The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
Alameda Leaves al 10.

Alameda Leaves az 10.
The Oceanic liner Alameda leaves
for San Francisco at 10 clock this
morning. She viii carry number of
passengers, and about a thousand tons
Of freight, including sugar, bananas,
pineapples etc The band will be on
the dock to play the steamer off. and
the usual big crowd win be there to
say goodbye.
Among the passengers viii be C. B.
Wells, formerly manager of the Wal
lusu Sugar Company, who has retired
from plantation cares and will travel
as sugar baron. George Filmer,
Past Potentate of Islam Temple, San
Francisco, returns after being in at
tendance at the Ceremonial Session of
Aloha Temple. He was extensively
entertained during his stay by Shrin-
ers, DIR. Grossman, Jim McCandless
and others, one of the last being a
luncheon given by Mamie Phillips at
the Commercial Club. NJ. J. Lindsay
of the Matson Navigation Company s
staff at San Francisco, returns after
a short stay, during which he was also
extensively entertained at luaus and
auto rides around the Island G. P.
Ashe, who arrived on the Alameda to
look up the prospects for sport fish
ing in the Islands, found nothing to
suit him, and is returning to the Coast
today. He will 90 to Catalina, where
he is assured Of some lively piscatorial
sport.
The gipsies leave for San Francisco
in the steerage.
American-New Zealand Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 3
Colonel James Burns, steamship man
OF Sydney, Australia, is in San Fran
cisco to promote a project calling for
the operation of line of vessels be-
tween the ports of Vancouver, Sab
Francisco and Sydney. He hopes to
be able to interest capital in the Unit,
ed States, Canada and Australia and
TO obtain the cooperation of the three
governments. Colonel Burns will place
mis- plans before the J. D. Spreckels
& Bros. Co. in this city and viii then
proceed to Canada, where he viii in
terview Premier Laurier.
The Canadian Parliament has al
ready given serious consideration to
the proposal that it give financial as
sistance to a line between Vancouver
and Sydney Laurier is said to favor
the idea, but met with opposition
which blocked legislation in the last
session of Parliament
Colonel Burns believes that a regu
lar service viii augment trade to an
extent that VIII make the investment
of great benefit to the countries in
volved. He regards the financial diff
culties of the past as due to the indie
pendent efforts Of the steamship men
of the three countries and holds the
opinion that united action viii remove
these obstacles. At the ST. Francis
Hotel Colonel Burns discussed his pro-
posal at length yesterday. He said IN
part:
81 II seems most lamentable that the
two greatest ports in the Pacifc-Syd-
new and San FranciseO-should not be
by any mail steamship line.
ANY purely American line would IN
volve far greater initial outlay, as
well as a far heavier cost for wages,
repairs. and other incidentals, so that
unless an exceptionally heavy subsidy
were paid. a line of swift American
mail steamers on the Pacific must, in
my opinion, be a losing business for
the owners.
u certainly think that if the Amer
;can Government would agree TO join
in some way with New Zealand and
Australia that an MISUNDERSTANDING
OF an Anglo-American company might
be formed. Say one-half the capital
were American and the other Austria
liam or English. then half the tonnage
employed could be registered each
IN der the American and English flags.
end such line should commend itself
both to the governments and the peo-
pie of America. Australia and New
Zealand
eff this were done. and permission |
were gwen to make a start by pur-
has.Dg vessels. or building outside, |
then with a moderate subsidy from |