The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-22
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Supplies and
Offices.
TRANSPORTS WILL
ALL GO NORTH
Great Circle Route to be Followed
to Manila Unless Supplies
Are Coming Here.

Transports will not stop at Honolulu
after this time, unlessthere is a special
object in having them take this route,
owing to the shipping here of supplies
or men. This course was decided upon
by Quartermaster General Ludington
while he was here the first time, on his
way to the Philippines, and the course is
now being followed. The plan of the
Department is to try sending the ships
by the great circle route, as the largest
vessels in the transport service can carry
enough coal to make the complete trip
without encroaching too much upon the
cargo space.
The transport service through this port
is estimated to cost the government in
the neighborhood of $1,000 more for each
vessel than to send the ships through di-
rect The addition to the time of the
voyage is at the very least four days,
while there is to be covered in the re-
gion of 500 miles greater distance. This
| has been added to the fact that the price
of coal here is an item, and the desire of
/ the Department to get its expenses
down to a business basis was responsible
for the change in route. AS it is the
coal now held here by the Army Depart
ment 5000 tons, will be used up and the
keeping of coal piles will then be dis
continued. The reason for this action is
the new contract which has been made,
! for the service of the army with coal in
| lots as desired.
| The new coal contract contemplates
the using of American coal, the Roslyr
product which is controlled here by b
IL. Dillingha The terms of the con
tract are that there shall be delivered a
the wharf of the army coal in lots as
desired and at the time asked. This
relieves the quartermaster of the neces
sity of keeping a stock, which will de
terforate. and which is subject to thu
danger of fire With this done away
with. seems no reason for any stock be
ing carried, and the expense will b'
much decreased.
The desire for doing away with unnec
essary expense VIII be displayed in an
other way too, in tat there will be a
once reduction of The supplies which
are to be kept on hand here. There arr
now 100 head of mules and horses, SOM
left here by the last horse transport
and others sent down for the service o
the post Since the reduction of the pos
to one of two companies, the Depart
ment has seen that there is no need t
keep so much live stock and there will b
a reduction of at least one-half in tn
supply. The horses and mules VIII b
sold, if practicable. and If not, perhap
there will be some arrangement made 70
the sending of the surplus supply on t
Manila.
At least there Will be no Keeping Q
the corral at Iwilei much longer, as tn
stores kept in the warehouses there nav
| been removed to the buildings on tn
barracks reservation. Much of thi
, stock of heavy stores will be sent on
Manila or back to San Francisco, as
may be deemed best by the Department
This includes ranges and such thing
, which will not be of immediate serviC
here since the size of the post has bee
reduced. This means that all the go2
eminent holdings will be very soon r.
t turned 10 their owners. and the busine:
= concentrated. The surplus animals pro-
ably will be kept at Camp Mckinley, ar
e the teams used in the city by the qua
e termaster kept near the transport ofhe