The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-01

COULD NOT COME
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Ross Odell, his sonin-law, FL. ". Nose
ly, and his wife and daughters, them
selves spent two weary months in nego-
| tiating for a passage, being forced TO
stay IN San Francisco the entire time
| During that time they discovered a
| score of similar cases, and incidentally,
Mr.. Odell S narration of the procedure
Of the company in handling bookings
confirms certain suspicious rife here
and adds several new and rather start
ling facts.
In Portland where the party first ap-
| piled for transportation the agent there.
Mr. Stronger, informed them that it
would be hardly possible to secure res
ervations. AS he seemed somewhat un-
! DESTROYS of rushing the matter, Mr.
| Odell volunteered to pay for the cost
Of telegraphing and other expenses, but
was assured that it would not be nee
essary.
On September 20 negotiations were
! taken up directly in San Francisco. The
| influence Of man who was a large
shipper over the line was sought and
| pressure brought to bear but without
success. Previous to this Stronger, the
agent in Portland, informed them that
| they would be able to secure deck
cabins by paying $50 extra apiece and
Mr.. Odell promptly accepted the prop
| osition. The offer was made probably
with the intention of heading them off;
| for even after it was accepted, it fell
| through and nothing was done.
In San Francisco another shipper 3
| influence was sought and after inces-
| SAINT hammering for reservations Ker-
rell finally gave them cabins inside on
| the lower deck They left San Fran
cisco November %, over two months
from the time they first sought book
ings after arriving in San Francisco
and more than two months since they
wired from Portland for reservations.
HYou people over here ought to do
something said Mr. Odell last night.
cit is not everybody who can afford
to give the time and attention besides
the extra trips to San Francisco as we
did. We came here merely for pleas
| ure and have no business here what
ever. Not one couple in a thousand
who come here for pleasure would have
| waited as we did,
Want Through Passengers.
He also said that the boats were
| being sold out to travellers to the ORR
entail points and that the Honolulu pas
| sengers were being given what was left.
| This is a fact that has been long known
| in Honolulu, and receives emphatic con-
| firmation in Mr.. Odell's troubles III
| securing bookings and other incidents
which came under his attention.
| Pay Exorbitant Extra.
! II L.:
daughter Orrila, who were fellow pas
sengers with the Odell party, had
similar trouble in San Francisco in OBJ
tanning bookings. They brought their
automobile with them, little Miss Hirst
being invaded. After unsuccessful
| application for reservations he was told
that a suite of two rooms and bath
which had been engaged were vacant
| owing to the withdrawal of the parties.
The company stated that he could have
one stateroom if he paid one hundred
and twenty-five dollars over and above
the price of his ticket, providing that
he could find another man who could
take the other cabin by paying one
undred dollars over and above the
price of his ticket. He did it and the
company cleared 1925 off the two cabins
between San Francisco and Honolulu.
This was pretty near as good as get
ting through passengers.
Another incident related by Mr..
= Odell was that of Mr.. Honeyman, a
prominent business man of Portland,
Oregon. He had no trouble to speak
of in getting here but found himself
unable to get away again. His bust
ness demanded his immediate presence
on the Coast and he offered to pay
$3.50 extra to get off. His offer was
turned down, notwithstanding the fact
that were he to travel on a foreign
bottom he would have to pay a fine
smaller than the sum he offered AS
his business would not permit him to
wait for a t. K. X. steamer he threaten
ed to sue the company and was then
able to get away.
When Mr. Odell was negotiating fol
the passage he finally secured to Homo
lulu he was asked by the Pacific Mai
agent why he did not book straight
through to the Orient.
"What do you want to stop at Ho
nolulu for?' was a question put tx
him.
Mr.. Odell and party are delighted al
! being here, considering it worth ever
Y the trouble they were put to. He state!
d that if the place proves as attractive
u on acquaintance as it does at first sigh
he viii return every winter-if tn,
y steamships permit-and may possibI,
n build winter home for himself il
IL Hnnolulu