The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-14
UNION LINE
PLANS CHNAGE
New Zealand Lines May Be Put
Into a San Francisco
Mail Service.

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New Zealand whose liners now touch
here to and from Vancouver, are con-
sdering plan whereby their fleet is
IN no jivided tho nevest ord fastes,
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veSSels 10 oe put On run Win san
Francisco as their American terminus
and the older vessels to oe kept on
the Vancouver run with Seattle as a
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po.. VI 'ai'
III the coastwise laws be suspended
this will give Honolulu another tourist
line from San Francisco and an alto
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ventura Sierra and sonomaNfrom tb,t
run. Since the suspension of this steam
err service the train time from San
Francisco to New York has been short
ened one day by means of fast daily
train which now connects the two great
American ports. This makes n gain
of practically two days which the New
Zealand government finds itself de-
barred from using.
The New Zealand government appre-
ciates the fact that San Francisco is
the real gateway to the American con-
tinent, particularly since its rebuilding
mas been accomplished, making 1t
greater city than ever. San Francisco,
therefore, is the natural terminus of
the trunk railroad lines of the United
states, and the moment the New Iea-
land ana Australian mails reach IL they
are on route whlch must Always be
the tastest ana most progressive OF
any IN the world Inc New lealan1
PeoPie peilere that tne present round
ABOUT way OF geS'lhg the maiis TO Lon.
,ron - VASE VI eneley anu money On
ne pa nv VI t"e sove, ,, ine Auch'
. anu S.et iNeT ui' .hs Tue ques
San " G.ano;son sna 'no man iou'e "
san
Supsiaized Line.
ga Canadian line runs from Van
couver to Brisbane, transhipping New
Zealand passengers at FIJI, and there
lis enough trade between New Zealand
and California to, maintain regular
cargo line. 1t is quite certain that
any direct passenger service between
San Francisco and New Zealand would
offer the same inducements, compared
with any indirect connection, as that
offered between New Zealand and Lon
don by the new P. & o. service, and
that it would have an excellent pros
lpect of taking the lions share of the
cargo trade. The only section of the
direct route which would be tabooed to
liners flying the British flag is that be-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco
and though this is regrettabie draw
back, it is quite unreasonable to re-
gard it is unbearable. We subsidize
mail lines" to FIJI, to Tahiti and to
Sydney. Why not subsidize instead a
British line from New Zealand to Van
couver, calling at San Francisco to re
ceive and deposit mailsH We hear con
tinuously of the wonderful expansion OF
l the Pacific trade, and see with oul
own eyes how other countries are push
ing into it. Only New Zealand is left
isolated, and the first break in oul
recent isolation is due, not to any State
action nor to any local effort, but tC
the extension OF great London com
4 pany. But the T. U. liners go west
not northeast, and much as we shal
be adyantaged by their appearance II
New Zealand waters, they 40 not as