The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-12
SAYS 1910 W|lL
BE ACTIVE YEAR.
Effect Of War Upon Mainland
Travel Has Been Felt
Says A. P. Taylor

20, and perhaps little larger than
that. Of 1914. II was with this pre-.
dietion that A., p. Taylor, agent Of
Che promotion committee, returned from
San francisco yesterday on the Sierra,
lie was accompanied by his wife.
All transportation experts have blum.
dercd this year IN their estimates Of
westward travel, deelstes Taylor, but
IN spite Of their bluhder and the rad.
zeal revision Of their estimates which
lately has been made, Hawaii and the
Pacific Coast will have a bio year.
VIII Relieve Secretary wood
Taylor returns TO take the place Of
Secretary HIP, Wood Of the promotion
comrhittee. Wood will. leave for San
Francisco tomorrow to become resident
lair eommissioner, and win be away for
at least ten months. In addition TO
taking, Wood e place, Taylor will have
an active part In the work Of the out.
door committee, which Is closely allied
to the promotion Organization.
Taylors fourteen months In San
Francisco as the representative Of the
promotion committee have splendidly
equipped him to take the chair Of
Wood. He has been in direct touch
with the leading Transportation and
promotion men OF the Coast, and re.
turns with many ideas for the devel
opment and Improvement Of the pro-
motion work. Of the Islands. "a. !, 9
Estimates Of Travel Wrong as d
Speaking Of the tourist travel, Tay-
Tor said YESTERDAY: tsa
The most eminent Transportation
experts all over the United States have
fallen down in their estimates for
westward travel. these estimates being
based ON the supposed domestic travel
activity due to the war.
ttThere Is no doubt that travel all
over the world would have been ,acr
centuated by reason of the Panama
Paeifc Exposition and the Panama
Canal; aud railroad and steamship lines
were masking unusual Preparations. to
carry the traffic when the war inter.
rupted travel to Europe and the ORR
emit 80 A. 4 .sf.St " ,,.,
These experts then figured that the
usual European travel could easily be
diverted to the Pacific Coast. 1t looked
plausible, and for a while there was 4
considerable trend Of travel this way,
As the war continued, the eastern part
Of the United States became financially
affected. and persons whose incomes
would ordinarily permit them to travel
apywbefe found their incomes radically
reduced i 81 y. I. +, NJ ~ Z y, y. gag, /,
Travsi Figures Are revised y,%l,
! In, the last few weeks IL has beer
aseertained that thousands Of men and
! MDlien in tho East have been dis
l4lafged from positions, Dividends Bay(
been cut of. and the estimates fol
travel were completely revised. For
| time the Pacific Ocean was regarded
as an unsafe place for a voyage, owing
to the activity Of the warning coun,
tries there, However; there Is con,
| siderable trend Of the former European
travel to the Pacific Coast, and when
/ left San Francisco transportation meI
and exposition officials were feeling
easier about the attepdahce problem.
'.The steamship companies operating
to San francisco Informed me thai
their bookings are above normal fol
coming saiIihgs, and this indicates thai
we are to get our own quota of the
Travelling public. n, y
Using Hawaii as Bait ;.
HThe. transportation men are begin
ming to learn that after all tourist
getting is a very Intangible proposition
They are making fedoubled efforts, how
lever, TO bring traffic to the westerI
coast, and are using Hawaii as bait
The Santa Fe railroad applied to m,
for very large supply OF literature
which it sent to its eastern agencies
and included with this were q yer,
large number Of the CARNIVAL posters
"The Southern Pacific took siriila
action, while all three steamship com
Panies-the Pacific. Mail, Oceanic, AM
Matson-are making every effort nov
10 bring Hawaii prominently 10 the at
tention Of the travelling public in tn
East. ...s.4., ~. 81 gt-,,f s,,yl ems, I'll
i ~ have no doubt whatever tina
| with the added steamship accommoda
4 tions placed on the San Francisco TIonb
/ lulu route during the past year, Hawai-
/ will find, when II counts up at the en-
Of 1915, that the old slogan, Promo
ton pays, Is still good. Ss,it "
\ Promotion, Work on Coast l,.s
I "The work Of the Coast branch. o
the promotion committees has Bee
4 largely along the, lines of consulate
Not only has information been give
| for Intending tourists, but data wa
supplied to almost every line of bust
ness activity. AS distributing depot
the San Francisco Office was well wort
while. The mail was heavy, and in
formation along many lines was sup
piled. weeks in advance of similar in
formation ordinarily supplied From tn