The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-06
MAY HAVE A LINE
FROM SAN PEDRO
LETTER FROM PROMOTION COM
MITTEE AGENT IN Los ANGELES
SPEAKS OF NEW LINE.


lar meeting in winding up their con-
nection with the transatlantic yacht
race. The whole matter was turned
over into the hands of the race COM
imttee.
Alexander Scott requested that the
committee bear the expense of sending
some of his pictures of Hawaiian
scenes to the Canadian national park
at Banff for exhibition. The commit
tee talked favorably of the plan.
The following letter from L. L.
Whitlock, the Promotion Committee
agent at Los Angeles was read:
The Merchants Independent Steam
ship Company operating along the
Coast has just secured a new steamer
of 5000 tons freight capacity and with
accommodations for 1875 lrst class pas
sengers.
The management of the company is
weighing the ACCESSIBILITY of putting
this boat into the Hawaii trade from
San Pedro, as against placing it in
their northern service out Of San
Francisco.
I'm this connection their passenger
agent, Mr.. H. Schafer spent some time
in talking over the prospective BUSH
ness with us. We were able to assure
them a good passenger business, es-
pecially If they would make a fiat
round trip rate from San Pedro of 500.
which seemed to impress Mr.. Schafer
very favorably. But in the matter of
freight we were able to give them lit
tie satisfaction, preferring to take the
matter up with you directly.
'Will you, therefore, advise us by
earliest mail what encouragement in
tonnage out of Honolulu might be CIV
en- to a boat of this description, MAX
ing the trip to and from San Pedro on
regular monthly schedule. Also let
us know just how much you think we
would be justified in encouraging this
company, which as you doubtless
know, by it's cutting of rates has con-
siderably antagonized the older estab-
lished lines. In short are our relations
with the transpacific lines such that
we would not care to arouse the an
tagonism of their local agents, by
throwing business toward thiS new
line even though these other lines
might not be able properly to handle
and care for this business?"
|, Secretary Wood presented the fol-
lowing report for the past week:
q have but little to report this week
aside from the fact that we have been
very busy in the office getting out ,nail
matter. The China took the last con-
sgnment of our circular letter to bank
ers for the States of Iowa, Nebraska,
North and South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Utah,
Washington, Oregon, tAV~- Canadian
Northwest and Alaska. We are nov
covering Minnesota which will go foB
ward by next steamer.
Upon receipt of Folks Medical H..
rectory for this year, which will be
published sometime this month we will
send a short circular letter together
with our climate folder to every physi-
clan throughout the same territory,
and as soon as the new edition of the
postal folder authorized May 18th, is
out we will use several thousand copies
in sending short notes to the residence
addresses given in the Telephone Direc-
torie sof this same section, which are
now coming in. BY the end of August,
We will have reached every banker,
doctor, teacher and thousands of house
holders throughout the Northwest and
have every reason to believe that as a
direct result of this special effort, (the
cost of which will be comparatively
smalD, we will largely add to the
tourist travel the coming winter, and
also bring to our shores many who are
! seeking health and comfort as well as
those who may be merely on pleasure
bent
Word comes from Mr.. BONNIE that
he is having splendid success on Ha-
wall in securing moving pictures. He
expects to take in the HilO events of
July 4th and 5th, and will then return
to Honolulu by the way of Maui. From
the very thorough manner in which
Mr.. Bonnie is covering the ground it
is evident that the Edison company is
preparing to feature Hawaii extensive
ly in their advertising of films. The
work thus far accomplished and
mapped out including all the different
items of expense will represent an in
vestment of fully $4,000 on the part Of
the Edison company and it is reason
able to suppose that before the winter
months fully set in the moving pictures
of Hawaiian scenes will be placed be-
fore the amusement loving public prac-
tically the world over.
Commodore Sinclair of the Lurline
promises to take the necessary time
on his return trip to San Pedro to
write up some special articles on Ha-
wall to give to the Los Angeles papers
and will do what he can to encourage
the leading dailies of Los Angeles to
be well represented in the coming Ed
tOrial excursion. Mr.. Sinclair also ex-
presses the belief that the business
men of Los Angeles and Honolulu
should get better acquainted and will
bring before the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce of which he is a member,
the deslrability of a business mems
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