The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-30

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suva, returning here again sometime in
August, before or about the middle of
the month. The cruiser viii not stop
at Hilo going or coming.
Lrrline Sails Friday.
The Matson steamship Lnrline will
return from Hilo IN time to finish load
ing here and leave for San Francisco
on Friday at 8 p. m. The Lurline will
carry 1000 bags of sugar, several thou
sand eases Of canned and Grated pine
| apples, bananas and other fruits About
! 10 passengers are booked Miss Wilhel-
/ nina Tenney, daughter of E. D. Ten
ney, president Of Castle & Cooke, agents
for the Mafson line, goes on the Lur-
line to officiate at the christening cere,
monies Of the new Matson steamship
at Newport News, the vessel to be
named after her
schwerin Roasts San Francisco.
SAN. FRANCISCO, June 11-General
Manager Schwerin of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company returned from the
East last night and announced that the
question of whether his company would
withdraw she Panama line of steamers
from service depended upon the action
to be taken at a conference about TO
be held by parties of interest. His
words were:
f'The question of new understand
ing between the Government and the
| Panama Mail as to the division of
rates viii be taken. up August by the
traffic officials of our company and the
officials of the Panama railroad Their
conclusion will be embodied in a re-
port to Secretary Dickinson of the war
department. If he approves, we will
continue service. If he disapproves,
we VIII be compelled to give it up.
Manager Schwerin comes back from
his trip from Washington with many
complaints of the ingratitude of San
Francisco. He said:
ssIn case the Pacific Mail Company
abandons the Panama service there
! will be three Reconsideration get
/ some other tsucker to take it up, let
/ the Government charter ships, or give
I it up altogether. / use the word
I sucker advisedly, for that's what
/ any one would be to try it. Under
I existing conditions it cannot be made
+ to paw. I believe ] can run things on
/ as economical basis as is practical, and
/ ! know that the heavy charges and
! costs eat mp more than we can get out
I of the fat 20 cent rate now in force
"And the people DO not seem tc
i care. | notice that the newspapers
! even go so far az to say that it would
! he a good thing If the Pacific Mail
ships were laid mp. Is that the atti-
/ tude to take9 That 5 what we get in
San Francisco. Why, our company
spends more money in this city than
any other corporation. From April Is
1906. to November, 1907. il a period
/ of little over Is months. we spent
/ 100000 in San Francisco. We buy
! all our provisions here This is oul
| Headquarters. And what do we get
| for it2 What does anybody get whit
/ tries to keep the flag on the seas
Helpful San Francisco.
Shipping Notes.
| Sugar on Hawaii as reported by the
Mama Loa purser is as follows: Honu
| apo. 6676: Punaluu, 1000; Honokaa, 16,
| ! D..
| Paauilo, $4,000; Kukaiau, 1924.
There will he room aboard the Mon
/ golia. due jay from Yokohama, fol
about eighty-five passengers from Ho
nolulu. Many more than that number
are booked She brings 1850 tons OF
freight for this port.
A wireless message received at the
Kahuku station Monday evening at
O'Clock and delivered to the agents
yesterday morning, gave notice that
the Alameda was then $50 miles from
San Francisco and that light north
wind and fine weather prevailed. The
reless message was sent about 1900
miles.
The following freight was brought
in yesterday morning by the Mauna
Loa: $3.50 bags-A sugar, 43 bags cof
fee. bags ava, bags charcoal, bag;
ginger, 6 barrels pears, Is cases same
80 lunches bananas, barrels dried
fish, 10 cases same, S bags beans, 2
crates chickens. II crates pigs, 8 keg'
butter, u hogs, / donkey, 80 head eat
tie. Hawaii Meat Co; bundle hides
crates guava jelly, ! piano, 90 pieces
koa lumber, ! pieces pine lumber, 23(
packages snndries.