The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-11
MORE MAILS
FROM SOUTH
Australia to Make
Greater Use of
Route.

I I
Congress from California, Chairman of
the House Committee on Postoffices and
Postroads, was a through passenger in
the Scnoma yesterday. on his way home
after a trip to Australia, made in the
interest of the mail service. Mr.. Loud
was accompanied by his wife. and was
| joined here on the return trip by his
daughter, Mrs. James O'Connell, wife
of the western division superintendent
of the registry division of the postal
service. who had spent a week here
in inspection Of the local office.
MY trip" said Mr.. Loud, was made
in the interest of the mail service in the
Pacific ocean. OF course We are very
anxious that there be all possible mail
carried through from Australia to En-
gland, by way of San Francisco and
New York. Not only will we be able to
give better service with increased use Of
our water routes, but as well we will
have a faster service across our own
country. There will be days better
time made in the across-continent time,
If it is necessary to carry the through
mails to reach New York for special
steamers. This will give to all our
mails faster time, and will be OF i'm
: by the overland trains.
. This Is one advantage and there is
. greater one. that is the growth Of
the trade which follows fast and
! regular mail steamer service. This is
shown in the freight carried by the
steamers now on the run between San
: Francisco and Sydney. There will be
as great advantages to the United
States from these fast mails as to the
people OF the south seas. who will have
by expedited service several days gain
| ed in the time of mail delivery. There
: has been some talk of new ships to car
ry the mails through to Vancouver and
thence to the Atlantic side, but we can
, beat the best time of such a route by
at least four days, and this makes the
present route of much value to the peo-
pie of Australia.
There has been some discomfort in
the south over the time made by the
D new ships which carry the mails on
, this route. The people who are in au-
? thority however are content to wal,
until there has been a thorough testing
OF the ships, and they have become
! smoothed down for the fastest time to
! be made. This will take only shor,
= time now and the people all along the
! route will see great improvement in the
: time made on the runs I had inter
= views with the Postmaster General o,
= the Australian commonwealth and be-
! lieve that there will be no trouble over
! the present contracts. and further thai
\ with the better time which l think will
= be made later. that we will have {
\ greater amount of mail sent through
! the United States on the line to En-
\ gland.
\ There has been made too a propose
= for the interchange of postal parcels be-
! tween the Australian department ant
! the United States. Our government has
! always insisted that the country receiv.
! ing the revenue should retain II. This
\ has always been rejected by the south
: ern federation on account Of the grea'
: disparity in the population of the two
; countries. A new proposition has beer
\ made by the latter now, that all thu
\ returns from the postal parcels service
4 shall be pooled and then at certain
= time divided between the two countries
4 equally. l cannot say what will bt
4 done in the event of this not receiving
\ the approval of our government. and
4 cannot forecast the decision of Wash
4 ington in this matter.
= There may be some postal reforms
/ during the coming session. | haV'
4 hopes that there will be a general re
4 vision of the method for the paymen
4 for the postal cars. Instead OF weigh
4 rates l believe that We should pay b,
4 the space occupied. This would b
4 more equable to both the government
4 and the carriers. Then | will push m,
4 bill curtailing the use of the fourth
1 class privilege.
4 From what l hear there seems to b
/ no feeling other than that there will b
4 passed by the coming congress, bi
4 providing for a cable for Hawaii. Their
q is general desire to have the neN
. possessions of the nation Connected b
= cable and the time has come for tn
laying of this line. l believe it will b