The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-22
ter stop at San Francisco and then go
to Manila direct and return directly

ter stop at San Francisco and then go
to Manila direct and return directly
to San Francisco.
I'VE are going to put on two steam
erS, the MonmouthShire and the Car
marthenshire, in February, writes the
manager of the Portland steamship
line. I'VE have five steamers on the
line to Hongkong, but three would do"
L. Huttenbach. merchant of Lon
don, England, and the Straits Settle
ments. is in San Francisco from Sing
apore en- route to Europe. He IS very
anxious to meet the merchants Of San
Francisco and inform them of the
splendid inducements that are offered
for commercial trading between the
merchants of that port and Singapore.
Mr.. Huttenbach claims that he Is
the pioneer merchant of California
goods in Singapore, as he bought
a short while ago a large consignment
of machinery in San Francisco and
large consignment OF canned goods,
which he sold at a good profit in the
Straits Settlements,
What we want badly" he said, sis
direct line of steamers between
Singapore and San Francisco. At
present we have to get our goods via
Hongkong, and by loading and reload.
ing, of course, we lose a lot of money.
Singapore is the base of supply for the
islands of Sumatra and Borneo. We
also supply oidIH, ana 10 d great eA-
tent the Philippines. We are the gate
way of the Orient, and there are SPLEEN
did facilities for an exchange of COM
merce between Singapore and San
Francisco
II like Americans and their way of
doing business, although the only big
deal I ever had with this Government
was at the time of the Spanish wGr.
AT that time the American troops ar
rived in the Philippines without any
light clothing. / received the contract
and furnished all the khaki uniforms
that were first delivered at Manila 1
made them In Singapore and the con-
! tract ran into over 100000.
THE. population of Singapore is over
( 100000, but there are very few whites
there. The Chinese in that part of
I the world are very Industrious and
save their money"
Shipping Notes.
The Ventura sailed for Page Page,
Auckland and Sydney yesterday after
noon. Berger's band played the vessel
off.
The Mauna Loa arrived nom Hawaii
yesterday morning. She Will sail again
! on her regular run on Tuesday.
The schooner Eureka sailed yester-
day afternoon for Gray's Harbor. The
tug Fearless towed her to sea.
NJ. NJ. Tuft, who returned from the
Coast on the Hanalei yesterday, will
probably go out on the Mauna Loa on
Tuesday, resuming his duties as purser.
William King is now the freight clerk
of the steamer James Makee. He was
formerly the office boy at the Inter
Island Company's wharf office.
The Mauna Loa brought the follow
ing freight from Hawaii yesterday;
9,402 bags of sugar, 1853 bags of coffee,
81 bundles of bananas and 500 pack
ages of sundries.
/ The Hanalei brought a tender for
the Mauna Loa from the Coast. The
tender consists of an ordinary steamer
boat fitted with a gasoline engine. 1t
will be used for towing sugar boats.
and it is expected that all the steam
ers of the fleet will be supplied with
such tenders.
The transport Sheridan was booked
10 sail from San Francisco for Ma
Mia, via this port, on the 18th instant
She will probably arrive here tomor-
row evening or on Sunday.
The bark Olympic has cleared from
San Francisco for this port with a
cargo of general merchandise.
The schooner Rosamond arrived here
from San Francisco yesterday after q
good passage of twenty days.
The United States training ship Mo
hican viii soon be here from Sar
Francisco. via Santa Barbara, San d.
ego and Magdalena Bay.
There is likely to be no Army trans.
port available to sail on the regular
trip of March l from the Coast t.
Manila and Guam. via Honolulu. The
Sherman and Warren are both laid III
for repairs.