Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-13

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Mr.. l.. r. Peck, r.
Chairman, COMMITTEE OF Fifteen"
Honolulu. -
Dear Sir:--The subcommittee Of
FIVE appointed to ascertain the facts
M regard to passenger and freight
business by the various steamship
companies in honolulu during the past
four years begs leave to report al
follows: ~ 4
Requests for such statistics were
made to the $500
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Oceanic Steamship Company
Matson Navigation Company
American Hawaiian Steamship
]. COMPANY 49,
In the case OF the last named com.
pany, the request was only for freight
statistics as this company Is not IN
the passenger business
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany replied that. a. long as II had
gone out Of business as Ear as Hone
lulu was concerned, 1t did not care to
furnish the figures desired.
The American. Hawaiiah Steallship
CompaBy replied that Il did not care
to furnish the figures requested.
The Matson Navigation Company
furnished the committee with outgo-
ing passenger and both incoming and
outgoing freight business by steamer
Tor the last past four years, the sta.
tistics being attached TO this report,
together with the letter Of Mr.. John
Drew ID relation thereto
The Oceanic Steaplehip Company
furnished he committee with, the in
coming and outgoing passenger busi-
ness by steamer and summary Of
the incoming and outgoing freight
business for the past four years. the
statistics being likewise. attached 70
this report
Dicests By Committee.
The committee found that the pas.
eensger statistics as furnished by the
companies in question did not per-
haps give ct q glance the information
desired In 4 concise enough form. so
prepared nom these statistics its own
digeSts. which are attached TO this re.
port under the following headings:
Oceanic Steamship Co, passenger
statiztics - san Ffancisc0.
Oceanic Steamship Co, passenger
stati1tics rom san Ffandi6coI
Matson Navigation Co. passenger
statistics.
and references win hereafter be made
70 the dieests as prepared BY the COM
mittee
The word Accommodations means
the total number Of berths on q steam.
er, including tfanEofii OF sofa Defths.
The term available befths means
the number Of berths actually avail.
able, and has no relation to eunOccu
pied berths." the nnmber Of which Is
not given; for instance, II q man and
wife occupied one stateroom, the
third berth Il obviously not available
TO third party The column marked
per cenI available is merely reduc
ing the two previous columns to q
percentage basis for convenience. In
figuring up accommodation IL should
be borne In mind that this means
three in every room. except special
rooms. or nearly 80 Is per cent of the
total. Passengers" mean only first
cabin passengers
The summary Of both tligests tells
ut 4 glance the extent of business
done and the available accommoda-
tons
Matscn Navigation Company loutaoing
auolneoS oniy1.
Dnring the gear 1912 this company
operated the steamers Wilhefmina.
Luriine and Hoooiulan. the latter be-
ine chartered from the AInerican-Ha-l
waiian line On the average; the com.
pany had three sailings month, with
recommendation for PSI passengers
each month. provided every berth, In
Guiding sofas. In every. room was
faken. The average for the year
showed that the steamers went out
with 30 per cent Of their accommodar
lions available.
! In 1913 the same steamers were
rIsed md the percentage Of available
Derths increased to 81 per cent.
IN 1914 the Honoiulan made three
trips, when she was returned to the
service OF the American-H Hawaiian
Steamship Company, due to the fact
that the Matsonia, with accommodas
items for 243 first cabin passengers,
and the MaIloa, with accDmn0d atioAs
Tor 90 passengers, were placed on the
lun. This made the miAimHm accom-.
modaticns per month for the Matson
line 5SS, running us, to ISL when the
Matsonia made two sailings in one
month";
. The year 1912 showed accommoda-
items for S341 passengers, 1918 349S
and, 1914, O. total of 65S1. The per-
eentage OF available accommodation
for 1914 rose to SO per cent. In other
words, though the accommodation
had practically doubled. the percent.
age Of available accommodations only
went up I'VE points, showing, appar.
emily, that the more steamers there
are the heavier passenger business We
can expect and the greater benefits
to the territory at large From the
side Of the. steamship companies, how.
ever, there is point beyond which
it will not be profitable to go, depend
ing largely on the. amount Of freight
that can be obtained. 1t IS apparent
that the passenger business, as such