The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-05

favor. He was not prepared to ad-
init that in such competition the
United States would beat Great Brit
ain. but Britain would ru nthe risk.
He was sure they would all be de-
,. lighted if the legislators or the United
States would look on the matter In
that light. Then they might possibly
be able to revive the old partnership
and see the mails carried one voyage
by an American ship and next voyage
| by British ship. That, he thought,
would satisfy everybody, but until
that was completed they would not be
quite happy. But they would not play
any og-in-the-manger policy they
knew that it was unavoidable under
| the United States navigation laws that
English ships should be shut out for
| the present, and they accepted the in
evitable with the best grace possible.
They offered the warmesr welcome to
| the Sierra, and he called on all pres
ent to drink success to the Oceanic
Steamship line, the good ship Sierra,
and Captain Houdlette, coupling the
| toast with the name of the Hon. Geo.
| Mclean, chairman OF the Union
Steamship Company, the agents for
| the line.
| The Hon. Geo. Mclean, in respond
/ ing, expressed regret that Mr.. John
D. SpreckelS was not present to re-
spond to the toast. 1t must be a great
disappointment to Mr. Spreckels that
he was not present, but Mr.. Spreckels
had met with many disappointments
| in getting delivery of his ships, and
at the last he thought it prudent not
to leave America until they were all
delivered and sailing. Every one
would sympathize with the captain
and officers of the Sierra in their mis-
| fortune in not making a quick pas
| sage, but all who were connected with
ships knew that there We're often
disappointment at the outset with
new vessels.
On behalf of Captain Houdlette he
returned thanks for having coupled
| the captains name with the toast. 1t
was unfortunate for Captain Houd-
lette that he had a breakdown, but
captain could not help the machinery
giving way, and if they gave him time
/ Captain Houdlette would yet show
them what he could do With the ST.
ezra.
The service initiated by the arrival
of the Sierra cannot fail to be of great
Importance to New Zealand, says an
Auckland exchange. There is a posst-
bility of some little delay in having
the service fully esta blished, but 1t can
only be a matter of few months I'M
til the Sonoma and the Ventura, sis
ter ships to the Sierra, follow on the
route, thus placing the facilities for
travel across the Pacific far ahead of
anything to which the people of New
Zealand have been accustomed. The
: steamships now leaving the Pacific
route to Auckland and Sydney have,
in their time. done good service, and
, established a remarkable record in
: regularity but the needs of the ser
vice demanded something more up-to-
date, and if it were necessary to find
justification for the placing of such
palatial vessels on the route, it can
easily be shown in the large number of
: passengers and heavy cargo brought
= by the Sierra on her maiden trip. In
point of time this line, in the past,
could not compete with the Peninsu-
9 lar and Oriental Steamship Company
for the through business from London
;. to Sydney, and just about held it's own
> with it to Auckland. Now the situa-
ton has been greatly changed. The
!, old service has been discontinued, and
= a new and quicker one instituted
which will beat the P. and o. service
| from London to Auckland by some
:, ten days, and to Sydney by nearly q
). week. With it's advantages of time
. and but two changes, one at New York
> and one at San Francisco, as against
= the four of the P. and O. line at Dover
: Calais Brindisi and Port Said and the
= torrid trip through the Red Sea, the
= new line can well expect not only al
the New Zealand travel. but the great
:, er part of that to and from Eastern
= Australia as We'll This is already tc
:. an extent we'll assured. The Mari
: posa which initiated the service, was
= a full ship. The Sierra was booked
full from San Francisco; the Sonoma
, when the mail left, had booked nearly
= eighty for January 2, and the Ven
: tura was fast filling up for January %
I Many of these passengers are tourists
= New Zealand, as everybody knows
: has marvellous, and in many respects
!. unequalled attractions for tourists but
: hitherto we have been too far away
and the facilities for travel to ouI
: shores have either been too indirect or
= too uninviting to draw large number
: of travellers. The new line, however,
, will place Auckland within twenty
I! seven days of London and within six
! teen days of San Francisco, giving
tourists the opportunity of travelling
: rapidly and comfortably, and it goes
!. without saying that the Oceanic
= Company. provided as they now are
= | with those expensive vessels, will help
3 the colony in every way to advertise
: her attractions, and to bring an ever
increasing flow of visitors across the
: Pacific The possibilities of the tourist
| traffic are too important to be lost
sight of, and the initiation of this
4 service opens the way to it's develop
u ment to an extent hitherto impossible
q So Light From the Blnnacle.
: The second number of Chief Woman
a McGettigans weekly paper published
@ on the United States tug Iroquois, was
n well received on Saturday. McGettigan
Y had to print twice as many papers as
e he did when the Binnacle first let its
: light shine. The following are some OF
u the bright things for which the editor
: lis responsible:
y Not dead, but dormant, is the condi-
: ton of Ensign Worth Bagley CARR
. son No. = of the Army and Navy In
+ ion of Honolulu.
- Honolulu is admirably situated foi
9 an Army and Navy post and it is
q pity that Honolulu's garrison, namec
h after the first Naval officer to give uT
. his hearts blood for his country dur
n ing the late conflict, should need ts
- be rounded from sleep when duty calls
= Quoting a member of the local garr1
= son there are fully eighty men resid
- ing in Honolulu eligible to admission
- TO the Army and Navy Union; the!
= are waiting for the sound Of reveille::
=, All honor to him who proves to o.
- the Music" of the garrison
To the tune "There'll Be Hot Tim
90 rror,,, TopiOht orr sailors