The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-24
A SEATTLE ship
Liner Centennial Joins City Of
Columbia Here.
MAN In AUTHORITY ABOARD
Will Stralghten Out MatterS-FailS
to Find Local Conspiracy-To
Make a Bid for Sugar.

The Seattle-HOnOlulu Steamship
Company's steamer Centennial, Capt.
B. B. Whitney, docked at Pacific Mail
wharf last Saturday from Seattle with
a-full cargo of freight, valued at $4,000
and forty-nine passengers. She sailed.
directly TO Honolulu and will lie here
five days before proceeding to Hilo,
and then proceed back to Seattle, ar
riving home from her first trip in this
trade the first week in November.
]. P. Jacobsen is one of the passen-
gers. and comes to Honolulu fully
equipped with bonds, power of attorney
and money to eXtricate the steamer
City of Columbia from her difficulties.
1t is expected that the latter vessel will
be able to at once proceed on her way
home.
Mr. Jacobsen was interviewed on the
Centennial last evening and gave some
information as to the future move
ments of the steamers Centennial and;
City of Columbia.
The City of Columbia on her arrivc.l
in Seattle will prepare for her return
to Honolulu with general cargo and
d list of passengers consisting Of about
one hundred eXcursionists from st.
Paul, who will arrive in Seattle the
first week in November and be expected
to sail on that steamer on November
9th for Honolulu. This excursion will
include some of the people of Mime
sofa who have been accustomed to
spending their winters in Florida or
FL, ie I'M o1 mill
it is expected, bring many others to
visit the Islands who chase for sunny
climes in the winter season. The Cen
tennial will follow the City of Column
bia in monthly trips
Il find" said Mr.. Jacobsen, that
the rumor that Honolulu is inimical to
our line is quite unfounded and that
we have as good a chance and as fair
a field here as any other line | see
no reason why we cannot take some of
the 100000 tons of sugar destined for
the New York refinery to Seattle for
shipment over the Great Northern
railway. This line has now through
connections complete. Not only has
James J. Hill, who now controls the
Great Northern Railway, the Baltimore
& Ohio system, but also there is a fine
line of freighters running from Duluth
to New York through the Great Lakes.
In that way the northern line as
against the Southern Pacific has great
advantages. Nor would this interfere
with the traffic of the sailing vessels, a
fear of which seems to be felt by some
of their owners in Honolulu The sail
ing vessels can take their part of the
sugar output to Seattle and there load
lumber, general merchandise, feed
abundance, thence to Honolulu. There
is a much better field for getting car
goes on Puget Sound for Honolulu than
in San Francisco, once connections are
established
Another passenger by the Centennial
is E. NJ. Williams, representing the
firm Of Gordon & Company, of Seattle.
who are going to buy bananas here and
ship Washington products in return.
He will endeavOr to get a full load Of
bananas for the Centennial before her
departure.
Hilo is destined to be a way station
evidently. for it is reported on board
that the Centennial and City of Colum-
bia would, after this month, sail direct
from Seattle for Honolulu, thence TO
Hilo and back again to Honolulu. One
of the steamers Will be dispatched each
month from Seattle and is expected to
complete the round trip with the nee
essary stops in that time. 1t is thought
the Centennial may get away on We'd
neSday.
The passengers on board the Centen-
nial were mostly mechanics or people
looking for chance to locate They
were all a very respectable lot, and one.
Isaac Cathcart, is a wealthy man on
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were destined for HilO.