The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-23
A TOURISTS
OPINIONS
Honolulu Should Seek
Tourists in Los
Angeles.

of Hawaii, Julius r. Black. real es-
tate operator of Los Angeles, said yes
terday at the Young hotel:
''This is my first trip to Honolulu,
and / am amazed at the beauty of the
place, which far exceeds the best de-
scription ever written of it. The nat
urai environments of the town are
among the most charming to be found
in any part of the globe. They are of
SO rare combination of land and sea,
that the mind gropes helplessly for
phrases wherewith to adequately quail.
ify the beautiful setting which clasps
this rare pearl of the far Pacific. 1t
may be predicted, without shadow
of exaggeration, that the historical
splendor of the seven hills of Rome
will some day pale beneath the mag
nifcence of the numerous hills of Homo
lulu,
There is a practical, and withal
remunerative side to the situation. The
attractions of the locality make it a
substantial nucleus for one of the
greatest tourist resorts in the world.
It's great distance from the mainland
is not among the least of it's charms,
although it is one which will be much
better appreciated when more suitable
and frequent transportation facilities
can be had with the mainland. Tourist
travel to Honolulu ought to be an all
the-year-round affair, something which
can be said of very few places patron
lied by tourist travel. Tourist travel
of course brings with it a certain per
cent of travellers who finally make up
their minds to stay with the country,
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ulation Of the community, and in the
case of these islands, adding a greater
Ieaven of the Caucasian race to it's pop
ulation.
"The advantages to be derived from
a continuous stream of tourist travel
are, as a matter of fact, too numerous
and well-known to dwell upon at any
great length. No people, as class,
are accustomed to spend money with
greater freedom and liberality than
the tourist. He circulates the coin of
the realm. quickens the commercial
pulse, and stimulates civic pride, and
1t is very dead community that fails
to reap any direct benefit from his
presence.
SEEK TOURISTS AT LOS ANGELES.
"The greatest Mecca for tourists on
the mainland of America today, is the
city of Los Angeles. There is a link
which binds Honolulu closer to Los
Angeles, in way, than to San Fran
cisco. It is the link of tourist travel.
Should an Independent line of boats
ever be established exclusively for the
Honolulu service, it would be far bet
ter for this city if such line were to
run direct to port adjacent to Los
Angeles, as for instance, San Pedro, |
thereby establishing it's terminus at
the very fountain head of tourist ira |
vel. The distance is shorter and the !
run over can be made without the I'M
necessary delay of a days northward
journey to San Francisco. To realize
the full Importance of this it needs
but to call attention to the fact that
in a single day in February last as
many tourists landed in Los Angeles
as go to San Francisco in year, and
the record for three weeks was some
10000 in all. The overflow of this
enormous travel has heretofore been
going to points of greatly inferior in
terest to Honolulu, and there is no rea-
son why, with direct transportation
facilities and an active Hawaiian Blu !
reau in Los Angeles, it should not be
diverted to these islands instead.
HELP REAL ESTATE MEN.
FIf you intend to build up a great
and handsome city here, you must in
addition to inviting this tourist travel,
encourage and help along the real es-
tate man, be he agent or operator. He
is one of the greatest modern factors
in urban development, far more SO
than he has been given credit for in
recent years. He is or should be what
you need, a natural born optimist who
scratched "'can IT, "don to and
- failure out of his little dictionary !
long years ago. He is quick to see an