new crop were received by the
steamer Australia, only one-fourth of
the quantity expected, and sold readily
at $500 per hundred pounds, usual
time.
Steamship Subsidies.
No action has yet been taken by the
Pacific Mail in regard to the Postal sub
sidy law passed at the last session.
Neither has there been any movement
on the part of the Oceanic people. The
President and Postmaster-G have
not yet agreed about the administration
of the law.
The Mail Company will shortly send
to this coast the new steamers Costa
RIGA and Guatemala just built at Phila-
delphia for the Central American trade.
The company also contemplates build
ing a sixteen knot 5 900 ton vessel for
the China line when the new mail con-
tracts are awarded. Action will be sus-
pended on the rebuilding of the City of
Rio de Janeiro until mail contracts are
awarded.
Both the Pacific Mail and Oceanic
companies will shortly be put to i'm
mense trouble and expense by the resur-
rection of an old law or regulation about
eight money" which provide that every
time a vessel built abroad but owned in
America enters an American port she
shall pay so cents for every ton of her
register. The money is to 60 to the
benefit of the lighthouse service. This
obnoxious law can be enforced against
the Australia of the Oceanic Company's
fleet and the China, to say nothing OF
several sailing vessels owned here, such
as the bark Margaret, ship Kenilwortil
and bark Annie johnson. The enforce
ment of the law will assuredly lead to
its repeal.
The California Steamship Company, a
new corporation, has established a line
of steamers between New York and San
Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. via
Cape Horn. The steamers will make
the trip in sixty days and will be indie
pendent of railroads, the Pacific Mail or
the clippers. Four steamers have been
engaged and one is now loading in New
York.
The Chilean War.
Conflicting reports come from Chile
about the war. The Trans-Andean tele-
graph service, controlled by Balmaceda
states that the insurgents are losing
ground. The insurgent advices via Pa
mama state that Balmaceda's cause is
gone.
Balmaceda forces have been beaten al
Vallemar, and Balmaceda also claims
the fight. Iquiqui is in state of con-
slant alarm, fearing Balmaceda's troops
Balmaceda has received notice that one
OF the new cruisers is on the way from
Paris. She will be met at Cape Horn by
insurgent vessels.
Several steamers have sailed the past
two weeks for Iquiqui with provisions.
etc. In. all six steamers will go from
San Francisco laden with $4,000 tons oil
supplies.
The men-of-war Charleston and Itata
have arrived at San Diego. The insurg-
ent agents in San Francisco are trying
to release the Itata on bonds, SO that
she can load supplies here for their
forces.
1t is stated that the Itata tried to escape
from San Diego again on the 9Th. She
is still In the harbor, closely watched by
the Charleston. There have been sew
eral entertainments on both vessels, and
John d. Spreckels has entertained the
United States and Chilean officers on
board his yacht, Lurline, and at the
Hotel Coronado.
San Francisco News.
Judge G. de Cederkranz, the new Chief
Justice of Samoa, has written g friend
here that all he has yet done is to draw
his salary of $500 a month. The natives
are disguised with him. No one knows
when he will open his court.
A gang of counterfeiters is working the