The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-12

81 the harbor and set sail for the
sound.
The men were pursuaded to desert
by local crimps. There is so much OF
TINS slud Of work going on along the
Waterfront that the authorities are
waking up 10 the fact and have an
nounced their intention of putting a
stop % il. The men who deserted have
several months pay coming to them
and viii wake up 10 find their mistake
when the crimps get all their advance
for finding them job on an American
vessel.
Andrew WEIGH Light.
The bark Andrew Welch went out
Of the barbor in light ballast yester,
day afternoon about two O'Clock. She
showed an enormous amount of free
board and lowered up above the water.
line ike frigate. Captain Kelly will
doubtless have a hard time making the
Coast unless he has the very. possible
luck Of getting soutberly winds all the
way up.
Damages Awarded.
Jitsomusuki Kobata, Ryotaro Tori
and Morizo YamamOto have been al
lowed S62.45 each and one docket fee
of $40 by Judge Dole, in a decision
handed down Yesterday, in their suit
brought against the steamer Stanley
Dollar. The amount of the award was
determined by the decision in a for
mer case which was given to plaintiffs
against the same steamship. The for
mer case was appealed to the ninth
circuit court of appeals in San Fran
cisco. which reduced the award of the
lower court, If being $112.83. The
present award, being based on the for
mer, was the result Of stipulation be.
tween attorneys.
The Tehuantepec Route.
The Tehuantepee Railway, which was
opened for traffic in August last year
can already be regarded as a success
says the Hamburger Beitrage. One OF
the contracts which gave the line ac
tive employment was that with the
American Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany, for the transport of 100000 tons
of sugar per year, q quantity which
has in the mean while been consider
ably increased The European trade OF
the Tehuantepec Railway has also de
veloped in satisfactory manner. The
total traffic of last year reached the
figure of $4,000 tons, result which
according to the statistics so far TIC
hand, viii be largely exceeded in 1909
In forming a judgment of this sue
cess. it must not be forgotten, says the
Hamburg journal, that with the open
ing of the Panama Canal the Tehuan.
tepec route win lose certain amount
of it's traffic. and that the prospects OF
the latter in competition with the
State-subsidized Panama route will Ger
tainlv be less favorable. It should
however, still be advantageous to send
certain goods for the West Coast OF
Mexico and Central and South Amer
lea over the Tehuantepec route unless
the Panama Canal should endeavor to
secure this trade by abnormally low
rates. Traffic through the canal will in
any ease be carried on principally by
lighters, as for large ocean vessels il
would doubtless be more advantageous
to unload al the terminal ports of the
canal, and then return to their home
ports with a full cargo, rather than
to discharge part of their cargo into
lighters and pay the high canal dues
for the remainder. Before this trade
has been firmly and economically de
veloped the Tehuantepec line should
have acquired a strong clientele There
is no reason. however, why the com
petition of the Panama Canal should
give the Tehuantepec route much cause
for anxiety, as, in spite of the usua'
high rates and the large quantities OF
goods brought to the Isthmus for the
construction Of the canal, the gros:
profits only amounted to $2.48 per tor
| for 1908. On the other hand, there i:
| no doubt that the Tehuantepec route i
capable of great development. i
must be remembered that the Gulf OF
Mexico is one of the most important
| business eenters in the world. ard thai
Galveston and New Orleans, next tt
New York, in relation to ocean traffic
are the principal ports Of the United
States. Thus Puerto Mexico, the ter
minal port of the Tehuantepec Rail
way on the Atlantic, win be able t.
| count upon regular and extensive
steamship connections with the Allan
| tic ports Of the Old and New Worlds
even after the opening Of the Panama
Canal. 1t has been Of great advantage
! for the new trade route that the large
steamship lines have established regu
| lar services TO and from the termina
| ports of the Tehnantepec Railway. n,
| fewer than eight lines carry on a ser