The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-17
They win Settle Matter At Con-
z ference With General TRAIT ~
flo Manager Stone
COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN
. BRINGS ABOUT MEETING
.HilI Liner Could Garry Bananas
And Would Not Hurt Com
aasi petlng Business oy

tiled today. .....
| Al ten o'clock this morning repre-
sentatives of all the sugar shipping
firms win meet Cal E, Stone, general
1trafic manager Of the Great Northern
Pacific Steamship Company at the
Iehamber Of commerce Offices and dis
lcuss the gtarantee Of 1000 TO 1900 tons
of freight Mr.. Stone is asking
The meeting IL the outcome of one
held yesterday afternoon by the com
lmittee of fifteen of the chamber, where
Mr. Stone declared he t'had not been
offered any freight of any kind by any
Ibody. 81 Mr.. Stone added that he had
conferred with only one sugar shipping
man here--Georg Rodiek--vand that the
situation then had been discussed only
in general way. A%~s'F -
II frederick >. Lowrey. proposed the
J Injecting of the sugar men and Mr..
Stone. He said he believed f'the whole
1 thing could be settled then and that
4 Mr.. Stone could 90 hack in the Mia
CARA with the guarantee in his pocket. I"
Mr. stones Proposition ""
| Members OF the committee Of fifteen,
which IL seeking TO relieve steamsSr
ron9estion, heard Mr.. Stones PROPOSE
ion in full yesterday. o.. -.@
L.. Fenney Peck presided and in in
Producing Mr., Stone declared he believ.
I'd the Great Northern deal should be
'linched in the interest of the tourist
business.
Mr.. Stone in his talk divulged seve.-
ii new features in reference to the com
ing of the Great Northern. One was
hat the Great Northern without addi-
tional equipment can transport bananas
las well as the. other lines here and in
much quicker time.
eff the Great Northern were put
on the Honolulu rum Mr. Stone said,
cit would be regarded as an extension
II the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Railroad systems. With our
the Chicago Northwestern we would
then have q direct line from Honolulu
20 Chicago.
Would Advertise Hawaii
"This system spends hundreds of
thousands Of dollars a year in adver-
Using. If ! receive a freight guaran-
tee for the Great Northern here 1
would ask for an advertising appropri-
alton of $4,000 for the first six months;
should have 100000. In addition
ev"Iy agent Of our entire system and
connections would be instructed to
boost the Hawaiian route and q of
our railroad literature would contain
, references to il. =
ave would guarantee six months ser
vice if the boat were sent here-from
November ] to April ], inclusive, Az
ter that it would depend on the coast
wise business. If the Northern Pacific
could not handle the Portland San Fran
cisco travel the Great Northern prob
ably would go bach on that run for
the summer.
"The Great Northern would leaYe
San Francisco at four clock in the
afternoon, arrive at Los Angeles Har-
Dor ten clock the next morning, and
would sail in the afternoon for Homo
lulu, which would be four and half
days from the mainland.
Same Pare From Los Angeles
"The same fare would be charged
8 from Los Angeles as San Francisco, and
4 the same would apply here on the re-
= turn trip. Railroad accommo dations
! from San Francisco to Los Angeles
3 would go with the steamship fare.
"When the Great Northern came
down here last year three-fourths of
our passengers were obtained at Los
Angeles. This is about the ratio we
would expect to prevail If the Great
Northern came here. We would expect
majority of the passengers to be
tourists of means from the winter re-
sort district of Southern California.
"Our coming here would not hurt
the business of any other line. Our
ships on the Coast have increased the
business for other lines there, and /
think the Great Northern would do the
? Iame here
3 "Our first class accommodation
would run from $85 to 500 and our sec.
= 'ondelass from $45 to $50. Our freight
l rates would be the same as are now
charged"
Mr.. Stone formally acknowledged the
courtesy which has been shown to him
during his stay here.
Mr.. Peck Advocates Deal
Mr.. Peck in his Introductory remarks
said:
Opportunity knocks at the door of
Honolulu. Those who recognize it may
he rewarded; those who do not may
be sorry.
"The money Honolulu has spent in
promotion work has been money we'll
spent. 1t has resulted in a great deal
If new tourist business. The Hill peo-
ME have the possibilities Of increasing
our tourist business.
1t seems to me an excellent oppor.
unity. We have a chaMce for another
industry. We have carefully exploited
our SOIL now | feel we should as care
fully exploit our scenery and our eli
mate.
"f the Great Northern Pacific Steam,
ship Company sees its way clear to
"ome here, ] hope it will receive every
possible encouragement from the com.
munity."