Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-11
SUGAR CARRIED
BY All. Line
r 10y John E. Monk


WASHINGTON, u. c.. March all
During n hearing before the Inter
state Commerce Commission this
week. II. u. ID. Jackson. traffic mana.
ger Of the AmcriCan-llawaiian Steam.
ship Company. gave some figures as
to the amount of sugar transported
from Hawaii by his company aud also
submitted his opinion as To the. effect
of the completion Of the Panama Casal
on shortening the time of transit from
Hawaii TO market. The hearing was
given by the Commission tn the trans
continental carriers and was on the
subject OF the long and short haul sec.
ton of the Railroad Rate Act This
section provides that carrier cannot
charge less for longer than shorter
haul on the same line in the same d.
rection unless the Commission decides
that the lesser charge for u longer
than Il shorter haul on the same line
IL justified by conditions. The trans
continental lines contend that they
must charge less for hauls from east
ern points 10 San Francisco and other
Pacific Coast points than for hauls to
shorter distances on the same lines
because at the Pacific Coast points
they are met by water competition.
Mr. Jackson appeared as an expert
witness for the carriers.
He said that last year his company
had transported from Hawaii 100000
tons of sugar from Hawaii eastbound,
and that II had agreed to take 1000
tons this year by the Tchuantepcc
route and about | 1. 900 tons via the
Straits of Magellan.
Mr.. Jackson said that the freight
rates Were slightly higher today than
twenty years ago, buy that the service
of the sailing yesselstwenty years ago
had an average time of l2I days ~
against today q service to Southern
| California and San Francisco of every
! SIX days. siNty-Onc sailings year;
that the completion of the Panama Ca
nal would greatly improve the service
of his company and that service
charges will be- reduced, but that the
reductions will depend somewhat ON
the tolls to he charged in the canal.
| The western tonnage during the last
| year carried Ivy his company, Mr.. Jack.
son said, amounted to 10000 tons, an
Increase over the previous year of
about $4,000 tons, and he predicted
! that his company would carry 275,OOO
I tons of this class of freight the pres.
cnt year, and that the steamers OF the
/ company could carry maximum of
/ 7O0, 900 tons year.
Mr. Jackson Cmphatlcally declared
that the stock of the AmcriCan.llawaii'
an Company was not controlled either
directly or Indirectly by any American
railroad company, but that there was
some stock held by the TehuantcpeC
National Railroad, which was con.
! trOllcd IN England.
u {. q {; Z: u u u u u u u u u u u % .;
the new Springfield aifes have been
issued to the guardsmen In place Of
their old krags, AMI u large quantity
OF needle point ammunition and clip
belts Is being rushed 10 Honolulu
from the government arscnals here,
The present force of milltiamen In
! the islands Is estimated at 800. Re-
cruiting Offices have been established
and II Is expected that this force will
he increased to 1000 before August
-, when the citizen soldiers will 90
into camp with the regulars. There
they will be instructed IN the opcr-
alton of Uncle Sans big guns which
guard Pearl HarbO".
Under instructions from the war de-
partmcnt, Captain Moor n. Falls
twenty-eighth infantry, has been de
tailed to inspect the ordnance and
subsistence of the organized militia IN
the Territory of Hawaii. This Is be-
ing done to determine the equipmen
, available In case Of mobilization.