The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-14
MANY LETTERS
ARE RECEIVED
FROM DOCTORS
SECRETARY WOOD REPORTS TO
THE COMMITTEE AT IT'S REG
ULAR WEEKLY MEETING.

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its Secretary II. p Wood.
Honolulu, Dec. 10, 1906
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: BY the last mail from
the coast we received a number of
letters from doctors throughout the
United states in reply to our circular
letter of recent date in which we call
ed special attention to the health con-
ditions of Hawaii. one prominent
medical man wrote asking us to give
him our idea as to the outlook in Ha-
wal for a sanitarium built along mo-
dern lines with grounds large enough to
admit the erection of from twenty-five
to fifty cottages or tents, holding from
one to three inmates each. The writer
stating that he has had in contempla-
ton the building of such a sanitarium
in Hawaii for sometime past believing
that the islands offered special climatic
inducements not obtainable elsewhere,
and saying further that the institution
that he is now connected with, is con-
stantly receiving patients from the
/ Eastern States, who, in his opinion,
would do very much better in Hawaii.
In answering this letter, I forwarded
all of the data procurable, sending also
a marked copy of the paper containing
/ the extract from the report of Surgeon
| General Robert M. O'Reilly, United
States army, wherein he states that
! Hawaii ranks next after Alaska az
/ the most healthful country in which
American troops are serving" In this
, connection, I might say that we took
! occasion to send this statement out
, quite generally by the last mail
! 1 am pleased to report that the at
/ tendance at the Photographic display
/ in our rooms has been excellent. Cen
| eral interest being manifested in the
exhibit, which has drawn forth many
| words of praise and will undoubtedly
result in giving a decided impulse to
mamateur photography in Hawaii.
We are again under obligations to
the Honolulu Directory Company which
has recently donated additional di-
rectories to our library and promised
to secure others as soon as possible.
We now have thirty-three volumes, re-
presenting most of the principal cities
of the Western part of the United
States, as well as some of the larger
| Eastern cities.
Perhaps the most important matter
to report at this time is the visit to
our city of Mr. W. Stitt, who passed
through on the Aorangi yesterday on
his way to Montreal after some four
years service in the Austria
liam Steamship COmpanys interest in
the Colonies. We had in readiness for
Mr.. Stitt a large number of photo
graphs, also furnishing him with q
copy of our map, 1.-THE Cross Roads of
the Pacific" Mr.. Stitt's plan is to en-
deavor to induce the Canadian Pacific
Railway to get up a lecture on a trip
to New Zealand and Australia via Ha-
wall, which will be illustrated with a
number of interesting lantern slides.
The idea is to duplicate the slides and
put several lecturers in the field, COW
ering every point tributary to the
Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr.. Stitt
also stated that the Canadian Austria
liam Steamship Company were con-
sidering a plan to cooperate with the
Pacific Mail and Oceanic lines in MAX
ing a round trip from Vancouver via
Honolulu and San Francisco, which
would undoubtedly attract many peo-
pie DESTROYS of seeing the San Fran
cisco ruins. The Canadian Australian
Steamship Company is also planning to
give, after the first of the year, excur-
sion rates from the Colonies to Homo
lulu and return, the cost of which, in
Guiding three days hotel accommoda-
ton in Honolulu should the traveller
catch the first steamer back to the
colonies, will be forty-fve pounds
sterling. For fifty pounds sterling ter
, days hotel accommodation in Honolulu
will be given and the permission grant.
ed to return to the colonies by any
; succeeding Oceanic or Canadian-Aus
tralian boat. Commencing with tn,
tourist season this enterprlsing com
pany also proposes putting the Ma
heno on this run again and replacing
one of the other slower boats with tn,
Manuka, thus giving a fast and frs
class service. Mr. Stitt is looking To-
a large increase of travel to Hawai-
both from the Colonies and Canada.
= By the steamship Sonoma we will b.
sending out all through Southern Call
fornia a large number of marked copies
of our papers containing the inter
views of General Otis Of the Los An
1 geles Times, referring to the attrac
ton of Hawaii, and his interest in th
proposed line of steamers to be operat
ed out of San Pedro.
We are in receipt of a letter from
our friend, Mr.. Alexander McC. Ash
ley of the Pittsburg, Pa, Weather Blu
reau, showing that he is continuousl.
working to advance Hawairs interests
In the letter referred to, he gives tn
. name and address of residents of Pitts
$ burg who will visit the islands thi
d winter and to whom, at his request, W
d are sending out our different folders.
I Respectfully submitted,
n II. p. WOOD,
: Secretary.
NOT VERY SICK.