The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

ewaking to the fact that some of the
steamship lines are giving them shabby
treatment in return for the outlay of
money they are making to draw tour
fsts to the islands. which in turn helps
out the steamships in filling their state
rooms with passengers. The case of the
o. G. o. Companys liner Coptic which
arrived on Thursday shortly before
D M, and hurried out four hours lat
sr for San Francisco, caused unfavor-
able comment in business circles. The
result of this unnecessary haste-for
the steamer came in ahead of time
was that many business houses failed
70 get important mail matter off to the
mainland and will have no opportunity
10 do so until the Aorangi leaves for
Vancouver on October q, or the Ameri-
ca Maru on Oct. "a.
The failure of the Coptic to remain
in port until at least Friday morning,
the date scheduled for her departure.
upset the hotels as well as the mer-
chants. The Coptic's passengers barely
had time TO find their way up to the
principal streets, much less to spend
any money, which they are expected to
DO il given time.
1t has been an old established rule of
the steamship companies that all
through steamers remain in port for
Twelve hours of daylight, at least. OF
late this custom has been disregarded
to the inconvenience of those who
make use of the mail facilities, and to
the loss of the business community
which figures on a certain amount OF
gain through the tourist traffic.
1t is the belief of many business men,
who rely upon tourist business largely,
that several of the steamship COM
panies are making no effort to study
our conditions or convenience, despite
the fact that Honolulu is a big feeder
for the steamships, both in passengers
and freight. Recently the Korea came
in from the west, and the entire Orient
gave only forty passengers, while one
hundred were scooped up and whsked
away The hurrying off of the steamer
made loss in two ways. The quick
departure compelled many hotel guests
to leave for the ship just before dinner
.ime, which was one loss, and of course
Lht IIIlpuSH passengers Nii NV h''i'
ashore, as is their custom when oppor-
tunity affords.
The Moana last month, filled with
passengers, was in port but very
short time. The Korea was here for a
brief stay The Coptic made almost
unseemly haste to get away, although
she departed for San Francisco at least
fourteen hours ahead OF her scheduled
time to arrive. All the boats with
American bottoms, land heavy freghts
coming and going. The foreign bottom
boats opera ting between San Francisco
and Orient generally carry an average
Of about 500 tons of freight for Homo
luitc from Oriental ports.
In striking and discriminating con-
1rast is the favoritism shown to jap
anese and Chinese ports. At Yokohama
through boat spends about forty
atsht hours, at Kobe, twenty-four |
hours; at Nagasak, often twenty-four |
hours, and considerable time is given to |
Shanghai. The tourists spend money, |
and much of it, at all these ports, and |
the longer they are ashore, the more |
they spend, and the same would be true |
of Honolulu, were it not for an appar-
ont desire on the part of the steamship |
officials to give this place the go-by.
The local government and private
wharf owners have always extended
the steamship companies privileges,
and the courtesy of the steamship off,
cials in permitting their through boats
TO remain in port at least twenty-four
hours would largely compensate them.
When through vessels arrive ahead of
schedule time, they certainly will not
De losing steaming time by laying over
in this port until the scheduled date is
almost spent.
Mr.. Arundel, in charge of the Ocean
Island guano exploitation work, who
came here recently from London to
meet his company's freight steamer
Iseworth was completely put out by
the quick departure of the Coptic. He
had arranged to complete some impor-
tant business deals on Thursday even
ing and wind up his correspondence the
game night and Friday to catch the
mail which he supposed would leave
Friday morning. He heard during the
afternoon the vessel was TO leave about
SIP. IN. He rushed around and in one
half an hour got some of his corre-
spondence off, but had to forego COM
pleting important communications Mr..
Arundel said to n we'll known business
Ildll. W ny 40 the business men let |
this matter go on? This only prevents
the tourist from spending money and
it doesn't give them much chance to
gee the place"
1t is said that Mr., Schwerin of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
come to the conclusion that ten hours
is about long enough for that COM
pany's boats to stay at Honolulu. They
could just as well remain twenty-four,
is the belief of the business commune
ty.
The Hawaii Promotion Committee.
Ite joint organization conducted by the
Chamber of Commerce and the Mer-
chants Association, representing the
backbone of business at least on this
island is spending large sums of money
40 advertise Hawaii. 1t is doing this
IN the leading weekly and monthly
magazines. is spreading literature all
over the mainland, and otherwise ex-
plotting the islands as tourist at
traction. Much of this advertising tells |