Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-22
IMPORTANT LINK
IS FORGED IN
FAR EAST TRADE

The long looked for direct steam
Manila has at last been realized In
The formation of the Con1pagnfe dc
Commerce ct de Navigation d'EX
treme oriente. : In Haiphong, Indo-
China. r ~ 80 =
The new organization. which is
French company, has purchased tive
new steamers which they will operate
between Haiphong. Saigon and Manila
probably making the trips alternately
between the former ports and Manila.
Ceuba and 1IoiIo will also be included
il: the Philippine ports of call. as re-.
'duffed. The new company will carry
freight and passengers.
Messrs. Smith Bell and Company
are in the receipt of a letter fEcGl
!Iafhpong advising them that the first.
steamer OF the new company viii
leave Haihpong early in January for
Manila, with a full cargo Of cement
and that the alternating trip win prob
ably be from Saigon to Manila with
rice. ,Ez.@ -. ..-.-. .<~ 81
In the letter TO Messrs Smith, Bell
and Company the organization OF the
company is given out as primarily fer
the establishment of better and more
direct relations between the French
: colonies in the far east and the Philip
pines. =, $500 .''''
Some months ago e. J. Haberer. a
former Manila newspaper man. visited
Haiphong and emphasized among the
| h.
tt eed of a direct service to Manila. The
after met with the approval of bust.
! ressmen and officialdom of Haihpong.
| ~
| New Liners Soon En- Route.
The Adn1irals Schley and Sampson,
| the two steamships recently purchased
/ by the Alaska Pacific Company to be
added to the fleet plying between San
Francisco and Puget Sound, are being
| prepared on the Atlantic for the maid
en- trip to the Pacific. The Dewey Is
at New York and the Schley is at
Philadelphia. Both vessels will go
Ton the berth in a few days. They are
expected to be in active operation
on the Pacific by the first Of March.
| The Admiral Sampson and Watson
are now running between San Fran.
cisco and Seattle, and Admiral Far
fagut being laid up for annual over
hauling. On January Is the Sampson
| sailed from Seattle for southeastern
and southwestern Alaska, the run to
| extend as far as Kodiak This is an
Cnusual time Of the year to send a
| vessel as big as the Sampson, but this
/ is necessary on account Of a short
age of small steamers. The Yukon
and Jeanie have been lost in disasters
in the last two years The Jeanne is
a total wreck It is reported. After
| March l the Adr1irals Farragut.
Dewey and Schley will run regularly
between San Francisco and Puge:
| Sound
| Increased Demand for OIL in Far East
The den'and for oil fuel in the Far
East is one of the big factors in the
ell business. and the transportation
) across the Pacific is another factor
| to the men of affairs. This despite
the recent developm ent of oil fields Of
| Korea, Manchuria Burmah and other
! places. At present all the oil tankers
! taking oil to the Orient return to the
\
| coast in ballast
1t is now indicated that within a
few years this condition will change
, II is said that most of the Far East
! ern oil possesses paraffine base ar
a vast amount of benZine and gasO-
line can be refined from this. Owing
TO the increased demand for this pro-
quot hare it is believed that in the
near future the tankers will return
, with either crude or refined Oil. This
will ultimately mean the doubling Of
the oil tonnage shipped across.
Makura En- Route frOm Vancouver
! The departure of the Canadian Aus
tralasian liner Makura from Victoria
and Vancouver is reported. The YES
sci sailed from British Columbia yes
terday. according TO advices received
at the agency of T. h. Davies & CO.