Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-03-04

been decided that she was not capa-
BILE of being transformed into pas
senger boat that would meet the re-
quirements of the service. They had
looked the American market over for
one that would but there was none
such to be obtained They had
therefore determined to increase the
passenger accommodation of the Ne
vadnn and the Nebraskan and would
reserve space to the extent of 200
tons for fresh fruit, providing the
necessary ventilation.
THE Matson company said they
were not prepared at the present
time and under the present condi-
lions to fnance the enterprise of a
local steamship of the requirements
needed. Their new steamship, the
Lurline, of $500 tons. with accom-
modations for forty passengers would
be in service June |, and that would
meet some of the requirements.
with Mr.. Schwerin We had a
number of conferences, and he pro-
duced arguments from the statistics
and experience of his own company
to show that the thing was inipos-
siblc. No local steamer would hold
the passenger trade as against the
large through steamers, unless 1t was
as large as they, or made much fast
err time. He showed that the China,
whenever 1t sailed just before or just
after one of the four large vessels,
went with few passengers. She did
not have enough passenger accom-
modations to meet the requirements
of local boat, besides not meeting
the other requirements of size or
speed.
"0ne day while in San Francisco
and after these conferences, Mr..
Single received telegram from a
friend of his in Wyoming, an attor-
ney for the Union Pacific Railway,
asking him to secure him passage on
the Korea, provided he could get as
, surance of accommodation to return
on the Manchuria. II he could not
get such assurances, he would forego
his trip to the Islands. Here was a
concrete instance in point of what
we had represented to Mr.. Schwerin
Mr.. Single took this telegram to
Mr.. Schwerin and pointed out to him
that by giving the assurance asked
for his company got the fare down
pany lost the passenger altogether
Finally as n result of this represen
tation Mr.. Schwerin made the con
Cession Mr.. Single has reported t.
you. As we had no more authority
to speak for the entire community
than any other two individuals, W.
report this matter to you who do rep
resent in larger way the commu
nifty.
For my own part, | favor approx
ing the concession. In some degre,
It may inconvenience the local pas
senger who books early for thes
Vessels by giving the round-trip tick
ct purchaser and the lay-Over passen
ger the preference of these reserves
cabins. But the fact that people ar
not able to get assurance of return
accommodations is keeping then
away. 1t is, II not killing the tour
list business, at least preventing 1t
growth. by accapeting this, tour
list business will be developed tina
will in itself create the demand for
local boat without 1t the local boa
can never come.
while these matters were goin
on, the bill to permit steamships IN
der other flags to carry passenger
and perishable freight from the Is
= ands was introduced. The represer
+ tatives of all four of the intereste
steamship companies opposed II 9
= once. We represented TO the Amer
can-Hawaiian that the japanese WEI
r about to put on three additions
= large vessels under heavy Japane'
p subsidy. We represented to NJ
! Dearborn that these vessels woul