The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
S|CHTSEERS IN
PLENTY To
CONE
Arranging Excursions
to Honolulu for
Fleet Week.

Honolulu is to be full of visitors from
the other islands during the days OF
of the members of the Transportation
committee delegated to see what the
excursion prospects were. These are
F. E. Richardson, w. A. Purdy and w.
Thompson, and the report they pre-
sented at the meeting of the transpor-
tation committee yesterday was:
''Your committee on steamships begs
leave to report that they have inter-
viewed the Inter-Island Steam Naviga-
ton Company, with the following re-
suits:
EXCURSIONS FROM OTHER IS
LANDS.
"Hawaii-The S. S. Mauna Loa will
arrive from Kona and Kau July 15,
and it is the intention of the company
to make an excursion rate on the boat
from that section. They will also make
a rate on the Mauna Kea catering to
Hilo, Hamakua and Kohala districts.
What they can do in this respect will
depend in a great measure on what the
demand is from these districts.
notwithstanding to information al
hand half the fleet will coal on the lee
side of this island, and as conse-
quence travel is not expected to be
theavy and can be handled by boats
already assigned there.
''Kauai-It is most likely that the
Kinau will make special trip, leaving
Kauai Saturday evening, July IS, re-
l,.o of tn X
daylight the following Monday.
TRIP TO PEARL HARBoR.
''In the event of the Kauai excursion
materializing, the Kinau will be avail
able for the Pearl Harbor trip Sunday
July 10, otherwise we would have a
choice between the Mikahala or the w
G. Hall.
"The Kinau can carry 410 people, and
for the trip a tentative price has been
arranged, viz: $500 The Mikahala can
carry 200 and the w. G. Hall 230, and
for these boats the figure would be
$500
IF the Fleet arrives Thursday, July
is. in the morning, sboth the Kinau
and Claudine viii be available and the
Inter-Island S. S. Company is prepared
to charge a fixed amount for each
member of this committee, in the event
of not chartering a steamer abso-
lutely"
AUTOMOBILE COMMITTEE RE-
PORT
G.. Schuman, the chairman of the
committee delegated to inquire into
automobile charges, reports as follows:
I'm the matter of obtaining auto
mobiles for the use of the five admir-
ais and the Secretary of the Navy dur
ing their stay in Honolulu, 1 beg to re-
port as follows:
az can obtain two first-class seven
passenger cars at S65 per day; four
first-class five passenger cars at $50
per day: said automobiles to be at their
exclusive use during their stay in Ho-
nolulu.
referring to the matter of trans
porting the officers of the fleet to
Pearl Harbor. have not obtained
@sdefinite advices, but do not think
twenty machines can be obtained for
less than $50 each for the trip down
and back. as it would take almost an
entire day to make such a trip
ONLY ONE LAUNCH AVAILABLE.
w. A Purdy and S. r. Jordan. who
had been appointed to look into the
matter of arranging for launches, re-
ported tnaI there was Only one
at Honolulu available for any COM
mittee use. The report presented said:
Your subcommittee on launches for
transporting auto or railroad party at
Pearl lochs have to report of the avail
able launches that there is only one
which might be obtained, together
with a large scow. The capacity of
the scow is forty people and the time
of round trip. including half an hour
for the landing, would be three hours
time for transporting party each way.
The owners are not prepared to quote
cost until they know definitely what
the fleet plans are. AS a matter OF
fact the owners object to taking even
the one launch down to Pearl Harbor
arguing that there wal be so much de-
mand by the public here, which they
cannot in justice to the people disr~-
gard
REASONABLE RAILROAD RATES.
The o. r. & L. railroad company
has offered the committee very low
rate for whatever excursions are de-
sired between Honolulu and Pearl Har-
Dor by rail, offering to put on special
train. without any limit on the num-
ber of passengers or the length of the
stay at the Peninsula for 800.
u MCBRIDE AND THE HULAS.
Private Secretary Mcbride and his
plans have been the subject of news
paper comment in San Francisco. In
the Call of May 10, the secretary is
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