Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-29
THE TOURISTS AND THE HAuEA
kAlA TRIP.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: was very much pleased to
READ In your issue of the 25th instant
the verbatim report of what Mr. f. c.
Weber OF Los Angeles did say at his
informal talk before the Honolulu AID
Club with reference TO his party of
school teachers and their visit to Ha-
leakala. In Justice to myself. and the
desire which We of Maui always have
to welcome visitors to our island. |
would like TO make a few additions to
Mr. Weber's talk
The first time heard of Mr.. Weber
was through the. lnter-Island Steam
Navigation Company. in a letter in
forming me that Weber and Armstrong
OF Los Angeles had written them ask
ing fer schedule of rates on 20, 40
or 60 persons separately, who wished
to visit Ha!eakala and lao valley on
Maui during the coming (this) sum-
mer. I replied, giving rates and ex-
planned that We could not handle more
than party of 20 on the Haleakala
trip at one time and that it would be
necessary to divide the excursion into
two parties, If the number exceeded
the 20; If the party was large one
then we should need several days no.
tice to make the necessary arrange
ments. Nothing more was heard alb out
the Weber party until May last when
an agent of the Matson Navigation
Company called on me stating that one
Of the steamers Of his company ex-
pected to bring party OF school teach
ers conducted by Mr.. Weber of Los
Angeles, end he wanted rates. ! gave
the agent rates.
On July ii last ! received the fol-
lowing and arst direct communication
from Mr.. Weber, dated from the XII
lauea Volcano house |
"Our party Of II will reach Kahului, |
via Manoa on Friday, July II. We
hope to make Maui hotel our head
quarters Want to make the trip up
to Haleakala and return to Honolulu,
via Manoa on the 18th. VIII proba-
bly, need about eight or nine riding
skirts, If we make the Haleak9la trip /
Can we hire them there? ! would APP |
preciate word from you sent to Royal :
Hawaiian hotel Eefore we leave here"
AS | could not get a letter to Mr.. !
Weber before he left Honolulu for.
Maui, sent him wireless win meet |
Manoa arrival Kahului."
Until had a talk with Mr.. Weber |
at Z a. M, July 16, last, on board Ma
noa, I did not know definitely how
many of his party really intended to
make the Haleakala trip. The party /
of II persons left the Manoa; went to I
the Maui hotel, where. the best rooms
were allotted them-Hot,S In any in
stance; more than two persons in one
room, and some rooms with private /
bath Those that preferred had a
room to themselves. Fifteen of the
party left the Maui hotel in three
autos after lunch on day of arrival; 7
a fourth auto was at the disposal of the
party, but being a seVen-seater and as
there were only two passengers to oc-
cupy it, Mr.. Weber requested us not
to use it, The party returned to the
Maui hotel the next morning. all de-
claring themselves we'll pleased with
the trip to Haleakala. ..- -"
/ cannot refrain from referring to a
few matters which Mr.. Weber should
have added to his Ad Club talk:
my party was met on board the Ma
noa on arrival at Kahului by party
Of ladies and gentlemen, whose only
interest was to give us welcome to
Maui. These friends had driven many
miles at daybreak to extend to us an
aloha ...r- &"" ~
To his remark, ''The trip from the
Maui hotel to Olinda and thence by
horseback to the summit of Haleakala
and return to Wailuku cost us $21 per
person." He should have added that
In this sum was included two days
at the Maui hotel; free
auto trip to lao valley in the Maui no.
tel auto for those who wished to avail
of the trip, free riding
habits and extra clothing for those I'M
prepared, which were loaned by the
Maui hotel-not to mention the many
rourtesies shown Mr.. Weber's party
by the Waikiki pe6ple.
w. Fl. FIELD,
Manager. Maui Hotel Company, Wal