The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-01
THE SEATTLE-MAN|LA UNES.PNEUNONA THREATENED
TWO LARGE NEW STEAMSHIP
ENTERPRISES.
The Waterhouse Company Establishes
The First Line From the Coast to
The Philippines.

NJ. j. Bissell, the Honolulu agent with
Alexander & Baldwin of the Water
house line of steamers, has received
news from Seattle that that city has i'm
prospect two steamship lines to Manila.
The Colonial Steamship company of
New York and Seattle, and the China
Mutual steamship company are both
preparing to establish regular lines be-
tween the Sound port and Manila. The
first named has settled upon definite
plans and 1t will give to Seattle the
first line to be established between the
Pacific Coast and Manila.
A monthly service will be inaugural
ed in April, with the steamer Strath-
gyle as the first vessel on the route. f.
w Smythe, who has been government
contractor for many thousands of tons
of freight sent on transports, Is the
Seattle agent of the line. In an inter-
view forwarded here to Mr.. Bissell
from Seattle he made the following
statements regarding the service:
Seattle is to be first in the field of
Pacific trade with the Philippine ISL
ands, with well-equipped and hnan-
cially responsible line of steamships
operated by the Colonial Steamship
Company, of which the principal owner
is the well-known shipping firm of c..
T. towering & Company, Limited, Of
London and New York. a month ago
l left Seattle for New York to com
plete negotiations which have had I'M
der way for a year past, having as
their object the establishment of a line
of steam vessels between this city and
Manila. The project would have been
inaugurated some time ago but for the
Boxer outbreak in China and the con-
sequent disturbances in the Orient,
which raised the charter price of steam
vessels materially.
las a result of the negotiations the
firm of which Mr.. lowering is the head
decided to at once make preparations to
place at least three vessels on the Seat
tie and Manila run. We have made
traffic arrangements with transconti-
mental railroads to carry our freight
from the Atlantic seaboard to Seattle
where it will be transshipped by steam
er to Manila. The freight will be billed
through from the East to the Philip
pines.
THE steamers employed on the line
will have a carrying capacity of APP
proXimately 5000 tons each. The Stra-
thgyle will carry 1000 tons and will sail
Immediately on her return from the
|. Orient on her present voyage.
After the Strathgyle we will load the
steamship Royalist, capacity 5000 tons,
and she will be followed by the Belgian
King, a vessel of the same size as the
Royalist This will give us at least a
monthly service.
From Seattle to Manila we will have
full cargoes as a rule the principal
commodities to be carried being -four,
feed, beer, lumber and staples, includ-
ing manufactured products from the
East. | do not believe there will be
any difficulty in getting all the freight
we can handle from Seattle to the
Philippines.
Coming this way, our principal car
goes will be hemp at least at first. 1t
Is not expected that the steamships will
| nave full cargoes coming east, at any
rate not until peace has been perma-
nently restored in the Philippines and
the country is again made productive
In a short time we will he able to OBJ
tain shipments of hard woods for fur
niture manufacturing and interior fin
ish of buildings and railroad passenger
cars. For these uses there is a good
demand even now"