The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-05-09
20 CENTS A DAY
Rates al The japanese Hotels il
Honolulu.
FOR BOARD AND LOGGING
Places Sisited-The Room. spa tss
Fare = One Select hs,s onsr-
ment 90 Transients.


orient patronIze steadily the yapauss.
boarding and lodging houses with
which the downtown OF Honolulu 4.
spotted. What manner OF living is
there In these hotels? What are the
rates?
There is bat single method n,
which these narrowed confines may lsv
penetrated by seeker for informatinr.
Secure the interpreter, an individual
ever ready for any enterprise. fix on a
ruse and make the visits An arrange
ment for deceit is necessary. Ysrr
resident japanese is not at ali simple
minded. Not at all. He is ever aiert
always suspicious. He is not awed b,
the white MIN, because he thinks him
self the equal OF any man. And how
he has mastered knowledge of his
rights" He more than knows that
his house is his castle.
Take first the little place on Met
chant street opposite the Wowzn-s
Exchange. It is in every way Just tie
same as many others. The wife OF ths
proprietor meets the interpreter and
| reporter. She smiles as she listens "a
a request in effect that II is desired 1e
house yard hey at the place for a
few weeks.
The husband is called. He sIniias
hears his wife and the visitors, ans
nj
cellent lodging can be had for the boy.
But he must find food elsewhere, for
the place has no restauran mt license and
the policemen pass it often. Well. yss;
of course. But this boy must be fec
and 1t will only be for a short time
All right. but there is risk. Like 10
see the room? 1t is inspected. The
food There shall be plenty of It md
equal in every respect to the fare Of
the best japanese hotel in HonoJAIu
The menu will include rice fish, '7es:e-
tables. soy and all the tea desired
How much? This is a quiet, select
place and the employer of the boy pays
and wants his servant to receive good
care. What does he say to twenty-five
cents a day for board and lodging.
There will he a lamp in the room and
a mesquite net is supplied. Bathr Nc.
the bath is not given. However, ten
tickets for ten baths are sold for 3
dime, and the bathing place is NOS fsr
distant.
II is all satisfactory, and perhaps thu
yard boy will come and be a guest for q
time. Is there much business now
Oh, yes, the hotel is doirg well. More
Japanese are coming to town all aht
time. They come from plantations.
The sleeping accommodations de-
pend on the custom. In a rush, room
must be made tor all who appear.
None can be turned away. At lrma.
the Railways and even the kitchen are
used for lodging places. Effort is made
to ventilate. Windows and doors are
left open. There may be three peranRs
or there may BE- a score IN a room
eight by ten feet.
One more hotel will be visited. IsS
1t be several, for there are numtsr
in q group in Chinatown, in the Jarsau
sea. There are more people coming
and going down in this part of toxB.-
and there are more japanese about the
house. This proprietor does not deiib-
crate and smiles sparingly. He says
his rate is twenty cents a day straight
to any one and for any length OF time
TIE figure Is the same in all this neigh
borhood. The Merchant street man
had special price, as well as select
place. Perhaps the additional five cents
day was for taking the chance al
having a boarder and no victualing Ii
cense.
The twenty cent places are or seem
to be uniform in space allotment ana
furnishing. There is very little ted
clothing as 1t is seldom used. The pill.
lows are for the guests to fix 'or them
selves. Baths must be taken outside
and the same price OF ticket for teTs
baths for ten cents Is quoted. The in
terpreter says at once and a number OF
the boarders promptly testify that the
food is sufficient and OF correct variety
and proper serving. And, mark *,
guests without baggage must pay IL
advance.
These hotels do a great amount of
transient business. This comes from
the plantations in the vicinity OF Homo
lulu. Large numbers OF the laborers
spend Sunday in the city, They md
the fee OF twenty cents day for board
and lodging quite 10 their liking. Tbs
great rushes at these places are wbsE'
a steamer with free labor aboard AT
riyes from Japan, or when lasgg
number OF japanese come to town ~
strikers, or for holiday.