The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-10
GREAT NORTHERN
WILL COME HERE,
STORY ON INSIDE
Persons In Position To Know
Say Deal Has Been Nearly
49, Consummated
PROMOTION COMMITTEE 49,.
TALKS WITH Mr.. STONE
Subject Is Discussed At Lunch
con and Official Later Sees
Shipping Men


know, IL was said yesterday that the
Great Northern Of the Great Northern
Pacific Steamship Company would be
put on the Honolulu run.
Authoritative announcement of the
Great Northern Pacific Company's de-
cision, whatever it is, will not be
made know in Honolulu, however, until
after Cal f. Stone, general manager Of
the company, returns and reports the
result of his investigation to head Off.
cials of the line on the coast
Mr.. Stone said this much, but de.
clined to comment on the report that 1t
was certain the liner would be put in
the Hawaii service.
Deal Nearly Closed, Report
According to the 'inside story" lit
tie remains to be done toward the con-
summation of the deal. What that is,
the persons who spoke would not re-
veal, but they intimated that soon af'
ter Mr.. Stones return to the Coast an
announcement would be made there by
officials OF the steamship company that
ESnolulu was to get the Great NoTth'
ern, one of the two sister ships, that
are faster than any other liners in
service on airy ocean.
If the Great Northern comes to HO.
nOlulu it will be the biggest stride ever
taken in promoting tourist travel to the
Islands, according to views expressed
yesterday in business circles.
There were two reasons given fol
this statement. One is that the boat
will bring about 500 persons to Homo
lulu every fortnight. The second is that
a large percentage of these passenger
will be tourists from the Southern Cal
ifOrnia resort district-persons Of
means and purse strings as loose al
their incomes are large; persons WHIT
will leave much money in the Islands
Would Bring Many Fasteners rh.'
> Sailing from San Francisco the Grea
Northern would go to Los Angele
harbor (San Pedro) and there pick NJ
the ajOrity of her passengers to Ha
waii. Many Of these passengers woul'
be Fasteners who spend their winter
at Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Dieg,
and other resort cities of Southern Cal
ifOrnia.
The Great Northern would be tn
first liner to establish direct Los An
geles Honolulu service. Making tn
trip from the mainland to the Island
in four and a half days, it was sal,
yesterday, she would offer an induce
ment to many of Southern California
that could not be resisted.
Eastern tourists would come here l.
remain at least for two weeks unit
the ship 8 next call. They might sta
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money and the profits of the bushes
men who depend in large part upo
the tourists would feel their effee
greatly.
ITomoton Committee Luncheon
This is a prospectus of the situatio
Honolulu will be in if the Great NOrtl
ern comes. The prospectus of the sitI
alon Hawaii cOnfronts at present wa
the subject of the talk at the luncheo
given yesterday at the Commercii
Club by the Hawaii Promotion Con
mittee to Mr.. Stone and G. w. Vile,
marine superintendent Of the Ores
Northern Pacific Company.
At the luncheon Mr.. Stone was tol
the results of an investigation by
committee Of the promotion body con
posed of Lorrin Thurston, A. +. Wa
aud +. A. Berndt. The committee VI
dertoOk fortnight ago to learn whG
facts they could on the steamship que
ton for presentation to Mr.. Stone.
The committee told Mr.. Stone tn,
some shipping concerns were willing
talk business with him on the que
tiOn of guaranteeing 1000 to 1900 toi
of freight for the Great Northern eaC
fortnight. Some of the houses a
" tied up" on the freight question, M
Stone was told, and could not'therefO
offer him any proposition. .
Reply Of Mr.. Stone
Mr.. Stone replied that he could qua
antee six months service a year
least. Business on the Pacific Goa
is so good that no steamship compani
would do more than that, he asserte
He said that while the company Q
pected to get best returns out Of Il
passenger branch OF the service,
must have some freight.
The ship would spend only thirty
hours in port, he said, arriving at T.
clock in the morning and sailing
four O'Clock the next afternoon.
This is all that could be above
he said, because the company's obJe
was to get the maximum amount
service out Of their ships, the tinanci
investment in which is large.
Mr.. Stone said since his arrival
had learned it might be possible to ut
i'e refrigeration space on the liner f
SHIPMENTS of fresh fruit. Fruit shj
mentS previously had not been consi
cred feasible.
Present at the luncheon beside t
guest of honor were G. Fred But
B"niamin Holinger, Z. A. Berndt, Ia
r." A. ThurstOn, A. +. Wall and A.
THvlOT.
Viu Learn Dock Facilities
Today Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Wiley W
take up dock facilities It is their
t""tion to call upon Charles r. Forb
chairman Of the harbOr commission,