The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-17
New Hill Steamship
MayCome To Hawaii
Coast Paper States
Letter Of H. P. Wood Ahlrmed BY
Article In Journal Of
Commerce

San Francisco press reports, received
yeVteEday,- state that n new service TO
the Islahdsrby either the Great North,
ern or Northern Pacific, of the Great
Northern PaciRc, the Hill line, Is
planned, thus affirming news sent here
by letter from II. p. Wood in, San
Francisco.
One ON Coast Run i.
"a radical change in the service of
the Great Northern Pacific Steamship
Company is being contemplated and
if the present plans of the company 3
officials are carried out, at least one
of the giant turbiners, Great Northern
and Northern Pacific, will be operating
between the Pacific Coast and the Ha.
waiian Islands before the end of this
year, says the Journal of Commerce.
- A four and onehalf day service will
be maintained between San Francisco
and Honolulu.
1.-The steamship company, however,
intends to keep one of the vessels on
the Coast run The vessel will max
San Pedro it's southern terminus as an
intermediate port of call, instead of
operating between the Golden Gate and
the Columbia River only.
Leave From San Pedro
"The' liner in the San Francisco.
Honolulu service, will take her de-
parture from this port and after call.
ing at San Pedro, will proceed direct to
the Islands, making the trip from the
Southern California port In four and a
half days. On the return trip, the
liner will come to San Francisco direct
and passengers bOAnd for the south will
be transferred to the steamer plying in
the Coast trade. In this way, the Great
Northern Pacific Company will supply
service much faster than can be fur
nished by any other company in the
island trade.
Hawaii will welcome such a quick
passenger and freight service, and the
success of the plan is assured, accord
ing to a prominent island resident now
in San Francisco.
Can Not Handle All
"lf the Pacific Mail steamers are
withdrawn from the island trade, Mat
son and Oceanic liners, will have to
handle the entire traffic, and it is
POINTED out that these vessels, in spite
of their large passenger aecommoda-
tions, will not be able to take care of
all the passenger and freight business. /"
The Pacific Mail steamers now have
been withdrawn, of course. H.s e.. .
shipping men here are divided in
their opinions as TO whether one Of the
big ships would pay. They carry 300
and 400 passengers on the Coast run
on each trip, The question is whether
they could get that many to and from
the Islands each trip. No steamer has
taken that many, but mo steamer has
h"' SPacGifOr that many except pos,
sihly On very rare occasions. II is true,
too that the withdrawal of the FIVE Pa
ci6c Mail steamers means the loss of an
average of two steamers to the Coast
and two from the Coast eakh month, not
counting the Persia and Nile, whose
future is uncertain. Mr.. Wood 3 let.
tor said that the service would be two
trips each month, and this would bal.
anre almost exactly the loss of the FIVE
Pacific Mail steamers as to number of
sailimrs,
II also is Internationally true that
III" fast shims making runs Of four and
ene-half and Ave days, would get bust
ness that how goes to the slower yes
sells.