The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-04

through passengers, the arrivals in Ha
wail mad been 1885 in 1914; III POS n
1915, and 374s up to the fourth Of
March 1916.
That in addition to the foregoing
there had been OF through passengers
1924 in 1915, and 1854 during Jan
uaty and February, 1916. "a
Increased Street Railway 1.rafic 7
That as specific evidence Of the value
of the tourist influx, the receipts of the
Honolulu Street Railway Co., which had
for twenty -four months showed n steady
decline, each month, under the CORE
spending month Of the previous year
owing chiefly to auto competition9
had, witKho change Of conditions except
increased tourist travel, shown increas
ed receipts of over $4,000 for January
1916, as compared with January, 1916;
and increased receipts Of $1,000 during
February, 1915, over those Of February.
1915. ~ -.-- 49,
withdrawal Of Steamers - q.
THAT with the withdrawal from the
Hawaiian service, during 1915 of the
seven Pacific Mail Company steamers;
the diversion to the Australian service
Of the Oceanic Steamship Sierra, and
the recent withdrawal from the island
'reight service Of about dozen o
the American Hawaiian steamers, II
was felt that the remaining steamer
were entirely Insufficient to effectively
handle the present freight and pas
senger business, to say nothing Of an.
prospeetive Increase; ..'
THAT no present relief appeared H.
sight, except the continuance on the
HaVaiian run Of the steamer Great
Northern. t sa aE |h."
THAT IL was the earnest desire o.
the ple,lgors that the Great Northern
service might become permanent;
THAT the chief reason for the pro
posed guarantee being proffered with
out previous complication and discus
sion with the company, was the desire
Of the pledgors to secure the advantage
of continuity in the service, and of the
extensive advertising heretofore done,
which they felt would, TO a considerable
extent, be lost IL an interruption in the
service took place;
Reason for Five Trip Guarantee
"That the reason why the proposed
guarantee had been limited to FIVE trips
covering an approximate term of three
months) was because. in the absence O.
opportunity to consult the steamship
company. il was thought that the com
pany might be willing to agree to CON
tinue the service for three months but
might not be willing to contract for 0
longer term; w >s
THAT it was thought best by the
pledgors to proffer the three months
guarantee, as evidence of their DISPOSE
ton and good faith, in the hope and
expectation that before the expiration
of that term, conditions might be such
or arrangements might be made that
would result in the continuance of the
service,
"That if the company would prefer
longer term than Ave trips, or had
any other suggestions to make, the
pledgors would be glad to consider the
same; ~
Why Freight Not Guaranteed
THAT the principal reason why qua.
rantee Of freight had not been made to
the company as heretofore requested
by the company, was, because there
was no assurance that the Great North
ern would continue on the run, by rea.
son of which importers were obliged to
protect themselves against the longest
ed freight situation, as far as possible,
which could" not be done unless the
Great Northern Company would recip-
rocally agree to transport freight ten
dered for transportation;
THAT the failure to guarantee
freight did not indicate hostility to.
or lack interest in the continuance of
the Great Northern service; but was
owing to the inherent difficulty Of the
situation growing out of the congestion
Of freight and the uncertainty of the
continuance of the service. 10.
Company Pleased r24
THE interview was concluded by,
the statement by Mr.. Gilman that the
officials of the company were much
pleased at the offer made, which he
considered a most liberal and generous
one, chiefly as showing the spirit of
the Hawaiian community and the dis
nosition of its members toward the
Great Northern Company and its eff
forts to establish a steamship. service
between the Pacific Coast and Hawaii;
THAT the company would greatly
prefer an income justifying continuance
Of the Hawaiian run, by securing the
necessary business, rather than by
cash contributions no matter how free
ly offered, but that full and careful
consideration would Immediately be
given the subject and an early deci-
sion arrived at. &"@
Couldn't Accept Now .tp.#
by appointment | met the steam
ship officials named, On the following
day at 2 p. m, when their decision was
announced and the reason4 therefore,
in substance, as follows: -.a.
"That in the opinion of the speaker,
President Gilman. the people of the
United States looked upon Hawaii,
from the tourist standpoint, as win
4 ter resort-a tropical country, where
1t was warm in summer;
| That the claim, now presented, that
II was in fact a summer as well as y
winter resort might be true, and the
popular view erroneous; but, even so,
1t would take tine and effort to cor
rect the prevailing view; T@& 81
"That Southern California had for
years made the same claim, and had
spent many hundreds of thousands of
dollars in trying to convince the Ameri.