The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-24

PLANS UNDER
A SUBSIDY
TO RUN THE THREE BIG OCEAN
&c BOATS A WHILE AND BUILD
THREE MORE


THREE MORE.
The Oceanic Steamship Company'sI
Sierra, Sonoma and Ventura will be
prepared to resume the Australian
run via Honolulu in February next,
less than four months from now, in
the event of a subsidy being granted
by Congress and the prospects of such
subsidy. according to Spreckels, are
good, in fact Spreckels has said that
he has been assured of such govern
ment aid Australia has long ago eX-
pressed her willingness to do her
share and her people are clamoring
for the renewal of the service.
The Sierra, Sonoma and Ventura
will merely start the renewed run, for
they will be taken off and probably.
sold as soon as three new boats can
| be built.
Already have plans been consider
| ed by the Oceanic Company for these
new vessels and it is estimated that
they could be built within ten months
from the time of actual commence
ment of work.
The new vessels will be on the style
of the Grampian, the Allan Line twin
| screw boat intended for the Glasgow
| st. Lawrence service. The Grampian
was built by Messrs Alexander Ste
phen & Sons. She is 500 feet in
length, 60 feet in breadth and 4lH
| feet i'm depth to shelter deck, She
has accommodations for 200 first class
passengers, $50 second class and 1,40O
steerage passengers. On the measur-
ed mile, on her trial, the Grampian
attained a speed of 161a knots. The
new Oceanic boats will be similar in
accommodations speed and structure
They will each be able to carry 10000
tons of cargo,
The Grampian was built in 1015
months and during two months of
that time no work was done owing
to a strike. The Grampian sailed on
her maiden voyage to Quebec and
! Montreal on September 81.
Speaking of the steamship situa-
ton as far as Honolulu is concerned,
/
that there was much unjust criticism
of the steamship companies in general.
The Pacific Mail was blamed for not
| wanting to run boat on the local
run alone between San Francisco and
Honolulu; the Observation-Disclosures
was censured for not going into the
charity business and putting on a
passenger liner locally, and the Ocean.
iC was roasted for not spending $780,
600 a trip on the Australian run irres-
pective of receipts.
ANY traveller who is an observer
will tell you said he that where
there is money to be made in the
transportation business there will be
the steamships to supply the demand
When can you get enough passengers
from Honolulu, for example, to pay
on an up trip, except perhaps once or
twice a year? Half the time the boats
/ go through here half empty. If it paid
to put on another local boat do you
not suppose the Americana Hawaiian,
which is always up with the times,
would have had boat on long ago?
There was much talk about the
Matson line going to put on a local
boat that would relieve the so-called
passenger congestion, but it develops
that the new boat will be a freighter
and carry only fifteen passengers.
Now that the Mongolia is coming on
the Oriental run again and the Asia,
a foreign bottom, is going off there
will be much improvement and, with
the Manchuria, Mongolia, Korea, 81
IBERIA, China, Alameda and Hilonian
we will have pretty good travelling
Sonoma, Ventura and Sierra or the
new boats to take their places, next
year, If the subsidy passes, and Homo
lulu will be getting all she can expect
in the passenger traffic"
There has been some talk of the
MaripOsa being put on the local run
when repaired, but she is under con
tract with the French government at
present. AS soon as the traffic de-
mands it the American-Hawaiian will
put on a liner or two, that is certain.
|
! A man held up a train with a pitch
fork out in Michigan, being under the
delusion that he owned the railroad
and had right to stop the traffic. AS
the President was still at Oyster Bay,
it might have been Tillman-New
York Evening Post.
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