Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-31
MAY
SEE HILL ship |:
IN PORT AGAIN
Stone Asks Guarantee of $40,-
600 for Each of Two Trips
Before December Sailing

) That the Hill liner Great Northern
will. be placed on the triangular run
| between San Francisco. San Pedro
! and Hawaii in November or December,
whether any bonus from Honolulu bust
nessmen is forthcoming or not, IS the
outstanding fact apparent today as the
result OF what Cal Stone. general
! traffic manager of the Great North.
ern Pacific Steamship Company, told
| Lorr:n A. Thurston. Promotion Com
mittee representative. in San Francis
co at the conference between Lorrin
Thurston, Cal Stone and Presi-
dent Gilman, and what Stone told Pur-
ser John S. Ford of the Great North
ern a few days later.
Mr., Stone and Mr.. Gilman told me
at our conference that if the people
here are willing to guarantee $4,000
each trip, for two trips in November,
they would put the Great Northern on
the island run that month, but that
unless the guarantee was made, the
liner would not resume the Hawaiian
service until December" says Mr.
Thurston He made this statement
few minutes after coming ashore from
the Great Northern this morning.
Has Brighter Prospect.
Comes now John S. Ford, purser of
the Great Northern, and adds another
and more encouraging angle to the
situation. r.. --@
mir. Stone told me in San Francisco
before We left says Mr. Ford today,
that the Honolulu service would be-
gin again November l.; and that the
company will start advertising that
date now" .-.#:.,. -. =.
Here is what Capt. A. Amman, CON-
mandar of the Great Northern, says
relative to the situation: Il would not
be bit surprised to see the Great
Northern put back on the Hilo-Hono-
lulu run a great deal sooner than
most people are looking for
j w. P. Metzler. official chaperone''
Of the liner, says he is positive the
Great Northern would not have been
taken off the triangular run until fall.
had it not been imperative to put in
bigger water tanks and make such,
other changes as are necessary for the
longer voyages to the islands. .,
Built for Short Run.
The Great Northern was designed
for the short run between San Fran
cisco and ,F'layeI (Portland) and the
seven trips made to Honolulu have
shown that these changes are neces-
sary.
THE Great Northern Pacific Steam
ship Company's officials were very
much pleased at Horolulu's $4,000
guarantee says Mr.. Thurston, land
said it shows this city wants to keep
the liner on. Z.
sThey were rather doubtful that it
would pay to put the Great Northern
back on the island run in November,
ahead of the tourist season, and for
that reason, made me the proposition
that If the people here would gnaran-
tee 100000 for two trips in November.
making $4,000 necessary for the two.
sailings, they will put the boat on in
that month
Season Satisfactory.
"On their frs. VOYAGE, leaving San
Francisco November rs, they told me
they lost money. On 1.-THE next trip
they broke even, and after that the
ship paid well. On the whole, they
say the season has been satisfactory
one. ~.
They told me they would begin adj
vertising Immediately as beginning
sailings November l, and if the guar
antee is not pledged, the service will
not be resumed until the first week in
December, continuing until the last
week in March and Latch if sufficient
business develops" 49, ... l.I