The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-27
VAST COMBINATIONS REACHING
THIS WAY.
The Hill-Morgan Syndicate and Ham
John d. Rockfeller's Project.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Stats
Zeitung tomorrow will say that negotla-
tions are drawing to a close between
the Hamburg line and the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
road Company to establish in contunc-
ton with that transcontinental road
steamship line between San Francisco
and the Far East, touching Honolulu,
Yokohama, Hongkong and Shanghai.
Within year line of freight steamers
will be running and six steamships of
sixteen knots speed will be contracted
for and put in service for passengers
within two years. The acquisition of
the Atlas line of West India steamers
was a mere detail of this plan.
NEW YORK, May 16,-Albert Bailin,
one of the principal directors of the
Hamburg-American Steamship Com
pany and foremost in the project for
acquisition of connections which will
enable it to girdle the globe, said today
before sailing for Europe that his plans
had progressed so satisfactorily that in
a few weeks he believed We entire ar
rangement would be completed. For
this enterprise will be required more
than $3.50, ,000, 900.
Ballin arrived in this city several
days ago direct from China, where he
had been in the interest of the pro-
posed earth -circling project.
The enterprise is SO vast" said he
that it is difficult to give a compre-
hensible idea of it. I'm sorry the plan
has become public, but since it has II
admit that the purchase of the Atlas
line is only part of our general sche-
me, and that we are negotiating for
control of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad
"Our company owns today 127 ocean
steamers. 1t is the largest steamship
company in the world. With the acqui-
sition of railroad to transport our
passengers and freight across this con-
tinent, our line will practically encircle
the globe and we will control long-dis
tance shipping.
I'VE will be able to transport direct
from Hamburg to Hongkong over our
own lines. We will be able to carry
European products to Oriental markets
much cheaper than by the present
method of transportation. The Ham
burg American line has a capital of
500, 900, 900, but this will soon be greatly
increased"
ST. PAUL, May 16.-The Pioneer
Press tomorrow Will say: Plans for a
transportation system contemplated to
incircle the globe are credited to j. j.
Hill of the Great Northern and j. Pier
! pont Morgan of New York. 1t is stated
that but link to the chain is lacking,
and that before MIR. Morgan's return
from Europe, within week or two, it
| will be supplied.
are the Great Northern, the Great
Northern Steamship Company Mr..
| Hills transpacific line, soon to be in
! operation, and the Leyland lines recent
! ly purchased by Mr.. Morgan. The ac-
QUESTION of these lines and the one link.
line between Alexandra, Egypt, and
Hongkong, China, is said to have been
Mr.. Morgan's special purpose in visit
| ing Europe.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE World
J this morning says John D, Rockefeller
has become the dominating power of
all the great railroads of the Middle
West Upon the alleged highest au-
thority the World says that within
sixty days will be made public the de-
tails of a great railroad combine that
will make the Morgan-H Hill affair tame
in comparison. The World asserts that
the Rockefeller combine will include all
the powerful roads of the Middle West
with the exception of the Burlington,
Great Northern and Northern Pacific.