Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-22
MORE SHIPS To
RUN To GREAT
Oriental PORT

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, August IL.
The importance 0. the port OF San
Francisco in the trade with the Far
East was recognized yesterday by
tIC announcement Of the Bank Line
Transport COMPANY, rev cOrL"a-
ton. that a sorvlre had been estab-
lished between thIS port aud Calcutta,
india. AS the nucleus of large fleet,
two 1000-tOn carriers have been &C
CURED by the company. The corpora
ton is an American institution, AL
though 1t is Understood British CAPT
tai OF practically unlimited amount
- back Of the enterprise.
Three week ago the Pacific Nail
Steamship company established the
FIRST service out Of this pert to the
fAraway Oriental city on the Gar ges.
The Pacific Mil has three large ships
o!.r"atinG.
The Bank Line Transport company
Is the owner Of the Dutch steamships
CmOiin and Van Overstraten. Nego-
tiations for other vessels are said to
be under way The Ombilin is now
on the way from Calcutta to this
port with a capacity cargo Of gunry
sacks. rubber and hemp. TIE Van
Overstraten, it is said, will load in
September with a similar cargo. Tho
Ombilin is OF 1895 net tonnage and
carries between 1000 and 5000 tons of
freight
simply failing to return by sailing
time Three Of them returned after
the snip had been neld for half an
hour, but they refused to board the
vessel until all the others had been
rounded up. This was finally &C.
complished by the patrol wagon and
the Makura got away for Vancouver
few minutes before 3 o'clock. She
was scheduled to sail at o'clock.
A 15OO-ton hopper barge and a tow
vessel recently completed at the gov.
eminent dockyards at Newcastle, N.
S. W., may be used at the proposed
coaling station to be installed at Fan.
ming island. Through the non-receipt
Of machinery, the work Of building
the vessels and coal conveying plant
was greatly delayed. At the launch.
ing of these vessels a few weeks ago
it was stated by the minister Of ma.
rine that unless strikes and labor
trouble did not cease at Australian
ports shipping would receive a severe
blow from which it would be long in
recovering.
The general shortage OF labor in
the shipyards over the United States
is also felt at Honolulu and the Pearl
Harbor naval station, where a large
amount of repair work as we'll as new
construction is under way. Measures
will doubtless be taken to prevent
mainland shipyards from enticing
workers from these yards by the in
ducement of higher wages. A COM
mittee has been named to consider
the question, whose duties may in.
clude the draft of a new wage scale.
Skilled workmen may be brought here
from the coast o. the United States
to fill existing vacancies.
Under present arrangements firms
or individuals exporting to the ORR
ent through Honolulu or Hilo must
apply for a license from the agent of
the department Of commerce station
ed in New York City. In the opinion
OF exporters, the plan will tend to
hamper and delay shipments of scrap
iron and like commodities through
these ports, II such shipments are to
be all permitted. The application to
make shipment must be sent to New
York. If the authorities there have
any doubt the application must be
forwarded to Washington for final de-
cision. Heretofore a shipment from
Honolulu to Japanese ports was de-
spatched every 30 days.