The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-28
A. Trip to Shanghai.

When the Italian cruiser Calabria
left for Shanghai Friday morning, two
of her crew were left behind in Ho-
nolulu, but instructions were received
by the police to run them in, hold
them and turn them over to the Ital-
ian consul. Later the sheriff under
stood that when the men were brought
III they were to be sent out to Shang-
hal on Pacific liner in charge of a
police officer. This would mean that
somebody would get a fine trip to the
Orient and back One of them was
eanght the morning the cruiser sailed.
He was seen by an officer who was rid
ing on street car, and was promptly
nailed and jailed. He formerly resided
here, but while in San Francisco re-
Gently he enlisted, but tired of the Job
on arrival here and took the first OBJ
portunity to desert.
Local Notice to Mariners.
Honolulu, November 26, 1909.
Maui Island, Wailuku Coast.-Wai-
hee reef whistling buoy reported shift
ed about 500 yards inshore from its
correct position will be replaced as soon
as practicable.
By order of the lighthouse board.
Steamers, Texas to Hawaii.
The San Antonio Light Gazette of
November II had the following:
If the mission of DR.. c. c. Higgins
and Alexander Hume Ford in Mexico
is successful steamship company, own
ed and directed in Texas will operate
from Houston and Galveston to Homo
lulu, Japan and China via the Tehuan-
tepec route. These gentlemen leave for
Mexico City tomorrow morning on bust
ness connected with the project.
Speaking of his visit Mr.. Ford said:
81 consider the opening of the Hous-
ton-Galveston ship channel matter of
the greatest Importance to all Texas.
Personally, I am interested and have
been in communication with Doctor
Higgins for the past eighteen months
concerning the extension OF the service
of the Southern Steamship and Import
ing Company to Honolulu and the ORR
ent via the Tehuantepec route. | think
now that this will be accomplished.
"Great changes are in progress in
Hawaii. and if Texas is to reach out
for the trade of Hawaii and the Orient
she can best serve her purposes by hav-
ing a Texas colony in Hawaii, the
Crossroads of the Pacific, to further her
interests there.
"Hawaii is raising cotton that she
gets twenty five cents a pound for,
Texas farmers would best know how
to develop this industry, now in its
| infancy in Hawaii A California col
ony went to Hawaii a few years age
and is responsible for the pineapple
| industry which is already enroaching
| on sugar Coffee is coming to the front
| tobacco. rubber and rice are raised.
GA line to the Orient via Tehuan
tepec and Hawaii should pay well. II
is shorter from Galveston to Hawaii
and the Orient by this almost all water
route than by way of San Francisco
and it would make cotton rates from
any part of Texas to the Orient drop
considerably.
'.From Hawaii there is the return
cargo of raw sugar and I understand
new sugar refneries are to go up on
the banks of Texas waterways
Shipping Notes.
The Manchuria is due to arrive here
tomorrow morning from San Francisco
The Matson steamer Enterprise sail
ed from Hilo for San Francisco last
Wednesday. taking general cargo.