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

mike her STEADY, 4 large enoAgh
freight cap3city 70 make her profitable
10 her owners and thoTpughly INST,
class pasSenser accoaamodations.s.
Recent coneesticn. $3.50.
The whole subject Of passenger tray.
el between here and the. coast became
acute because of Ghe con sestiGn which
has existed here In a more or less
marked degree since February of this
year, more particularly since April.
The steamship companies do net deny
that at times this year there has been
q congestion. II may be truthfully
said that the figures herewith snhmit.
ted do not show p congestion, and, II
they do, IT is only in a mild degree.
For Instance, since February the, Nat.
son line has had accemnodan tons for
1923 passengers. and has, gohe out. de.
Quoting first class, passengers carried
steerage In the. Matsonia, with go
available berths. or approximately 10
per cent The Oceanic. In the, sarha
period, had accommodate for 1000.
with 54 available berths Since April
the figures are: g.
49,. Pet.
( Aceonlo- Available Available
Company dations Defths Berths
MatsoH =. So ;, 100 : - 40
Oceanic 1860 1914 1874
Il is argued that these Sfacts show
there were available berths. and hence
no congestion. This does net follow.
AS the proportion az sofa bertils ON q
steamer is about one-third, Ii would
mean that steamers left since AnrfI
with only sofa bertts available. OF. II,
other words. q man and wife desiring
To travel would be separated, ard then
only coIIld travel providing the avail
able befths were In rooms occupied
iii one case by two, men and IN the
ether. bY two ladies'. Therefore, one
cannot DEPEND on what the figures an
parently show without going deeper
into the facts, and the facts IN such
detail as this, even IL ohtainahle we
have NOT asked for. We alsa naIlst
take into consideration that, tra peline
with three lin a room liz not comfort.
able. 40 -. ss-1. ~ s .r5z st5s ~
So far we have confined ourselves
10 the statistics, the actual figures.
which. ahoweYer. when percentage, S1f
available berths is low, are entirely
misleading. Take. for instance, the
month of July or this year when the
congestion was the worst;
I Accom- Available
Date. Steamer modations. Bertils.
July 3-SiHTfa -. go
July EArline -. 53fts 5 s
July WilheImina Isa 90
July I6 Sonoma ;. lilo = IS
July 22 Manoa s.. -. 30 <,.~ 81
July Matsonia .243 9. z 8
Aug. H. Ventura lilo S.4 o.
Although the figures show that there
we're available herthe- we do not
doubt the steamship companies state
Bments many Way-as q matter Of fact
Il was impossible TO get on the boats
above mentioned unless bookings had
been made months IN advance, and
hundreds Of people were told they
could not be accommodated; for IN
stance ION the Lurline single men Who
or anywhere, we're refused because no
berths were ayaiiables The same was
true Of each and every sailing this
month. On the Matsonfa of July Is,
although II appears that she had six
available befth& IS were obliged to
take .fifst class steerage' accomnnOda.
tons, or 80 over her regular accom-
mcdations. This applied only to men,
and ladies could not be accornno-
dated. No record has. 6f course, been
kept OF the number who were refused
passage By any Of these steamers.
Many more instances could be given
of repeated requests for passage and
refusals, but the evidence OF q con-
gestion, more acute recently, is 50
oEerwhelming that this committee has
assumed that this point is no longer
open to dispute.
it Is also the fact that the weather
class 81, tourists are being kept away
on account OF their inability TO obtain
return passage, or .of being assured of
return passage In advance. From
tourist point Of view. the islands are
being hurt by the stories Of the people
CT this class and Of the business class,
who spend LII these islands perhaps q
worried eight days.
It Ii only fair 10 the steannship com
panies. however, to say that there is
no congestion at the time of the filing
Oh t0lS TcpUII, tu6 OuJSO1lS AdIHC Hut-
ing eased off, as Il has during October
OF prior years. , 81 d. 81.
Eject 81 Withdrawai 81 the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. r. .s.s%s
Although we have no regular statis-
tics from the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. the local agents state that
the steamers come through Honolulu
for San Francisco with accommoda. ]
lions available for from so 10 $50 pas
sengers, depending on the time OF the
yeaf, except. in every unusual scircuna
stances 80 being "a. fair average fer
the eongested times. The Ave steam
ers make an average OF FIVE. trips a
year, d total OF Twenty-Five; or an
average of two a month. Taking the
low average, we would therefore hare
during the congested months accom-
modations available for 100 more pas
seageFs,,which have how been lost 20
us. The total for the year. can be
conseryatively placed as follows :. 4
Average Available Total for
Steamer. Berths - Year. i