The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-03-30

-'+-- iN'' "a u tilittPit ltA hLDN tAdL
any OF those boats 20 to Seattle.
Mr.. Kahn. On, no; once a month,
"bout-one sailing a month.
Mr.. kaIanianaole. The Japanese
boats, so far as | know, do not touch
at Seattle, but only at San Francisco.
Mr.. Kahn. Yes.
Mr.. Mcclellan. We have boats to
San Francisco now. 1t would give US
10 instead Of 9.
Mr.. Goulden. Give you an oppor.
tunlty of getting away to the mania and
more frequently than it would now2
Mr.. Mcclellan. Yes
Mr. Kahn. Once a month.
Statement of George B. Mcclellan.
Mr.. Mcclellan. Mr.. Chairman and
gentlemen, | think | might as well be
gin with a statement of Just what the
change has been with reference to ship
ping facilities in Hawaii since anuexa-
ton. The act of annexation and the
application of the coastwise laws de
prived Us at that time Of the use of 6
foreign steamers. of the O. and O.
line, 3 of the Togo kisen Kaisha, and
since that time. 3 of the Oceanic boats
as you know, have discontinued their
service. In other words, there are 9
less steamers than were in operation
giving service to Honolulu at the time
OF annexation. AS against that there
are additional Pacific Mail boats;
there have been + new Pacific Mail
boats added, but 2 Of them displaced
old ones Of smaller tonnage, and there
are but additional Pacific Mail boats,
and these 3 additional Matson steam
ers; of these latter, , are very small.
In other words, we have + less steamers
giving service to the Hawaiian Islands
today than there were ten years ago.
Mr.. Humphreys. You have given
the number of steamers. How many
less trips have you between the main
land and Hawaii
Mr.. Mcclellan. | could not answer
that accurately, except to say that the
foreign steamers, the three steamers of
the Oceanic line, gave a threeweeks
service; that is. there was of the
Oceanic line to Australasia steamer
every three weeks in addition to their
the Orient the schedule is practically
the same for the foreign steamers as
for the Pacific Mail line; but the differ
ence in exact number of trips would be
somewhat less in proportion than the
I decrease in ships. because those Mat
son boats are local steamers, making
more frequent trips
Mr.. Humphrey Could YOU put ii in
another shape, the difference in the
carrying capacity Of the vessels now
running, say, for period Of month.
to what it was at that time?
Mr.. Mcclellan. I would suppose
tina. the carrying capacity is about -
per cent less than it was; possibly not
over 10 per cent less than the former
/ carrying capacity. The carrying capa-
c.sy has been decreased less than the
number of steamers. because the new
Pacific Mail steamers are larger boats
tina they had before.
Mr.. Humphrey. On the other hand,
/ was going to ask YOU what increase
there had been, if any, in the tratti'
Mr. Mcclellan. | was Just coming TO
that The increase in traffic ii Hawaii
in ten years has been very marked. As
Territory we have not developed as
rapidly as we had expected to. We
have not developed anything like as
rapidly as we had expected TO-. We
have not developed anything like az
rapidly. in my Judgment, as we could
have developed if we had had better
passenger facilities, hut nevertheless,
here has been a steady growth ana
development Within the last two wears.
since the federal government has com
menced on a large scale to put in new
Notifications, military posts, and a
naval station there, and with the
development of our tourist business, the
volume of travel has greatly Increased,
Mr. G0ulden. Could YOU give tx APP
proximately the number of people Who
will have TO land at the port of HO-
noIuiu, | haven t the remoted idea.
Mr. Mcclellan. | have not the figures
in mind, because our showing is based
on the volume of travel with relation
to the capacity, which is the real issue;
it Is not q question of what the total
is; the question is, What is the relation
of the CARRYING capacity to the volume
of traffic?
Mr.. Eoulden One more question. I
would like to have YOU state. in order
to get it in the record, what j. the penalty
for sailing on foreign vessels from San
Francisco or Seattla to Honolulu?
Mr.. Mcclellan. Two hundred dollars.
The passenger fare is So, aud the
penalty 5000 additional.
During the last five years particularly
the commercial organizations of Hawaii
have carried on the work Through our
promotion committee of developing
Tourist business and seeking to develop
he incoming of American people as
residents of the Territory. We have
had very substantial results in that
work. as far as it was possible under
existing conditions, but we have some
time past reached the point where the
volume Of people desiring TO travel to
Hawaii is far in excess of the capacity.
and I shall state some of the facts
relative TO that further in my address
The following statement Of Intervals
between American steamers IS taken
from the official list of mail steamers
arriving and departing from Honolulu
From the Coast.
November % to December Il, interval
Of eighteen days. |
December y to January I, interval
Of eleven days.
January Is to January -, htteeh days
nth only. a 2G-uaSSenCpr boat n-erEtn- |