The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-22

san Francisco papers are treat
ing their patrons to very nice
story regarding the lease OF the
Hawaiian Hotel to General War
field. manager OF the California
Hotel Of that city. The Chronicle
prints the following regarding 1t:
General r. II. Warfieln's negotia-
zion. for the lease Of the Royal Ha-
yafian Hotel may not progress a.
satisfactorily a. the General might
wish. after the Hawaiian Government
brcorue- advised Of his plan for the
future management Of the caravan
sary. In his efforts to secure posses
sfon of the hotel General Wartield, 1t
j. now believed, i backed by Colonel
George Macfarlaue, the present lessee.
He would like to run the Royal ha-
yaiiau in connection with the Call-
foruia, aud thus lay pipe for an IN
yincible monopoly of the Honolulu
passenger trade. Colonel MncfarIane
,ynuld continue in the active manage
ment Of the Honolulu Hotel, under
General Warfield's lease, aud the Gen
sraI and the Colonel, by playing
game Of shuttlecOck with the tourist
travel between California and the
Islands, would thus deprive the other
San Francisco hotels OF all the Homo
lulu business.
General Warfield and Colonel Mac
farIant- are on terms of intimate tTlehd-
a L.. f.srl ssF ~ -
10 San Frauci-cO ne Invariably Occu-
pies apartments at the California. lie
was married there, and outside OF Ills
individual patronage, Colonel Mac
farlaue has had other business rela-
tfous with the California Hotel man
ager Accordingly, when the lease oil
the big Honolulu hotel approached IL
expiration Colonel MacfarlaDe Singled
out General WaTfield as the person
who could best obtain "a renewal OF TIE
lease for him, and negotiations to that
effect have been going on for some
time past.
The ROYAL Hawaiian Hotel, a 1t l.
called, has been conducted a. "A Royal
ist headquarters toy Colonel MatIar-
lane, and his management OF the prop
eTty has naturally met with the dl7ap-
prOval of the Hawaiian Government
and the better class OF people III the
enough To zee that he cannot get "A re
newaI of the hotel lease from the IL A
galian Government, and he l. looking
10 General WarfieId To get the lease
for him The plan, a. understood, l.
for General Warfield to suitcase the
hotel 10 Colonel Mac'arlsne, or place
the hotel under Maciarlaue'- manage
meut, which would amount TO the
same thing. All tine visitors who stop
I l., l.
rected To- 90 To the California Hotel on
their arrival in SLu Francisco, ana u
would lie. "a very amiable and proht-
able arrangement al round. In view
OF the dicker, however, the uegotla-
tiOu- for the Lease may suffer q severe
setback when the Hawaiian Govern
meut takes cOguiZance OF the facts.
General WarfieId still stoutly de
elaTrs that he l. not negotiating Tor
the lease. He cannot afford % have
II su-rected that ne il until the deal
l. couSummated. The General also
declared last evening In tones I"ui
enough to qu-ll "A strike that he would
throw auy Que out of his hOtei who
dared make the assertion mat lie
wanted 10 lease the HOr"lulu cara
vausary. Meantime IL may be mat
Major Hooper of the Occidental, VINO
now enjoys the Island trade, VIII enter
the lists for the Hawaiian lease
Mr.. +. c. MacfarIane was seen
last night. and in reply to ques-
ton regarding the matter denied
alphabetically that there was any
truth in it. He said: They have
probably mixed a plan we have in
view regarding the hotel with
something OF their own manutac-
ture. and the article noted l. the
result"
Ii is rumored that the scheme
Mr.. Macfarlane speaks OF Is one
wherein he will lease the property
from the Government when DR.. Me
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