The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-15
ONE TO PLY BETWEEN HERE AND
THE COAST.
Contract Made For 1t Between the
Honolulu Market Company, Miller &
Lux, and the John s. Klmball Co.

A cold storage, refrigerator steamer,
to make a round trip between San
Francisco and Honolulu every three
weeks, is promised for the near future.
The steamer is one of the feet of the
John s. Kimball Steamship Company,
and is modern in every respect.
This new enterprise Is a part of the
plans of the Honolulu Market Co. Ltd,
which has a ten-year lease of the entire
Waverly block, corner of Bethel and
Hotel streets, and which expects to be-
gin business in October.
L. A. Rostin, who, with Edgar Hal
stead, the president of the company,
rangements for the new enterprise, re-
turned by the Gaelic last Wednesday,
with every detail completed for supplies
of meats and provisions, furnishings FOR
the new market, and the contract for
the refrigerator steamer The contract
for supplies and for the steamer has
been made in connection with the great
cattle and provision firm of Miller &
Lux, the history of whose rise and deal
ings is as romantic as any story from
that great field of romance, California.
The firm owns In fee simple a million
acres of land and has under lease, a
great deal more than as much more.
1t can start a herd of cattle from Ari-
zona and drive them to San Francisco,
them every night on it's own land. 1t
is to the Pacific Coast what Armour &
Co are to the Mississippi Valley.
Mr.. Rostin and Mr.. Halstead visited
New York, Chicago, st. Paul, New Or
leans and other big cities of the United
States studying meat markets and meat
supplies. Everything that was new and
improved and adapted to conditions
here, they have incorporated in their
plans. The complete outfit for the mar
ket including refrigerators, delivery
wagons, blocks, cleavers, hangers, scales
and everything that is needed or used
in meat market, will be shipped from
San Francisco about August first by
one of the Williams, Dimond Company S
vessels. The grocery firm of Henry
May e. Company will relinquish the
Waverly block about September first,
and the work of getting ready for the
market will be completed 1t is expected
about October first.
The Market company will have it's
cold storage plant In connection with
the Honolulu Brewery, and for it's day s
supplies will have a set of thoroughly
modern refrigerators ate the market.
One of these will be refrigerator ten
] by twenty feet, the outside of French
plate glass, to be used specially for eX-
hibition and show purposes.
The contract with Miller e. Lux gives
the Honolulu Market company the con-
troll of that firms shipments to the ISL
ands. The extensive business of Miller
& Lux will enable them to fully supply
the year round any particular kind or
cut of meat the island market may de-
mand. The contract for the refrigera-
tor steamer, includes the option of a
second steamer if it is needed. The
whole hold capacity of these steamers
is fitted for cold storage, separated in
to three compartments each of which
can be kept at any required degree of
coldness.
Mr.. Rostin says that his company
proposes to deal in all kinds of meat
and market supplies, and has made
arrangements that will enable it to
meet all emergencies. 1t is the inten-
ton to ship as return freight by the re-
frigerator steamer, Island fruits, espe-
cially bananas and pineapples, the re-
frigerator enabling these to be shipped
and landed in San Francisco in the best
condition.
The officers of the company which
was incorporated some time ago are
Edgar Halstead, president and treasur-
er; A. Hooking, vice-president and L.
r. Rostin secretary.