The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-08
NEW STEAMERS
FOR HONOLULU
Especial 70 The Advettl-r)


SAN FRANCISCO. March 20 sent
tle Be- % have another direct steamship
service to Honolulu. AZ n result ~ she
absorption ~ the Amerlcan-ilawauun
steamships by J. l.. LaIhaw, the laath-
or combine man. there VIII be lnauEur-
oted "a vigorous heht Tor the trade be-
tween the Pacific coast the Hawaiian
Islands and the orient. The points Of
warfare on the Coast viii Doe Seattle
and san Francisco Seattle win have
two direct steamers san Francisco
win have two. and the remainder % the
present feet. as heretofore. viii CAL
at both ports GA their return run from
New York.
Seattles new steamship line will b.
composed OF two 5000-ton steamships
for both passengers and freight. Al
though the main idea viii be 20 handle
the ever-groWing cargo business. The
contracts for the vessels have already
been let In the East. The contracts
provide that the two vessels be fast
and commodious. OF pleasing design,
and to be completed by next fall. after
which they will go 10 Seattle under
their own steam and take the run i'm
mediately.
The American Hawaiian co. has been
considering the direct Seattle-Honolulu
service for some time. according to
well-informed steamship men. and has
reached the conclusion that the trade
conditions warrant such a move. The
sugar cargoes arranged for on return
voyages made the situation much
more pressing, and the contract for the
steamers. with an additional hurry pro-
viso, is the outcome. The two liners
will cost approximately s250,O00 each.
making total outlay for carriers
alone OF half a million dollars. Then
there will probably be some expense
for additional facilities at Seattle, ex-
ira clerical force. etc.
The Alaskan and Nevadan. both
lO,OOO-ton steamships, belonging 10 the
same company have but recently been
launched. and will soon make their ap-
pearance at Seattle on the regular
voyages from New York up the coast
and then TO Honolulu. The completion
OF the two 50OO-ton vessels will make
four new craft that the corporation has
added to it's service within a period
OF less than twelve months, and at a
cost OF considerably more than 81 .2jO.-
900.
The Californian. the next American
Hawaiian liner to call at Seattle. will
reach there about the latter part Of
March. She will be followed by the
Hawaiian Both vessels have already
booked some cargo, and by the time
they arrive the officials confidently ex-
pect TO have secured full cargoes for
the island capital The Californian has
been in Seattle twice and the Hawaiian
was there December 6. at which
time she loaded 100000 cases OF salmon
for New York.
The American Hawaiian fleet AT pres
ent comprises the steamships Ameri-
can, $500 tons, $500 h. D.: Hawaiian,
$500 tons, 5000 h. p.; Californian, $500
tons. 5000 h. D.. Oregonian, $500 tons,
1900 h. p; Alaskan, 10000 tons, 1000 h..
p; Nevadan. 10000 tons, 1000 h. D.; and
the new 5OOO-ton steamers for the Sc
attic route now building
The Globe Navigation Company. op-
Grating the steamships Eureka, Meteor
and Tampico, is the only corporation
handling vessels directly from Seattle
to Honolulu at present. Their service
has been in existence for some time.
and they are at present figuring on
adding TO it by the establishing OF n
big fleet OF sailing craft to carry gen.
eral cargo.