Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 109, 10 May 1894 — About Steamers. [ARTICLE]

About Steamers.

The HōLOMI'a Jid not st ite hs indiciiteJ by tbe S(ar lust mj;lit, tlnit we object to any improvo«nent iu the snbsidized steuinship line. Evorybodv wo;ild ouly bej too glad to have a weekly ordailyj coiumaiiioation \\ith S.n Francisco, and tbe coramnnity \vould feel prood if the present ste<imer* were substitated by twin-screw.! fast boats or bv self-steernm * i balloons 13 d we are not like the 1 Star. We nevercry for the mnon; because experience Las taoghtj that it is a waste of tears. that. could better be nsed--s;iy in ; controversies between eJitor, auJ| Ihe “bosses." What we JiJ say| was that it was nujust to attack a stearasbip-line whieh has been a hunJreJ j>er cent iinproveraent on ! forraer service auJ that in proportion to the iusignific.iuce of the islanJs we are extromely fortunate in reganl to our eommuui-' cations with the outside world.! The St‘ir also overlooks the faet that the mneh abuseJ Austra!ia : not loug ago was relitteti auJ now ; otfers as gooJ acoorura<»dation8 fori passeugers auJ freight as eau be obtaine\l from any other līne nnder similar conJitions. A very large araount was on dtting her up aud she has im-| proved so well bolh in speed and' accr.mmudutious that sbe eqmils any steamer touchiug this port—; excapt, we presume, Star'« plauters’ stcaiucr whieh uasu't materialized vet. There are stearaers and steamship liuea >

f tii*»ngb iooeh nearer to tbe Sl r jt i»t ‘oight furnL->h a proper ob- > [ject f >r critirism. especiahv in rf •£ r l to the treatmeDi of pa.san 1 aecomm*xlat; for i them. Wc know of no Leavier |punishment. of no more refined torture, than to be obligeJ to , sail inour inter-island s steamers. The cry for tourists is the order i : of the d*y and these a> «s r>ir>it might be iuduced to eome here and bravely endure the long d stance. the want of cable eommu»icatir>n. the Austra la. the bn»-k-f:ires. tbe bad whiskey and the >other mtsstonaries. but one trip iooan inter-i»Iand ste»mer w:t!t their pecultar aroma. their ex quisite r>>liing and their oncerdestinati*m generallv settles the tour:st. H** nev**r retorns. The AViid»*r S S. C<> l;»tely uses tlie CIaud-ne as a tng-boat and p:>ssonger-boat at the s mie tinie. Last week she depaited with her usual passenger li-t and freight f r Kahului, Mani. L;ke a * okl drav-borseshe was !iit<*hed on to n sailing-vessel the preseuce of | wiiieh was evidently desired in i K.ihnliii. On the way the steamer j ot iuto troab!e with her ch-irge. jThey got a divorce f>>r a while, finallv adjnsted m ;ttei-> and the result of the altercation was that ; the passongers bound for Ka- ; hulni were landed at Maalaea bay—the most un forsaken landing in the wor!d—and allowed tbrongb tbeir own devices and at t!ieir t>wn expense to reach the’r destinations. An 1 t!ie great‘ I ! am” smiled and with his eolleague Vanderbilt said; “The puhlie be d .” The jmb!ic grmnbled and at oue time it was supposed that in the future pas- , ;senger boats wouKl uot appear in ; the (lual canacitv as was tlie caso * # * , | of the Claudine But, no, last >'Tuesdavthe Ciandine started on - ; | ber usual route for Kahului and j bauging ou to her stern-line \vas i anuther suiling-vessel ueeded at : Kahului. The pahlie had the eheek in tnis instance though to • sav *‘the Wilder liaebo d ” i and the nasseucers l>oarded the i ‘ W. G. Hall a tme passenger boat of tho Inter-Islaud S. S. Co. while the deserted CIaudine “pnlled for the shore.” Where she finished uj> this timo, the future will tell. And it is right i here that we wish tbc Star to use ; it> powei’ in advocating improye- ;! meuts. I