The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-15
MORSE TELLS WHY :.
. COMPANY HAsQUIT
General Freight Agent Says Am
eFican-Hawaiian viii Resume
When Canal Opens

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In formal statement issued yester-
day, c. p. Morse, general freight agent
of the American. Hawaiian Steamship
company, reiterated the belief, ex-
pressed informally by shipping men
during the last week, that the All
steamers would resume the regular ten
day service between the Islands ami
New York via the Panama Canal as
sopn as the Canal was tbopened to
business. In the statement Mr.. Morse
said that the cause of the discontinN-
nnee of traffic between the Atlantic
and Pacific was the closing of the
Canal, which made IL impossible to
move the sugar crop via Magellan
within a reasonable period. He also
referred to the inability of the An
to get proper cargoes out of New York,
on account of the embargOes of East
sTn railroads, as a factor.
New Schedule Received
8dvices received at the local Office
| gave inlS revised HcnPUulp
for All sailings:
Mexican: Leave New York January
/ !; arrive San Diego February q; San
Pedro February %; San Francisco
February 20; Seattle March 3; Homo
lulu March 10.
Honolulan: Leave New York Japu-
ary l3; arrive San Pedro March 5;
San Francisco March s; Portland
March 10; Honolulu April, ,.
Georgian: Leave New York Janu-
airy 20; aTive San Pedro March 81;
San Francisco March "a; Honolulu
April IS.
Floridan: Leave New York Febru-
"ary Iii arrive San Pedro April 3; San
Francisco April 8; Honolulu April 80.
! The Georgian and Floridan are sched-
uled to sail from San Francisco direct
for Honolulu, not calling at Portland
or Puget Sound. These saiings are
in addition to those of the Alaskan and
Kentuckian.
As TO the Shippers
| , The notice from the New York Of
Ace, dated February 3, said that the
Floridan was almost fully engaged and
would be so by sailing time, so thai
shippers were notified that all carload
shipments for which space had mot
been engaged and accepted by the
company to 90 forward by the FlOridan
and all less than carload lots that
could not reach the pier by seven
% clock in the morning of February 10,
ihould not be allowed to leave point
Of origin for shipment except at the
shipper risk, expense and inconven.
fence. This notice said the FlOridan
1 would. be the last sailing. ,.t .
4 Mr.. Morse's statement follows,
"In view of the many reports that
week regarding the action of the Amer
can-Hawaiian Steamship company in
Withdrawing its steamers from the
New York Hawaiian Islands service,
feel that an explanation Of conditions
brought about by causes beyond the
I company's control should be made al
this time so that its action may b.
properly understood.
i GAS the company's plans for hand
hing the 1916 sugar crop Contemplate
that the Canal would be re-Opened by
February or March of this year at tn,
latest, its feet was distributed accord
ingly; but, as the latest reliable al
vices are that the, Canal win not b'
opened until July or August, the com
| pany realized that it could not NOV,
i the sugar crop with available steamer
within a reasonable period via thu
Straits of Magellan, and accOrdinsly
proposed to the sugar people that thu
sugars be shipped overland via Sal
Francisco.
Embargo a Factor
"On account of an embargo by East
ern railroads against oil freight from
interior points to New York, the com
, pany has been unable to load it's yes
sells at New York condition wei
understood by importers-and as thcr
are no indications that this embarg
3 will be lifted in the near future, an
) considering the inability of the Com
pany to move the sugars via Magella
as stated above, the company relu"
r family was compelled to abandon tn
D New York Hawaiian Island service.
D "The fact that it is now realize
I locally that prices of many articles o
+ merchandise win have to be material
Increased on account of same havln
3 to be shipped overland, shows that thl
( company has always charged a fai
l rate for its service not a rate on tn
J. basis of all the traffic would bear.
'"With the re-opening of the Pana
4 ma Canal and return Of normal cond
Y lions this community may expect
o resumption of the New York Hawalia
g Island service"
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