Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-08
Stone COMING TO
'fRYFORPART0 Of
SUGAR BUSINESS
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Waldron today in making public the
news of Mr.. Stones coming to Homo
lulu. ..:
May cinch Both Vessels.
THE present situation may bring
about the possibility of putting both
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific on the Honolulu run"
Mr.. Waldron added that Mr.. Stone,
on arriving here, will at once take up
the sugar-shipping question, and make
| d strenuous effort to get share OF
this freight business for his line. AL.
though the letter was written week
ago in San Francisco. it is believed
| Mr.. Stone had inside" information as
to the reported negotiations between
the Sugar Factors and the American
Hawaiian, and wants to be on the
| ground here to see for himself the
chances his line stands for sugar bust
ness.
From the MISUNDERSTANDING New
York office comes ratification of re-
ports that negotiations are concluded
| between the Sugar Factors Of Hawaii
and the Americana Hawaiian Steamship
Company, by which the former would
release the steamer line from it's sug.
ar freighting contract to the east
| coast to allow ii to engage in trans
Atlantic war trade" the American
Hawaiian to assume the difference in
the cost of transporting the local
sugar crop overland from San Francis
CO to the Atlantic seaboard.
Morse Not Advised Yet.
| When seen today at the American
Hawaiian's local office, C. p. Morse,
general freight agent here for the
company, said he has received no ad-
vices from the New York office, and
could not state whether the deal has
been successfully concluded or not.
There have been absolutely no ne.
gotiations through this office" he
said. Whatever has been going on
has been between our New York office
and the Sugar Factors representatives
there. We have had no advices con-
corning even preliminary negotiations
As soon as the company is in posi-
ton to make an announcement 1t will
be made in the press and by circu.
lar" .-~. -
Mr.. MorSe said the American.
Hawaiian can take care of the sugar
shipping situation satisfactorily with
three boats on the run between here
and the coast. He said he could not
say what boats would be retained in
this service.
Four Take Huge Tonnage.
"The Arizonan, Alaskan, Mexican
and Columbian can carry II, 500 tons
of sugar EACH" he added, land the
smaller boats, the Ohioan, now at Hilo
and about ready to sail; the Panaman,
the Minnesotan, Dakotan and Iowan
have room for $500 tons EACH
As q result of the negotiations the
| ohioan will be held here until ad.
vices are received from the New York
office. IL these confirm the deal, the
Ohioan will be the first boat to begin
carrying island sugar to San Francis.
co, for shipment overland by rail. She
was scheduled to make the journey
via the Straits Of Magellan to New
York. The Ohioan was due to leave
Hilo tomorrow, but will be held fol-
olders.
| The negotiations conducted in New
York call for American-Hawaiian
steamers to be Withdrawn from ser
/ vice between New York and the
islands, via Magellan, to be put In the
Transatlantic trade, except three
steamers, which will carry sugar from
the islands to San Francisco for re
shipment by rail to eastern refineries
& The AmericansHawaiian's present con
tract with the Sugar Factors calls fol
transportation to the eastern seaboard
OF 100000 tons of sugar during the
year.
| I'VE are handling all the sugar we
can at present." said John H. Drew
manager of the shipping department Of
Castle & Cooke, Ltd, Matson agents
here, today. Eve now carry 800. OOt
tons from here to the coast, in the
shipping season, December to july o1
August. We don't interfere with any
Observation-Disclosures contracts"
Details Of the new Sugar Factors
and Observation-Disclosures agreement
about to be closed, are not yet avail
able, but 1t is believed that the ship
ping company will make such ar
rangements that the sugar shippers
| Will not suffer. The American-Hawaf
ian, though it viii have to pay heavy
transcontinental freight charges, will
count on more than recovering that
1 expenditure by the high tonnage rates
II VIII secure for the IL ships to be
/ withdrawn when they are chartered
to the Entente Allies for transporting
war supplies to Europe.
| Local merchants Will be the ones
to suffer- for there may be a result
ant congestion of freight, and is al
most certain to be higher freight
charge on goods brought to Hawaii
overland by railroad to San Francisco
than on freight brought around Magel
Ian or BY way Of Panama.