The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-28
Twenty-One Vessels
For Hawaii
Traffic Is Likely
Fifty-one Building and Report
Has 1t That Fourteen More
Than the Seven Already As
signed Will Go To MatSon Line

Twenty one vessels now launched or
to be launched between now and Sep
TENDER is likely to be the appportion
ment to the Island freight and pas
sPngPr service from the new shipping
that il being Quilt on tine Pacific Coast.
The authority on which these figures
can he given is considered excellent
and the announcement that seven yes
sells have already been assigned to the
MatsOn Steam Navigation Company in
dirntr that there is genuine fOunda-
ton for such a hope and probably for
an expectation. 1t is said that prac-
ticnny all Of these vessels will be
placed at the disposal of the Matson
company.
Fifty one Building
Fifty one vessels of the type Of the
seven that have been allotted to the
Matson company are either near to
completion or are TO be completed be
= tween now and the first Of September,
says the report. OF these fifty one, it
is said, twenty one are to go into the
Island trade, it being presumed the
remainder will largely go into other
Pacific trade
Need Is Apparent
With its sugar piIing up steadily
and the visible supply for the next
six months rationed, with a record pack
/ of canned pine and the government 70
curing large quantities of these Cor
army and navy ratiOns, the need for
shipping from here to the mainland
is acute and it's acutPneSs in the end
is sure to win recognition, probably
| has that recognition already, and the
shippers feel that ere long the present
famine in bottoms will have been re
I HCVPd.
Information Lacking
! As vet no definite information as to
! the tonnage of the seven new vessels
, has been received here. The represent
ntivr of the shipping board, even, il
not informed on this point but it is
/ believed they will average 5000 tons
or more and the seven would thus give
q fifty percent increase over that of
! the two Matson Miners last taken to 90
on other runs. On the other hand the
! new vessels are believed not to be
speedy, to be slower than either the
. I.urlinr or the ManOa, and this will
reduce, 10y reason Of fewer voyages,
the apparent large difference in favor
u NE ne" NtSSclS.
Shippers generally believe the report
that Hawaii will secure this large ton
mage and it is evident that fourteen
more vessels Of 5000 tons would bring
al out " speedy solution Of the shipping
difficulties Of the Islnnds.
Ports of Lading
If these vessels are assigned to the
Matscn company, or to some other com
UauN it Will have the effect Of straight
cmlng ont another apparent difficulty
for the harhOr board was Informed at
ITS meeting ON Wednesday that the
SHIPPING bonrd would not assign any
Of the Vessels that it was operating
to Ililu for londIng but would load il
! Honolulu. This would mean shipments
from IlIIo here and shipments from
Maui her" rs we'll, Hdding materially
to- EXPENSE hut worse than that com
prlIuG the plantations ON tn" Other
isIuude to await vacant store house
room ON Tins island before their Sug0I
~ shipped.
J. Announcement of ia" policy Of thr
shipping board not T" "prrntr 'rN9"h
taken from steamship mes ut = al
low the llur, to- nrrr|'" IN is hk"IN
20 have u fur Il r 'nnIn j" the
hight of the assign ny to tn" NnteoI
lime If seven Nr&sr's, aud if the re-
naming are assigned for service II
that line, or some other company o
companies, then the company or com
pnmirs could make such loaAing ar
rnng"m,'mts M might be desired nn'
would undUuhtediv arrange 80 that su
gar need not he shipped from liIlo on
from Maui here.