The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-09
MARINE
A.-H. CD. MEETS
P. NJ. co. RATES
Heavy Cut in Freight Rates
Made by Pacific Mail
Company.


information has reached this port
that the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany has announced cut of one dol
lar in freight rates between this port
and San Francisco, and vice versa.
This move has been contemplated for
considerable time past, it is under
stood, and the other steamship com
panies have, in measure, been pre-
pared to meet it. The cut is from
$3.50 per ton to $3.50.
The AmericanHawaiian Steamship
Company has already met the lower
rates, according to a statement issued
by Mr.. Morse, local agent for the
company, yesterday. The new stand
ard of freight rates for this company
will be inaugurated when the charter
ed steamer Pleiades leaves San Fran
cisco for this port, March IS.
Whether or not the Oceanic Steam
ship Company will make a cut also
can not be determined until the return
of w. M. Giffard, the local agent; and
then he will have to receive his news
from the head office of the company
in San Francisco. Mr.. Giffard is at
present on one of the other Islands,
and he will not return until next Mon
day morning. Until his return, moth
ing can be learned about the stand the
Oceanic company viii take in the
matter.
The Matson Navigation Company,
through Agent Drew, would make no
statement Yesterday. The freight rate
cut is considerable, and it was said on
the waterfront yesterday that Matson
would probably make fight on the
Pacific Mail as result. 1t was also
said that Matson would not meet the
cut in rates. This will probably be
known definitely tomorrow.
With the cut in freight rates and
the installation of wireless, the Pa
cifc Mail boats will make strong
bid for local favor. The wireless sys-
TENS will undoubtedly be put in the
liners of that company within a very
short time.
The American Hawaiian company
has apparently been prepared to meet
every cut of the Pacific Mail in freight
rates for some time past, as Agent
Morse stated yesterday that the new
order of things would begin when the
IcidotS SdilSu HUM tES oOiocH 0dtC
city shortly. Whether or not this cut
will be in force on all the boats of
that company he did not say, but an
Il other~steamship authority said that the
Pleiades would be the only boat eff
fected and that the cut would not be
permanent.
Should the Matson company make
still lower quotation-which, how
ever, it is hardly probable they will
do-there is every reason to believe
that the Pacific Mail company will
follow suit.
Kinau Chartered for Trip.
Specially chartered for the purpose,
the Inter Island steamer Kinau left
here yesterday morning for Kauai to
bring back Charles NJ Cooke. who has
been seriously i'll on that Island, to
Honolulu. The Kinau got away from
banker and philanthropist shortly after
10 o clock yesterday morning, and she
will probably arrive early this morn
ing.
c. Fl. Cooke, who only returned from
Kauai Sunday in the Mikahala, was
a passenger on the Kinau when she
sailed yesterday. He stated that his
father had greatly improved and was
therefore able to stand the sea trip.
The Kinau will 60 out on her regular
run.
Andrew WEIGH Sails Thursday.
Captain Kelly will he all ready to
start for the mainland in his fine bark
Andrew Welch on Thursday. and viii
have on board a full shipment of
sugar. The Andrew Welch is one of
the few wind tanners that come into
this port fitted up with passenger ac-
commodations, and it may be that The
vessel will have her berths filed when
she sails away.
Siberia Sails at Ten Today.
With her passenger accommodations
we'll filed with Honolulu people and
tourists who have been staying in the
Islands for considerable time past, the
Pacific Mail liner Siberia will get
away for the Coast at 10 clock this
morning. She arrived here yesterday
afternoon with forty bags of mail and
number of passengers for Honolulu.
Inter-Island Sailings.
Inter-Island steamers on the boards
to sail today Tor the other ISLANDS are
the Iwalani, at 9 a. M; the Likelike,
at D. M. the Noeau, at p. M; the
Mikahala. at ) p. M; the Mauna Kea
and the Mauna Loa, at noon. The XII
nau, which will arrive here with {.
NJ. Cooke about 6 o clock this morn
ing, will take her regular run.
First Assignment of Kukui.
On her first voyage of inspection in
these Islands, the lighthouse tender
Kukui left the harbor at 1920 last
night for Kauai. She had on board
Major f.. +. WInslow, L. :. A., and
lighthouse engineer. and Lieutenant
commander Moses. L. :. n, who will
inspect the present lighthouses on that
Island, and probably select the site for
the new Lighthouse which Will be built
in the near future.
The Kukui has undergone Extensive
improvements since She has been here,
and is in better shape for work in the
open sea than she was when she first
arrived She is commanded by Cap
tain .Tobson. The kukui will return
IS soon as the inspection work is com