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


an increase In business, particularly
ever 1914, as follows: q. -. !, .,
g.. Percentage Percentage
d & Available Available
ss~ Berths first Berths for
1r seven months. the full year
.,a1 year - - Il 30
1913 -. ...t..>.. - -
f4Sif 49,. -'ss05 q
1915 g..s.....s.ss a ~ .., 49,
The fair In San Francisco has un.
dodbtediy had an influence on the
1915 business. ! "A
Oceanic Steamship Company. -
The average total accommodations
for tliIs lire for the combined Austria.
Eiia.fionoluiu run Is shout $500 d year,
the Sierra, the local boat, furnishing
about 1850. On the average, all three
boats, namely, Sierra. Ventura and
sonoina. have run light, Darticularls
the Sierra. The average is brought
down only by the two through boats
To Frisco From Frisco
Percentage Percentage
Available Available
Year. Berths. Berths. i
1872 Sill SIS
1913 1872 49.1
1914 SCI 6ss
1916 Is mos. IA ISL
One reason for the fact that the
steamers have run so light il because
the Sierra has left regularly the Sat
Eufday Following the Matsonia and hak
taken, on the average, only the sur.
plus left BY the Matsonia, the Matso-
MIA being considerably the larger boat
6f the two. To q certain extent this
II true also Of the HentHFa and Sonp,
ma, which have followed q day after
the whitening. Although not much
larger than the Australian boats, the
WfIhelmina has had the advantage Of
being q local boat, with the chance
OF booking for DEFINITE rooms. The
new schedule of the Oceanic Company
does mot materially aid Il III this re-
spect, the Sierra going out the day
befofe the MatsoniA and the other two
the day before the WilhelmiAa. III
the OceaAic steamers preceded the
Lurlihe and Manoas the case might be
different.
II We should exclude the Pacific
Man II would appear that the surplus
left after the Matsbn sailings IS not
large, except fl certain congested
months, but we must realize that the
passengers carried BY the Pacific Mai
VIII now have 10 travel by the other
lines, and further that more people
would come to these islands III as
surea Of passage. y
Time for Travel.
The outgoing statistics of both lines
for four years show pretty much the
same thine. as % to be expected.
namely. that travel Is very heavy to
the coast during the months Of March
and April. following our carnival, and
when many or The winter tourists are
going home. Travel keeps up good
through May, June, July and August
when 1t drops on materially.
The incoming statistics were furn-i
ished only by the Oceanic company,
and, as the Australian trade is In
yolyed, cannot necessarily be taken
as good Indicator for these islands.
They show, however, that incoming
travel is best during the months Of
February. September and October.i
Independent figures on the Sierra, the
locai boat, bear oft IN a general way
the same result.
The Pacific Mail reports that busi-
ness to San francisco from Honolulu
Is good It about the same time it Isl
from the Orient ta San Francisco,
namely February, March, April and
May. As regards travel 70 the Orient
from San Francisco. the mouths, ex-I
cept in the case Of February. are
slightly Different being IN general
January, February and March. 8
Ctsss % Stesmship. .3's. = ~ @.'.s :.
No mention so far has been made
OF the size or class OF the various
steamships running here, merely the
amount of accommodations and the.
number of available berths being
considered However, the class OF &C
epmlnola offered has a decided
bearing on the volume OF travel, par
tiCularly when ii comes to- tourist
business. In this respect the average
traveller prefers to, go on o large,
steady steamer, and 30, for purposes
OF comparison, we give the ldisplace.
nnent tonnage OF the various American
steamers running here during the past
year:
Dispmt. Pass
Name Company TONNAGE Accom-.
Mancharia, P. NJ. $4,000 $50
Mongolia, P M ......27s0ea $50