Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-11
new liners in
COLONIAL TRADE


sibility of entering the south seas anC
colonial trade has now reachedra stage
beyond the borderland of mere rumoi
is said by officials connected witt
Canadian-A ustralasian liners that pas
through Honolulu.
For some little time Tumor has beer
in the air OF possible closer agree
ment between the Union STEAMSHIP
Company of New Zealand and the Ca
nadian-Pacific Railway Company fol
the development of the passenger anC
freight trade of the Pacific. 1t is {
woll-known fact that the c. p. r. prac.
tically controls the outward freight or
the Canadian Pacific coast, and 1t is
argued therefore that an organization
30 comprehensive in it's operations as
the c. p. r. would look for some say
In the carriage of freight eoYersea from
its trucks at Vancouver and other Ca
madam Pacific ports. ItEpossesses
fine line Of passenger steamers on the
Pacific, and carries on a large and in
creasing trade between Canada and ia
pan and China, for which two further
new 18,000-ton steamers are being
commissioned this year. The rumoi
therefore that the growing possibilities
Of trade with Australasia is drawing
the attention of this powerful and
wealthy company, and that, unless the
Union Company is willing to extend
the limit of cooperation, the G. p. r
will sooner or later become formidable
competitors Of the New Zealand COM
pany has some color lent to 1t, espe-
cially in view of the growing opinion
that there is room for the development
OF the freight trade between Australia
STA and the Pacific coast of America,
1t is even limited in some quarters that
a mutual arrangement may be arrived
at between the two companies by
which an alternative passenger sery-
ice would be run between Vancouver
and Australasia. via Japan and China,
which would probably mean the APP
pearance In our waters of the Empress
line Of steamers.
At the Pacific coast headquarters Of
the Canadian hastraiasian line at VAN
couver 1t was pointed out that there is
every probability of an extension OF the
Union Steamship Company's services
In the Pacific being made within the
next years or So 1t is understood the
extension VIII be to the Vancouver
and Frisco services. A prominent Of
fetal Of the Union Company Is leaving
New Zealand for Canada early In
April, and one Of the objects OF his
visit to Canada and America viii be
the making of arrangements for extern
sive additions to the fleet of mail
steamers which are now run between
Vancouver, San Francisco, and New
Zealand ports. 1t is also reported that
the Canadian Pacific Railway Compa-
ny intends either to place a vessel on
the run between auckland and Van
couver or to substitute the service so
that it will be extended.
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Trans Pacific Liners As Golfers.
Once in the trans-Pacific passenger
service, operating from Seattle to
Japan, China ports and Manila, the
former Boston Steamship Company
liners Shawmut and fremont, now en-
gagged in the movement of supplies
between New York and Panama. are
predicted may soon become full fledg
ed navy coal carriers. As both liners
formerly operated between the Paci
fic coast and the orient, local ship
l.ing men are interested in the ques-
ton raised concerning the future of
the steamers Cristibal and Ancon, for
lnerly the Shawmut and fremont. It
is said that the United States navy is
considering their conversion into col
Tiers.
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Many Steamers Built at Portland.
PORTLAND, April D.. Nine steam
ers arc under construction here and
two have just been completed for
0lacing in the coastwise lumber trade
Four or five of them will run regu.
larly to California ports, returning
with general cargees.
The fleet nearing completion and
which will be ready soon to go into
service, includes the Aroline, Cricket
o. NJ Clark, San Ramon. Mary Olson.
MERGED, R0salia Mahony, Selano and
sE. III. Vance, while those placed in
commission recently are the Henry.
T. Scott and A. M. Simpson.
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Immigrants cross the Harhor,
In the tender Pioneer, large dele
ration of Spanish and Portuguese i'm
migrants have been transferred from
Federal quarantine island TO the u.
s. immigration station. Two hun.
dred immigrants now released are
undergoing rigid examination before
they are admitted to The territory.
They are expected TO remain at the
territorial immigration station until
sent to the several plantations.
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beware Of Floating Timber.
F.loating about ON the Pacific. ocean
N the track Of ships and a menace
81 - nay;cation are eight huge timbers,
!. - n~ IA a report received by the
Can Francisco branch photographic
o RI, Captain Albert, master Of the
American steamship Lansing, reports
tnst an March IS .he encountered the
los los n latitude 80 a. north, lonsi.|
ts1de 1919 81 west
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indications point to 2 brisk passen.
g. s,,,si,aee between the islands and
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