The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-03-15
Ships will Run From SaIina Cruz
to Far East by Way of
Honolulu.
WILL ASSIST IMMIGRATION
New Company viii Operate Un-
|. der the Direction of the
American-Hawaiian.

The definite announcement of a new
steamship company running line of
steamers between Salina Cruz and
orient ports via Honolulu will prob.
ably be made in the next few weeks
by General Manager Dearborn of the
American-Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany, who will arrive here today from
New York per the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Mongolia from San Francisco.
Mr.. Dearborn will be accompanied by
r. d. Lapham, assistant treasurer of
the company, and both officials will
fully investigate the status of the
American-Hawaiian's affairs while
here. A part Of their visit will be
devoted to going over the sugar carry
ing contracts which the company now
has, involving tonnage of about $780,
600 tons of plantation products, which
are shipped both to Salina Cruz and
San Francisco.
The American Hawaiian Oriental
Steamship Line is the title proposed
for the new steamship line to the ORR.
ent. AS matter of fact the company
is practically organized, and only the
details of schedules, freight contracts,
ct cetera, remain to be settled. The
company is an off shoot of the Amer.
can-Hawaiian line and will be con.
Quoted entirely under its direction and
in conjunction. with the All. freight
ers ON both the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans.
One of the important matters to be
discussed by Mr.. Dearborn during MS
visit is immigration and transportation
of immigrants from foreign countries
to Honolulu. Although Russian immi-
| grafton is yet in it's experimental
stages, the present status leads some
to believe that the experiment may
not prove satisfactory and that Hawaii
will again have to turn to Europe for
its supply of new settlers.
The establishment of the new line
from Salina Cruz to Orient ports via
| Honolulu is to some extent made on
the basis of the proposal to look for
European immigrants, Mr.. Dearborn
! believing that the immigrants can be
handled much more satisfactorily if
transported in steamers directly across
the Atlantic to Puerto Mexico, the At.
lantic terminus of the Tehuantepec
railway, thence across the Tehuantepec
Isthmus by rail, and thence to Homo
lulu by the steamers of the American
Hawaiian Oriental line. There will be
saving in time and the immigrants
will be more comfortable inasmuch as
they do not have to live in the same
quarters for such long period as
/ those who came here from Portugal
via Magellan Strait.
| The visit of Mr.. Dearborn recalls
| the fact that when he was here last
several years ago the American Hawai-
ian fleet was quite small Then the
feet was composed of four freighters,
of the Nevadan type of 5000 tons, and
! now it numbers twentyone vessels, the
| largest being of $4,000 tons. In the
fleet the majority of vessels were built
to order and are particularly of the
All. type. There are some chartered
vessels and three big ones are under
| construction and soon to be launched
| and put into commission. Following is
the list of vessels:
Atlantic Fleets. S. American, 5000
tons; s. s. Californian, 5000 tons; s. s.
| Hawaiian, 5000 tons; s. S. Oregonian,
| 5000 tons; S. S. Massachusetts, 10000
tons; s. S. L. Luckenbach 5000 tons
(chartered); S. S. Georgian, 5000 tons
(under construction); s. S. Texan, 49,
600 tons, twin screw; s. s. Kentuckian,
5000 tons (under constructon).
Pacific Fleets. S. Alaskan, 10000
tons, twin screw; S. s. Arizonian. H..
900 tons. twin screw; s. S. Columbian
10000 tons, twin screw; s. S. Mexican
10000 tons, twin screw; s. s. Isthmian
1000 tons; S. S. Missourian, 10000
tons, twin screw; s. s. Virginian, 12,-
600 tens, twin screw; s. s. Nebraskan,
5000 tons, twin screw; s. s. Nevadan,
5000 tons, twin screw; S. S. Falcon,
$500 tons (chartered); s. s. Pleiades,
5000 tons (chartered); s. S. HOnOlulan,
| 5000 tons (under eonstruetion).
The vessels plying In the Island trade
carry about 100000 tons Of sugar, in
addition TO other Island commodities
which include pineapples. Mr., Dear
born and Mr.. Lapham arc here 10 go
over the present contracts with q view
10 making new ones for the next sea.
sons crops.
In short time the new frelghier
llonolulan viii be pat IN service be.
tween Sun Frame SEQ aud Honolulu The
vessel has been especially designed 10
carry mol only freight bui about forty
two cabin passengers and luxurious ne.
oommOdaii0ns have been fitted Into tho
! vessel Tho accommodations arp most
attractive aud the company expects 90
] handle IA considerable passenger truilln.