The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-04
TAHITI SERVICE
MAY Be STOPPED
Subsidized French Line Said to
Be Planned to Run Out
Oceanic Boat.


It is rumored, and with considerable
foundation, that the Oceanic steamer
Mariposa will shortly be taken off the
San Francisco-Tahiti run on account
Of the lack of a subsidy and the fact
that subsidized French line of
steamships is planning to enter into
competition with the Oceanic boat
This bit of news has not as yet been
published on the mainland, but it
comes indirectly from headquarters
and may be regarded as authentic 1t
has been understood for some time
past that a French steamship COM
pany was planning to enter the field
within year or SO, but it is now
thought that new steamers will be put
on in a very short time. The Mari
posa may then be put on the Honolulu
run, while the Alameda is being given
rest for few trips
1t was only little over a year ago
since the Sierra took the place of the
Alameda in order that the latter boat
could be overhauled, but the Alameda
may be given another overhauling if
the Mariposa is taken off the Tahiti
run. Both steamers have excellent
wireless equipments
Aorangi Calls at Tanning.
On board the Canadian Australian
steamer Aorangi, which left here last
night for the Colonies, were four cable
operators on their way to Tanning
call at the little island and drop them
off. The Aorangi brought very little
freight for this port She will proba-
bly, make one more trip here, and
then be taken off the run entirely.
Korea Arrives.
The Pacific Mail liner Korea ar
rived early yesterday morning and
began taking on sugar.
She will carry $500 tons to the Coast.
The Korea had many passengers from
the Orient, and consequently she was
able to carry only about forty-five pas
sengers from this port. What time
she will sail today is not known exact
ly, but it will probably be between
4 and o'clock this evening.
Marston Leaves This Week.
The big schooner w. H. Marston is
taking on sugar now and will probably
have her cargo completed by the end
of the week She will sail for San
Francisco. On board the fve-master
will be 1000 tons of sugar, coming from
G. Brewer & Co., the Makee Sugar Com
pany, and Castle & Cooke.
According to the agents, the Marston
will probably be kept on this run for
some time, the Rithet continuing in the
run between Hilo and San Francisco.
The Marston is not so well suited for
the Hilo run on account of the fact that
she has no between decks. The Matson
Navigation Company intends keeping
three windiammers on the run to Homo
lulu and two to Hilo for considerable
time yet, these boats being very handy
for certain kinds of shipments.
Pleiades and Hyades.
Both the American Hawaiian steamer
Pleiades and the Matson boat Hyades
are due to arrive within the next week,
the Pleiades probably getting here first,
from Puget Sound. These boats go from
mere to San Francisco, take on cargo
there, then proceed to Seattle and Ia
coma, where they complete their eX-
ports for Hawaii. The following, ac-
cording to the San Francisco Call, are
the cargoes they took away from San
Franchises:
The steamer Hyades sailed for Homo
lulu via Seattle and Tacoma yesterday
with cargo from this port valued at
1880 and including the following: %
10 bbls salmon, lis bbls and 80 cs gas
cline, 100 es kerosene, 6 cs oils, 30 kegs
nails, 500 lbs tobacco, so cs dynamite
% kegs powder, 100 cs soap, pkgs dry
goods, "a earboys acid, 1900 lbs coal
Is pkgs paints, 25 pes pipe, 81 bales
oakum, pkgs saddlery and harness.
The steamer Pleiades, which sailed
for Honolulu via Puget Sound on Tues
day, had so es brandy, 241 gals gin, As
gals whisky, Z pkgs saddlery and har
ness, / es dry goods and 5 es matches
valued at s1503, as cargo from this port
Alameda's Big Cargo.
When the Oceanic liner Alameda
leaves here tomorrow morning, she vii
have, besides full list of passengers
every bit of her freight space filled
She win have no less than $4,000 bag:
of sugar, 1000 eases of canned pine
apples, $500 bags of rice, and abou
1000 lunches of bananas. Her ship
ments this trip will probably be ovel
1900 tons.