The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-29
WATERFRONT NEWS
HACkFELDS Do NOT
LOOK, FOR MORE BOATS

The story printed in an afternoon
paper under a San Francisco date line
Of December - that ga belief exists
that the Kansas City and Rose City,
finely fitted up passenger steamers now
on the Portland route, may be placed
on the San Francisco and Honolulu
line, where the rich passenger business
has not o4ly been uniformly good, but
has lately shown an increase is not
credited by E. w. Klebahn of Hack
field q Co s. steamship department. He
states also that il is almost a certainty
that the two vessels named will never
be seen ON the San Francisco Honolulu
run. The same article concludes with
the following:
"The larger transpacifc liners of the
Pacific Mail company frequently get
most of the passengers at Honolulu, es-
pecially ON the homeward-bound voy-
ages, and now that the Oceanic or
Spreckels company is TO place the large
Sierra on the route, to run alternately
with the Alameda, the Pacific Mail
more extensively in the profitable
business.
tsIt has often been remarked by voy-
ayers that the best dining saloon SER
vice on the Honolulu route has been
that of she Spreekels steamers. To
secure more than it already has of this
traffic, the Pacific Mail would neces
sarilv have to compete with the service
| in all departments, but it is not believ-
ed that there would be any great diff
iculty in doing so.
Hilonian Carries Big Cargo.
With her capaeious holds well filed
with Island products the Matson
steamship Hilonian was dispatched for
San Francisco at ten clock yesterday
morning. Among her passengers was
| G. Hedemann, manager Of the Homo
| lulu Iron Works who was called sud
| denly to New York by cable on import
| ant business. Mrs. Hedemann accom-
panied him. 1t is understood that the
business calling him away is connected
| with the new mill machinery which the
| iron works is to send to Formosa. Mrs.
| Calhoun Ancrum, wife of Lieutenant
| Ancrum, marine corps, departed on a
| visit with friends in Kentucky. &.
| B. Curtis, manager of Jordan & Co., ac-
companied by his wife, left for New
| York on a buying trip. S. S. Litch-
| field, who was badly injured in an auto
accident about two years ago, departed
for the mainland to remain permanent
ly. Miss A. A. Sparrow, sister of Mrs
G. Fred Bush< who has been here fol-
| long time, departed for her home
| Mrs. Kinsman is the wife of an engi-
| - XNa%r
the attorney, goes to Washington and
other eastern cities on legal business
| Miss FL. A. Paulcell, who has been the
guest of Mrs B. F. Dillingham; fol-
several weeks, returns te her home il
| California.
Included in the Hilonian s cargo
were 400 tons of raw sugar from Cas-
tie s. Cooke agencies; $50 tons refined
from Honolulu plantation; 420t
punches bananas; 5000 eases canned
pineapples; 700 crates fresh pines.
The furniture of Mr.. and Mrs. B
Griggs Holt was also shipped ON the
Hilonian to be installed in the Holt ;:
new home in San Francisco, Mr.. Holt
! having severed his business connection:
in the Orient.
Siberia Has Much Room.
| The Pacific Mail S. S. Siberia 1ef
Yokohama yesterday for Honolulu ant
San Francisco, and is due here thu
morning of January 8. She has 6ot
tons of freight for Honolulu and room
for about rs passengers. A larg,
number are already booked at the of
fee of Hackfeld & Co., the agents.
Brought First Reindeer.
Capt. w. V. E. Jacobs, commando
of the revenue cutter Thetis, brough
the first lot of reindeer from Siberi;
for some of the northern islands o
the Aleutian group, where the Unitet
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