Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-01
OFFICERS CERTAIN
HILL STEAMER
Will STAY
Great Northern Brings 495
From Coast and is Booked
Full for Next VoWage

Every officer en- board the Hill liner
Great Northern, which locked al
1907 this morning at Pier 6 and land
ed 55l passengers, of whom 495 were
tourists from San Francisco and Los
Angeles. believes the big steamer will
be continued on the triangular run,
and the local agents. Fred L. Waldron,
Ltd, are willing, according to Mr..
Waldron, to bet a SO silk hat that
she stays.
I'VE are booked chock-a-block for
our next voyage, leaving San Fran
cisco February H." said Purser john
S. Ford a few minutes after the liner
locked and her half thousand tour
lists streamed down the gangplank to
be welcomed by the Hawaiian Band s
melodious strains. That means 700
passengers.
Il saw Cal Stone in San Pedro, and
while ne would not commit himself as
to whether there will be additional
sailingsi announced after April 4, the
last sailing scheduled from Honolulu,
we are all confident that the steadily
growing passenger business we are
getting will warrant the company
keeping the Great Northern on regu-
larly. Mr.. Stone said the matter is
still under consideration
Every State Represented.
The Great Northern's tourists rep
resent every state in the union, and
cities from San Francisco to Boston
and Bangor. The number of passen-
gers getting on at Los Angeles (San
Pedro) was $50, big increase over
last trip, when only 10 joined there.
From the mainland, the Great
Northern brought 394 first-cabin pas
sengers, 6S second, and 3S steerage.
At Hilo % first-cabin, nine second
and 25 steerage joined, making the
grand total getting off here 551,
against a total of 514 on her last call
at this port January II. ..":=~ .
The afternoon following the Great
Northern's departure from San Pedro
bad weather was met, and Capt. A.
Amman reduced by half the big liners
speed Of "a miles an hour, for the
sake of passengers, who were almost
all afflicted with seasickness until the
next day, when the liner got out of
the storm zone and met better
weather.
BRINGS % Automobiles.
Steaming time from San Pedro to
Hilo was four days, Is hours and 4S
minutes, and from Hilo to Honolulu,
exactly 10 hours. Freight for Homo
lulu was only $50 tons, including %
automobiles, of which more than half
are passengers cars. ~. .~.....--.
Only four sacks of mail came to
Honolulu, of which two we're put
aboard at Hilo. The steamer took 80
to Hilo from the coast. .r e p.
Purser John s. Ford was the center
of attraction as soon as the ship
locked. He received scores of con.
gratulations on his recent marriage.
He married Miss Lillian Powers of
Seattle at the Palace Hotel Wednes.
day, January 10. Mrs. Ford will come
to Honolulu on the Northern Pacific's
excursion de luxe, leaving San Fran
cisco February 16, and she and her
husband will pass second honey.
moon here, as the Great Northern will
also be in port then.
M. ]. Bush is the Great Northern's
official chaperone and detective this
voyage, in place of w. P. Metzler, who
is sick and could not work. 49,.
The Olympic Clubs baseball team
was the life of the ship, and put on
3 number of special stunts which
everyone. .. r|:~