The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-11
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WASHINGTON, D. c., September Ri
There has been a great TODD her
the past week over the transportation
of coal for the hattleships soon to 9
TO the Pacific ocean. 1t has bee
about the transportation of coal al
ready on the way and with coal I,
be transported under bids opened
few days ago. Some of the foreign
ships. chartered several months ago
are carrying these fuel cargoes from
one American port TO another Amer
lean port. which. the friends of Amer.
lean shipping say, is in distinct VIC.
lation of the eoastwise shipping law
The President justifes this action
On the ground that he can not get
American ships TO do the work salts
faetorily. He claims that the army
and navy stores transportation act of
1904 gives him such authority. This
is stoutly denied by American ship
owners and also by Senators and men,
bers who were instrumental in getting
the bill enacted into law. OF the
$4,000 tons of coal called for by the
recent bids, only 10000 tons are TO
be delivered at any United States port.
Those 10000 tons go to San Francisco.
American shippers are making frantic
efforts to secure the contracts for that
portion of the shipments and will prob
ably succeed.
Among the American vessels figuring
in the competition was the Virginian
of the American Hawaiian line. which
was offered for a cargo from the At
lantie coast to Magdalena Bay at IS
a ton. 1t is believed that this bid will
be accepted forthwith by the Navy De-
partment, as it was one of the most
advantageous offers received from
American owners. The other American
offers were chiefly for time charters.
1t may be that the Department will
try to persuade the owners of the Vir-
gilman to take cargo TO San Fran
cisco, instead of to Magdalena Bay.
COAL FOR HONOLULU.
The alleged violations of the coast
wise shipping laws hold true of con-
siderable shipments of coal now on
the way TO Honolulu. Some $4,000
tons of navy coal are due to arrive
in Honolulu during December and
January. 1t is just now leaving Nor
folk, Va These are shipments of Po-
eahontas steaming coal as follows:
Queen Helena with a capacity of $50
tons; the Nederland, with a capacity
Of $500 tons; the Strathgawy, with a
OF 600 tons, all three vessels
being paid freight at the rate of $3.50
a ton; the Highland Monarch, with
$500 tons, freight rate, 1878; and the
Crown of Galicia, 1000 tons, at 1856.
The rate paid these foreign ships for
taking coal from Norfolk to Honolulu
is interesting in comparison with the
rates being paid to sailing ships on an
identical voyage. There are four such
sailing ships now en- route to Honolulu
Or about to arrive there. These sail
ing ships and the weight of their ear
goes are as follows, each being paid at
the rate of 1925 per ton as freightage:
BengalOn, 5000 tons; Edward Sewall,
5000 tons; Astral, 5000 tons; Dirigo,
1900 tons. The sailing ships, it will
be seen, carry the coal for less than
the steaming ships. 1t is claimed that
II the Navy Department had taken
pains to hunt around for vessels it could
easily have found enough sailing yes
sells OF American registry TO do this
work and that the alleged effort to
break down the coastwise laws might
have been avoided.
These nine ships viii take approx
mately 5000 tons OF coal to Honolulu
for the Navy. This fact has been
pointed TO as evidence that the Pres
dent fully intends sending the big feet
across the Pacific and that it will be
seen in the harbor of Honolulu along in
February or March next. That is de-
MED at the Navy Department, where
IL is said that the large shipments Of
coal to Honolulu are solely for the
purpose Of replenishing the stock Of
fuel there, which has fallen very low.
Nevertheless it is believed here, and
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the business. II would be ruinous to
divide il and create competition.
Now is most Favorable time in view
Of the many Tarships coming here, and
through our Delegate bring this mat
ter 10 the attention of the Congression-