Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-06
OCEANIC SHIPS
WILL take MAIL
TOCOAST AGAIN
Contract Which Puts Sierra on
Run to Aus StFalia Marked BY
Patching pf New Peace
PAG0 PAGo I'LL HAVE
CALLS On BOTH RUNS
Three Vessels Win Make Stops
at Samoa Oh North and South
Bound Trips Hereafter

The "Loycottf OF the Oceanic Steam
ship Company bn United States mail
consigned from Honolulu to the main.
land has been lifted and the United
States postal department has conceded
10 the company|its claim for the right
to carry mail both ways from Pago
Pago, ACCORDING TO information re-
eeiyed today.
The same md u brought word that
the Sierra Is thI third boat mentioned
In recent ASS &ciated Press despatch
which stated tat the postal depart
ment has granIed q subsidy TO the
company for third steamer In the
Sydney-San francisco service. The
sailing schedule also arrived today
and 1t calls for the departure Of the
Sierra from San Francisco f0r aonOlu-
III, Pago Pago and Sydney on Novem-
Der z, arriving here on November Is.
tPago Pago on November 20 and sgd.
ney on Novembef %. Retnrning she
will leave SylneF on December 5, call
at Pago Pag0 on December III, arrive
at Honolulu ON December is and San
Francisco on december q.
The Ventura and the SonOma, the
other Oceanic steamers, also viii call
at Pago Pago on both the going and
coming trips. Heretofore they have
called on the downward trip only at
the Samoan pOTl. The Oceanic COM
panysseSeral moRths ago declared that
their old coiifraet called for . stop at
Pago Pago on 10Th trips and when.
the government refused to recognize
this. the company: N retaliation. re-
fused to carry mail from Honolulu 70.
Sam Efaneiseo On the Ventura and So
sholaa Now That the government has
conceded to the company fits point re-
gaIdihg the back call at Pag0 Pago.
mail service on the Ventura and the
ScnOma from this port to the coast
is expected to be resumed.
Whether or not the Sonoma on:
Thursday will be the first of the
steamers to- resume carrying mail
from Honolulu to the coast is not
known. Postmaster Young has not
been notifed andI unless cabled 0fti-|
cially from Washington. the Sonoma
win not be given mail on this trip.
The Sierra Is now at Hunters Point.
flrydock being fitted for the longer run.
1t Is not known whether or not q
steamer will be added to the Oceanic
line to take the local run formerly
taken by the Sierra.
Officers Of the Oceanic liner Ven
tura, ON arrival In Honolulu from San
Francisco this morning, voiced their
approval Of the new schedule which
calls for stops by the Ventura, the So
nOma and the Sierra ct Pago Pag0 on
both the downward and the homeward
voyages hereafter.
The news was received by the ships
officers Just before the Ventura left
San Francisco six days ago, but It
had been rumored for several weeks
that. the change was TO be made. The
old crew OF the Sierra will be retained,
1t is reported, when the steamer goes
into service again November Z, on
which date she departs from San
Francisco. There will be one yacan.
cy in the official staff, however, the
ship surgeon having resigned and
probably is now serving In the British
corps in the Dardanelles.
The steamer docked about 1920 this
and. departed this afternoon
for Pago Pago and Sydney. She
brought I75 passeng gers. many Of whom
were returning school teachers. For
the first time in many months, the
Ventura carried second class passen-
gers here She had eight of these for
Honolulu. A rule of the company for.
bids selling second cabin tickets be-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco on
all its steamers. The first cabin was
full on leaving San Francisco