The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-15
D|V|DING UP THE
HAWAII BUSINESS
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waiian Islands and thence to Salina
Cruz. In other words, the American.
Hawaiian company leaves the field for
Transporting island products TO United
Stetes Coast ports, landing all its
freights at Salina Cruz for transporta-
tion across Tehuantepec Isthmus for
New York deliveries.
This leaves the field open mainly to
the Oceanic and Matson companies for
transporting island products to San
Francisco.
There is a general belief among bust
ness men, although officers connected
with the interests backing the Matson
line do not affirm, that the Matson COM
pany may leave the Seattle and Tacoma
Honolulu field, giving that over entirely
to the American Hawaiian line. This Is
asserted to be the arrangement between
Dearborn and Matson, representing the
American Hawaiian and the Matson
lines, respectively, following the deter
mined statement Of Captain Matson that
he intended to get big share of the
sugar deliveries for San Francisco.
The Matson company followed the
American Hawaiian company into the
Tacoma and Seattle Honolulu trade,
placing the chartered steamer Hyades
on the route. The annual statement of
the Matson company indicates that the
Hyades was operated last year at a
loss, the amount being in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. 1t is understood
that the Nevadan, plying on the San
Francisco Honolulu route has not made
much money for the company. In other
words the heads of the two companies
appear to have arrived at the conclu-
sion that the American-Hawaiian COM
pany had the best of the Puget Sound
Honolulu route and the Matson the
best of the San Francisco Honolulu
route, and that more satisfactory ar
arrangement would be for each to get
out of the others principal field of
Operations.
The Globe Nagivation Company, a
Sound shipping concern, broke the ice
first for the Sound-Honolulu route, but
failed TO make it pay and withdrew it's
fleet of small steamers. The American
Hawaiian company later entered the
field, developed it and has made it a
profitable field of operations, even for
its New York deliveries there. The
Hawaiian Islands business has only
served to give it better hold on that
trade. The Matson company went into
the field later, and now maintains the
steamer Hilonian on the route, that
vessel having already made two trips
here from Seattle and Tacoma.
AS far as known the Matson COM
pany has made sugar contracts for the
coming season which are in line with
Captain Matson's statement that he
would get more sugar to carry. The
American Hawaiian is getting more
sugar to transport, also, and the two
3 companies are evening up things by
s rearranging the steamer routes, the
withdrawal of the Nevadan being the
first move.
l The American Hawaiian company has
i about $15, 100000 invested in it's fleet
g of twenty big freighters which were
s built to transport Hawaiian sugars to
: the mainland. 1t has built vessels as
v the crop increased year by year. This
season it is maintaining a twelve-day
r schedule out Of Hilo for Salina Cruz
/. each freighter carrying about 10000
g tons. Sugars destined for New Yorl,
h are being delivered thirty days from
: the time they leave Hilo. Next year
t with the addition Of two and possibly
G three new freighters, the company pro
poses to make ten-day schedule. The
a company has been consistent in its en-
o deavor to give a satisfactory service ii
e the sugar shippers of the Islands. 1
e has also reduced rates on certain islant
n products, which needed a low tarif
1t during their infancy, and has thus aid
o ed in developing them. The pineappl
e industry has had advantages from tn
american Hawaiian line in this respect
Whether, under the withdrawal al
rangement of the ALI. line from tn
San Francisco Honolulu route rates wi
h. No ro;ead Sc prnhlap,of;a