The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-23

coal very well. Nanaimo is as well
known as Comox. At Esquimalt the
British Government has probably the
largest single pile of naval coal in the
world. At Union wharf, near Comox,
the coal goes from the mine direct to
the ship. At New Whatcom, Wash
ington, there is located the famous
Blue Canyon mine. As early as 1895
they were taking out 400 tons of coal
here at time and putting it away in
, storage bunkers. At Fairhaven, Wash,
the Skait coal, twenty miles distant,
is shipped to the vessel from off shore.
At Seattle, Wash, there are five native
Goals and an unlimited supply of for
eign Goals for steaming.
At Tacoma, Wash, seventeen years
ago the Carbonate, South Prairie, Ia
coma, Wilkerson and other mines pro-
dGced 385 900 tons of good steam coal.
At this point one single mine, the Car
bonado, produced in this year $4,000
tons. AT Olympia, Wash, the Bucoda
mines produced 100000 tons as early as
1890 These mines are but eleven miles
from the coast line. At Portland, Or,
the Nehalem mines are but twenty-five
miles away up the Columbia river. At
Coos Bay is located the well known
coal district of that name, which sup
plies San Francisco steam coal Coal
al san Francisco is practically ur-
limited, it being recognized the world
over by shipping men as the steadiest
coal market almost in the whole COM
mercial world.
At Mount Diablo there is said to be
an unlimited supply of good Ignite,
and on the San Joaquin river, eigh-
teen and half miles from Oakland
long wharf, there lie 100000 600 tons of
good Ignite now in sight AT Mare
Island the United States Government
has its naval coal. At Santa Cruz,
Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles, san
Pedro and San Diego. coal from the
railroad can be had on days notice
in almost unlimited amounts, facilities
for handling, however. being old FASH
Toned and the methods of lading slow.
At Guaymas, Mexico, anthracite coal
is found in large quantities 120 miles
inland on the railroad. Also at Mazat-
Ian. Mexico, ships now coal without
from coal stored there all the
time. The same is true of Acapulco.
Mexico. At Panama in a few years
will probably be the greatest coal pile
in the world, protected by the articles
of international warfare as non-contra-
band supply. when the canal shall
have been finished. Recent press dis
patches speak of a scarcity of coal on
the Pacific Coast this winter. With
these facts and figures before us, taken
from the United States Navy Depart
ment official reports, 1t is easy TO see
that if there is scarcity it is merely
a trade trick, and that if coal were /
really needed from any one of these |
numerous sources Of supply. it might |
EASILY be had For steaming purposes
the Pacific coal deposits could readily |
today, were they developed properly
supply the fleets of the world, COM /
nercial and naval.
At Honolulu, Kahului island Of Maui, /
Hawaii at HiIo. at Papeete. at Pago-
Page, Tutuila, Samoa and at Apia, /
Upolu. Samoa, lie coal piles for any
passing steamer. In time Of war, OF
course, such outlying stations would
fall an easy prey to the first armed
force reaching any one Of them the
argest Of all of them, Honolulu, being T
modern fertilization, contrary
10 common belief.