Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-12
HONOLULU FRE|GRTS

Sailing vessels coming to Honolulu
from Coast ports are bringing very
light cargoes these days and already
have few ships been taken off the run
altogether" said local shipping man
this morning. An example of the fall
ing off OF sailing vessels freights was
given the waterfront yesterday when
a steam freighter. the Eureka, and two
sailing vessels, the barkentine Corona
do and the bark Kaiulani, arrived.
The Eureka came from Seattle with
nearly 5000 tons of general freight. The
sailing vessels came from San Fran.
cisco. the Kaiulani, a boat OF 1880 tons,
bringing but thousand tons of cargo,
and the Coronado. a craft OF over 1000
tons, bringing only 400 tons of general
merchandise.
Steamships are handling the bulk
OF the Honolulu freight, the boats OF
the American Hawaiian, Globe Navi-
cation, Spreckels, and Pacific Mail lines
doing o business that is increasing
daily. while the business of the sailing
vessels Is diminishing.
While the business Of the Oceanic
Steamship Company, Pacific Mail,
Globe Navigation Company and the
American-Hawaiia local line Is purely
matter of local competition. the
American Hawaiian around-the-w world
proposition is beginning to attract a
great deal of attention from the pow
ers behind the throne.
While the All. s. s. Co. is one OF
the big corporations of the world their
business from the United States to Hoo
nolulu is a very small proportion Of
what they intend TO undertake.
For example, their steamers arrive
in Honolulu twelve times a year with
from 1000 20 5000 tons of merchandise
that originates in the eastern port OF
the United States. in many instances as
far interior as Chicago, st. Louis and
Milwaukee. In addition TO the 1000 to
1900 tons for Honolulu they carry an
other 5000 10 1900 tons in the same
ship for San Francisco Seattle. Port
land and all Pacific coast terminal
pOlhNSs Nlllt ll'lEhl again GplIb
and east, in many instances. three or
four hundred miles; all of which pro.
hibits the transcontinental railroads
from deriving their revenues. II this
institution stuck strictly to Honolulu
business or TRANSATLANTIC business the
railroads of course could take no action
in the matter, or. in other words the
volume of business that could be hand.
led around the Horn to the Hawaiian
Islands is so small that they could not
afford TO disturb their terminal rates
| for the revenue due them Is they Sc
cured all the business Of the Islands.
But. in all probability, they will not
stand TO let any outside institution
come into their field and take away
from them $4,000 tons of freight per
annum, without at least making an eff.
fort to eliminate such competition.
On east-bound business the trans.
continental railroads, other than the
Southern Pacific, do not miss the 3d.
600 tons OF sugar that is shipped Il
New York principally around the Horn
and which route, by the way, will con
tinue 10 get greater proportions from
year to year, owing TO the fact that al
the trans-continental railroads. S. p
r. excepted, have their heaviest bust
ness east bound. The Sante Fe haul
ing the immense fruit crop OF Cali
fornia: the Northern Pacific Grea
Northern and Canadian Pacific tappin
the great wheat belt and lumber dis
tricts, and having the first option Of
the thousands OF cars of salmon whic
move from British Columbia, Washing
ton and Alaska. But, whether or no
these lines will continue to lose bust
ness west-bound around the Horn re
mains TO be seen. As matter of fac
we already have some very nice eX
amples OF what the northern trans
continental railroads can do in tn
: naming Of freight rates from easter
points of origin to Honolulu, eve
against the very low rates of the An
! eriCan- Hawaiian Steamship Company
j The three northern trans-continentI
railroads have in the last six month
[ successfully bid for and secured in III
70 neighborhood of 10000 tons OF freigl
that was originally intended for tn
' All. S. S, Co, via New York and tn
Horn"