The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-13
LUMBER TRADE IS ON INCREASE
Many Vessels Finish Discharging But
Better Facilities Wanted---Mary
E. Foster is Off Port---Trans-
port Away Today-Repeat
Down to Clear For
Sound

Bair0, Mrs. c. l.. Baker and two chill
dren, Major b. F. Cheatham, wife and
three children, ana mother-in-law, Ma
ior w. NJ Cruikshank, wife and daugh-
ter, LIST Lieut.. T. II. Cunningham, wife
and sister-inlaw, I'd Lieut.. E. H. Fales,
E. H. Forst. Leut-Col W. H. Gilbert
and wife, Capt. c. Sydney Haight I'd
Lieut.. c. NJ. Halloran, A. w. Hanson,
wife and two children, Capt. Frank E,
Hopkins, wife and daughter Chaplain
j.. f. Houlihan, I'd Lieut.. G. f. Hum
bert and wife, LIST Lieut. F. P. Jackson,
Mrs. A. c. Jordan and child, LIST Lieut..
p. ]. LAUDER, Cd Lieut. Charles 5. Lit
tie, A. T. Matthews, I'd Lieut. e. A.
NriUar Jr.. I'd Lieut. NIanton c.. Mitchell
and wife. Capt. R. S. Pratt, r. NJ G,
Ross and wife, I'd Lieut., L. Med. Sill
vester. LIST Serg. James J. Leyden'
sergt Martin D. Minis and wife, Miss
Bertha Seaman, LIST Sergt VIM
Wright.
osAKi coMPANYs PLANS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-An-
nouncement has just been made that
negotiations are now under way for
the establishing of another line OF
steamships between San Francisco
and the Orient. NJ. Komada, assist
ant manager of the Osaka MeTcan'
tile Steamship Company Of Japan
has made tentative arrangements
with the State Board of Harbor Com
missioners for berthing facilities as
soon as the big freight and passen'
ger liners of the company begin to
steam to the port.
Accompanied by Matsuzo Nagai
consul general for Japan at San
Francisco, Komada visited the Har
Dor Commissioners last Friday and
told of some of the plans his corr
pany had prepared to put into effect
The visitor has been making his ar
rangements for several weeks, and
when he left here on Saturday he
intimated that the steamships of his
company may begin schedule to Thu
port within few months.
Will Abandon Tacoma.
II the proposed undertaking goe
into effect 1t is probable that thu
present schedule of the company be
tween the Orient and Tacoma will bC
abandoned. The Osaka Mercantile
Steamship Company is now sustain
ing a bimonthly schedule to the nor
them port, but have become salts
fed that with the opening of The
! Panama canal San Francisco will at
tract the bulk of the Pacific Coast
business, other places being rele
gated to mere ports of call.
Although a complete arrangement
has not yet been entered into, Ko
mazda explained that in all probabil
, ity a freight and passenger agree
ment would be entered into will
the Santa Fe. This, he explained
was necessary in order to transac
the desired amount of business.
Of the three transcontiuontal raj
roads terminating here, the Santa F
is the only one that IS not tied IL
with a steamship company. Th
Western Pacific and Togo Kisen IA
sha have an agreement, it is eXplai,
J ed, as have also the Pacific Mail an
= Southern Pacific.
Expect Big Business.
Komada said that his company wa
e satisfied that, despite the existence {
G the Pacific Mail and Togo Kisen Ka
n sha, which now sustain a week.
: service between here and the Orien
there would be in the immediate +
p ture sufficient business, both IL
e freight and passengers, to justify a
other company.
Shipping men throughout the o.
2 eDt have arrived at the conclusic
O that, Immediately after the openil
Ct the canal, San Francisco will b
e come the great distributing base
the Pacific, especially to the Oriel
g and the Antipodes
r. Even if the Osaka should not su
coed in perfecting a traffic agre
ment with the Santa Fe, it is expec
ed that they will make this pc
their terminus, for the great tonnaG
of freight and passengers which wi
be carried through the canal fro
a the Atlantic will, it is believed, su
n ply enough business to pay for til
: operation of the line,
This Distributing Point.
The belief prevalent some month
ago that big freight and passengC
liners will ply directly from Atlanti