The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-12
Something VIII Hnpper,

Look out for trouble in marine circles should the
&C winter resort, and oner fOur-day passage to
that sunny, comfortable place in one OF the nnest
and swiftest ships In the world. - H. -. .Es r..
TN the current number Of f. w. Howe's Month
i ly, Just received in Honolulu, there appears
an account of the editors trip from Portland to
San Francisco in the steamship Great Northern.
which is soon to make regular calls at this port.
Mr.. Howe is an observing world traveller and his
comments will be of interest to his Honolulu
friends as we'll as direct attention of tourists on
The mainland to this new steamship service.
The article, in part, is as follows
An official of the Southern Pacific Railway once
refused to give official of the Great Northern
what the Great Northern thought fair
divide The Great Northern Railway was selling
round trip tickets to average men and women every
where and permitting them to go west way,
only line from Portland to San Francisco, and the
Great Northern man thought the Southern Paehc
man demand more than fair for the haul from
Portland to San Francisco This was on Tuesday,
and before announcing what the Great Northern man
did the following day, digress long enough to say
that If you are too hard on nval when you nave
an advantage, he may founder about in his indlgna-
ton, and find and effective ways of annoying
you. The Wednesday following the Tuesday when
the Southern Pacific man demanded more than the
Great Northern man thought was. reasonable, the
Great Northern ordered two l2,O00 ton ships,
exactly alike to run between Portland and San
Francisco in twentysix hours The ships were placed
in commission last April; called the Great
Northern and the other the "Northern Pacific"
They are the most beautiful going ships have
ever SEEN and have a good many; and they
are managed with the effectiveness which distn-
cuisines railroad management everywhere. Inc shlPs
are not only beautiful and well managed, but very
FAST passengers from Portland to San Francisco by
the Great Northern ships actually beat the time OF
the Southern Pacific trains. And in another burst
of indignation, the Great Northern man who quar-
relied with the Southern Pacific man. gave his pas
sengers free meals and rooms between Portland and
San Francisco Old and slow ships have long Piled
between Portland and San Francisco, but the new
fers Of the Great Northern are under railroad man
agement; and, much as railroad management is
abused, you can't equal it: it is the best exhibition
of business in the world today. When that Great
Northern quarreled with the Southern Racific
man, he also did another nasty thing (frOm the
Southern Pacific view point: he put in modern
loading docks at the mouth Of the Columbia, and
now carries tremendous loads of freight every
trip of these palaces Of the Pacific The experiment
was 90 successful that tie "Great Northern had
four hundred and fifty passengers on the 2lst Of
September, 1916; and when this trip becomes more
widely known the ships won ~ hold the people. So
the Great Northern man IL talking of third ship
like the first two to be known as the Huntington
After the Expositions it is said the Grea
Northern" will run between San Francisco and Ho-
nolulu for the winter Since man began remembering
events the time between San Francisco and Honolulu
has been six DAYS The "Great Northern " can make
il in four. Look out for trouble in marine circles
should the Great Northern Railway begin advertising
Honolulu a winter resort; and offer fOurday pas
| sape to that sunny comfortable place in of the
| finest and swiftest ships in the world. Ny enthus-
iasm for the Great Northern ships is the enthusiasm
of a traveller who pleased, and nothing more. /
| bought a ropnd trip ticket and the man who sold
it to recommended the boat trip. had conf
dence in his Judgment, and went that way. He Of
| fered me a ticket from Portland to fan Francisco,
| had preferred it, and he was Great Northern
| u had no privileges the other passengers did
not enjoy express simple appreciation OF business
men who sold something at a price thought
fair got more than thought l was getting
when handed over my money 1t is only fair to
| say we had delightful weather, but without it, l
should have had equal appreciation for everything
about the ship except its meals.