Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-24


One hundred cabin passengers can
Re accommodated In the Pacific Mail
liner Korea that IL now on the way
from Yokohama and expected to ar
rive at Honolulu on Friday, September
LIST. .c
3 According to cable received at
the agency of II. Hackfeld and Com
pany, the Korea sailed from the last
Japanese port Of call yesterday. The
Pacific Mail boat has seven hundred
and fifty tons Oriental freight for dis
charge here. f
The local agents feel assured that
there will be ample accommodation In
the Korea FOR all applicants. nt,
It Is the present intention to dis
patch the steamer for San Francisco
the afternoon Of the day Of arrival.
Eclipse Begins Long Voyage.
The little gasoline schooner Ec-
lipse which some weeks ago was sold
to Manila parties and since that time
has received a general ovorhauling at
the local marine railway began the
long voyage to the Philippines yester-
day afternoon. The Eclipse sailed
from here with crew Of eight men
who for the most part were Filipinos.
The Eclipse Is. to be opreated in
the coasting trade In the, Southern
Philippine islands. The Eclipse waf
at one time q factor In the movement
OF cargo between island ports and Ho-
nolulu. The vessel was turned lout
from a Pacific coast shipyard md in
connection with sister ship the, Sur
prise covered regular schedule Of
ports. The Surprise was wrecked OF
Hawaii in 1902. The Eclipse used an
auxiliary gasoline engine. but In de-
parting for the Far East yesterday,
the machinery will not be called upon
to aid In the movement OF the vessel
rs the schooner will depend solely
upon her sails. .
Fast Ocean Mail Service.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug 15.-An
order OF considerable Importance, from
both n postal and commercial point OF
view, has been issued by Postmaster
General Hitchcock, looking to the es-
tablishment of an ocean mail service
by sixteen knot steamers between lead
ing Atlantic and Pacific ports In the
country and the ports OF Colon ana
Panama. The advertisement provides
that the service shall begin In the fall
OF 1914 so as to be In operation when
the Panama Canal is opened
Under the proposed contract fast
steamers will furnish weekly service.
on one hand between New York and
Colon, calling at Charleston or Savan-
nah, or both, and from New Orleans to
Colon, and on the other hand from
Seattle and San Francisco to Panama,
calling at San Pedro or San Diego. or
both. hst7n ----.
The opening Of the canal will enable
steamers. which, under this contract,
carry malls to Colon or Panama. to
continue their journey through the
canal and to proceed on the western
voyage to points on the Gulf and At
lantic coasts, thus permitting them to
carry cargoes between distant points
without breaking bulk.
This win AFFORD convenient and re-
liable transportation line for freights
In swifter steamers than any now
available between seaports on the two
coasts,
Thus. the complexion Of the Panama
Canal, which is expected to open new
era In commerce of the world, will be
accompanied by the establishment of
an American ocean mail service that
should iii long felt want In our COM
mercial relations with Central and
South America.
The postmaster general has provided
In the advertisement for u guarantee
against the control of the lines by COM
peting railway companies. This new
provision In ocean mail contracts Is In
keeping with the policy Of the admin
istration regarding restraint Of trade.