The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-23
GRIEVANCES OF
TOURISTS AIRED
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One matter under discussion was the
charge made for the services of a guide.
If there IS a party Of five persons going
into the crater the charge for guide ser
vices is $, or 81 each, and if there is a
party Of twenty five, the charge for
guide services is $25, or 81 each. Wis
itors can not understand why the ser
vices Of the same guide should vary
from - TO So, his duties being no more
for twenty-five than for five persons,
and there have been many complaints
about this charge.
Another complaint is that the man
agement often provides no drinking
water at the brink of the pit of Hale
| maumau for those who have made the
long trip across the lava flow. 1t was
owing 10 the lack Of drinking water at
| the Shelter House that Jim McCandless
was injured in the auto accident TO j.
\. Kennedy s machine on July i. Mr.
Kennedy and Mr.. McCandless having
gone back to the Volcano House for
supply Of water
The system of assigning rooms to
guests, doubling up in rooms, was also
commented on, the complaints having
reached the promotion committee from
tourists.
Aside from the criticisms passed ont
to the management nearly all visitors
express the opinion that in spite OF
these annoyances. the trip to the crater
is the most wonderful in the world, and
ba1- In :
the annoyances were piled up.
The committee also expressed the
opinion that the volcano is worthy Of
being advertised all over the world as
an attraction not to be stunned as some
thing dangerous, but as an attraction so
easily accessible by steamer. railroad
and auto.
Will Work in Canada.
Last winter influx Of tourists from
Canada mainly by the Canadian Austria
liam liners has caused the promotion
committee to sit up and take notice and
plans are now under way to thoroughly
canvass the country with literature on
Hawaii, and this will be augmented by
the lectures on Hawaii which will prob
ably be given by Mrs. Frances King
Headlee. the committee s representative
in the Northwest. Part of the plan of
transferring Mrs Headlee from Los An
geles to the Sound country for the sum
mer and fall months was to take in
Canada and thoroughly exploit IT, The
committee has the utmost confidence in
Mrs Headlee to accomplish the desired
results as the clubs and organizations
before whom she has Iectured all along
the Pacific Coast express the opinion
that she Is in the foremost rank among
lecturers. Her lectures on Hawaii are
most convincing with audiences.
The only difficulty confronting Mrs
HeadIee is the lack of railway trans
portation facilities. that is. free trans
portation. The committee was led TO
believe by some Canadian railroad men
who were here last winter that any rep
resentative the promotion committee
would send into Canada would be look
ed after as far as railroad transporta-
ton was concerned.
On the contrary. however, the Cana
dian Railway Act confronts here A
letter to Secretary Wood at Atlantic
City. from General Manager Stitt Of the
CanadianP Pacific Railway, at Montreal.
they much desire to aid the committee.
vet the Act stands in the way of giving
the desired transportation to Mrs
Headlee. However, Secretary Wood will
visit Vancouver and Northwest cities
on his way home and will endeavor to
make some arrangement whereby Mrs.
Headlee can be sent from one part to
another without so many difficulties.
Our Coffee the Best.
Mr.. McInerny spoke of man named
BaIgh being in town, man who few
years ago acted for Folger & Co, in
distributing Hawaiian coffee. and main
tanning branch at Kansas City. which
became larger coffee depot than the
headquarters in San Francisco. Mr.
Baugh believes that if Hawaiian coffee
can be sold by the small farmer pro
ducers TO an association which viii I'M
dertake t. market the coffee. they will
get better prices and the coffee viii adj
vertise the Islands. 1t was stated that
the small producers get about 8 cents
per pound and the dealers make a hand
some profit out Of the sales thereof.