The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-16
RAILROADS
WILL HELP

III we secure n third OF what was.
promised to us In the way of free pub
licity for the Hawaiian Islands, we
will have exceeded our most sanguine
iexpectations."
f. Nj. Boyd, Secretary of the Ha-
waii Promotion Committee. returned
on the Mongolia yesterday, and gave
the above as concrete expression of
the results of his trip across the main
land.
When Mr.. Boyd left Honolulu several
weeks ago 1t was under instructions to.
call upon the passenger officials of all
the leading railways and lay before
them the fact that although they had
tickets on sale for all Pacific Ocean
points, they did not advertise the fact
steadily. Mr.. Boyd approached the
railroad officials, working first In the.
west, including st. Louis, Omaha, Min
neapolis and st. Paul, and then passing
east through Chicago, Cincinnati, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and New York, and
finally into New England, and on his
way back at Washington, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland. Denver Salt Lake, Portland.
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
After an interview with c. H. Crane,
passenger manager of the Wabash
road, that official called in his adver-
! tising man. He asked Mr.. Boyd for
pictures of Hawaii and he would print
and see that suitable variety of mat
! ter showing the attractions of the is
lands were issued. He was met with
uniform courtesy by railroad officials.
| Most of them expressed the sentiment
that as Hawaii promotion work had
been worked up on proper methods and
had been carried along almost entirely
| without their help they were ready
now to get in and help.
The July issue of the Grand Trunk.
folder is to have paragraphs about Ha-
waii and the sailing schedules of the
Pacific steamers calling at Honolulu.
This will be the first time an eastern
railroad has ever done anything of this
kind.
The Canadian Pacific is especially in
terested in the development of Pacific
traffic and Mr.. Boyd supplied the COM
pany with photographs and information
about the islands. One of their hand
some booklets, devoted entirely to Ha-
wall. will be issued i'm September.
AS indicative of the friendly feeling
toward Hawaii. nothing was more con-
vincing than the action of E. A. Ford,
G. p. A. of the Pennsylvania lines.
Calling his advertising man in while
Mr.. Boyd was present, lhe asked
whether or not any.-mention was made
in the west-bound folders of the Pacific
traffic. When told that there was none,
he remarked: "It is always good
| ta
habit. Please see hereafter that atten-
tion is called in all west-bound folders:
to the fact that our agents will sell
tickets to Hawaii and other points in,
the Pacific"
After devoting his attention to east
ern railroads. Mr.. Boyd went to Chi
cago and got in touch with all the
railroads centerng there. Minnesota
and Michigan railroad officials, learn
, ing how much of the travel to Hawaii
had come from their districts, announce
| ed their intention to give Hawaii a.
) good showing.
Perhaps nothing in connection with this
journey was more pleasing to Mr.. Boyd
than the opportunity to meet men who
; showed interest in the future of the
Pacific = newspaper and magazine
. people. He met them in New York in,
the Office of Mr.. Seaman. the great ad-
vertising manager, who represents
the Hawaii Promotion Committee in the
eastern states. There We're gathered ins
his private office at luncheon time
prominent men in the newspaper and
magazine field, including DR.. Lyman,
Abbott and his son, the editors of Out
look and Scribners, Sunday editors Of
New York papers and magazine writ,
ers. Mr.. Seaman's wide personal ac--
quaintance has been of great benefit to
Hawaii
| One of the direct results of these
meetings was the publication of a
number of articles, as for instance in
the last number OF Public Opinion one
entitled Hawaii, the Key of the Pa
, cific" The Sunday editor of the New
York Herald asked for photographs of
Hawaii to illustrate two full page
stories on Hawaii, one preliminary to-
the coming of the Taft party, and the
other what the Taft party saw here.
There was one departure in the trip
made by Mr. Boyd. At Dayton. Ohio,
> he visited the works of the National
Cash Register Company. at the
| request of j. A. M. Johnson
, of Honolulu, and was asked to-
: give lecture on Hawaii to the
/ employees. 1t was to have been given
I at the luncheon hour but the managers
changed the time. Immediately after
luncheon, the heads of all departments
We're called to the lecture room, where
for an hour and a quarter Mr. Boyd,
talked of Hawaii 1t was mainly a
| conyersaZ Zione for Ii was a constant re-
, ply to inquiries about the islands. The
lecture is to appear in the company,s'
trade publication, which is distributed
wherever the company has branch.
There were $50 people present.