The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-01
To EXTEND
BUSINESS
Globe Navigation
Co. Branching
Out.

Vice President aud Mauaging uirec-
/ tor r " elise of the Globe NaViga-
| ton Company LETT for Kauai last night
/ on the kc Au lluu Mt elise particu-
latly intends going 90 Anahula. but viii
take general look over the island. ana
viii probably visit some of the planta-
! tions with him went Colonel Spald-
/ Ing. whose guest he will be FOR day
or so.
Previous To departing Mr.. elise told
| a reporter that the Globe Navigation
| company intended branching out con-
siderably In the near future. Two mod
ern freighters Of 5000 tons each are be-
ing constructed la New York. the first
| of which will sail for Honolulu via san
Francisco with New York freight In
July. 1t has not yet been determined
what the permanent run of these YES
sells will be
"Our present boats" said Mr. elise.
ARE only the prellmnaries OF a much
larger line. In addition to the steam
ships we control we have quite fleet
OF sailing vessels In course of cunstruc-
ton. The first one went into commits
sion a few months ago. She is a four
masted schooner and can take 400, 900
feet of lumber. Four more of the same
class are now being built, and we shall
probably have twelve sailing vessels I'm
our fleet by the time We stop building.
They will all probably be put i'm the
coastwse trade. The sailing vessels
| are being built on Puget Sound by the
Globe Construction Company. "A branch
OF the Globe Navigation Company"
Asked about the steamer Meteor Mr..
| elise said that when he left the Coas,
the vessel was on the way from Seat
tie to san Francisco. She is under or
ders for this port but the date of her
arrival is uncertain.
with regard to the Manila trade,
Mr.. elise said, "If we elect to go into
| this trade we shall put steamers on
| from Seattle where they win connect
with the northern railroads. There is
no difficulty in getting a west-bound
cargo. the trouble is in securing a re-
| turn cargo"
| Questioned as to whether the com
pany contemplated a further cut in
| rates Mr.. elise stated that for bust
| ness reasons he did not care to discuss
| the matter. Nor would he speak au-
| thoritatively regarding the report that
| the company intended putting "A steam
| er into the sugar carrying business
| down here, in order to facilitate the
loading of other large steamers. which,
| as things are at present, often have to
| wait for a cargo here.
ut is our policy" said he. mot to butt
into the business OF the local compan-
| les the Globe Navigation Company
naturally runs its vessels for business,
| and must, of course. look after its own
interests AT present it costs $2.75 to
ship a ton OF sugar from Honolulu to
San Francisco and 81 to ship the same
| nOlulu.
| Mr.. elise stated that despite rumors
to the contrary, the company would
continue to make Seattle it's headquar-
tiers. There is much trade to be han
died on the Sound" said he, land it is
constantly growing and will continue
to increase. We shall, however, attend
more to San Francisco business than
has been the case heretofore"
| Mr.. elise expects to return to Homo
| lulu by the Tampico and will, with his
| wife and family, go back to the Coast
on the Moana. which leaves April g..
! They arrived here about week ago on
| the Ventura.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. elise are charmed
! with Honolulu. and the former Is con-
, WINGED that from now on the tourist
traffic viii steadily increase. Il am
somewhat surprised" he said that
you people don't take more trouble to
draw tourists to the Islands. Why, Ha-
wall should be one Of the greatest tour
lists resorts in the world. In my opin-
ion. it far surpasses Florida in this re-
spect, and it won't be long before
| Americans realize this. OF course it Is
not so accessible as Florida, but its
wonderful advantages OF scenery and
climate more than offset this and ii
won't be long before Hawaii is to the
tourists of the States what Florida
has been i'm the past