The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-09

Hotel the morning of the earthquake
end at this writing none have received
tidings from her.
ALBERT TozIER.
MORE STEAMERS ASSURED.
| Tom Richardson, manager of the
Portland Commercial Club, in one OF
his characteristic letters to Secretary
Wood. gives the valuable information
that direct steamship connection be-
tween the northern ports on the Pacific
coast and Honolulu is assured. His
| letter is as follows:
! Was glad to get your letter of
] March 81
| You are certainly doing a grand
work for Honolulu and Hawaii. The
direct steamship connection between
| North Pacific Coast ports and Honolulu
| seems now to be assured.
That leafet of yours prepared for
the National Educational Association
is a fine idea. BY this means you reach
just the class of people you are anx-
ious to interest. Yes, indeed, our
teachers $4,000 contest is going to win
out enclose one showing the little
note we have printed on the back of
the leaflet.
The Commercial Club is going to
build its new home, and it will occupy
a quarter block, and be from 6 to 5
stories in height. We will occupy three
floors and the roof garden, and already
more than half the necessary sum has
been subscribed, though no committee
has as yet gone out with the list.
PROMOTION NOTES.
In his weekly summary of matters of
the promotion work presented to the
committee. Mr.. Wood reported a num-
Der of interesting things.
He stated that the visit of the South |
ern California Editorial Association |
would result in hundreds of columns |
OF matter descriptive of Hawaii, being |
published not only in California but all |
over the mainland.
Chas. L. Wilson, superintendent of |
Exhibits of the Los Angeles Chamber /
of Commerce. writes that the pineapples |
in tubs which had been placed on ex-
hibition on February % lasted until the |
latter part of April and We're viewed |
by thousands of people whose attention
was attracted to Hawaii in this man.
ner. He asks for an additional stock
for exhibit purposes.
A real estate agent in Atlantic City
has offered exhibit space in his place
for $500 per annum Mr. Wood states
that it would take a couple of hun
dred dollars additional to fit the place
up properly.
DIR. Edwards Of Los Angeles. a
brother-in-law of Secretary Taft, and
one of the leading physicians in the
West, informs the committee that he
has taken the field in behalf of Hawaii
for the 1907 Chronological Convention,
though the probabilities are that he
may yield to Washington for 1907. but
would concentrate his efforts for Homo
lulu for 1908.
The Western World Publishing Com
pany of Denver offers the use of it's
columns for a special illustrated article
On Hawaii.
Wesley Merritt, Industrial Commits
sioner for the Santa Fee Railway Co..
writes that he will be glad to exploit
Hawaii in their monthly publication
called Earth"
The Maritime Register of April IL,
he leading publication in it's line, had
editorial comment on the proposed
ranspacific yacht race from San
Francisco to Honolulu.
DR.. Woolsey of Oakland sent marked
copies of Oakland papers containing
with him on the Hawaiian
Stands
Mrs. McGilvray of Pasadena. who
spent part of the winter here and re- ,
emily returned from a trip to Japan.
old Secretary Wood that the work of Z
he Hawaii Promotion Committee was ,
poken of in the highest terms in Japan
~ a number of people who seemed to
ook upon the local organiza ton as
ne of the most active and influential I
o be found the world oyer