The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-04-30
CHARGE UNION
LINE IS UNFAIR
W. II. HooGs WILL GALL ON LOCAL
AGENTS TO TALK IT
ALL OVER
(From Saturdays AdvortisOr.)


the Union Steamship Company, operat-
ing steamers beteween Australia and
Canada, via the Hawaiian Islands,
has been the charge which has
frequently reached the promotion com
mittee, and was confirmed by several
statements presented to the organiza-
ton yesterday. To some extent also
are they confirmed by w. H. Hogs,
member of the committee, who recently
returned from Australia, and who was
deputized as a committee of one to in
terview T. II. Davies & Co., the local
agents, relative to the matter.
w. H. McInerny and Mr.. Hoogs both
stated that complaints had been made
to them that the Australian agents of
the line discriminate against this port
in their sales of tickets and advise
patrons to go through to Vancouver and
not risk obtaining steamer accommoda-
tions out of Honolulu for San Fran
cisco. The statement made also that
tourists travelling on steamship re-
Gently up from Australia, were told by
the Australian agents that they had
cabled to Honolulu and learned there
were no accommodations to be had
from Honolulu to San Francisco, and
on this statement the passengers
bought through tickets for Vancouver.
On the last steamer from Sydney sew
eral persons aboard desired to stop
over here, but were advised to take no
chances as to accommodations, with
the further probability of being
, & g,y,n al ,rlaAnsHalty
of taking in the sights of Hawaii they
continued their journey on the same
vessel to Vancouver.
Pulling for Vancouver.
"we are pulling for Vancouver, and
not Honolulu, - was the statement of
an agent in Australia to Mr.. Hogs.
AS to the charge that the pursers on
the Australian liners do not furnish
literature on the Hawaiian Islands to
patrons, Mr.. Hogs said that it was
only about six days before reaching
here that he found that literature was
in the hands of passengers.
The charge has also been made that
passengers on these liners applying to
the pursers for literature on the Ha-
waiian Islands, have difficulty in OBJ
tanning any, although each steamer is
supplied each time it visits this port.
Cook Says Not Guilty.
| The promotion committee received an
answer from Thos. Cook & Son, at Sgd
ney, relative to certain complaints made
here. With reference to the complaint
of two gentlemen named Baxter, Thos
Cook & Son, say: "These gentlemen
have evidently misunderstood the in
formation which was given them az
this office. They particularly wished to
book for a Togo Kisen Kaisha steamer
from Honolulu to San Francisco, and
were informed by our booking clerk
that it was impossible for them to
travel on this steamer unless they were
prepared to pay the fine of 5000 i'm
posed by the American government, as,
of course, the T. K. X. is not allowed
to carry passengers between Honolulu
and San Francisco.
"With reference to the other passen-
gers, Miss Cookson is apparently the
only one who booked at this Office, and
she certainly was not told that she
could not break the journey at Homo
lulu. In fact, we cannot remember that
she expressed any desire to break jour
ney en- route.
Travel Should Improve.
"The Canadian.Australian line has
now made it possible for passengers
holding through tickets to break their
journey at Honolulu, and continue to
San Francisco by Matson or Oceanic
steamer, on payment of an extra charge
and this privilege should lead to far
greater number of through passengers
stopping over at your port, and should
lead to increased travel in Hawaii. Il
is privilege that has been greatly de.
sired in the past, and we think in flu.
ture very large proportion Of the pas
sengers will stop over at your port
We are drawing special attention to
this facility to all through passengers
and supplying them with the Literature
which you regularly send us, and we
cannot suggest any other means of di-
recting tourist traffic to Honolulu"
All of which indicates that Thos
Cook & Son are doing their part tow
ard helping the promotion committee in