The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-06-05

Thirty or more ships viii be the
feet OF the American Hawaiian Steam
ship company when the Panama canal
is in operation The Tehauntepec rail-
road will then not receive the business
from the big steamship concern that 1t
IS now getting, and furthermore there
will be a direct refrigerator service for
citrus fruits between San Francisco,
New York and New Orleans via Panama
and Colon.
With the Newport News shipbuilding
company have been placed orders for
six fine steamers, and to this feet will
be added several more large vessels
that will be capable OF accommodating
many passengers and at the same time
wtaking care of the cold storage business
that VIII give California citrus and
other fruits an outlet in the markets OF
the east at what may be a greatly re-
duced cost of service.
BOOST FOR FRUIT INDUSTRY
Maybe the threatened reduction Of
tariffs on citrus fruits will not amount
to much when the new service is In
stituted.
And there may be other liners in
service, too add officials of the Ameri-
Hawaiian company.
we intend TO inaugurate cold stor-
age for citrus fruits and eastern ship
ments from San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego through the canal said
II. w. Poett, local representative Of
Williams. Dimond & CO.. the guiding
spirit of the American Hawaiian ves-
sells.
when the canal opens we viii have
not less than 27 vessels in our fleet,
and we can handle the citrus crop on
short time with the ships that we have
ordered.
They are to be built at Newport
News and there will be additional ves-
sells added to our feet as business re-
quires"
In the Office OF General Purchasing
Agent Cook the report that the Ha-
waiian-American is going into a much
larger business than it now enjoys
was verified.
AID TO CITRUS BELT
The company, it was announced, in
tends to put as much of its business
through the canal as possible-that is,
new business. This new business means
TO large extent the output of the
recently developed citrus districts in
Glenn and Colusa counties. What is
known rs the Butte county citrus belt
will also come in on this plan.
In the south much of the citrus crop
has been handled through the Santa Fe
and Southern Pacific and the pre-cool-
ing plants are at San Bernardino, Col
ton and other points in that section
Dimond company have it that the
American Hawaiian company will be in
San Francisco and Los Angeles with
preceding plants for steamship
service.
This service may possibley be fur
nished by the National Ice and Cold
storage company, but officers of that
concern profess not to know anything
OF the plans. They do know, however.
that they are in position at a COM
paratively short notice TO pre-cool al
most any number of citrus or other
cargoes that might be turned over to
them
TRIANGULAR SERVICE
At present the Seattle, Honolulu and
San Francisco route Of the American
Hawaiian is being run as triangular
service.
The New York plan is to have the
coast line route operate direct and
have the Hawaiian line extended TO
Australia and other points south of
3 there. There will be a direct Los An
Eeles and a direct San Francisco line
s. the isthmus, unless 1t is found that
tsrgoes can not be arranged for at the
terminal points and that 1t Will be
necessary TO make stops al way ports.
The new fleet of the company will In
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