The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-17
WHAT STONE SAYS
WILL GO, ASSERTS
FREDL. WALDRON
Chamber Of Commerce Head,
Back From Coast, Talks Of
Great Northern
LINERS COMING CERTAIN,
VIEW IN OTHER QUARTERS
Departure of Two Officials To-
morrow Declared To Forecast
Clinching Of Deal

Fred L. Waldron, president of the
chamber of commerce, who returned
yesterday in the Matsonia from the
Coast, says he is convinced whatever
recommendation is made to the Great
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
by Cal f. Stone, general traffic man
ager, will be accepted.
Mr.. Stone and G. w. Wiley, marine
superintendent of the company, have
been here a week investigating he sit
uation with the expectation of putting
the steamer Great Northern on the
Honolulu run if conditions warrant.
No Announcement Here
"Of course Mr.. Stone and Mr. Wiley
probably cannot make public their opin
ion on the advisabiity of placing the
Great Northern on the Honolulu run
until they have returned home Mr.,
Waldron said. THAT opinion will be
first disclosed, in all Likelihood, to the
officials of the company"
Mr.. Waldron left Honolulu about
three weeks ago and made a rapid jour.
ney from Victoria, British Columbia,
down the Coast to San Francisco. From
Portland he Travelled to the exposition
city aboard the Great Northern, and
is enthusiastic in praise of the ocean
greyhound s equipment and passenger
accommodations.
Will Increase Business
"Of one thing | feel certain" said
Mr.. WaldrOn. THAT is the coming of
the Great Northern, if it does come,
will not iniuriously cut into the bust
A.
''On the contrary, | am certain it
will increase the passenger traffic, keep
ing the passenger boats now on the
run still with all they can handle. This,
for the reason that the Great Northern
Pacific will tap new passenger fields.
Working in conjunction with the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
railways, its triangular route between
San Francisco, Los Angeles and Homo
lulu, as well rs the route from Portland
to San Francisco, will be advertised ex-
teusively throughout the country. And
hundreds, perhaps thousaGds of the
persons its vessel brings here can, if
they desire, return homeward by way of
the ships Of some other company.
-Slks of Lines Plans
Gas | understand it, the Great
Northern, if placed on the triangular
route, would make the trip from San
Francisco to Los Angeles in q day, and
from Los An"PlPs to Honolulu in four
days and half. She would possibly
require a day at San Francisco and a
day here for discharging and receiving
her passenger and freight loads, and
would touch at this port every sixteen
DAYS
''The Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific ar" Proving very popular on
the Coast run. Anyone who has made
the railway trip from Portland to San
Francisco in the summer knows what
the heat of the Sacramento Valley is
like and how desirable it is to avoid it.
18th" trip on he Great Northern can
J." mad" in rs fast time as by rail, with
the exception of the shasta Limited,
which beats The Great Northern by only
two or tire" hours, SO unless it is a
question of life and death the ocean
trip is the only one TO take, and thus
the Great Northern Pacific liners are
becoming very popular.
Another Angle In Case
Ann;h"r angle of the Great Northern
case developed Yesterday. The follow
i"g statement, in substance, was made
" '""" in close touch with the negotia-
tiOns here of Mr. Stone:
'lf Mr.. Stone returns to San Fran
cisco this week it is a good indication
that arrangements have been made and
" the steamer Great Northern will be put
on the Honolulu run
Shortly aftcrward it was learned that
Mr. Stone and Mr. Wiley would depart
on the Niagara tomorrow for the Coast,
instead of staying another week.
This fits in with the story published
Ia>t week in The Advertiser, in which
"p"rsOns in a position to know were
quoted as saving 1.-The Great Northern
would be put on the Honolulu run"
II is reported also that Mr., Stone
aud Mr.. Wiley have been obtaining
many Hawaiian views with which to
advertise the Islands in the event the
steamer is put on the local run.
Officials Return From Hilo
Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Wiley will confer
at thre"-thirty o'clock this afternoon
with the committee Of fifteen of the
chamber of commerce.
Mr.. Stone aud Mr. Wiley retuTned
yesterday from HiO, where they spent
Sunday seeing Kilauea. Secretary Tay-
Ter Of the Hawaii Promotion Commit,
tee, who accompanied them on their
t'p said the two men were greatly
IL ~ 'sscd with the tourist possibilities
Of -" Island of Hawaii
ri auoa, Mr.. Some thought, could be
advertised ~ much ms the Great North.
en- ndNertIsrs Glacier National Park
j. Nontnna
Ffo Urged AS a Port
Rus ir"ss m"n Of Hilo urged the Off
cia's to irrlude that town AZ a port
% cnlI o. the ma INLAND, Hawaii route,
F"' Mr. Wi'cv said Yesterday their
" no. couId cot le granted a. the dis
tr.nCe u'oclnd .s such an arrangement, it
hcing the d"sirr Of the company to
uuinfaii n fast srhpIuIp