The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-13
At TIE SOUND As WELL
PLANS OF AMERICANA WAIIN
STEAMSHIP LINE.
Seattle and Tacoma Included in the
Ports of Call of the New York Homo
lulu Company.

SEATTLE, November lie is the in
tention of the recently organized Anne
Hawaiian Steamship Company CT
New York to make Puget sound the
Pacific coast end of the line OF big
steamers it will within a very Short
time put on between it's home ports and
ports on the Pacific. Honolulu will be
the principal port of call, and the esta-
blishment of the line will assure the
rapid growth of Seattles trade with
Hawaii. Seattle being the leading city
of Puget sound, will virtually be the
Pacific coast terminal port.
Although it has been .lGlown for some
time that the new company would prob
ably sooner or later run it's vessels to
Puget sound, the first news of it's posi-
tive intention to do so is containe in a
telegram just received by Cook a. Co,
informing them that they have been APP
pointed Puget sound agents Of the rev
line and requesting them to hold them
selves in readiness for orders.
G. w. Cook, of the firm of Cook & Co,
states that the steamers of the COM
pany will also call at Tacoma. His or
ders do not state in which city the main
offices of the company will be located
but as practically all of the Puget sound
trade will be from Seattle, there is no
doubt that they will be lOca I'D here.
The Americana Hawaiian Steamship
Company is one of the most important
corporations organized in the United
States in recent years. Among the larg-
est owners of stock in the concern are
Flint Eddy & Co., one of the greatest
merchantile firms in the world, having
branch houses in every country on the
globe. This fact alone assures the sue
cess of the venture.
The company will operate on the new
line some of the largest steam freight
carriers afloat. At the present time it's
plans are for fleet of six steamers,
four of 5000 tons each and two of IL 900
tons each. Two of these steamers, the
Californian and the Hawaiian are al
ready in commission, and the others are
now being built and will be completed
as rapidly as possible.
The Hawaiian, of 5000 tons, was built
by the Cramps and is now loading in
New York for her first voyage to the
Pacific coast. The Californian was built
in San Francisco by the Union Iron
Works and is now engaged in the gov
eminent transport bushes between San
Francisco and Manila, having been
chartered by the government immedia-
tely after she was launched.
1t is the intention of the company &C
cOrding to Mr.. Cook to load it's steamers
in New York with general cargoes for
San Francisco, Seattle and Tacoma, and
to carry from Puget sound ports to
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chandise. From the islands cargoes of
raw sugar exclusively will be taken to
New York. The vessels will not call
at Honolulu on their way from New
York to Seattle, but as the islands ex-
port little except raw sugar that fact
is of little consequence to the merchants
of this city.
Heretofore for various reasons, the
steamer service between Seattle and the
islands has been irregular and as a con-
sequence merchants here have been
handicapped in their efforts to COM
pete with San Francisco for the trade
of Hawaii. When the new line is in
operation they will be placed on an
equal footing.