The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-20
DISCUSSING TIE
TOURIST BUSINESS
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fact that two more ranscontinenta1
railways are now rapidly building To-
wards Seattle, it will be wise to be up
and doing in order to gather the cream
of the pleasure seekers, who by force
of circumstances will necessarily gravI-
tate and congregate here. Tourists
are captured by that resort which
makes the biggest, best and loudest
showing, and not always by the place
that has really the most alluring at
fractions Without. doubt the Ha-
waiian Islands are an ideal place for
tourists seeking health, recreation,
rest. pleasure and sight seeing, but
there must be a strong, vigorous and
unceasing effort to bring their merits,
advantages and inducements before the
eyes, and to the ears of the travelling
world, ard this must be done by hard
work and much loud noise. 1t is not
the province of this communication to
tell you how to get tourists, but SIM
ply to call your attention to an iii
portant focal and distributing point
whereat much good work may be done
and beneficial results derived, and
which your Committee, [ surmise, has
overlooked.
I can but add that I will be pleased
to do all that [ can TO assist in the
good work which your Committee is so
auspiciously promoting, and it will af
ford me pleasure to place at your dis
posal, if you so desire such spare room
in my offices-which by the way are
located on Pioneer Square, whereat are
domiciled the principal ticket offices
of the railroad and steamship compa-
nias centering in Seattle-as may be
available
To enlarge and more successfully
carry out the work which your Com
miteee is so successfully handling, I
would suggest that You establish here,
as soon as possible, an information bu
reau wherein shall be placed suitable
literature, island pictures of note, pic
lures of leading hotels, and other OBJ
iects of interest to inquiring tourists,
and that someone familiar with the
Islands be placed in charge thereof to
receive callers, answer questions, give
general information and distribute lit
erature where it will do the most good.
An Office somewhere on Pioneer
Square, whereat as mentioned above
are located the principal ticket offices,
would be an excellent place for the
purpose of this work, and if the same
could be secured adjacent to some
other office alreaV equipped with
corps of attaches, TIE cost OF conduct
ing the same could be reduced to
| minimum. l would say that as above
| outlined, about fifty dollars per month
could cover rent of office, services of
an efficient person to overlook same
and attend to callers, etc.
There would, of course, be a small
| initial outlay for table and a few
| chairs, for transparency to hang over
| office windows, etc. in order to make
| the office presentable.
| The Canadian Australian Line will
| soon have large and luxurious steamers
on its run, which Will add largely to
the means of reaching and returning
| from Honolulu, which in addition to
one or more contemplated lines from
f! hereabouts that viii also touch at
Honolulu, will make Seattle a most de
| sirable and suitable place to locate an
| auxiliary branch of your Committee.
Should your Committee desire fur
Their information or action on my part
in the premises, / shall be pleased to
render all the assistance possible.
Much of the prosperity in store for
| the Islands must be derived from that
| enormous and increasing army of tour
lists who are ever on the lookout for
| congenial retreats offering proper IN
| ducements. The fact that the Ha-
waiian Islands offer superior induce
ments to the pleasure and health seek
ing public, is not in itself sufficient no.
tice thereof to the world-something