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WASHINGTON, D. c., September 27
There has been a great to-do here
the past week over the transportation
Of coal for the battleships soon to &C
to the Pacific ocean. Tt has beer
about the transportation of coal al
ready on the way and with coal tc
be transported under bids opened q
few days ago. Some of the foreign
ships, chartered several months ago
ara carrying these fuel cargoes from
one American port to another Amer
lean port, which, the friends of Amer
lean shipping say, is in distinct vio-
lation of the eoastwise shipping law.
The President justifies this action
on the ground that he can not get
American ships to do the work salts
factorily. 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 mem
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.
in the competition was the Virginian
of the American-Hawaiian line, which
was offered for a cargo from the At
lantic coast to Magdalena Bay at SIS
a ton. Tt is believed that this bid will
be accepted forthwith by the Navy De
partment, as it was one of the most
offers received from
American owners. The other American
offers We're chiefly for time charters.
It may be that the Department will
try to persuade the owners of the Vir-
ginian 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
he way to Honolulu. Some 10000
tons of navy coal are due to arrive
n Honolulu during December and
January. It is just now leaving Nor
.olk, Va These are shipments of 20
steaning coal as folloWS:
queen Helena with capacity of $3.50
.ons; the Nederland, with a capacity
# $500 tons; the Strathgawy, with a |
.apacity of $500 tons, all three vessels
,eing paid freight at the rate of $3.50
ton; the Highland Monarch, with
800 tons, freight rate, $6.75; and the
'rown of Galicia, 1000 tons, at $6.65.
The rate paid these foreign ships for
aking coal from Norfolk to Honolulu
5 ~interesting in comparison with the
ates being paid to sailing ships on an
IDENTICAL voyage. There are four such
ailing ships now en- route to Honolulu
r about to arrive there. These sail
ng ships and the weight of their car
oes are as follows, each being paid at
be rate of S6.25 per ton as freightage:
l.. ri GaxxvoH
600 tons; Astral, 5000 tons; Dirigo,
500 tons. The sailing ships, it will
e seen, carry the coal for less than
ne steaming ships. 1t is claimed that
the Navy Department had taken
aims to hunt around for vessels it could
asily have found enough sailing yes
is of American registry to do this
ork and that the alleged effort to
reak down the coastwise laws might
ave been avoided.
These nine ships will take approx
lately $4,000 tons of coal to Honolulu
r the Navy. This fact has been
,inted to as evidence that the Pres
ent fully intends sending the big feet
ross the Pacific and that 1t will be
en- in the harbor of Honolulu along in
sbruary or March next. That is de-
ed at the Navy Department, where
is said that the large shipments Of /
al 10 Honolulu are solely for the
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