| Show A Freight War on tho Pacific Ocean I Frellht lacfc NEW YORK July 22A Victoria B C special says It is now definitely settled that the Pacific Mail and Occidental and Oriental Steamship companies mean wart war-t the knife against the Canadian Pacific George H Rice traffic manager of the first named company is in Victoria making arrangements ar-rangements to begin the fight on their behalf be-half The Canadian Pacific first declared its intention of running its China steamers to and from the east by way of San Francisco Fran-cisco and has carried out its threat by taking tak-ing freight and passengers for that port by the Abyssinia w1ich will arrive there about the end of August She will be followed by the entire Canadian Pacilic feet in turn To meet this the American corporations have determined to invade Canada Rice says Im in Victoria now for the purpose pur-pose of arranging to run the China steamers of the Pacific Mail Steamship company to and from San Francisco by way of either Tacoma Victoria The probabilities are that Victoria will be the point at least for the present I your big wharf is soon completed com-pleted I will decide at once and probably appoint agents in this city before I leave here The first steamer which will be the China will arive here I from San Francisco about August 2 for China and Japan The first steamer from the other side will leave Hong Kong today for Victoria She is the City of Pekin and has engaged both passengers and cargo for Victoria and sound points We do not intend in-tend to do an business with our steamers between Victoria and San Faancisco as our relations with tLe Pacilic Coast Steamship Steam-ship company are most cordial So far as regards the Canadian Pacific we expect before that line gets in a new steamship to get a good hold on the business We shall take no overland business over the Canadian Cana-dian Pacilic but will send our business over the Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line What the policy of the Canadian Cana-dian Pacilic will be is uncertain The three new steamers for that line which are soon to be placed on the eastern route o are rabidly approaching completion in the British dock yards The contract requires the vessels to develop IS knots on trial and lojf knots on a 400 miles sea trip It is confidently expected by the builders that this will be exceeded No expense is being spared to make these vessels in every respect re-spect equal to the very finest vessels afloat |
