The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-28
NEWS
FROM PORTLAND
Promotion Committee Mail Brings
Promise of Excursion From
Rose City.

One of the difficulties which Secre-
tary Wood of the promotion committee
has to contend with at present is 70
prevent too many tourist excursions ar
irving here about the same time, fear
ing that the short accommodations may
be taxed beyond their capacity. The
promotion committee received official
notice in the Mexican 8 mail that the
excursion from Portland in February
would be certainty This information
came from Mr.. Dunan of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company,
The Portland eXcursionists will travel
in the steamship Queen, which has al
ready been chartered and bookings are
being made. The Queen will accom-,
modate about 200 passengers.
This excursion will not clash with the
other Puget Sound excursions already
planned. which will arrive from VictoriS
on the steamship Prince Rupert in Feb
ruary.
AT present there are FIVE big excur-
sions being arranged for, rs follows:
Prince Rupert, 200 tourists; Queen, 200;
Wilhelmina, with Shriuers, $50; Los An
geles Chamber of Commerce (steamer
yet to be securely, $50; all to come
here for the Floral Parade on February
%. Then in March Boston excursion
of 100 viii arrive ON the Sierra, the
total being about $50. Added to this
number will be the tourists coming in
on the regular steamers, which will
bring the grand total to over a thou
sand. While trains deposit this number
of arrivals in good-sized cities about
daily, yet to be brought here on steam
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large.
Go to Hilo First.
Both the Prince Rupert and the
Queen are to go to Hilo first. The Will
helmina comes to Honolulu first and
then goes to Hilo, waiting there while
the Shriners go up to the volcano and
travel over the hot cracks.
Secretary Wood is extremely gratified
at the trend Of travel this way. All
methods of advertising the Islands have
proven profitable and the Islands will
now reap the benefit.
As to accommodations it is believed
that the city can easily handle all. The
hotels are in excellent trim for the win
ter's business. The Moana Hotel has
been renovated. handsome cottages
added which win accommodate about
fifty additional guests; the Hawaiian
has been renovated and will doubtless
he well filed all winter long. Many
plans have been considered by the
Young Hotel management, One of these
cOutemplates the location of the office
on the main floor, the partition between
the elevator hall and Mrs. Taylor's flor
list shop being removed to bring the
elevator in the Office proper. The cell
ing above will be cut so that rotunda
effect will result with the second floor
where the office is now located. This
will be turned into parlors and lounging
rooms. More ambitious than this is
the plan to add n Rathskeller in the
basement under the cafe. The Rath-
slSeler will be pretentious and made SO
attractive that it will be successful
from the opening day, so the origina-
tors believe. The top story on the
Hotel street side which has been used
for dining rooms is now closed up. 1t
is said this is temporary, but there are
also rumors that the hotel management
plans to utilize this valuable space and
turn it into rooms, If this should be
done the hotel would be adding rooms
that would he among the most desir-
able in the entire building, that sec.
ton facing the mountains and the
source of the trade winds.