The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-18
Two or Three Stories
Will be Added.
New Man Talks on the Prospects
encouragement Of Tourist
Travel a Feature.

The managership of the Hawaiian
Hotel will change today, when T. X.
James, late chief steward of the o. S. S.
Australia, and man who has had
many years of experience in the hotel
business, will replace P. Lucas, while
the latter, trustworthy and most
obliging man in every way. will have
charge Of the bar. Mr.. James, in speak
ing of the matter to reporter of this
paper last night, said
when l came to Honolulu on the
Australia it was with the intention of
arranging, if possible, to place capital
in the Hawaiian Hotel and of assuming
the managership of it. l was not sure
at first that could come to the agree
ment in mind, but now everything has
been arranged, my terms have met
with cordial approval and am here to
stay as manager of the hotel. 1t is
needless to say all the responsibilities
of the managership of the hotel, as in
other well-regulated places of the kind,
will fall upon my shoulders, and no
one, not excepting the other owners
themselves, will have anything to say
This has been agreed upon in writing
| and papers to that effect will be signed
| tomorrow.
"You can readily see that, owning
part of the hotel myself, l will throw
| my whole soul into the work of bring
| ing it up to the proper standing of a
first-class place, and of remedying the
defects that have been piling up for
years. Of course, you will see, this
cannot be done in a short time. There
| must be steady and systematic work.
[ shall take up my quarters right in the
hotel, or in a cottage connected there
with. In this way l shall be available
at all times, and can see personally to
anything that, in the course of events,
might happen to go wrong. Having
said this much in regard to what /
intend to do, it might be we'll for you
to let the public know what changes
are to be made.
There are great and small changes
on foot, but the former will have to be
left until the fall, when the tourist
trade slackens, and people will not be
adding on here and there.
Il have begun already to make some
of the smaller changes. With me on
the Australia came two experienced
European cooks who have already
taken their places in the culinary de-
partment, replacing Cinnamon. By a
steamer to arrive soon will come
first-class pastry cook to take charge
of hot o,.+o Of hn
climax in the culinary department, the
present wooden structure dignified
with the name of kitchen will be torn
down and brick department put up
in it's place, this to be furnished with
| a large. new range and accessories,
soon to arrive.
LAS night clerk in the Office will be
placed a white man, so that tourists
will have their dealings with one of
their kind, instead of with a China
| man.
"The whole hotel is to be cleansed.
No more dirt and no longer any un-
| healthful conditions. Everything is to
be sweet and clean, so that when one
goes into the dining-room he may feel
assured that what he eats is the very
best, cooked in a cleanly manner, in a
cleanly place and have the comfort of
feeling that when he lies down at night
he is upon spotless linen in an apart
ment that has been thoroughly cleaned
and aired. Same rule will apply to
| the cottages. They are to receive
equally as careful attention. Then as
to the yard: well, just wait until you
see the pretty plans that are in mind.
Very soon the front verandas are to
| be widened, thus affording more COM
| fort, both during the warm hours OF
the day, when the guests are seeking
| for cool spots, and in the evening, when
ION easy chairs they are Willing away
| the moments with fragrant cigar and
pleasant converse.
IF you think that is all we are go
| ing to do, you are mistaken. In the