The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-20

more is necessary, and the efficient
work of Your committee and able assist
ants is solving and viii continue tx
solve the problem, and soon, as a re
suit of your wise, systematic and per
sistent efforts Hawaii will become tn,
| Mecca of thousands of tourists, whC
will fructifv its every artery by
steady inflow of financial blood anc
new ideas, and then, indeed, Will a full
fruition of your most sanguine hopes
be realized. Very respectfully,
J. P. BALL.
A LACE INDUSTRY.
Bishop Restarick appeared before th'
Committee at the opening of the meet
| ing with letter from Locke e Altherl
of New York, prominent importers oi
| lace work, in which the firm called at
tention to the making of lace collars
| by the women of Japan, and suggest
| ing that perhaps women here might dc
the same. the firm agreeing to take
the product and dispose of it. The
Bishop showed samples of the work
done by the Japanese. He stated, how
ever, he had heard these collars were
sold in Honolulu for % to 50 cents
apiece. This was with duty added. He
did not believe that women here could
afford to make them so cheaply.
The secretary stated he had arranged
with Mr.. Dole of Wahiawa to have
pineapples from his plantation sent on
to Los Angeles, San Diego and San
Francisco to be attractively displayed
during the holidays in store windows,
decorated with holly and suitably pla
card. 1t was designed to have the fruit
eventually find its way to the news
paper offices in the hope that Hawaii
would receive the benefit of a little
free advertising.
THE OTHER ISLANDS.
Letters from the Hilo Board Of
Trade, from Lihue and Maui, answer
be taken up on the other islands, were
read. Each signified desire to CO.
operate with the Honolulu committee.
w. O. Aiken of Makawao Maui. en-
closed a schedule for an Around Ma
ui'' trips by stage, horseback and train,
taking in the old crater of Haleakala,
costing $51.35 for each person.
A letter from Chairman Smith of the
County Supervisors was read. This
outlined the street and road work l.!
which the supervisors had authorized /,
to be done in the near future. This !
has already been told of in this paper. |
Mr.. Lowrey stated that King street |
IN Kalihi was receiving much atten- |
ton. In some places fences We're be- |
ing moved back and the street re-
graded
Mr.. Coffee of the Rapid Transit car |
service called the committees atten- /
ion to the much-advertised Home |
Coming" celebration to take place in
Kentucky in the summer of 1906 He
Intended going there and offered to
lelp the promotion work while in at
endance.
George Lycurgus of the Volcano
House, asked permission to establish a.
young man in the promotion rooms to
give information concerning the Vol
,ano House to all tourists who visited
here. The secretary will take up the
natter with Mr.. Lycurgus.
Vice Chairman Gartley said that
with the establishment of the Kinau in
the Kauai service, the Garden Isle
might prove an attraction for tourists.
1t was only a single night run, and
many nice trips can be arranged on
he island.
D. Howard Hitchcock, the artist, is
a painting of the volcano,
which will be exhibited in a small room
n the promotion office and displayed
under electric lights.
The selection of representative of the Il
Committee to attend the
See America First tourist conference
m Salt Lake in January, has not been
decided yet. Unless a member of the |
proposed Washington delegation could
stop off en- route some one at Salt
Lake may have to be appointed.
CITY IMPROVEMENT.
Concerning city Improvement work,
Mr.. Lowrey stated that the cutting of Il
.rees by the electric light and telephone
should be done under the /
careful supervision of some one from /
he Board of Agriculture and Forestry.
The indiscriminate use of the Ratchet
and axe in the hands of a lineman has
frequently produced results not in ac-
cord with the desire to make Honolu-
u beautiful. Mr.. Gartley for the Elec-
-ric Light Company said his company
would be glad to notify the govern
nent nursery whenever they contem-
plated cutting into any trees.
Mr.. Spalding presented draft of the /
division of the city into sub-sectons TO
De supervised by responsible men IN I
such sections. The matter will be Il
brought up at next weeks meeting
and acted on definitely. The draft has
been compiled at infinite cost of labor
on the part of Mr. SDalding.
1t was announced that Mr.. Robinson.
the New York park expert, who is to
come to Honolulu to plan a general
park scheme, can leave his home either
the first of February or the first OF
March He has been cabled to leave
in February if possible.
The secretary stated that Archdeacon
Jeffries was planning to leave for the
mainland soon. He advised furnishing
the archdeacon with colored lantern
slides of Honolulu and Hawaiian
scenes as he was preparing q lecture