Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-28
Five Modern Vessels Equipped
For Freight and Passenger
Service viii Soon Be Max
inq Honolulu Port OF Call
VENTURE GETS SUBSIDY
FROM YUAN GOVERNMENT
Fung Sui, in Honolulu Today,
Bound for Mainland May
Purchase Two Ships and
Arrange for Three Others
. Observation-Disclosures .
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50 PORTLAND, Ore, June 2e.- 8,
@ "We need more ships In the Pa 2
10 cIfic," said Chang Chen Hsui, 2
SA member CT the trade commission =
:; party touring the United States, :;
= IN the course OF statement to- .
!, .; day. When the Chinese return, .
n II 10 their plan 70 confer with t. 3
:, naneial Interests to establish . :,
. Chinese steamship line on the Pa 9
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At least Ave modern steamers.
equipped for passenger and cargo traf.
fic, constructed along lines similar to
the vessels now operated in the trans
pacific service by the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha, designed to follow the semi
tropical route and make regular calls
at Honolulu both outward and home
ward. are assured and will 60 into
commission within year, says Fung
Sui, the representative OF company
OF Chinese capitalists, who is on his
way to the mainland 70 close negotia-
tions and place contracts for material
leading to the early completion OF the
fleet Of steamers.
Fung SUI, accompanied by Woo Ii, a
publisher and editor, are through pas
seneers In the Toyo Kisen Kaisha
liner Chiyo Maru for San francisco.
That the Chinese republic has guar,
4nteed i Rnnefoos subEidy TO the COM
nanv now ready to operate freight and
unn1eneer carriers, Was admitted by
the Chinese today Much OF the cap
ital was subscribed In south and cen.
tral China. The vessels will make
Shanghai terminal port The route
may be extended to include visit to
Hongkopg and possibly to Manila.
They are expected to fly the Chinese
flag and viii, with but few exceptions,
carry an entire complement OF Chinese
as officers and crew.
Two steamers are expected to enter
the trade within short time. 1t is
possible that they may be purchased
on the east coast In order to hasten
the development OF business which is
believed 10 give promise Of great ex-
sVansion.
Fung Sui is said to have been COM
missioned to attend to many details
concerning the launching of the new
service.
81 can not say much about my mis-
sion at this time, other than that II Is
to look into the prospect Of maintain
ling line Of at least five vessels. The
capital has been raised in China.
hope to be able to give out more con
corning the project on my return to
the Orient the early part OF Septem.
ber."
The vessels may carry few Euro
pean officers. This much was given
out on the China coast before the
Chiyo Maru had steamed from Shang.
hal
.Honolulu will be a port of call at
least one way" the commissioner said.
Much will depend on the condition
of the freight market and the support
given the new line by shippers OF
China and Japan with cargo intended
for the Hawaiian islands.
The Chinese trade commissioners
and delegates from Chinese chambers
of commerce. who went through Homo
lulu about two months ago, have re
Gently held conferences with bankers
and financiers In the eastern states.
At the time of their visit to New
York a statement TO the effect that
they intended to establish line OF
ships between China and the west
coast of North America was widely
circulated on the mainland, and even
tually met with confirmation from
some of the more influential mem
bers of the party of visitors. FuRg
Sui's mission may be in connection
! with the same project.