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

an lQeIedbe III UubbuSbsI ,pdIISuaIiy
over 1914, as follows: -. T..
~ ss.s"5 Percentage Percentage
Available Available
! 81 Berths first Berths for
= seven. months. the full year.
1912 j. ..,... $50. % 2< 80
1918 -. .:...... ~
l9l4 =. -. ...s.s64: OF
/ 1915 .s..,. :. a = ~
The fair in San Francisco has I'm.
ldoubtediy had an influence on the
1915 business. I. 3. ! j
Oceanic Steamship Company. s
The average total accommodations
| fotsthis line for the combined austria
liasI ionolulu run Is about, 900 . year,
the Sierra, the local boat, furnishing
labont $500 On the average, all three
boats, namely. Sierra, Ventura and
SOnorna. haRe run light, paTticularly
the Sierra The average 10 brought
down only by the two through boats.
To frisco From Frisco
Percentage Percentage;
Available Available
Year. Berths. Berths.
1912 51.l 52.9
1913 49, AL
1914 SCI 6S.g
1875 IS mOa) 47A 58I
One reason for the fact that the
steamers have run 80 light Is because
the Sierra has left regularly the Sat
Iurday following the Mats0nia and has
taken, on the average, only the sur
plus left ~ the Matsonia, the Matso-
MIA being considerably the larger boat
OF the two. To q certain extent this
Is true also Of the Ventura and SOnc-
ma, which have followed day after
the Wiihelmina. although not much
larger than the Australian boats, the
Wilhelmina has had the advantage Of
being q local boat, with the chance
of booking Tor definite rooms. The
new schedule .of the Oceanic Company
does not materially cid II ii this re-
spect, the Sierra going cut the day
before the Matsonia and the other two
the day before the Wilhelmina. IL
the Oceanic steamers preceded the
I1urliAe and Manoa, the case might be
diffefents y Il
Ii We should exclude the Pacific
Mail Il would appear that the surplus
left after the Matspn sailings - not
large, except IN certain sc0ngested
months, but we must realize that the
passengers carried by the Pacific Mail
viii now have 10 travel by the other
lines, and further that more people
would come to these islands IL as
sured of passage. @ p. ...@ &
Time for Travel. s= .g
The outgoing statistics Of both lines
for four years show pretty much the
same thing, as Is to be expected,
that travel is very heavy tOI
the coast during the months of March
and April. following our carnival, and
when many Of the winter tourists are
going home. Travel keeps up good
through May, June, July and August,
when ii drops on materially.
The incoming statistics were furn-
ished only by the Oceanic company.
and, Is the Australian trade Is In
VOWED, cannot necessarily be taken
as a good indicator for these islands.
They show, however, that incoming
travel is best during the months Of
February. September and October
independent sfigaEes en- tthe Sierra, the
local boat, bear out IN ii general way
the same result 81
The Pacific Mail reports that bust
ness to San Francisco from Honolulu
is good &C about the same time it Isl
from the Orient "a San iFrancisco,
namely February Z aFch, April and
May. sAs regards travel to the Orient
from San Francisco. the mgnths, ex-I
cspt In the case apf sFebrnary, are
slightly different. being IN general!
January. February and March. ut
Class ef sSteanship. -s4s.s.s-,s..,.>. s,aa,s 1
No mention so far has been made
of The size Or class .of The y. Various
steamships running here, merely the
amount of accommodations and the
number Of aYaiiable berths being
considered However, the class Of ac-
c9mmod ations offered has a decided
bearing on the volume OF travel. ear
ticularly when It comes to tourist
business. Intthis respect the average
tIaNeaer prefers to, go on "a large,
steady steamer, and So for purposes
of comparison, we give the displace-
ment tonnage OF the various American
steamers running here during the pasl
year: