The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-17
They Set Aside $4,000 To Make
Up Shortage IN Gross Receipts
Of 100000, Freight and Pas
sengeF, For Five Round Trips
Mr.. THURST0N CARRIES
y! PROPOSITION TO COAST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS May Aban-
don : Freight From Coast,
Making Retention Of Great
Northern StiIl More Desirable
HONOLULU will not see the Hill,
steamer Great Northern depart
from the San Francisco sIand

"ONOLDLU VIII not see the Hi
n steamer Great Northern depart
from the San Francisco .IsIanc
service without an effort to hold her.
A guarantee Of $4,000, to make ~
any shortage in gross receipts of 5000,
900, freight and passenger, for five voy
ages after the sailing from Honolulu
April 4, has. been raised, and a cable
gram was sent to the San Francisco OF
fee Of the Great Northern Paeif,
Steamship Company yesterday after
noon, advising It Of the money being
available. ~ y" = IF'h" tt'H
L. A. Thurston, member Of the promo
tion committee, sailed for San Francis
co in the Great Northern last night Il
represent the promotion committee an
the busi1ess interests Of Ho1olulu tina
raised the guarantee.
Prominent Men Rehand Guarantee
Prominent in the movement for tn,
guarantee were Fred l.. Waldr n, presi
dent of the Hill agents, Fred L. Wal
" on, Ltd; Emil A, Berndt, member OF
the promotion committee; G. G. vO,
Hamm Of the Won Hamm, Young Com
pany, and Mr.. Thurston. Mr.. Won Hamn
did most of the work of active solieita
ton The movement was afoot for /
week. The desired minimum of $685.
was reached about three clock yester
day afternoon, but more signatures will
be solicited, which win reduce the indi
vidual responsibility of the guarantors
There is no intention to increase thu
guarantee. Should $4,000 be attained
for example, each signatory interes.
would be responsible only for its pre-
rata share Of the deficit, which may mo-
exceed a total Of $4,000 and which
may not result at all.
Ono More Round Trip Remains
L.. After the sailing '0f last night, on,
more round trip remains to be made
which will bring the steamer here
M ech 81, with u sailing for San Fran
cisco April 4. Five additional trip
would be for 100 days, as the offer OF
Honolulans calls for continuance o.
the twenty day schedule and not 4
shortening TO sixteen days, which hat
he"n tentatively suggested by Cal E
Stone; general traffic manager, when hi
was discussing the possibility of tn
vessel remaining in this service.
One hundred days would take thu
schedule down to sailing from Homo
mlu July l3. 1t has been accepted tina
the Great Northern would return to thu
Island service next winter, even if sh.
were withdraw this summer. Between
July and December an interval of some
five months must elapse. Plans Of the
workers for the guarantee have not con
s'dered this time. II win be looked af
when it presents itself. The prin
cipal object now is to assure five VOy
ages in addition to the present schedule
All. May Abandon Freight
Un9uestianably an element to be con
sidered is whether the American'Ha
waiian line win transport merchandise
between San Francisco and the Islands
1t IL believed that IL will not. 0rdi
narily about $4,000 tons of general mer
ehandise o year was brought to tn
Islands from New York in All
steamers, and about $4,000 tons and
much lumber from the Sound. Ever
though there might be delay in re-
eeiviRg freight by rail overland, never
theless this amount Of tonnage must b,
loved, and bottoms are necessary fOl
il.
The reason the All. may not at
tempt to handle the freight is that only
two vessels viii remain in the Hawai-
ian San Francisco service for the trans
. portation of the sugar to the Coast foI
shipment by rail to Eartern refneries
These ships, the Texan and Mexican
win handle l3,500-tOn eargoes each vOy
age.
One Sailing . Month
One sailing a month will be neces
sry. As they call Of three and foul
Island ports for each cargo, they viii
have little time TO spare, and might
not, probably will not, accept freight
10 the Islands, preferring to sacrifice
Ihese revenues rather than chance de
laying the sugar movement or be forces
to withdraw Q vessel from the meTa
tive war business for the island trade
The local All. Office has no advice'
as to what may be done.
This statement as to the probabl'
course Of the Az. is not to be take
TO mean that freight laid down at tn,
New York terminal and accepted by thu
company win not be shipped. 1t will
he handled, whether by. all-water o.
rail and water.
Two Cargoos to Be Trans shipped
1t already has been announced tina
the caTgoes Of the HOnolulan and Flo
ridian from New York would be trans
shipped in the Texan. What is mean
is that il is believed that freight othe
than that already accepted by the com
pany will not be carried,