The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-14

l. 10 urge definite action In securing
the granting of six.months permits 10
steamers of the Togo Kisen Kaisha line
for the purpose of carrying passengers
between Honolulu and San Francisco,
w. II. Avery, an official of the com
phny, who is now in Honolulu, win
leave presently for Washington 'to lay
the needs of the shipping situation with
! reference TO travel in the Pacific and
| particularly between the Coast and Ia.
wall, before the Federal shipping
! Board. and will hold conferences with
the heads Of the Board to clarity the
tonnage situation in order TO bring re-
lief to the travelling puolic. .s
This was stated at n meeting of the
board of directors of the Honolulu
Chamber OF Commerce yesterday, where
the statement was also made bv r. II.
Petrie, secretary of Castle & Cooke,
local representative of the r. X. X.
line, that in a recent conversation with
Mr.. Avery on this subject, Mr. Avery
had stated that unless all restrictions
were removed, his line could not enter
into the .coastwise trade with Hawaii
at all. sa E. ~,
Steamship Accommodations
The steamship accommodations re-
quired for Hawaii, as outlined in n
letter from the promotion committee
to George Mex. Mcclellan, the, cham,
hers representative at Washington,
were considered at the meeting, and
the chamber voted TO have Mcclellan
Immediately take up at Washington as
feature of the utmost vital import
ance to the Islands, the necessity for
giving Hawaii adequate sea tonnage
for travel purposes. ..>.... .s.rJTE
This was amended to include, also,
the carrying Of perishabie goods from
San Francisco to Honolulu, and vice
versa. II was agreed that the through
foreign lines could NOT undertake TO
carry much coast freight for HonOlulu,
as space on Japanese vessels, partieu-
larry, Is taken up almost exclusively by
japan shippers.
Based upon the promotion committee
letter, which included a compilation of
passenger accommodations actually
used in foreign vessels calling at Ho.
nolulu, and the accommodations that
could be used between San Francisco
and Honolulu, provided permits were
granted by the shipping board to such
steamers, the directors, by unanimous
vote, decided to cable Mr.. Mcclellan,
now in San Francisco, to commence a
campaign to have permit privileges is
sued. The message forwarded last
night by7Secretary Brown, follows:
Board of directors approve (pro-
motion committee plan); use every
endeavor Shipping Board secure Togo
Kisen Kaisha coastwise trade, both pas.
sengers and perishable freights, S
Mr.. Mcclellan will confer today with
Captain Pillsbury, representative of
the shipping board at San Francisco,
who has frequently visited Hawaii and
is conversant with Island shipping con
ditiOns and requirements, and who may
be able to assist Mr.. Mcclellan in Sc
curing the permits.
Unused Room
The promotion committee letter,
which was addressed to Mr.. Mcclellan
before he left the Islands en- route to
Washington, elaborated on travel sta
tisties between San Francisco and Hos
nolulu. The data showed that it was
realized, locally, that tonnage was be-
ing taken out of the Pacific for good
and sufficient war reasons, but at the
same time mainland people still planned
to spend their vacations away from
home and, being unable to come to Ha-
wall because of the disturbance of
steamer conditions, w"re now travelling
to Florida and other competitive points.
The committee said, also, that many
foreign steamers were passing through
Honolulu, to and from the Coast, with
a. rOmmOdatiOns for passengers, but un-
filed from here. Several steamers were
mentioned as travelling with light lists
of passengers and large passenger ac.
cOmmOdations untaken, as for instance,
the Siberia Maru with room for eighty
additional persons; Nippon Maru, sixty
six; Venezuela, seventy nine; Colombia,
ffty.siX; Niagara, one hundred eight.
The total of these untaken accOmmoda.
tions indicated that about $50 persons
could have been accommodated out of
here, eastbOund, and 400, westbound.
Six Month Permits ..s..L.
1t was pointed out that under the
provisions Of the shipping board regu-
latiOns, permits are given for single
voyages, but often without sufficient