Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-07
Hawaii Chinese
HELP PROMOTE
S.S.LlNE
Report Says Undertaking Will
Be Launched in Two
Months

! Chinese merchants and business.
} men Of Hawaii have pledged f1nan.
cial support 10 the proposed steam
! ship lire between Los Angeles and
! HOngkong, according TO an official re-
! port made TO the Los Angeles Cham
! Der OF Commerce by Coon Lee, a Chi.
nese tnancier of the Coast who is
! helping to promote the ambitious pro-
! ject
! That the Chinese government will
help TO finance the Los Angeles Hong
! kong steamship project; that five yes.
| sells, costing about $1,000 900 each,
| will be built on the Pacific coast, and
! that arrangements have practically
| been completed for the acquisition of
seven other ships, now in Oriental
| waters: also that the vessels will be
operating between California and the
Far East by the time the Panama ca
nal is opened, were among the confid-
ent statements given out by Coon
Lee, representing the Los Angeles
Chinese, on his return from San Fran
cisco, where he was enlisting the Co
operation of the Chinese organiza-
tons and concluding negotiations for
the establishment of large daily pa
per in Hongkong, which will be the
official organ of the ChineSe-Ameri-
/ ca ntrade interests.
Other Help Is Promised.
| Coon Lee, in his report to the Los
Angeles Chinese chamber of COM
merce, stated that definite assurances
have been received from the Chinese
of Hawaii, Mexico, South America and
D,.;k, Oh INol hak hi
to finance the project; pledging their
patronage to an extent that will JUS
tify the operation of several large YES
sells and assuring prospects which, by
the time the canal is ready, will ne
cessitate the use of the number
'planned-twelve in all. d. -
Two Of the vessels to be construct.
ed on the Pacific Coast, either at San
Francisco or Long Beach, Cal, will be
larger than the Manchuria or Siberia,
now operating between San Francisco
and the Orient; one will be of type
and capacity almost equal to the i'll
fated Titanic; and the other two will
be smaller, but representing the most
modern ideas of boat construction.
Merchants Enthusiastic.
The International commercial bt-
reau of Shanghai has taken charge
Of the Oriental end of the project, and
is now actively cooperating with the
Chinese of the West coast. More
than twenty-five of the leading manu-
facturers and merchants associations
of Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Canton
also are aiding the American Chinese,
and within the next two months, it is
stated, the project will have become
an international undertaking, with
government approval and assistance.
The project is reported to have the
Endorsement of several New York
capitalists, and, according to intima,
lions received here, these capitalists
are planning the establishment Of
several immense tourist resorts,
near the coast of China, which are tQl
be maintained in connection with the
proposed new steamship line. The,
trans-Pacific line, it is generally con-
coded, will operate in connection with
modern passenger and freight exs
tending along the Western coast of
the New World, from Vancouver, B.
c., via Seattle, Tacoma, Portland,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
Diego, Guayamas, ETC., 20 Rio Janeiro.