The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-08
TRANSPORT
SERVICE
Changed Attitude
of Secretary
Root.
WANT TO SELL
OIL. TO HAWAII
Steamship Bill-Price of Sugar
as Affected by Cuban
Product.

Product.
- AN FRANCISCO, Jan. Ex-senator
= Perkins said today that he haC
~ been assured that nothing would
transport service over to private con
tractors for at least a year.
Secretary Root has changed his at
titude somewhat on this matter" SAID
Senator Perkins He was very anx-
ious to have authority from Congress
to sell the government vessels and
make contracts for the transportation
of troops and supplies, but in view OF
the showing made by Quartermaster-
General Ludington and the officers OF
the Quartermaster Generals depart
ment, Secretary Root is now Ioath TO
act I am satisfied that nothing will
be done for a year, if at ALL"
Representative Kahn said tonight
tive Hull, chairman of the House Com
| mittee on Military Affairs, and that
, Hull said he was much opposed to
| turning the transports over to private
| contract. 80 far as the House is con-
| cerned,'' said Representative Kahn, 81
| think it is safe to say that nothing will
| be done this session looking toward
disposing of the government transport
Lot
the transportation of troops and sup
plies. The system appears to be salts
factory to the House, and will remain
as it is"
WANT TO SELL US OIL.
To get a slice of the oil trade in the
Hawaiian Islands is the ambition of
few local producers, says the Los An
geles Herald, who are now considering
the proposition of opening negotiations
with some of the sugar refiners and
planters in the hope that contracts will
be closed for Los Angeles petroleum.
1t is a we'll known fact that fuel con-
sumers of the islands are looking to
California for oil, which they will sub
stitute for coal because it means a
large financial saving. Already con-
tracts have been closed by certain |
Kern river producers, and the coming
year 1000, 900 barrels of Kern river oil |
will be shipped to the islands. Experts
who are familiar with the fuel situa-
ton in Hawaii state that approximate
ly 100000 tons of coal are consumed
yearly there, and that the bulk of it is
used in pumping water for irrigating
cane. The cost delivered at the pumps
Is close to SO a ton. or an annual eX-
penditure of 100000: this is equal to
per cent on over $50, O00, O0O How to
reduce this enormous expense is of vi
tai interest to the sugar industry
there.
1t is believed that local oil could be
delivered at the cane plants at a con- d,
siderable saving over coal. Tank {
steamers could be loaded at San Pedro ,
1t a cost of considerably less than it
costs to ship the oil from the Kern :
liver fields to tidewater. I
CLAIMS FOR RIO LOSS. /
United States Commissioner Morse
las filed in the United States District !,
court his report showing that the fol- f
owing claims have been filed against I
he Pacific Mail Steamship Company s
rty in the wreck Of the Rio de Janeiro J
ear the Golden Gate on February 80 b
+ last year:
Sarah Jehu. loss Of life of her daugh- !
er. Sarah Bowen, $4,000: r. c. Halves, .
administrator, loss OF life of Naomi +
and property, s26. 80; Rum
Iiller eXecuuix of estate of Sarah "
loss of life and property, $
/ 90; Maria Gussoni and Felice Gus e
oni. wife and child of the late Angelo II
iussoni, loss of life and property, $1O, =
Do; Frances Ripley. loss Of her proper :,
V. s4S6.5O; Clara Barwick. wife. and f
LATHE and Henry, children of Edward n
'arwick. ships butcher. who was lost, \
25.2i5; William F. AldTich, executor, Il
,ss of life of Lilitia Wfdman, $4,000; G.
SIS of property, $4,000; Sarah Guyon.
loss of life of her hus- y
and. Henry Guyon. $4,000. and Sarah
uyon for breach of contract and prop
rty lost and her children. Milton. Err
est and Edward, for property lost, 10
j25-tOtal amount Of the claims, $163,- y
1850. q
The value of the steamer after the fl
-reck, plus freight and passage money a
ending, has been appraised at $24,- il
1898. but the claimants aver that the w
ompany is responsible for the whole >
mount of the damages asked for and
nat the vessel was lost because of the
egligence and unskiIlfulness of the
arvants of the company in attempting
, bring the vessel into the harbor in
thick fog and without taking any
FOR STEAMSHIP MEN.
The United States local inspectors of ]
cam vessels at this port are very
UGH interested in the fate of a bill
Gently introduced in Congress by Mr.. r
orris TO amend the Revised Statutes i
the United States so that the local :
)ardS Of inspectors shall be aided by 2
jury in their Investigations in cases ~
Incompetency and misconduct COM "
Tilted by licensed officer while act .
= under the authority of his license.
The new bill provides that if the ac-
lsed be an engineer the jury shall