Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-07-10
SHIPPING BRICK TO HAWAII
Causes Seattle Joy and San Fran.
CLEO TrO, Bile.
CalfOrnianS Jealous Of Their Loss Of Trade
Seattle Believes Sugar Refinery Would
Bring SUI More Traffic.

The first consignment of Seattle
Trick to Honolulu goes as part of the
cargo of the American ship Iroquo's,
how loading at this port. says the Sc.
attic P.-l.
Seven hundred thousand brick of To-
cal manufacture, are being taken by
the Iroquois to be used in the construc-
lion of a power house for street rail-
way company at Honolulu. The placing
of the order for brick in Seattle re-
Gently provoked the Building Review Of
San Francisco, to remark:
I'VE fail to see why orders should
be sent thousand miles north Of this
city to furnish bricks for the Sandwich
Islands. Our facilities for making
brick in the near neighborhood are
ouch that capitalists should embrace
the opportunity and resolve that this
section shall and must control, as far
as possible, every particle of trade con-
nected with the Hawaiian and Philip
pine Islands. II seems that goodly
portion Of the trade that naturally be-
longs to this port is being absorbed
by the more enterprising merchants
down In the southern portion of our
own State, and those in the two grand
States Immediately north of Califor.
MIA"
Referring to the order and to the
comment thereupon, Secretary Il. A
Strout of the Seattle Brick Exchange.
yesterday said:
|. This will be tn eflrst shipment Of
brick from Seattle to Honolulu. but II
is certain not to he the last. In fact,
the prospects are such as to warrant
the statement that regular shipments
will be made from now on. This first
order was placed in Seattle after inter
ested parties had made careful exami-
nation of the brick manufactured here
and had become satisfied both as to the
quality and the price. California yards
tried hard to secure the order and con-
siderable credit Is due the Seattle
Brick Exchange for its successful eff
fort to meet the southern competition.
The brick was sold at the regular
price charged at the kilns here's
per thousand--which is about tho
same as the price fixed In San Fran
cisco.
"Seattle's superior facilities for
loading turned the scale in our favor.
In addition to the brick. the Iroquois
Is taking a general cargo of building
material and machinery, mostly of Ia.
cal production, for use in street rail
way construction in Honolulu.
"The brick yards of Seattle, embrac,
ed in the exchange, are now making
over three millions of brick every
month. The facilities are such that
the output can be increased at any limc
so that we are in position to fill all or,
ders of any size for local and export
trade.
"The one thing that would give Sc.
attic absolute control of the Hawaiian
trade" added Mr.. Strout, SIS the loca
tion here of sugar refinery. Tn,
chief present drawback is the fact thai
we offer no local market for the prllci
pal product Of the Islands. Hence
while we can send from here vessels
laden with everything they need there
is seldom chance for return cargo
We are sending to Honolulu coal, lime
lumber, brick and other Of our native
products and with our railroad advan
tages, could handle the whole expor
trade OF the Islands; but we cannot n
present receive their sugar, which 4
sent to California ports. A local re
fnery would at once assure Seattle