Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-10
Is Hawaii mel soon to be invaded byl
the Royal Dutch?

| Is HAWAII mel soon to be invaded by
the Royal Dutch?
Lest this solemn query be consider
ed in the light of a deep, dark hint
towards a militant descent upon this
mid.PaCific haven of peace and plenty
let 1t be said that the Royal Dutch
means the Royal Dutch.Shell Oil Syn
dictate, with extensive oil holdings In
Java and the Far East, which concern
is now obtaining firm foothold on
the Pacific Coast.
The presence of two prosperous.ap.
pearing businessmen in Honolulu with.
in the past two weeks, who have been
recognized as large oil magnates on
the Coast, has lent strength to the be.
lief that a rival to the existing fuel.oil
companies is planning to enter this
territory.
The actions of the businesslike Wis.
itors while here have been such as to
indicate that they did not cross the
two thousand miles of Pacific water
for the sole purpose Of enjoying the
matChless climate of Hawaii, or HO.
nOlulu in particular.
Ii was learned this morning that a
quiet investigation was pursued about
the possibilities for handling fuel oil
at this port. Guarded inquiry was
made concerning available lands near
the waterfront at the Eva, or Kalihi,
end of the harbor. The almost total
absence of Grassland methods EN-.
ployed by the duo, who were for the
most part inseparable during their
brief stay here, caused more than pass.
Ing comment.
One who has followed the fuel.oil
game as played in these islands made
the statement this morning that the
Royal Dutch petroleum outfit has spent
little more than a year gaining its
present foothold on the Pacific Coast
ind II Is only a matter of a short time
until the company will have in opera.
ton fleet of steam tankers. The plan
is to fight the Standard in its own
territory and the battle will be one to
the last ditch. The Standard has but
recently begun trans.Pacihc service
TO Hawaii with the last few trips of
the Maverick.
Have you noticed" said n local bus.
inessman who Is inclined to the be.
lief that a rival oil company may yet
enter the field, that the Royal Dutch
is extremely busy on the Coast? Just
before my return from San Francisco
the company made application for per.
mission to build tanks and to con.
struct and maintain q pipe line on the
waterfront at San Pedro for loading
vessels with its products. The appli.
cation was made by the Indian Oil Re.
filming Company, which Is a represen.
tatiye of the Royal Dutch. The South.
ern Pacific has granted a site to this
company on the bluff at the end of the
Governments breakwater for a mari.
time loading station.
Another thing not to lose sight of
in this matter is the fact that the lat-
est development is the purchase by
J. G. Van Eek OF block of land In the
business center of Seattle, and the
construction of tanks and warehouses
on the shore Of Lake Union. A distrib.
uting system FOR the city is also being
planned. The Shell Royal Dutch stor.
age plant at Richmond beach. on Pu.
get Sound, is being rapidly pushed to
completion and will be ready for bust
ness in few months"
The opening of the Panama Canal,
It il believed, will prove an incentive
for sim more fuel oil companies to
enter the Hawaiian territory. Homo.
lulu, 1t is predicted, will yet become
large fuel station for many passenger
and cargo-carriers. An increased line
Of sail and steam tankers will be re.
auired.