The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-14
NANISMORENFDRMANON
NEW RULE ON STEAMSHIPS TO BE
INVESTIGATED
Chamber of Commerce Discusses the
Recent Order Which Prohibits Purser
Carrying Packages and Papers.

The recent arbitrary rule put in
force by the Occidental and Oriental
Steamship Company and the Toyo
Kisen Kaisha whereby pursers of these
companies are forbidden to carry any
parcels from San Francisco to Homo
lulu, was discussed at the meeting of
the chamber of commerce this morning
This matter was brought up by a COM
munication from Frank L. Hoogs of
The Star acting on behalf of the vari-
Gus newspapers of Honolulu.
The communication called attention to
the fact that the enforcement of such
rule would prevent the local news
papers from securing files of the San
Francisco papers as soon as formerly
and delay the public in hearing the
news until the newspaper files could be
distributed at the post office. If such a
rule continued it would, furthermore,
work a hardship in other respects as
there were frequent instances where
the transmission of a dispatch was
FASTENED by the purser carrying it in
stead of trusting it to the regular
mails.
II. A. Isenberg of Hackfeld and Com
pany the local agents of the two COM
panies stated that the order had been
issued evidently from the mainland
agents. for nothing was known of it by
the Honolulu agents. He stated that
Hackfeld and Company would write
today and inquire for further informa-
tion concerning the matter.
j. b. Atherton said that the order
might have been made in the interests
of private parties in San Francisco and
while admitting that the order might
prove as the communication represent
ed, he questioned whether any action
by the chamber would have any
weight.
W. NJ. Giffard of Irwin and Company
agents for the Oceanic Company said
that before any action be taken by the
Chamber it would be well to ascertain
whether or not the new rule had not
been made at the instance of the GUS
toms authorities. Neither the Pacific
Mail nor the Oceanic companies had
made such an order and as these were
American companies, it is possible that
the customs laws had had something to
do with the order ben" issued. He
added that when the Moana which car
ries the English flag was running here
the company had been notified that the
lpursers could not carry any packages
between the American ports without
laying the companies liable to the
penalties of the customs laws.
1t was finally decided to postpone
further action until more information
could be secured upon the point Mr..
Isenberg being appointed committee
of one to attend to this matter.
Letters were received from l.. L. Nc
Candless and High Sheriff Brown re-
garding the recent request of the
Chamber that the traffic on the busi-
ness streets be regulated by police. Mr.,
McCandless stated that he would en-
deavor to have what was possible to
remedy the matter done but Sheriff
Brown wrote that he had consulted with
the Attorney General on the subject
/ and in the absence of any law govern
ing the point he did not see what could
be done.
An acknowledgment of the receipt of
the contribution of SO, 300 to the Calves
! ton sufferers from the Chamber was
received from the private secretary of
the governor of Texas. Acknowledge
ments of thanks from the local body
were also received from various people
| in San Francisco and Omaha who had
aided toward the success of the Ha-
waiian exhibit at the latter place. A
balance of $75 from the Omaha exhibit
fun was ordered turned into the treas
ury.