The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-17
GREAT NORTHERN
! FAILS TO secure
CARGOGUARANTEE
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I Traffic Manager Stone Sails For
n Coast Without Definite As
Surances Of Freight
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WHETHER STEAMER WILL
s> COME UP TO COMPANY
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Executives To Meet In Portland
Next Thursday and Decide
4 III important Matter

Executives Of the Great Northern
Pacific Steamship Company will meet
in Portland next Thursday and decide
whether to put the steamship Great
Northern on the Honolulu run. This
as announced by Cal E. Stone, gen
al traffic manager Of the company,
Just before he departed for the Coast
in the Niagara last night d
Mr.. Stone had been here ten days
seeking a guarantee of freight for the
Great Northern. He failed to obtain
guarantee, he said. Consequently II
the guarantee is not made before
Thursday it is considered probable the
Great Northern will not come here.
Mr.. Stone was asked whether 1t was
likely the steamer would be put on this
run without guarantee, depending
only on what freight she could pick up.
Came Only To Investigate
81 cannot say" he replied. "I
have no authority to say anything def
mite. Ny trip here has been one Of
investigation. / will report to the Off
Gals of the line that no guarantee was
offered to me. The decision is then up
to them"
Another view of the Great Northern
situation, given in other quarters yes
terday, was that there is a possibility
that negotiations are already in prog
ress between other executives Of the
Great Northern Pacific than Mr. Stone,
with the sugar interests here. 1t was
said also that the matter of freight
was not as important as is said
Freight or no freight, the Great
Northern will be put on this run if
the heads of the line think they can
do the passenger business they are
after,' it was declared. g Ballast
will hold the ship in the water. Rut IL
the company can get the freight 1t will
mean between $4,000 and 500, 900
more revenue year.
Nobody Has Authority
In a final attempt to obtain the
guarantee, A. l.. Castle, chairman of
the subcommittee of Ave OF the
chamber of commerce, called upon the
various sugar shipping firms yesterday
afternoon. He was told there was no
Dre connected with the firms at present
in Honolulu who could negotiate con,
tracts. All the heads of the firms are
at San Francisco arranging contracts
for the ensuing year.
Mr.. Castle was told, however, that
the executives would be informed Of
the situation and that it would then be
possible for them to take it up with the
Great Northern Pacific Company on
the Coast if they so desired.
Mr. Castle s efforts followed a futile
meeting in the morning at the cham.
Der of commerce Offices between repre-
scntatives of the sugar interests and
Mr. Stone. The meeting had been ar
ranged by the committee of fifteen in
the hope of obtaining the freight guar
antee for Mr.. Stone before his dc
Parture.
Considerable Pineapple Freight
The only Indication of an offer OF
freight was made by men who repre-
sent the pineapple industry. J. D
DoIe, president of the Hawaiian Pine
apple Company, and F. w. Macfar
lpne, president of Libby. Mcneil &
Libby of Honolulu, said they though
there would be considerable pineapple
freight available for the Great North
ern, but they could not say how much
Richard Ivers, secretary of c. Brewe
b Co.. said: "There is no sugar il
November and December. The littl
that goes is needed by the other YES
sells. The Great Northern could no
get sugar in those two months. Mr.
Stone has come here at a most inoppOr
tune time. 1t il not to be supposed
that any sugar agencies would set t.
work deliberately TO boycott the Grea
Northern or any other steamer If the.
were at liberty to give the freight
Some Freight At Hilo
+. II. Wodehouse of Theo. H, DaEie
& Co., asked if the Great Norther
would go to Hilo and WAS told sue
was not the intention. Mr.. WOdehous
then said all the sugar handled by hi
company was shipped direct from HilG
He added his company could furnis
the Great Northern with freight if sh
were to make Hilo, 81, ~
W. II. McInerney called attention t
the fact that Mr.. Stone proposed t
spend $50, 900 for advertising the GTea
Northern the first six months if it wer
put on this run. He added that wa
as much as the Hawaii Promotion Con
nittee had spent in three years. VI
der the circumstances, he said, it woul
be almost criminal not to meet tn
guarantee,
D, L. Wilmington then proposed Pu
ting the freight guarantee in tn
hands of the committee of five, an
the result Of the interview G
Mr., Castle in the afternoon, in whic
he was Informed that only the rePr
s"ntatives of the various concerns O
the Coast were empowered to maxi