Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-01
DIRECT STEAMERS
TO THE PHILIPPINES
Monthly Service From
San Francisco 10
Marila.
FIRST S1EAMlR LlANkS
NEW YORK JANUARY 5ll.
Big Capital BthiUd Scheme. Divert
Steamers OF California Orlen,al
Line Russell CO.brOSe
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Steamer v, Il new inc ~ Ine Pniny'
pines WA Ieaye Sew Iorh HUOuo J.n'
uary 5,u, ana mon,uiy service 10 ~ Vo
es.a DIIsned lnerea,ler. Negotiations
are how IN progress 10 u,'erL tno
steamers VI lue EdIIIornIa ANA Oriens
al line from Japan, making monthly
serVILe lTOm San rrduCIs,u 40 ,"e isi'
anus unuer Cou.racL WIN tne new
company. TINS q the PnIlippine
| Transportation q CONTRADICTION Com.
pany. IL Ia a New iorK concern, cap.
iLaiIzcd at 81, 800, 900. and 10 packed BY
some OF tie leading nemp importers OF
me United SAFES. Ine president o.
the company Is ii. r. Lyman, presl.
! dent OF me Upson WAGON Cordage
| Company of Cleveland. Toe other OIL.
tcers are: Vice president, =. II. CHS.
nolm OF the Federal steel Company;
second vice president, h.. G. o Brien,
president OF the Internal al Express
| Company: treasurer Charles T.. Sner.
man, New York. Among others inter.
esled are W. +. Champpcy, president
OF the Eberhard Manufacturing Com.
pany, Cleveland; c. A. NicaIa, pre8i
dent OF the Nicala stone 4 Lumber
Company; A. j. Markham. president
ney, n. s.: James II. Colgrove. pres.
Ident OF the Washington, westminster
Il Gettysburg Railroad.
The fret steamer, the Melbourne,
5000 tons capacity, will take eight
steam bargea OF 400 IONS capacity caCn.
equipped wien steam power ior propel
ling and handing cargo. THESE
| Darges are to be used in dlSCharging
s.eamers at Manila and Tor interIsl
and traffic. Eleven other barges OF tho
same sac are TO be sent over on sue.
ceeding steamers. The nrst eight are
now pelug taken apart AT the Morgan
Iron Works. New york. Ino cargo
OF the first steamer Wa. consist parity
OF coal Tor tho Navy and quar,ermas.
ters and insular department supplies
Tor the Army
Russell Colcgrove. trainc manager
OF the new company. who is here on
business Tor the company, said: This
company proposes 10 enter the Phil
/ ippine commercial field and get It's
share OF the inter-islard and ocean
business. At present the steamers at
Manila are discharged by cascoes. each
carrying thirty tons and requiring a
large force Of Chinese and Filipinos
II requires eight to twelve days TO dis
Charge a steamer. with our barges
we will discharge steamer In n day.
We intend to get INTO the interisland
business, whore not a single American
flag Is floating TODAY.
We don't want the coastwlse laws
extended to the nilipptnos until our
steamers and bargcs get over there
ana then the laws cannot be extended
too quick TO suit ue. At present the
inter.island business In in the hands OF
Germans and Engnsh, with few
French and Chinese vessels. Since
our occupation, the English trade has
increased rs per cent, German 72 per
cent. French OIL per cent and American
trade with the islands has fallen on
20 per cent. We IrIed In vain to inter,
est San Francisco capital IN this on.
terprise, but failed. We hope, howey.
err TO make arrangements TO have tho
California and Oriental steamers d.
verted to Manila. We will charter yes
sells and send them across monthly un
tid We can build our own and by aid
OF our steam barges will gather up the
hemp crop OF the islands and send II
to the United States. | went through
the Islands and sludied the matter
Thoroughly, laying the facts before the
Cordage men OF this country. This
country geta most Of It's Philippine
hemp from English merchants, who
make heavy profits from US. They
gather II through agents, and the
methods followed are antiQuated, with
hand presses. cascoes and 10 on. We
have control OF the Lowry compress
which will compress hemp 10 one
third its usual bulk. and thus permit
Of larger cargoee. We can underbC
any steamer now In the islands. w
want that trade, and intend To have
IT."
Fart OF the cargo Of the first steam
er Ia Il complete machine shop ant
electric light plant and printing outllt
linotype, etc, for new daily paper a
Manila. Il Ia being sent over b,
Franklin Brooks of San Francisco.
III tho coastwise shipping laws wer'
applied now TO the islands" said Cole
grove, business In the Philippines
would be paralvzed. There Is not al
American bottom an the whole inter
island trade. Our company thinks
however, that II sees the drift O
things, and Ii getting boats NV Their
as fast as possible. Within fou
months we hope to have nineteen sea
going steam barges oil 400 tons eac
plying In the islands. We have es
pended 100000 gold in this entel
prise"