The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-24
VIEWS Of A
HOTEL Man
Mullen of the Palace
Writes About the
Islands.

lulu and ''our island possessions. In
arranging the annual vacation outing
various places suggested themselves
New Orleans and the sunny South,
with its many beautiful spots-the City
of Mexico full of historic interest
the Hawaiian Islands, out in the mid
die of the broad Pacific, or the Far
East with it's marvellous cities.
The call of the sea was the loudest,
however, and thus it was that on
Thursday, October II, 1905, my wife,
little grandson and myself set sail for
Honolulu on the good ship Sonoma.
one of the celebrated sister ships of
the Oceanic Steamship Company, ply
ing between San Francisco and Aus
tralia by way of the Sandwich Islands.
1t was indeed beautiful day when we
one of the finest harbors in the world
and as the boat turned her prov sea-
ward we heard waited to us the sad
strains of some Hawaiian singers bid
ding goodbye to friends, coupled with
the Salvation Army exhortation-"God
be with you till we meet again.
The cabins We're crowded, the holds
filled with heavy freight and the
genial and very popular Capt. Henri
man was happy, as We're we all-until
we struck the swell which for thirty
six weary hours turned that happiness
into EXTREMIST misery. However, we
eventually ran into smooth seas and
our spirits returned, as well as our
appetites.
Tuesday night. Oct. 18th. 1905, the
night before arriving at Honolulu,
after having done ample justice to
splendid dinner, the captain was sit
ting with US in the social hall, when
my wife turned to him and remarked,
Captain, aren't you glad you are TAX
ing so many souls safely into Homo
lulu?' There were 135 passengers for
that port. His quiet reply was, I'VE
are not there yet,''-and no sooner had
he said the words than the cry was
the captain jumped to the bridge and
gave the order to reverse the engines,
life buoys with lights We're thrown
by volunteers and sent out to hunt for
the unfortunate suicide. We cruised
around for over two hours, but could
not find any trace of the man, so went
on our way and arrived in Honolulu
fhA lnx o. no
met by Mr. Gray. the energetic newly
appointed manager of the Alexander
Young Hotel.
The arrival of the steamer from the
Coast is one of the interesting events
down there, SO that the dock at such
times is generally crowded with people
and cosmopolitan crowd it is, too. 1
noticed Hawaiians, japanese, Chinese,
Koreans, Portuguese, Porto Ricans,
Samoans and Europeans, all elbowing
each other 80 get just a look at the new
arrivals.
Honolulu IS a most attractive place,
situated beautifully on Oahu, one of
the Sandwice Island groups, to WHICH
Hawaii because of being the largest
has given its name. The city has
about $4,000 in population and is
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a splendid street car system with very
polite officials (the motor men and con-
ductors going out of the way to direct
you), plentiful supply of good water,
and great many very excellent stores.
The wireless telegraph system con-
meets the different islands, and, short
ly, it is to be extended to the main
land.
town and at Waikiki beach. The |
Alexander Young Hotel, in the center |
Of the town, is a magnificent building. !
1t cost 81, 800 600, has every known !,
modern Improvement and is, indeed, a |
credit to it's builder, Alexander Young. I
one of the pioneer sugar planters of |
the Islands. He has recently bought |
the Moana. very pretty hotel at the |
beach few miles from Honolulu. Up |
ON our arrival, an automobile was |
kindly placed at our disposal, so that |
we saw with a great deal of comfort |
almost everything of interest in and |
about.
Chief among the attractions is the |
Pail about six miles up the valley of |
This is an immense noun |
Lain-peak, over which one of the first
driven his enemies during an ancient
battle. The precipice is almost sheer
FOR over a thousand feet, and there is
road winding around the
mountain peaks and leading down TO
he fertile valley on the other side of
he island. In this pass the wind al
ways blows gale, SO much SO that
hats are kept on with difficulty and
al - Dffi
The constant winds bring
'requent rains, and keep the verdure
green.
The roads about Honolulu are fine
md we enjoyed many beautiful drives
'round Diamond Head and the light
iouse-up Manoa Valley. with it's Won
Ierful tropical vegetation, through
doanalua, the home of Mr.. 6. NJ Da-
non and around the polo grounds, a
atura1 amDitheatre.
The water is warm and sea bathing