Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-06


Is Cr.y valuable for the side streets IT
seem. lie said the Supervisors want
ed Edg"e 5tions as to what street re
pairs should be made; whether Ber2
t@nia street from Punchbowl TO Ala
Val should be attended to; or Waikiki
road made decent, or Beretana street
from Alapai out Waikiki.%ay should
be made into a better thoroughfaro
Then there were the King street re.
pairs toward Moanalua to be consid
cred.
Mr. Lowrey favored the improve
ment idea and thought King street in
Palama should be widened in a mum.
Der of places. He also was of the
opinion that permanent repairs should
be made on Beretania street between
Punchbowl and Alapai streets. Among
other roads that the Supervisors fav.
ored was a belt road around Oahu.
This was gathered from the converse
ton Mr.. Spalding had with Mr.. AID.
ans. Punahou street Is said to be In
bad condition, especially around the
cutters where weeds are growing. Sup
ervisor Adams assured Mr.. Spaulding
that the county would take up this
work within a month or so.
Representatives OF different states all
over the country as we'll as delegates
from various promotion committees,
commercial clubs, railroads and other
organizations will meet at Salt Lake
January Is, 1906, for the purpose of
advocating the movement started by
the Salt Lake Commercial Club, See
Europe If you wish, but see America
first" Secretary Wood has been in
communication with the club about
the movement and has been urged to
send a representative of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee to the conven-
ton. An endeavor will be made to get
some one to attend who will pay his
own expenses. A number of governors
and other prominent people well known
in connection with the advancement of
the west will be present at this con.
ference. At Mr.. Woods suggestion the
following motion was adopted:
Resolved, That the Hawaii Promo.
ton Committee is in thorough and
hearty accord with the Commercial
Club OF Salt Lake City. Utah, in the
movement inaugurated by that body
looking to the diversion of at least u
portion OF the very large European
tourist traffic toward our great West
which has so much to offer the travel.
er and homeseeker. And he it further
resolved that the Chairman is hereby
authorized to appoint a delegate or
| delegates to the See Europe If you,
wish, but see America first Conven-
ton, to be held at Salt Lake City,
Utah, January IS, 1906"
Secretary Wood read the letter from
the Salt Lake Commercial Club con.
corning the movement, which, in part,
is as follows:
I'VE beg leave to invite your atten.
ton to the movement inaugurated by
the Commercial Club of this city look.
ing to the diversion into western chan.
nels of a part of the tide of tourist trav-
81 now flowing from America to Eu.
rope.
"A conservative estimate, made by
reliable authorities, places the amount
of money expended in foreign countries
! during the season of l904-5 by Amer
lean sightseers at $l50,OOO,OO0.
This great sum was paid in large
| part by men and women in search OF
health, pleasure and recreation, who,
! though native to the United States,
were in comparative ignorance of the
| scenic, climatic and industrial adyan-
tages of that portion of our country
lying west of the Mississippi river.
I'VE understand, of course, that the
cid world will always draw to itself
many thousands of our people because
of its historical and religious interest,
its scientific, artistic and musical ad.
VantaSes, and we admit that this is
proper and desirable; but we do be-
lieye that America, and particularly
the western portion thereof, Is entitled
from all the standpoints of interest to
more attention from a certain class
OF Americans than 1t has heretofore
received.
I'm an effort to rectify the conditions
OF which complaint is here made the
Commercial Club, of Salt Lake City,
las undertaken the work of awakening
interest in this subject among the bust.
ness men Of the western part of the
United States and of the Republic Of
Mexico"
The estray law was considered and
all the members are in favor of enforc.
Ing the ordinance. This was relative
to the movement to have as many peo-