The Honolulu republican., 1902-01-25

steam Coal Than Product From
British Columbia g. Puget Sound.
Among the guests at the Hawaiian
Hotel is r. B. Hogue. OF James and
Alexander Brown * Company. large
coal exporting firm in Newcastle.
Australia. Mr Hogue is on his way
from the coast. where be has been
the representative OF his firm for a
number Of years. 20 Australia. where
he viii take over the management OF
new mine which has just been open
Cd there by his company The name
OF this mire is Newaeld 1t is locat-
"a in the Newcastle district and
takes in 10000 acres OF land. There
are two distinct seams Of coal. one
lying underneath the other. and the
coal taken from them is said TO be
the finest yet discovered in Austria
liza
The owners. James and Alexander
Brown a Company. are the oldest
colIiery people in Australia. being in
fact the originators OF private coal
mining in that country They have
been n the business between fifty
and sixty years
is Better Steam, Coal.
Mr HoEuo. when seen yesterday.
gave some figures and facts with re
gard 20 the shipment Of coal to these
islands. showing how the Australian
coal holds the front rank here He
stated that while in former days,
when only about 10000 tons of coal
were used year here. this had been
supplied entirely from Australia Now
the consumption of coal in these isl
ands runs mp 10 about 100000 tons a
year. and coal is sent here not only
from Australia. but also from British
Columbia and Puget Sound
Coal is used here entirely for the
purpose OF creating steam power
large pumping plants and ocean go
ing steamers consuming the greater
part oi the supply The Australian
coal can be supplied here cheaper,
or as cheaply as the coal from the
Pacific coast. the only reason for
using the latter being that it can be
brought here quicker on a rush order
than can be done from Australia.
Prices and Freight Rates.
The price Of coal ranges from $3.50
10 S2.75 I'm Australia In British
Columbia coal OF good quality costs
from 81 10 $3.50 ton. and coal of
inferior quality $3.50 Puget Sound
ccal costs from $3.50 to $3.50 ton.
All these prices are for the coal de-
lvered free on board ship.
The freight rates from British
Columbia and Puget Sound to these
islands have ranged from $3.50 TO 4
S45o a ton. while the freight from .
Australia is uniformly s. per ton Of
coal
The reason why the freight rates
are not much higher for the longer
distance between Australia and Ho-
noluiu is that it pays ship owners to
send their vessels TO Australia with
lumber. This enables them to bring
cOSl from Newcastle 10 this port on
the return trip at much lower rates
than would be the case IL ii was not
for the lumber trade
The Australian and the British
Columbian tos. OF course has the
drawback that q duty OF 81 cents
ton must be paid on II upon lis en-
iering this port This duty is re,
funded. however II the coal is ship
psd on 70 steamers and burned out
side the Territory.
Advantages Of Australian.
These figures from Mr.. Hogue show
What great advantage the Austria.
Ian coal enjoys. II is much better
steam coal than the Puget Sound
coal which is mostly Ignite and in
the better kinds only semi bitumin.
Gus. The coal from British Columbia
is more expensive as the merchants
have a good market in the States and
do net care much about shipping II
10 Honolulu. Finally the total coal
output OF the Pacific coast is esumat.
ca hy Mr. Hogae 10 be hardly one mil
lion tons per annum. while that OF
Australia Is from four 20 Eve million
tons yearly. which enables the mer.
chants Of that place 10 sell their coal
AZ a much cheaper rate than would
nay the merchants in British Colnm-
hia-
Ar Hogue finally clinched ais argu-
ment IN favor OF the Australian prod
pcf By pointing out the fact that the
Oahu Railroad and Land Company
has had large stock OF Puget Sound