The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-06
PACIFIC MAIL Will
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Latest That Steamers Leaving
Hongkong After September
30Wil Omit Honolulu

More statements concerning the Pa.
cifc Mail going out Of business came
from San Francisco In mails of the
steamer Persia last night. The latest
is that steamers sailing from Hongkong
after September 30 will omit Honolulu
as a port Of call The Chronicle says
that the Mongolia, sailing from San
Francisco November 2, win not call
here, but that was stated several we SKIS
ago in a schedule Of the Pacific Mail.
What Chronicle Says
The Chronicle story follows.
Pacific Mail steamers will cut out
Honolulu as a port of call homeward
bound, commencing with the Mongo.
liza, which steams from Hongiong
September 80, in order to be in port
here before the seamen's bill goes into
effect, according to an announcement
just made by the officials Of the com
pany. The Mongolia is expected to
make another voyage, to the Orient,
leaving San Francisco November 2,
and on that voyage will not call at
Honolulu either outward or homeward
bound.
According to A. J. Frey, assistant
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manager Of the Pacific Mail Company
the company intends to take its yes
sells off the Orient run at the time
the seaman 5 bill goes into effect. Adj
vices just received from Honolulu are
that a. large protest is to be forwarded
to Washington over the elimination OF
the Mail liners from the Honolulu
service, Aas there are no adequate ac
commodations for either passengers oil
freight If they are taken Off.
We Knew This
Under the terms of n law which
has been in effect for several years
none but American bottoms can carry
either passengers or freight from
Honolulu to San Francisco, and Thu
makes it impossible for island resi-
dents to travel here on the liners o
the T. X. X. fleet.
With the withdrawal Of the Pacif
Mail from the Honolulu service, it will
mean that there will not he enOugl
passenger or freight accommodations T.
handle the regular travel to and iron
the islands from this port, as the YES
sells now in service are taxed to cal
acity to handle the business.
The report from Washington ycstel
day that the Mail Company was to tur
its vessels into Oil burners and so g"
along with a few white men in tn
firerOoms in place of a large numbe
of Chinese stokers, is branded as
falsehood by Frey.
! Concerning oil-Burners
"Three years ago when we were
build four more ships to ply betwee
} New York and Manila" said Frey
} figures were obtained as to the COS
of. making the present fleet over int
; oil burners so that all the vessels woul
burn that fuel. The Panama canal ac
which prohibits railroad ship
put stop to our constructing Othe
vessels for the canal trade and ais
stopped the negotiations for making tn
big four into oil burners, and nothin
has been done since that time on til
proposition"
1t is pointed ont by one shipping ma
that If the vessels are made oil burner
the compliance With the seaman's bi
would be easy. This is in view of til
fact that university graduates are no
) teaching the deckhands and steward
speak and understand English, but thi
as the fremen cannot be taught the
must he replaced by white men even
case the oil,burning boilers are il
stalled