The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-11-10

| him for the purpose of ascertainins
what particular lines were being fol
lowed and what had been accom-
plished.
THE VOLCANO HOUSE FURNITURE.
zone of the immediate objects o.
my trip said Mr.. Thurston, twas t.
purchase the furniture for the new
Volcano House. This was bought in
San Francisco, from the California
Furniture Company, after getting
tenders from several houses. The
California Company's bid was way
under all others.
"The furniture is mostly polished
oak, and includes the furnishing OF
the parlor, dining room, reception
room, billiard room and twenty bed
rooms.
By buying for cash, a very low
rate was obtained, considerably I'M
der our original estimate"
at is reported that your visit had
something to do with pictorial adver-
Using. Can yon give any informal
ton as TO what has been done, and
what is proposed to be done?"
Certainly. shall be very glad to
do so, as it is subject that | want to
bring before the public.
In order to understand the situa-
ton it will be necessary for me briefly
to explain what had been done previ-
Gus to my going away.
"Last spring a gentleman by the
name of William f. Sesser, of st.
Joseph, Mich, engaged in railroad
and steamship pictorial advertising,
sent the o. r. & l.. Co. a proposition,
the gist of which was that the Com
pany should pay his expenses out and
back and take a guaranteed amount
of work of the quality submitted as
samples. The samples sent were il
Illustrated books of Mexico, the Nam
moth Cave and various photogravure
pictures of railroads and steamships,
and the scenery adjacent thereto. The
railroad company submitted the pro-
position to the Volcano Company and
asked for cooperation. The samples
submitted by Mr.. Sesser were of such
high grade quality and beautiful
finish, that, although it involved
considerable outlay, the two COM
panies decided to accept the PROPOSE
ton, believing that in the long run
the best would be the cheapest. Mr..
Sesser accordingly came out last June
and spent six weeks taking pictures
at the Volcano, through the Volcano
woods and in and around Honolulu.
"He took some fifty pictures with
a 14x17 camera, and about 100, Sx10
inches.
1.-THE order finally placed with him
was for 5000 large photographers,
twenty subjects. The size
of these pictures is 14x17 inches, and
they are on the best quality of card
board, 23x29 inches in size"
AN ART SOUVENIR -DIsTINGUISHED
CONTRIBUTORS.
"In addition to the pictures, there
was ordered an edition of 5000 illus
trated pamphlets, containing twelve
and forty-three pages
of reading matter.
The pictures are the finest kind
Of photographers. The reading mat
ter consists of poems by r. NJ. Dag
gett, Mrs. Dillingham;, Thos. r.
Walker and Chas. Warren Stoddard;
an Introductory article by Mark
Twain, and articles contributed espe-
,ially for this work by Prof. w. ID.
Alexander, S. B. Dole, S. E. Bishop,
Prof. Brigham, w. R. Castle, DIR. and
Mrs. G. p Andrews and General S.
=. Armstrong, besides other material
If statistical and descriptive nature.
The book is as daintily and neatly
gotten up souvenir as you want to
Zee.
ave are also getting out 10000
little books of handy size to go in
he pocket. These have ten pictures
md ten pages of reading matter"
HOW THEY WILL BE USED.
"What are we going to do with
hem all? Well, the object is, of
course, primarily, to advertise the
Islands and let the world know what |
here is to be seen here.
In the first place there are what |
IRE called blue lists of persons in
he United States who travel some
where every year. We have already |
made arrangements for securing Is,
100 such names and addresses. One
# the small books will be mailed to
ach of these persons, with directions
IS to where further information can
,e obtained.
"The large books will also be dis
ributed judiciously. Arrangements
AVE been made with Cooke & Sons,
ourist agents in Chicago and New
York; Raymond q Whitcomb in
Boston, and the Oceanic Steamship
company in San Francisco, by which
hey will distribute our literature.
Ir. Sesser will also represent US gen.
rally in Chicago.
"The pictures will be utilized in
everal ways, principally by framing
nd hanging in hotels and railroad
icket offices. Arrangements have
cen made for framing and hanging
90 pictures in and around Chicago,
nd in. the main railroad stations
Vest. The authorities of the Cana
ian Pacific, c. B. & O., Chicago and