The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-21
HARTMAN
TO PASS BY
The Call saws:

Information cosIng from an authori-
tative source has just brought to light
the fact, supposed to be carefully
guarded, that L. ii. Hartman is pre-.
pairing to recoup his loss of freight that
has been allotted the Santa Fe from
Pacific Mail steamships in San Fran
cisco. Hartman, with the cooperation
of II. E. Huntington, is preparing to
build at San Pedro, in the southern part
of the State, quays, docks and ware.
houses for the accommodation of steam
ships to ply between San Pedro, the
Hawaiian Islands, japanese, Chinese
and Philippine ports.
Not only will this line offset the APP
portionment of freight that Hartman
has been compelled to concede to the
Santa Fe on every third steamship of
the Pacific Mail line that arrives in
San Francisco, but it will offset the
Oriental traffic gained by ]. J. Hill for
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific at Seattle and Tacoma. In addi-
ton it will mean the upbuilding of
San Pedro as one of the Pacific Coast
ports and add another factor in the
commercial progress of California.
The United States is building large
breakwater at the harbor of San Pedro.
In addition, the Pacific Electric Com
pany, which is owned by II. E. Hunt
ington, has been since last Sunday
running cars between Los Angeles and
East San Pedro wharf by way of the
Long Beach line to Dominguez.
Huntington has also a second line,
the Los Angeles Interurban, entering
San Pedro, which is narrow gauge
road and taps the surrounding country
of Gardena, Hermosa and Mckinley
Home.
With the opening of the new line,
which is of standard gauge, it was nee
essary to build double track trestle
across San Pedro Bay and do consid-
cradle amount of expensive work.
The selection of steamship line to
enter San Peuro will give routing to
freight over railroad of the stock of
which Hartman owns over so per cent.
Lake, which is shorter by fifty miles
to the coast than ny way of Ogden.
The steamship line to be selected will,
with little doubt, be the Togo Kaisen-
Kaisha, which operated the America
Maru, Nippon Maru and Hongkong
Maru into San Francisco before the
breaking out Of the Russo-Japanese
war.
Within a short time Hartman is to
make visit to Japan. The object of
this trip will be to enter into negotia-
tions looking to the completion of ar
rangements with the Japanese line to
handle the shipping bound for the
United States by way of San Pedro.
The land lying west of San Pedro
and westerly toward Point Fermen has
been filed in and is the site for the
warehouses of the new steamship com.
pany. The improvements under way
are to cost great deal of money and
work will be rushed to bring about an
early completion. At present unusual
activity is apparent in the construction
of line to Point Fermen, which is op-
posite the breakwater that is being
built by the government. The new line
is parallel to the track now in use for
hauling materials for the construction
of. the breakwater.
The developments in the south have
involved smaller companies in war.
The Salt Lake road, which owns the
Terminal Island side of the harbor,
operates corporation under the name
of the Crescent Wharf and Warehouse
Company. For many years the towage
of sailing vessels has been done ex-
clusively by the Bannings, but the new
company is about to enter the field.
1t has secured the tug Hercules, which
was formerly used by the Shipowners'
and Merchants ned Stack Line in this
city.
Anticipating this move, the Bannings
have chartered two additional tugboats,
the Sea Witch at San Pedro and the
Liberty, which is being overhauled
here, both having been under charter
by the Red Stack Line. This gives the
Bannings three boats to the company S
one. but many are anxiously awaiting
the results of the rivalry.