The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-20
JAPANESE ALLIANCE
WITH NEW GOULD ROAD
Departure of Officials of Togo
Kisen Kaisha Accompanied
by Reports of Agreement.

The New York Herald of August D
gives the following particulars of the
new T. X X. and Western Pacific agree
ment:
Messrs. Motojiro Shiraishi, general
manager of the Togo Kisen Kaisha, the
panies; William II. Avery, assistant
general manager, and II. Ottawa, di-
rector, left for Chricago over the TWEEN
tieth century limited yesterday after
noon. 1t was said in well-informed
quarters that the japanese steamship
officials have established very friendly
that the line and the Western Pacific,
the new Gould road, Will exchange
traffic.
When Mr.. Shiraishi arrived, about
two weeks ago, it was said that his
coming foreshadowed the severance of
relations between the Togo Kisen Kai-
sha and the Southern Pacific, which
have been in effect twelve years. Short
ly afterward Judge r. S. Lovett, head
of the Hartman lines, left for an ex-
tended trip through the West, and when
Mr.. Shirashi was asked if he intended
to see Mr.. Lovett, he replied that he
did not think it necessary Mr..
Avery, who handles the Togo Kisen
Kaisha business in the United States,
stayed at the Holland House, where he
had abundant opportunities for con-
sultation with Edward 7. Jeffrey, presi-
dent of the Western Pacific and of the
Denver and Rio Grande, which to con-
siderable extent controls the newer
road
1t was said yesterday at the Harri
man offices that if Mr. Shiraishi
planned conferences with officials of
the Southern Pacific theE probably
would tie with John G. Stubs, vice
president, whose headquarters are in
Chicago.
Oriental traffic, outbound and in
bound, of the Union and Southern Pa
cific in recent years has amounted to
less than S1,00O,0 900 annually, or less
than one-half of one per cent of the
gross annual revenue of the roads, so
that the arrangement, so far as the
Hartman interests are concerned, is not
Of sufficient importance to cause worry
if it should be lost.
When the agreement was made with
Coils 2. Huntington an understanding
with the Japanese steamship line, when
is subsidized. was of Importance. In
1900 the Sout hern Pacific obtained con
troll of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
panv. but the arrangement with the
Tovo was continued. Should the ar
rangement with the Toyo now be dis
continued, the Southern Pacific could
turn over all its Oriental tonnage to
the Pacific Mail.
The Japanese lines connecting with
the Hill and st. Paul lines carry more
tonnage than that received by the Togo
from the Hartman lines, and 1t is I'M
derstood that one of the chief COM
plants of the Togo has been that the
Hartman system has not been sum
GENTLY active in seeking traffic for the
Orient. The management of the Togo,
according to report, believes that
change might benefit not only the
Tovo's trade, but that of America in
general.
The Togo kisen Kaisha operates two
turbine steamships. the Chiyo Maru and
the Tenvo Maru, and a third is being
built It runs steamships on the Hong
kong and South American lines besides
its traffic to the United States. Its
whole fleet is eleven ships. The west
ern Pacific has been practically com
pleted, and through passenger traffic be
tween Salt Lake and San Francisco is
to be begun on August %. Freight
trains have been in commission several
weeks