The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-01

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In the announcement regarding the
governments plan TO control the oil
supply there is also included acces-
isories. Gasoline, Obstinate and as
phaltum are some of the accessories
whiclf might be controlled, meaning
that there would no longer be a supply
of gasoline for automobile users, dis
tillste as power producer, or as
phhltum for carrying out some Of the
grcad Improvement projects planned
by the City of Honolulu.
J Railroad transportation even Is
threatened by the oil shortage, as ali
three railroads Of the Islands, the Oahu
Hawaii Consolidated and the Kahului
railroads. all burn oil in their locomo.
tiyes, The Hawaii Consolidated Rail
road Company at Hilo, Hawaii, issone
Of the companies to which the Union
Oil Company cancellation notice was
mailed. E,.. ..,..e. .,ssgg.ct. IA
Many Companies Affected v 7 (.
In all, the Union Oil Company had
about fifty contract consumers in the
Islands, including such companies az
Libby, MeNeill' q Libby, Alexander a
Baldwin, Oahu Railroad and Land Com
pany,. Kahuku Plantation, Hawaii Con-
solidated Railroad Company and the
Honolulu Gas Company An average
approximate ef the oil supplied on, such
contracts monthly is 60,o00 barrels Of
fuel oil. ~. " ~. .ssfstfi
The city Of Honolulu has also been q
large customer Of the Union Oil Com
pany, although II had no contract with
the company. It's road building and i'm
proyement plans will not have to be
stopped for the present as it was sup
piled Monday with 200l barrels Of as
phaltum which arrived here on the.
Man0a. Other shipments may also be
expected on other Matson ships, thinks
PEI. b Weller, the Union Oil represent
alive }- g,& (. N-s74
He has hopes, rather than belief, that
the dill question is not SO serious as II
may now appear and that the Union
Oh Company will in some manner con.
triye to supply its Hawaii customers
as Is promised in the cane ella ton notice
eff possible'y. This notice, neverthe-
less, patriotically cioses with the state.
neHt Railways having Ia mind first
the interests Of our own country as re-
I; tlecting in the acts of our government"
A Ray Of Hope u. 49, g.
z Promise for oil consumer without q
contract for the future, may be found
in some statements which were recent
| " made in a letter to the City of HoL
nolulu and received from an oil com
pany. 1t said; ~ H..
1.-THE, fact that the consumers have
no contract Is not proof that such
CUSTOMERS are not to be supplied with
oil, IL available. The government con
trolls the operations of the tankers or
, other steamers of over $500 tons; there
| fore, as oil companies do not have con-
litrof of fleets formerly operated and
due to the fact that, some of the largt
est oil tankers have. actually been re-
moved from former service in which
! thew were operated, IL is natural to
conceive that the oil companies are not
Iin n position TO write term cont ractt
ltdeflnitsiy obliging them TO deliver fuel
nil over any given period"
Attached to the cancellation notice
sent ont by the Union Oil Company
was q pledge request asking acceptance
of the terms Outlined. 1t read as fol-
lows; : }, IT, ,- ~
I acknowledgement is hereby made
Of your letter on the subject of future
/ oil deliveries under our Contract. The
terms and Conditions of said letter are
hereby accepted y
Alexander g Baldwin was one of the
first firms holding a contract with the
Union Oil Company to sign and, return
/ the pledge, il Is said. r
The suspension notice letter Of the
/ Union Oil Company was as follows:
''You are hereby notified that deliv
cries under contract, made by and be
tween this company and, yourself, GOV.
| ering the sale and purchase of fuel oil
have been suspended and viii. be dis
continued, due to conditions over which
we have no control and which are re
cited below: Il, FL y "
"Under the Emergency Shipping