The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-25
SATISFACTION
OVER THE OHIO
Steamer Bringing Los Angeles
Excursion to Hawaii
Is All Right.

When, with the Dand playing anu
colors flying, the steamship Ohio, bear
| ing 275 Chamber of Commerce excur
sionists, proudly swings out of San
Pedro harbor and points her prov
toward the Hawaiian islands, it will be
regarded in Southern California as an
epochal event says the Los Angeles
Express:
| Partly because she win be the first
passenger steamer whose keel ever Gu.
the waters of the Pacific directly from
San Pedro to Hawaii, but principally
because she will be regarded as thu
pathfinder for a regular line of steam.
result in being established between the
two points. It is also expected that
the trip will promote trade relations
| with mutual benefit.
| The Ohio is a staunch, seaworthy
craft which has been plying between
Nome and st. Michaels in the Alaskan
trade and was chartered from the
North Pacific Steamship company fol
$4,000 and proportion of all the
passenger money received over that
amount She has just been overnauleo
shape for the trip. She has a length
of 344 feet, a beam of 43 feet and a
speed of ii knots.
/ r. H Heron, chairman of the ex,
cursion committee, is now in Seattle
looking her over. His opinion of the
vessel is shown by the following tele,
gram which he sent to Frank Virgins.
Fully satisfied with inspection and
information from former owner OF
Ohio and others. New rooms fine.
Splendid ship in good condition and
perfectly safe. Kill Knockers
As indicated by the last phrase, the
path OF the excursion committee has
not been strewn with roses. Added to
the difficulty of securing a steamer to
make the trip direct from San Pedro
was that of trying to please every,
body, and each vessel suggested pros
duced its knockers. Finally, the COM
mittee took the bit in its teeth" de-
cided upon the Ohio as just the vessel
for the trip and guaranteed the $4,000.
The vessel will be in charge of Cap
tain. Wyndham, said to be one of the
most able navigators on the coast. On
the way over the boat will make the
port of Hilo, on the island of Hawaii
and the excursionists will make an in,
land trip to the volcano of Kilauea
Thence they will proceed to Honolulu
where they will be the guests of the
Hawaiian Promotion committee, which
has planned many side trips for thei,
entertainment The excursionists will
be absent twenty-five days, fourteen
of which will be consumed in makins
the voyage.
The excursion will be headed by
chamber. Frank Virgins also will be
on deck, just to give a touch of the
| picturesque to the cargo and see thai
everybody keeps busy in the pursuit OF
enjoyment, and incidentally scatter the
gospel of California sunshine along tn.
way Not one dull moment" is the
slogan adopted by Virgins for the trip.
The vessel easily Will accommodate
500 passengers, but that there may be
the greatest freedom, the number has
been limited to 275. and already that
many have made application for reser,
vations.
To avoid the most aggravated variety
of persecution, many of the prospective
passengers are DESTROYS of keepina
their names out of print. Those whe
are known already are being besiegeG
by dealers in things Indispensable on
the trip and have been offered unprece-
dented bargains in everything from
collar buttons to coffee plantations.
SAN PEDRO VIEW.
The News of San Pedro says, move
/ ment is on foot to have some sort OF
reception for the people who will
gather in San Pedro on the day of
the sailing of the excursion ship Ohio
for Honolulu There will be several
hundred of the exeursionists here. and
DOUBTLESS many hundreds of their
friends will be here TO see them off,
1 The Chamber of Commerce of San Ped
70 can do the gracious thing by pro-
viding some form of recognition for
the excursion, although the Chamber
of Commerce of Los Angeles, which has
gotten up the excursion, has ignored
| the local chamber entirely.
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