The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-04
{. A. Thurston Reports Partial
Success In His Coast Trip For
Conferences With Pres. Gilman
Of Great Northern Pacific
MECHANICAL BARS
TO SERVICE NOW
But Islands Win Receive Benefit
Of $4,000 Spent In Advertis-
ing Preparatory To Return
Of Liners Next November

The appreciation shown by the bust
ness men of the Territory of the tour
ist service provided for Hawaii during
the winter by the Great Northern Paci
&C Steamship Company, when they sent
Aa%e-sonal representative to the Coast
with the offer of cash guarantee TO
IA continuation Of the service, has har
an excellent effect upon the officials OF
The company and has altogether wiped
out the impression held by them thai
this community did not realize all thai
the San Franeisco-San Pedro Honolulu
service meant. IT,. ..
~ This is the report brought back by
q. A. Thurston, who represented the
community in the recent conferences Oh
the Coast with L. c. Gilman, president
II the Great Northern Pacific. Mr.
Thurston returned from his'mission yes
terday and has already made his re,
port ito Chairman E. A. Berndt Of the
Fromotion committee. Thiss report
states that there were insuperable OBJ
stacles in the way Of continuation OF
the service now, but that his presenta'
ition to President Gilman of the facts
regarding the feeling in Hawaii has
made II certain that the service will
be resumed, probably in November
while the Islands are to be very exten'
sively advertised in anticipation Of
this resumption of service.
J Mr.. Thurston 5 report to Chairman
Berndt, in full, Is:
tfTha ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aarlv In March
that the s. 8. Great Northern would
discontinue the Hawaiian run after the
trip leaving San Francisco March Path
came as surprise and a disappoint
ment, as il had been understood that
the service would continue into April
and there had been a strong hope that
Il would be continued throughout the
wear; In conformity with the adage
that blessings brighten as they take
their eight realizing sense of what
the Great Northern service meant Ia
the Islands, and the magnitude of the
loss involved in its withdrawal was
brought home to the community with
fomething like a shock.
sfThe question Immediately came to
The front rs to whether something
Gould not be done TO secure a confirm.
ance Of me service, -
Civic Bodies Act
In pursuance of this thought OIL
March 18Th the Hawaiian Promotion
Committee adopted a resolution to the
effect that an effort should be made
20 secure the continuance of the steam.
ef Great Northern on the Hawaiian
run, and further recommended the
of nj col 20
Interview the Great Northern authori-
. ties upon the subject. This resolution
Was ratified at the regular annual meet
ing Of the Chamber of Commerce, held
inter- ON the same day.
Guarantee Of $25 900
1.-THE pursuance of the object above
set forth, pledge of support to the
steamer was circulated for signature
among the business men and firms of
Honolulu on the fifteenth and sixteenth
Of March. The terms of this pledge
were. in substance that the pledgors
agreed to guarantee, to the amount res
pectively signed for by each, up to
5000 per trip, that the gross receipts
Of the steamship company would aver
age not less than $40 900 per trip, fol
che FIVE round trips next succeeding the
present schedule. -,
"That is to say, if the Great North
ern Pacific s. s. Company would con
tinue TO run one of their steamers ia
Hawaii for Ave additional round trips
~ the route. and time schedule here
to fore in operation, the pledgors qua
ranteed to the gross amount of $25 BOO;
that the gross receipts of the company
for the five trips would come to moi
less than 100000; the effect being that
II the company's receipts for such fivt
round trips amounted to the gross sun
Of 100000, no liability would attach
to the pledgors. If, however, such
gross receipts amounted to only $175,,
ono, or less the pledgers would pay thu
entire amount of the guarantee.
If such gross receipts were moro
than tl75,000 and less than 100000
then and in such case the pledgori
Mould each be liable, pro rata, to make
Mp the deficiency. In order to simplify
Hil fConeluded from Page 81
the tranfactiOn, so far as the steam
ship company was concerned, a direct
I3edge for the full amount was made
~ y e0,rpahy. by the Fred L. Wal
dfOn CO., Ltd, the subscribers guaTan
teeing the Waldron Co., aOain"' loss.
Hrrmrt Subscription Of Proposed
Amount
pfeara~ - tko r-""o~,d o'oo''-'
we're promptly volunteered. to thu
amount of $39,750 by the following
named Subscribers:
The exeess Of pledges over $4,000
has the effect of pro rata reducing the
liability Of each pledgor.