The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-28
THE PACIFIC
MAILS PLANS
COMPANY CONCENTRATES I'M
PROVEMENT OF IT'S SERVICE
RATHER THAN WITHDRAWAL.

Subsidy or no subsidy" said an Of
ficer aboard the Pacific Mail S. S. Asia
which arrived from san Francisco this
morning, the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company will not quit, nor will the
line be sold to a British or to Jap
anese syndicate yet a while The
steamships Mongolia, Manchuria, 81
IBERIA, Korea, China and Asia, six as
good bottoms as are in this ocean,
will be kept running right along and
the company has in view a number oII
ways of increasing revenue and reduc-
ing expenses. Had the Pacific Mali
seriously considered going out of busi-
ness it would not have purchased the
steamship Asia from the Occidental &
Oriental Company.
"If the Pacific Mail was subsidized
it would have to turn loose all the ORR
entails on it's vessels and employ white
men in their places.
Just as soon as wireless stations
for long distance are established on
this island the vessels of the Pacific
Mail will be equipped with wireless
apparatus and 1 want to tell you that
when the Pacific Mail does put in
wireless it will make it pay. How?
I'll tell you.
There are many of the wealthy
tourists travelling between the United
States and Japan and China who
would glauly avail themselves OF the
opportunity to send ethergrams, or
aerograms, or wirelesses, whatever
you may cali them, from the ship to
folks ashore and they are willing to
! pay, say, dollar a word for the lux
ury, although fifty cents will be nearer
the mark. And then aboard each of
the six ships of the fleet there viii
probably be a daily paper published,
selling, say, at twenty-five cents the
copy, a small one-page affair which
will contain merely important items OF
worlds news and will probably be pub
lished by the freight clerk. In addi-
tion to all this there will be a system
of reporting vessels, sailing vessels
and steam tramps and other ships not
carrying wireless, for which a charge
will be made, the owners or agents OF
the vessel SO reported standing the ex-
pense. OF course We have little OH
cial knowledge, but these things sift
down from headquarters until they are
the talk of the ship"
Ae indication nF fha Doofgo AToilo
determination to stay with the game
the following circular letter to the
firms of this city is of interest
To Shippers:
Gentlemen-We take pleasure in in
forming you that the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company is now prepared
to regularly carry freight between San
Francisco and this port, and we re-
spectfully ask you to patronize and
support the line which, for many years,
has afforded this community a splen-
did passenger service, by giving its
steamers a share of your freight busi-
ness.
Returning from the Orient, en- route
to San Francisco, the steamers of the
Company discharge a considerable
amount of freight here, and thus are
in position to also carry freight from
Honolulu to the Coast.
For your guidance we beg to enclose
herewith a sailing schedule of the
steamers during the present year, and
assuring you that the Company will
give you The very best service in car
rying your freight.
We remain, gentlemen,
Yours very truly,