The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-10
AMERICAN HAWAIIAN
Continued from Page OneJ

Nevadan which is at present the baby
of the American-Hawaiians big fleet.
1t is not convenient for the large
vessels of the MISUNDERSTANDING 10
call at minor ports always, to complete
sugar cargoes and there are many
points of call in all the larger islands
where it is impossible for the big can
riers to take on sugar without great
expense in handling by means OF
lighters and launches For sugar ship
ped from places where convenient an
chorages are not deep enough to allow
the approach of the large freighters
the Observation-Disclosures has, ever since
it went into business in these islands,
been depending on the vessels Of the
Inter-Island Company. Gradually the
American-Hawaiian has been branch
ing out, adding up-to-date freighters to
its fleet and reducing expenses where
the system down to the most econom-
| ical basis
In line with this policy it is of course
cheaper for the company to own it's
own boats for the inter-island trans
portation of sugar than to pay freight
to another company.
Negotiations were instituted some
time ago with a view to purchasing
some of the boats of the Inter-lsland
Steam Navigation Company. But the
Natter company, itself always progress
sive. and recently having invested in
splendid new inter-island passenger
and freight carrier, the Mauna Kea
would not consider at the prices Of
fered, at least, the sale of any of its
vessels desired by the American-Ha-
waiian. The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS might
have had the gasoline schooner Eclipse
if it paid the price asked, but ever
this vessel the Inter-Island was moi
anxious to get rid of.
When the threatened strike of tn,
engineers of the Inter-Island Company
was exciting anxiety there was tall
about a solution of the difficulty, should
T the Inter-Island engineers really all e
out and leave the system paralyzed
being found in the taking over of som,
of the larger boats of the Inter-IslanC
: by the American-Hawaiian, which
= would have to pay the wages demand
} cd by the engineers to effect the deal
5 What this talk amounted to counts 70
= little now since the engineers and tn
: Inter-Island Company settled their diff
fculties in the most approved fashion
5 What the new move of the American
4 Hawaiian means to the Inter-Island
I what any new conner in a bushes
means to those already establishes
: and doing almost the entire business
s 1t means that very large source c
q revenue will eventually be taken froT
the Inter-Island. Much business ba
: already been taken away gradually a
the big Observation-Disclosures boats call
ed at one port and then another c
c the different islands to take sugar d
: rect, cutting out the service of tn
y Inter-Island boats; and now the port
heretofore inaccessible to the America
Hawaiian boats are to be made accei
sible by the establishment Of the Am,
rican-Hawaian' own inter-island flee
the first boat of which, not countin
v the Nevadan. was few days ago pu
chased on the coast and which will
u here and in service, it is expected, b.
fore the month is out.
= The new boats of the American-Hi
, waiian are about the size of the s.
N Mauna Loa of the Inter-Island. Thi
N which has just been purchased is
N steel vessel capable of 14-knots spec
n and equipped with all modern carg
IN handling devices.
N 1--WE were aware that negotiation
IN were under way for the purchase of Il
n steamship Dispetch, but have receiv,
x as yet no notification of her Durcha
" by the American-Hawaiian, it W,
N said at the local agency of the Amer
IN can Hawaiian, II. Hackfeld & Co., tn
= morning, but 1t is not the purpose