Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-03
CITY WELCOMES
GREAT NORTHERN
ON new SERVICE
Official and Unofficial 'AIohaS
Extended to Visitors on
Arrival
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was there with banners OF welcome
appropriately inscribed.
Fine work directing the tourists to
places OF interest and giving informa-
ton. was done by 100 members OF
the AID Club. working in 10 teams of
10 men each.
Each man wore a yellow ribbon
bearing the words Ask Me, | Live
Here" The teams were all on Pier
and as the Great Northern neared
the dock. they assembled and o. IN
club yell. sang their songs, and flour
ished their banners OF welcome.
One Of the teams was Y. NJ G A.
team, each member wearing as a hat
band 2 ribbon with the letters Y. M.
G. A." printed on IT, President W.
r. Harrington of the club met the
first passenger down the gangplank,
and the other team members greeted
the rest
Harry l.. Strange was chairman OK
the Ad Clubs committee, aud the cap
tains included w. r. Harrington. A.
r. Larimer, Ed Towse, c. B. Gage,
j. ID. Levenson. Tom Sharp, ]. NJ.
Riggs, Charles r. Frazier and ]. +.
Child.
Jonah Drawn Into Sea.
Several unusual features accented
the Great Northern's initial voyage.
according to passengers on the Hill
liner. To make sure that the initial
voyage would have no hoodoos, the
ships crew constructed an effigy Of
Jonah, and, when the liner started
from San Pedro, hurled him over
board, bag and baggage. Result, a
perfect trip.
On the way down to San Pedro the
Great Northern raced and beat the
crack coastwise steamer Yale, the
swiftest boat until the Great Northern
started. on the San Francisco-Los An
geles run. The hill liner. with her
"a knots, beat the Yale into San Pc
dro by several hours. The latter boar
makes the trip in Is hours
Six bridal couples were on board the
Of the ship. particularly Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray G. Cole of Heeia. A rousing send
Oh was given the boat In San Francis-
co, Pathe Weekly cameramen being
present. photographing the departure.
Had to Slow Down.
The run from San Pedro to Hilo
was made In exactly four days and IL
hours. The first day the Great North
ern made l62 miles, the second 502,
and then Capt. Altman had to slow
down because he was getting ahead of
his schedule.
The Great Northern sailed from
Hilo at 1880 o'clock this morning. an
hour and a half beyond sailing time.
because passengers returning from
the volcano were delayed by motor
car trouble. She passed Diamond
Head at exactly 1890 o'clock, and
was allowed to enter without the usu-
al medical examination of passengers,
this having been given at Hilo.
The Great Northern brought total
Of 219 passengers here, 149 first cabin,
So second and IL third. She unloaded
1873 sacks of mail, including 10 tons
Of parcel-post matter Freight for
Honolulu was $50 tons. The ships en-
tire ice-house capacity has been en-
gagged by coast meat packers to ship
beef from San Francisco and San Pc
dro TO Honolulu. Returning, the ice
house space will be filed with fresh
fruit.
No Gancplank There.
When the Great Northern was
about a day from Hiio, Capt. A. All |
man was informed by wireless that
there was no gangplank available at
the new Kuhio wharf.
Make one" he radioed in return.
A temporary structure was hastily !
thrown together, and II worked finely, |
the swell caused the ship to
heave away from the wharf every few
seconds. The gangplank moved with
the ship, so that everyone got ashore
quickly.
Although 1t was widely heralded, |
the Los Angeles Examiners excursion
de luxe failed to materialize, and the
number of passengers from that city
when the Great Northern locked to-
day was small, none of them coming
under the Examiners guidance.
THE Examiners excursion was Civ
en- up," was the statement of A. p.
Taylor yesterday at Hilo. Mr.. Taylor
boarded the ship at Los Angeles har-