Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-06
!. Shipping
AMERICAN HAWAIIAN SECURES
BANNER SHIPMENT OF TIN
eria for Pineapple CannerS-China Completes Century,
Belle of Scotland to Bring Coal for Observation-Disclosures
csc Cruisers Due Thursday

the whole fleet of the Togo Kisen
Kaisha is in operation a few months
hence the bonus to this haet alone
will amount to 81 000 900 each year.
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Cut Hates Or No Business.
There must be a decided cut in
freight rates by owners Of tramp
steamers if char ers to the Far East
are fixed within the next few months
is the opinion Of more than one bust
ness man in the Orient. Chartering
Of tramp steamers to carry lumber
to the Orient vii! be slack for time
unless owners will accept lower rates
than are now being quoted, accord
ing to E. Schu tz, manager of the
China Import and Export Lumber
Company, who declares that cam
tonnage is % to 80 per cent higher
than at this time last year. Lumber
dealers in China have large stocks on
hand said Mr.. Schu,tz-"enough II
last six months or more. While Their
supplies are amp,e i will be impos-
sibe to compete with them by char
tering tramp steamers at prevailing
rates. The dealers worl be able to
undeyse'l such c7rg res, because the
stocks they have on hand were ship
ped at the lower f.eight rae Whit h
prevailed last yea Mr. Schultz
will leave for Shanghai on the steam
er Siberia. sailing from San Francii-
co on February Is.
Would Establish Compulsory Pilotaee
Compulsory pilotage is apparently
a thorn in the side of the shipping
interests whose vessels call at Port
land. Oregon The ma ter has been
brought before the Oregon legislature
now in session at Salem According
to information brought down from
the coast The Oregon State Board of
Pilot Commissioners has taken the
matter up
The board declares the result of the
States acton will be that in Il short
time "a great commonwealth with n
large ocean commerce will be wi bout
a licensed pilot at the entrance of
its greatest port"
The board recites that at present
the pilOtage and towage a. the mouth
Of the Columbia river are colducte |
by the port of Por land commission
and admits that the service is good
II fears. however. that because IL
censing of pio's is not required the
service will deterioratc. Purchase Of
a modern pilot boat and re-establish-
ment Of compulsory pilotage by IL
censed pilots are urged.
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To DO Away With the Smoke.
Staples and Pfeifer have concluded
the installation of their new oil burn
er system on the steamers Yale and
Harvard. The old sys 'em which had
proved fairly satisfactory on the At
lantic coast with eastern fuel proved
unsatisfactory when the turbiners
were placed on this coast. II was also
difficult 10 keep the ships clean. The
new system, it is believed will save
about ona-f0urth of the fuel, and the
absence of smoke makes it simple
matter to keep the ships secured.
"a
Saint Cunstsn May Call Here.
There is a possibility that the Bri-
fish steamer Saint Dunstan that is
said to be loading a large and gem
eral cargo of European merchant Sc
at Antwerp for the West coast of the
United States. may call at Honolulu
enroute. This vessel is understood as
being operated under the same char
ter as the Saint Ronald that visited
the port "A few weeks ago.
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still Traficing In Ships.
A number Of well known ships
have changed hands within the past
few weeks according 70 reports from
brokers along the Pacific eolst
Among them is The German ship Neck
formerly the Britannia, of 212l toas.
built at Southampton. ~
Confirmation was also received of
the sac Of British ship lakewood tot