The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-11
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A.H.C0MPANYf6R
ABANDONING THEM
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Directors Of Chamber Of Com
meroe Condemn Withdrawal f
Atlantic Coast Service
PROTEST MAY BE MADE
AGAINST ACTION TAKEN
Speaking For Sugar Factors, &.
D. Tenuey Tells Why Carriers
ouli Hawai- Trade
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The meeting Of the directors Of the.
chamber ofieemmerce yeakeniny rssols.
ed itself into q Matson Nanieaaion Com
pany love feast before Adjournment md
the action sof the AmefieanIIawniiar
line IN withdrawing ,its csteamess from
the handing Of westward bound frciahs.
by thelafssater ronts was,rou,elly eons
demneda, ssf seese ~. .,ssd s5s.
A tHhute 10 the fair treatment ac.'
corded thesIherehants of the Islands
by Capt. William Madison was paid 10
him by J. +, g. Haenns of Hs Hackfeld
& Co, andtoh mosion it wasB ordesed
spread upon the minutes and she .shore,
tary directed TO sendsa letter To Maison
informing him Of the action Of the
The discussion Of the withdrawal of
the AmeFicars Hawaiian steamers was
brought shout by the snaRestion that
the chamber lodge a protest. with the
company against its aeti1ns Mr.. fIas
igens sqid for the benefit Of those pres.
emit that the afno0neetnent from New
York that the nteamers would be with,
drawn FROM the Wesiward freight .seF,
vice came as saegrent surprise and was.
in the nature of an tilltimatilpl. AZ
scheme should ~ fthppght, ont to pro
vide against a roenErence,of The seriqus'
condition which confronted the Islends.i
Whore Shoe Pinches fspess,t b. F.lss.y
Z. HI RarlF iapHsested that the cham,
Der should 80 ON record q. ,yoieing dis
approval fthot ,slieh conditions should
exist, IT was n very bad situation h.
wake up and find that contracts had
neen abrogated. 1t would have q gen
al trend to advance the prices of
any goods in the market, especially
ygoods, shoes and hardware. Tn
estbound freight was where the sho.
pinched as theieastbound freight con
tracts would be protected.
4 - ~ ID Z Tenney, IN spealing4 for the
Sugar Factors, said that there were nc
contrncturai relations between the com.
pany and the factors regarding west
ward freight and that the Factors would
be hit MS hard as anyone else here. The
contract between the parties on east
bound freight would be carried out and
SO there was no comeback in that direc,l
ton. ,3is
4 Mr. Tenney then went into the rea.
I sons for the withdrawal of the vessels
from the Hawaiian trade. He said
! that steamers were at a premium and
that the sky was the limit of freight
rates, especially in the Atlantic. He
told Of a Hind, Rolph & Co. vessel
I, which had recently been launched and
j sold three times since at an advance
each time of 100000 over the pre-
vioDs sale price, She was now loading
at or had just left the Sound with a
! cargo for the United Kingdom at a.
! rate Of thirty nine dollars q, ton net.
/ The general freight agent OF the
China Mail line had informed Mr.. Ten
ney. that ,his vessels were receiving
forty dollars a ton to China and it was
net reasonable to expect, that the Am
erican- Hawaiian boats should be kept
in the service between the East and
i Hawaii and California when they could
command such freights as they were
being offered. ma 4. =. ~ 3,
1 Matson Turns Down Fortune
He spoke of the proposition made I,
the MatsOn folk TO charter the Lurline
for a trip to Japan and return at TWEEN
Ety.fve dollars a ton both ways. Thiii
would have meant an earning Of S40O,
900 for the trip by the vessel but II
was decided to keep her on her regula
RIM at from three dollars to four dol
lars a ton rather than t. desert the
/ Hawaiian trade. E5l
4 President Maldron said that he had
been quoted q figure Of eighteen dollart
band fifty cents "a ton ON freight from
i Vancouver to Honolulu on the boats of
1.-THE Canadian-Anstralasia line.
Abe Lewis, Jr., was of the opinion
that steamers were as vital . question
as any other in Hawaii and that as
Hawaii was only to be served in the
way of communication with the main
land by water il should take up the
] matter of it own transportation by its
own companies. 1t would then be bet.
/, tsr off. A protest fred at the Am,
! erican Hawaiian, company would have
no. effect ut all. The company had sought
business here and there was mora
4 and business obligation In existence
which the company might feel later.
4 On motion of Mr.. Hagens, seconded
-by +. l., Spalding, a vote of commenda-
| ton was given Captain Matspn and the
Ematter Of the protest against the action
of the American Hawaiian company was
refei red to the committee on trade com.