The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-20
New Steamship Line

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New Steamship Line
| The Pacific coast is to have another
steamship line. In all probability it
win operate from Vancouver OF Vic
toria. b. c.. to ports on the Pacific
coast and also to foreign ports The
company is a new one known as the
North American Mail & Steamship
/ Company, and will be composed of
American and Canadian capital The
lincorporators are Robert A G. Smith
land David c. Reid, shpowners of New
York. and William C. Van Horne and
Charles r. HosTner of Montreal and T.
G.. Fitzgibbon of Toronto. These per-
lsons have obtained charter from the
Canadian Government to operate a line
of vessels between British and foreign
ports and for the purpose of looking in
to the two Canadian coast cities. Will
liam r. Baltic is now on his way there.
Mr.. Baillie was recently in Tacoma.
The North American Mail & Steam
ship Company" he said, has been in
lcorporated for the purpose of operating
a line of steamships on the Aaltnsic and
on the Pacific coasts. The plans are
not yet fully developed, but as 1 am
BILE we will have some boats running
between British Columbia ports and
that city within year.
The headquarters of the company on
the Pacific coast will in all probability
be at Vancouver B. C. We will en-
gage in the coal and general merchan-
disc carrying business on the coast and
may go into the Alaskan trade 1t is
the intention on this coast to also en-
gage in the foreign trade to all the
principal ports of the world accessible
from these waters.
The greater number of the boats of
the new line will be on the Atlantic
: coast. We will carry merchandise from
, Eastern Canadian ports coastwise and
: to all the ports of the world. There
will be a large number of boats en-
gagged in the trade on both coasts. but
just how many is not at the present
: time known or determined upon.
, From this time on there will be a
, large amount of trade from the Pacific
coast. The increase of exports from the
United States from this time on will in
a great measure be from these shores.
The United States is looking for this
trade and in the same measure as Can
: ada.
? There is this one thing that Ameri-
D cans have not stopped to consider in
their calculations. and that is that il
the amount of trade that is expected
\ to come here does materialize. where
. are you going to get the vessels to care
/ for it? The Pacific coast at the present
g time has all the trade it can care for
n with its present tonnage. It is true
t there is more to be added within g
3 short time. but it is not adequate te
the anticipated increase in trade. Then
if this be true there viii be a surplus
that will be left for foreign bottoms
just as there is at the present time. II
will be many years before the trade
, of the United States on this coast will
! all be cared for III vessels carrying this
;, flag
: But while America is looking fol
q this great increase Canada is also pre-
: pairing to handle a share. There viii
a be during the next few years great
increase ~ the trade of Canada across
: the Pacific. Every year there is an in
;, crease in the Canadian trade witt
Alaska and from this time on there
will be a greater amount come there
: tevery year. To the present time Alas
ka has been a new country and there
}, has only been a limited demand fol
+ goods. a greater portion of which has
been handled by the United States. So
. far as the Canadian portion of tbs
= country is concerned the time is now
= at hand when there will be a Canadian
. Alaska trade.
1T is portion of this expected in
. crease that the North American Mai
: & Steamship Company will bid for and
. that il believes in the future of tbs
. Pacific coast is attested by the fac
: that it viii put some of its best boats
q ION here