The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-12-14
4 HUNDRED
AUTOMOBILES

There was not a quorum at the Pro-
motion rooms yesterday and conse-
quently, there was no meeting. Score
tary Wood was ready with his report
and it is given below so the members
will have an idea what is being done
and what they may talk of when there
is a meeting.
Honolulu, December 10, 1906.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: BY the last mail from
the Coast we received 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-
wall for sanitarium built along
modern 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 con-
temptation the building of such a
sanitarium in Hawaii for sometime
past, believing that the islands offered
special climatic inducements not OBJ
tainable elsewhere, and saying further
that the institution that he is now
connected with, is constantly receiving
patients from the Eastern States, who,
in his opinion, would do very much
better in Hawaii. In answering this
letter. | forwarded all of the data
procurable, sending also a marked copy
of the paper containing the extract
from the report of Surgeon General
Robert NJ O'Reilly, United States
Army, wherein he states that "Hawaii
ranks next after Alaska as the most
healthful country in which American
troops are serving.' In this connec-
tion, / might say that we took occa-
sion to send this statement out quite
generally by the last mail.
| am pleased to report that the at
tendance at the Photographic display
in our rooms has been excellent, gen
eral interest being manifested in the
exhibit, which has drawn forth many
words of praise and will undoubtedly
result in giving decided impulse to-
amateur photography in Hawaii.
We are again under obligations to
the Honolulu Directory Company,
which has recently donated additional
directories to our library and prom
Used to secure others as soon as posi-
BILE. We now have thirty-three vol
umes, representing most of the prin-
cipaI 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.. VIM. Stitt who
passed through on the Aorangi yes
terday on his way to Montreal after
some four years service in the Cana
dian Australian Steamship Company's
interest in the Colonies. We had in
readiness for Mr.. Stitt large number
of photographs, also furnishing him
with a copy of our map, The Cross,
roads of the Pacific Mr.. Stitts
plan is to endeavor to induce the
Canadian Pacific Railway to get up n
lecture on a trip to New Zealand and
Australia via Hawaii, which will be
illustrated with a number of interest
ing lantern slides. The idea is to
duplicate the slides and put several
lecturers in the field, covering every
point tributary to the Canadian Pa
cific Railway. Mr.. Stitt also stated
that the Canadian Australian Steam |
ship Company were considering plan |
to cooperate with the Pacific Mail
and Oceanic lines in making round
trip from Vancouver via Honolulu and
San Francisco, which would undoubted-
ly attract many people DESTROYS of see
ing the San Francisco ruins. The |
Canadian-Australian Steamship Com |
pany is also planning to give, after
the first of the year, excursion rates
from the Colonies to Honolulu and re-
turn, the cost of which, including three |
days hotel accommodation in Honolu- |
lu should the traveller catch the first |
steamer back to the Colonies, will be
Forty-fve Pounds Sterling. For Fifty
Pounds Sterling ten days hotel ac
commodations in Honolulu will be Civ
en- and the permission granted to re-
turn to the Colonies by any succeed
ing Oceanic or Canadian Australian
boat. Commencing with the tourist
season this enterprising company also
proposes uniting the Maheno on this
run again and replacing one of the
other slower boats with the Manuka,
thus giving fast and first ser
vice. Mr.. Stitt is looking for large
increase of travel to Hawaii both from
the Colonies and Canada.
BY the steamship Sonoma we will
be sending out all through Southern
California large number of marked
copies of our papers containing the in
terviews of General Otis of the Los
Angeles Times, referring to the attrac-
tons of Hawaii, and his interest in the |
proposed line of steamers to be oper- |
ated out of San Pedro.
We are in receipt of letter from |
our friend, Mr.. Alex. Nee. Ashley of
the Pittsburg, Pa, Weather Bureau, (
showing that he is continuously work |
ing to advance Hawaii IS interests. In |
the letter referred to, he gives the |
name and address of residents of Pitts |
burg who will visit the islands this I
winter and to whom, at his request, |
we are sending out our different |
folders.
Respectfully submitted,
III. p. WOOD,
Secretary.
SAN DIEGO MEETING.