Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-15

q typewriter personal response, ana
often more than 5000 letters which
have been received in the past eleven
months, for the advertisements did
not begin to bear fruit until the issu-
ancc of October magazines, each one
has been responded TO either with
form letter or, where there has been
o special inquiry, with long and ex.
haustivc statement. The Office of the
Committee has been USED Tor the dis.
play of wall and relief maps, various
products of the Islands, and the com.
plete pictorial exhibit prepared by the
Hawaii Exposition Association and
sent to Japan, with the exception alone
of a few frames which were not re-
turned.
Accommodation and Rates.
The question of rates OF fare be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu
, was taken mp by the secretary OF this
/ committee with the general passenger
agents of both the Pacific Mail and
Oceanic steamship Companies, as well
as Mr.. X. p. Schwerln, vice president
and general manager of the Pacific
Mail. one year ago. In response TO
representations then made both Off.
Gals declared that the ruling rates OF
passage could not be changed under
7 the existing circumstances. On more
{ than one occasion the subject has
been reopcned but universally the re-
Spouse has been that the companies
consider their rates such that they
could not make any reduction, Early
In 1904 a new attempt to secure con
sideration of lower rates was made by
letter. These responses were receiv'
ed: From r. p. Schwerin, Pacific
Mail. dated Newport News, Va: RE
gret to say that the Pacific Mail
Steamship Co does not see its way
clear to reduce its present round trip
rate of Sl35, San Francisco Honolulu
which. as you know, is already very
low: in fact, much lower than the
rates in force with the transatlantic
for rendering a similar service. We
shall always be very glad to receive
and distribute your advertising mate
rial through our various offices and
do everything we can to promote tray
cl to Hawaii but it is impossible FOL
us to cut our rates"
From l.. Il. Cockcroft, Oceanic Steam
ship Co., dated San Francisco: 1--WE
have carefully considered the matter
OF passenger rates to Honolulu and IN
view of all the circumstances and av
erage proportion that We receive It Il
not deemed practical at the present
time to make reduction, as you sug
gest. We feel confident that the
present rates do not interfere In pro
noting travel to Honolulu" Even SC
late as June, when an effort was made
to secure a reduction on account oil
the Knight Templar convention IL
San Francisco, the response was made
on both hands that the present party
rate of $40 for fifteen passengers was
deemed so low that no reduction was
possible. Again last month this mat
ter was taken up with the general pas
senger agents of the two lines but
with no effectiveness.
The Canadian.Australian s. S. Co
took up the question of fare reduction
In earnest this summer and the deci
sion OF Mr.. Robert Kerr, passenger
traffic manager, was communicated Il
this body in the following letter:
Mr.. Il. NJ. Boyd, Secretary Hawai- Pro
motion Committee, San Francis
co. Cal.
liOHblulu
Dear Sir:-Replying to your favol
OF September 9Th, | take pleasure II
: advising you that we have arranged
for our November, December and Jan
! uary sailings to sell special rount
trip rate of 800 from Portland, Puge
Sound and British Columbia ports I,
Honolulu and that this rate will b,
, used for basing purposes for all agents
east of Vancouver.
trust this may produce the desired
result. Yours truly,
Sgd ROBERT KERR.
Outlook.
Arrangements have been completed
} whereby the well known tourist agen
cy of Thomas Cook G. Son will offel
through all their various offices tick
cts under the party rate of $40, tn,
steamship companies receiving then
If over fifteen persons are assembled
from whatever quarter for any onc
steamer.
Messrs. Thomas Cook G. Son, Ray
mond & Whltcomb, Gates Tour Co.
X. II. Grunden G. Co., Nippon Califor
mia Tour Co. plan tours to Hawaii dur
Ing the present winter. The Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company's personally
conducted service has the same sub
ject under consideration for this win
ter, as has the Santa Fe system.
The office correspOndence at the