Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-06

Steamship Company was considering
placing In the Hawaiian service
the fastest, most palatial and largest
passenger accommodating steamer on
the Pacific ocean. @- ..~..,.
Praises n. p. Wood. =" H.. ~.
ION first thought this news sound
ed like the traditional luck Of Ha.
wall, but in cold blooded business, free
from the gambling fungus, we can gen.
orally trace out that the word luck.
is really misnomer for work, and tn
the present instance we dig down
under the root Of luck and find our
old friend H p. Wood plugging away
on lines which most Of us, including
the speaker. would have considered a
waste Of time. At the proper moment
the Hawaii Promotion Committee. with
its energetic chairman, E. A. Berndt,
appears on the scene, gets behind
Wood, and, presto. the steamship
Great Northern Is In Honolulu harbor
with its fine complement Of officers
and the American flag flying, in spite
of all the seamen's acts imposed or
even dreamed of.
you cannot hang canvas curtains
in a drawing-room and likewise you
cannot run the finest steamer in the
Pacific ocean without furnishing the
most efficient officers and men. Il
know that ! bespeak the sentiment Of
the chamber In stating that the hands
of Captain Amman and his high type
of officers will always be grasped In
genuine friendship by those of our
members whose good fortune brings
them in contact with our guests OF
today.
Now, gentlemen, / will ask you to
forget the president Of the Chamber
of Commerce.
viii Fall Into Step.
AS senior of the local firm repre-. |
senting the Great Northern Pacific |
Company, simply wish to |
add to the thanks of my fellow en-
ployes here present for the very kind
reception extended to Captain Amman
and his officers. II will be the aim
Of the local agency to fall into step
with the business methods and service
always demanded by James j. Hill.
"Cal e. Stone, the general traffic
manager of the company, cannot be
omitted from the small number of men
Who are responsible for inaugurating
his Hawaiian service With his mega
i've to the consideration Of the VEN
ure, the Great Northern would not
low be resting In the harbor Of Homo
ulu. The plea he has sent forward
o his many agents requesting their
fort towards the success Of the pres
mt venture is My life depends upon
t. Personally have faith in his be-
ng able to say a few years hence.
My life was made by it.
sIn conclusion ! will In turn ask
on to forget the agents.
Il wish the privilege Of making q
sw personal remarks regarding the In
ovation of the new Hill services In
onnection with already established
ofnpetitiye lines.
lot Here As aRate Cutter
Il have reason to, believe that the
reat Northern service will be abse-
ltely independent. The steamer on
le other hand is not being placed on
he. run as q rate cutter or with the
lea Of putting any line out Of busi-
ess. The cofnpAfttikn will, In myt
pinion, be as valuable to the COM
citing lines as 1t viii be to the good
the public service.
Presenting that the powers that
> In Hawaii will, by their actions,
AXE the Great Northern perma-
snt factor In the prosperity of the
ort, and as a hard and callous be-
ever in the growth and cultivation
the tourist crop, do not hesitate
expressing the belief that the con-