The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-12
VOLCANO GREAT
TOURIST ASSET
But One Visitor Complains About
Obstacles Put in the Way of
the Trip.
lFrom sunaal,s Advertiaer.l )

Zone of the greatest tourist attrac
tions you have in the Hawaiian Islands
is the least advertised, and no tourist
should ever miss 1t, and that is the vol
cano of Kilauea," said Col j. Rupert
Foster, the millionaire California hotel
man, who returned yesterday from a
week Is visit to the volcano island.
81 didn t know anything OF your vol
cano before L left San Francisco. had
heard of Kilauea. put didn t know
where it was, and / certainly didn t
know that it was as easy to reach as it
is to take an auto trip around the Is
land of Oahu. All you have to do is to
step aboard one of the finest little
steamers / have ever travelled on--the
Mauna Kea-step ashore at Hilo take
an auto and spin up fine road to the
Volcano House, where you see the smok
ing pit few miles away, and then take
an auto again and spin along the rim
of the outer crater, descend to the floor
of the old lava flow and with few
minutes walk you are gazing down into
the fiery lake of lava in the "pit." 1t
as easy as falling off a log
"And yet you never heard anything
of the volcano. It's the widest thing
in captivity. 1t won't bite you, and
you We seen the grandest natural won
der the world has on display for the
travelling public. Tell the world more
about it, but specially tell everybody
how easy it is to get to it. Give detailed
information how to get there. Don t
let anybody say the steamer trip is
hard or rough. The Mauna Kea is a
little floating palace, and you re treat
ed fine all along the route"
Volcano Trip Obstacles.
| The promotion committee yesterday
received kick from tourist who has
been here since the Chiyo Maru arrived
from Yokohama, in which he protests
against the manner in which obstacles
are placed in the way of any one who
wants to take the side trip over to the
volcano. Leigh Goldie-T -Tanburnan of
Douglas, Isle of Man, England, made
his protest in writing before he left
for the Coast yesterday in the Asia, as
follows:
"Dear Sir:-I am on q trip round
the world from England, via China,
Japan and the States, and was anxious,
between Yokohama and San Francisco,
to visit Honolulu and the volcano. l
was told at the Pacific Steamship Com
pany's Office in Yokohama that it was
quite impossible to visit the volcano
within the limit of week, and this in
formation was gwen me, not only by
personal enquiry, but through further
enquiries made by friend of mine liv-
ing in Yokohama, who made extra en-
quiries for me.
"Yokohama is, I grant, long dis
tance away, but when 1 got on the
Chiyo Maru, no information could 1 get
The most aggravating point, however,
was reached when L landed this day
week, and was told by the Pacific Mail
agent that l certainly could not make
the volcano trip and be back in time
for the Asia. L went to the office twice
and asked them if this was correct, and
they assured me it was.
81 was ON the point of proceeding
in the Chiyo Maru, when l heard al
excursion went to Hilo on Saturday
last. This l made use of but l would
greatly have preferred going by the
Tuesday boat. l live near an Englisl
watering place, and know how damag
ing it is to tourist traffic to have wrong
information given one, especially wher
one calls at a big Office like the Pacific
Mail
Gin my own case l can not do an.
, good by Complaining, my stay here be
ing completed; but for the good o
future visitors, and the welfare of you
: Islands, / write to tell you how l hav,
! had wrong information given me.