Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-25
TRANSPORTATION MEN SCENT
RATE WAR FROM AFFAIR
KEEN RIVALRY BETWEEN COAST COMPANIES MAY BE
q. FAR REACHING IN EFFECT. TEXAN OF AMERCAN-HA-
WAIIAN ADDS FRESH LAURELS TO LONG DISTANCE
RECORD. SIERRA DEPARTS FOR SAN FRANCISCO.


rising and the falling of the tides,
another rate war is threatened among
transportation companies doing bust
ness along the Pacific coast and the
prediction is made by well posted ar
rivals by the Wilhelmina yesterday
that the effect may prove far reach
ing before the end is reached and an
amicabIe settlement is effected.
The two new. passenger and freight
steamers, Yale and Harvard are said
to have become the object of virulent
at ack h. the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company. These vessels are in
service between san Francisco an !
Los Angeles ard have jumped intl
almost instant popularity
The new San Francisco-Los Ange-
les liners are carrying passengers at
rate less than that demanded by the
vessels Of the Pacific Coast Steam
chip Company and are doing a gool
business.
The lesser transportation companies
operating between San Francisco and
Los Angeles have felt that it is not
incumbent upon them to begin a rate
war but they have felt that sooner
Or later the Pacific Coast people
would resent the competition of the
Yale and the Harvard The small
companies have been waiting in i'm
patience and now, they believe, the
big fight is about to be declared.
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Old Ship Again for Sale.
The familiar old sailor Glory of the
Seas, which has many a crack pass
age to her cfedir, is again offered for
sale. The parties who purchased tie
well-known windjammer for use III
the South Sea trade, with the inten-
ton of seeking cargoes Of hardwood
in the forests of the SolomOns, have
apparently abandoned this novel en-
terprise, The Glory of the Seas has
had a long career on the coast, hay
ing sailed tho seas for thirty-fiye
years since she left the builder
yards at aB h, Me-, the birthplace
Of all the fine old American frigate3
which piled in the clipper service Be
| fore she was taken over by northern
parties several mon his ago the Glory
| of the Seas was owned by BarnesDn
| E. Hibberd of San Francisco who had
the vessel registered under the Uru-
guayan fag.
End of Bark Anneslcy.
: The British iron bark AnnealeJ
which had more than her share Of
misioltunes during her career, h u
! finally had fatal ending. Mail al
! vices report the total loss of the yes
sci She foundered about two mile
nor heast of Rock, near Wexford sew
eral weeks ago. All the crew were
saved.
The Annesley was last here in 1906
when she sailed for Shields with d
cargo of barley. On that voyage she
| was compelled to put into Montevldi(
| in distress. Later her captain wa
knocked overheard and drowned an
the ship badly swept by the seas in
! fearful storm. Chronicle.
Nevadan Now Operatir1 on Coast.
| The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS freightel
| Nevadan which for year or moro
was operated under the direction Ct
! the Matson Navigation Company /.
now being employed on run II
which a number of Pacific coast ports
are touched. The steamer covers
route extending from Salna Cruz t
| Puee. Sound. The Nevadan will nj
! be included in the triangular ser
vice that includes Honolulu
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FreiqIiter Texan Breaks Records.
The American-HaWaiian Steamship
Texan big freighter holding the rec
ord between New York and San Fran
cisco, was among the fog-bound fee
that anchored outside Sandy Hoo.
on Jan 49, She brought another rec
ord with her, namely, nineteen day
from Buenos Ayres. No other mer
chairman of any nationality has evel