The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-24

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| merce held a meeting yesterday morn
ing and transacted considerable bust
ness, much of which was devoted to
the Promotion Committee matters
President Lowrey announced the fol
| lowing standing committees:
! Finance. r. Gait (chairman). A
CARVE, ]. F. Morgan.
i Membership-W. Pfotenhauer (chair-
NAM, J. A. Kennedy, ]. G. Spencer.
/ Arbitration-W. LAM (chairTnan), J.
/, F. Morgan, L. T. Peck, E. 1. Spalding,
/ w. NJ. Giffard.
| Commerce, Manufacture and Agri-
/ culture-F NJ. Swanzy (chairnian), w
| Pfotenhauer, W. NJ. Giffard.A
I Harbors, Shipping and Transporta-
| tom. F. Morgan (chairman), j. A.
| Kennedy, w. Lanz.
| Legislation and Public Improve
ments-E l. Spalding (chairman), A.
CARVE, j. r. Calf.
| Reception and Entertainments. T.
Peck (chairman), F. NJ. Swanzy, ].
| G. Spencer.
The Promotion Committee then came
up for consideration. ]. II. Kennedy
| said he wished to retire from the Pro-
| motion Committee, and Mr.. Lowrey
| announced a similar intention. Mr..
Lowrey proposed that E. 1. Spalding
| serve on the committee saying that he
would make a valuable worker"
Mr.. Spalding arose and said that it
was naturally difficult matter to as
certain what proportion of the tourist
travel here could be accredited to the
sending out of literature by the Pro-
motion Committee. He realized, how
this purpose had done much good. He
stated that the secretary of the Pro-
motion Committee had been harshly
critised by some people, much of the
criticism perhaps being unmerited,
but he thought in justice to all an i'm
partial investigation should be made.
A detailed account of expenses was
made showing that $3.50 per month
was required, and s14,2O0 was necessary
cember. This will include the new
folder now being made ready for pub
LEGATION. Mr.. Spalding presented the
following report from the secretary of
. the Promotion Committee:
In regard to tangible results of the
| work of the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee, we beg to submit the testimony
of certain interested parties as the best
possible evidence or what is doing this
summer, in the way of travel and the
leaving of money in Honolulu by visit
ors of all kinds.
| The hotels first feel the effects of
any influx Oh visitors, and the reports
last sent to you (March), showed that
/ during the winter season there had been
an increase, ranging from Sc 2-3 per
! cent to ITO per cent in the 3 largest
| hotels. Wishing to learn the status
during what has been regarded always
as the dullest period, the summer, the
hotels again were asked for their rec
!. ords.
In each case the hotels noted that
! they had to report falling off of city
people, so that the travellers increase
is even greater than the figures show.
| The letters from hotel men follow:
Dear Sirs: Complying with your
verbal request l give you some figures
from our guest record for the months
of May, June and July, in the year
I 19O4-5, and trust that the figures will
be to your satisfaction.
Our count shows for May, 1905, an
increase of 500 over the record of May,
1904. For June, the increase is SAG;
for July, 76S. This shows for the three
months, 2216; or an average daily in
crease of "a guests. There is no segre-
cation of travellers and regular patrons
but the percentage of tourists has
grown since the last statement.
These figures represent actual room
ers only, being an addition of the daily
house count. From present indications
We will have a heavy tourist travel
next winter as this hotel is in receipt
OF many letters from prospective guests
and IN this connection, l feel it only
just to your committee to say that
many of them write as a result of
your advertising and so express them
selves. If better arrangements could