The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-21
GREAT NORTHERN
] WILL COME, SAYS
PORTLAND PAPER
)regonian Quotes General Man
ager and Gives November
~ ] AS Date y.
HEAD OF LINE ADMITS {.
CHANGES IN PROSPECT
'sserts Winter Schedule May
BE Reduced Thus Bearing
Out Other Statement ~
'sserts Winter Schedule NAV
be Reduced, Thus Bearing
Out Other Statement y,

Under date of September s, the
Portland Oregonian makes the positive
statement that the Great Northern Pa
cifc liner Great Northern will be trans
erred to the Honolulu San Francisco
run about November /. This was print
cd the day Cal y. Stone, general traffic
manager, arrived In Honolulu TO look
over the local field II bears out the
statements made in The Advertiser that
those on the inside believed plans al
ready had been contaminated to place
the steamer on the run. IT,. 49,. ~.
Date Definitely Set w e. -...J'"
"The steamer Great Northern, of the
Great Northern Pacific Steamship Com.
pany's line, will be taken from the
Flnvel-San Francisco run and operated
between San Francisco and Honolulu
about November /, says the Oregon,
IAN. 1.-THE officials of the line admitted
some time ago that the change would
| be made, but il was only recently that
the date was decided upon. e
! "8eneral Manager O. o. jerks an
!, nounced yesterday that the change
| would be only for the winter months,
The steamer being put back on the local
run next summer. tA|....G 81 -.
Goal 4. Stone, general traffic man
ager, and G. w. Wiley, marine superin-
tendent, have gone to Honolulu to ar
range for docking facilities la..,,
Steamers Coming Thought Certain
From the confident tone of the Ore
rouian, it would appear certain, that
the big steamer will come. That it
will be only for the winter months
seems likely, however, not only in view
of statements made here by Mr.. Stone,
but because of special despatch to
the San Francisco Chronicle from Port
4 land, under date of September 0.
On first reading this despatch may
seem to conflict with the first article,
but the qualifying admission of Presi.
dent Gilman that the schedule might
i be reduced during the winter is ex-
actly in keeping with the general be
lief that the ship would come here only
during the colder months.
President Gflman's Statement
The Chronicles despatch follows;
FgaThere is no foundation for persist
ent reports that the liners Northern Pa
cifc and Great Northern are to be
withdrawn from service between
: FIavel and San Francisco, according
to l.. G. Gilman, president of the
, Great Northern Pacific Steamship Com
pany.
"'There is no intention on the part
of the owners Of these Ships said
7 President Gilman, ito abandon this
: route. The steamers will be kept on
5 their present run, as business is high
ly, satisfactory.
0 awe have not yet gone through
8 anv winter We NAV find il neces
sary, when business is light, to re
duce the schedule, but if it should
: he reduced the prescott schedule will
+ he restored in the carly spring. This
: route hos been established perma
nently.
}, Company Doing Good Business
t That the line is doing a fine bust
!, ness is shown by statement that
& during August, the second month of thu
l. three times-a week service of the com
!. pany between the Columbia river ant
9 San Francisco, 5000 passengers wer'
o carried, compared with l3,9O7 for July
t Each of the liners, the Great North
n crn and the Northern Pacific, made 81
o and half round trips, and the aver
+ age number of passengers carried earl
4 trip was 6l9, although the largest sail
y ing list in August was 1856. The numbe
: of passengers carried south in Angus
h was S739, which was 3SS more tha
}. the number of north bound passengers
10 The number of meals furnished to pas
5, sengers last month was 6l,36o.