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

freight capacity to max her sp-ofitabIe
to her oNnsr1, and thoroIshiy first
class apasseAger fassommFdatiQns 1t
Recent Congestion.
. The whole subject Of passenger RAY
ell between here and the coast beeaEae
acute because yof the congestion which
has s.existed here in . more or less
marked degree since February of this
year, mere particularly since April.
The steamship companies do not deny
that at times this year there has been
q congestion. II may be trHthfully
said that the figures herewith submit
ted do not show q congestion, and II
they do, IL is sanly in a mild degree.
For Instance, since February the Nat
son line has had Accommodations for
20a3 passengers, and has gone out, de,
Quoting first class passengers carried
steeFage In. the MatsoRia,, with 32n
available beFths. or approximately 10
per tcsnt. The Oceanic, In the same
period. had accomH0da tons for 2Gao.
with 81. available berths. Since April
the figures are: =: II.
~. Pct.
.ts Accomo- Available Available
Company sdatiops Berths Derths
Matson !, .f8a7 100 hi 6F3
Oceanic -. 1890 1914 15.4
II Is argued that these facts show
there saerefagailable aberths, and hence
no congestion. This does not follow.
As the .proportiongof sofa lbeFthss on a
steamer, Ia about oneethird III would
mean that steamers left, since AFril
with only sofa berths available, or. in
other words, q man and wife desiring
to travel would be separated, and then
only could travel providing the avail
able baFths3 were In rooms occupied
10 some lease by two men and in the
other by two ladies. Therefore. one
Eeannot depend on what the figures APP
currently show -with9nt going deeper
into the facts, and the facts In such.
have not asked for. H We ALSO must
take into consideration that travelling
with three i'm - room ills mot comfort
able. ~. TIT = $50
SO far we have confined ourselves
to the statistics, the actual figures,
which. however, when percentage snf
available berths Is low, are entirely
misleading. Take, for instance. the.
month of July of this year when the.
congestion was the worst;
| 81 I.,ss IS 81; .tts Accom- available
Date. Steamer. Inodations. BeFths.
In1u ,,,ssra s 81 3 90 3 s. "
Inv nv IA vviihaI,,,na 70 @. 90 %
f,.I,, e 60 49,. IA - s.
Iriv 81. z 49, = 10 N =
49, y,,i,, - 1870. ) -. 30
49, 49, 10 49, go .s:s .15o 4
- ~ s. :, - i, !.
,sra 800. Se;ls III ~. 80 en ~ ~ ~.
..S 4 Il, w
$3.50. -; 4. 800
q r,as 1880 y ~ - = 3. :, 49,, 49,. =
..sts..s =
49,, go
:, ,,.s.,. 80 49,.
s.I < Z, s.'s
49, -, ~ !. = 49,. T..
sess = ~ Il. -, 4 -
IN 90. -
SsS ~ 80 Is, NJ -
49,, - - ~ ~ mr., s,',s
4 sn.h ~, -, ~. - 20,
1880, a 49, 10Y 49,, -
~, 90 81 80 -. y.
y - rs, ~ $ 5
si<,,, 80 Sc =,
No., ss, .;ers ,,. 80, !.
and 1910 enId ~ 800 ~ sce =
datad NJ 5000 bas. VI s,,,,rss 49,,
Len, 81 ma nnr,ha, ~ f,,sad
mss 3 nv apv ~ stl,ese -. .stea,ners
Many NOR ,inatances .co.,,a ~ eiyeT
81 reneafed rennesta FIR nassa -, and mr.
refusals. hut tie seyiaepoe -ef "a cor.
eestion. more acute recently. "a 80
3oyerwhelroillg that. this eomIrittee has
assumed that this point is no longer
open to dispute. s. 8 5ss 3. - 81
III Is also the fact that the Weather
class of tourists are being kent away
on account of their INABILITY tOsohtain
return passage or OF being assured OF
return passage in advance. From a
tourist point of view, the islands are
being, hurt BY the stories Of the people
If This n1aco q r,fI 0f the hi,cinpGS class u