The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-23
PAN-PAC|FIC
EXHIBITION
Promotion Committee
Has Ambitious
Project.

A Panpacific Exposition at Honolu-
Iu. at which the nations whose domains
border on this ocean will be asked to
make exhibitions and take part Is
the big scheme proposed by A. Cart
lev. a scheme which Hawaiis position
at the crossroads of the Pacific would
make not only a possible success, but
a very probable one. Mr.. Gartiey
broached the idea at the meeting of
the Promotion Committee yesterday
the proposal appealing SO strongly to
that body that it was proposed to make
it the principal item of business at
their next meeting, when the matter
will be gone into and it's feasibility
thoroughly discussed.
In the few remarks made by Mr.
Gartley in proposing that there was a
possibility of pulling off some such
big proposition, he pointed to the new
wall map just issued by the society.
with the distances from all the Pacific
ports to Honolulu marked out. From
each of these countries shown, the Pa
cific States, Canada, Siberia, Korea.
Japan, the Philippines, China, Siam,
Borneo, Australia, New Zealand, the
South and Central American Pacific re-
publics and Mexico, all of whom could
with convenience make of Honolulu
trysting place for a big international
Iove-feast, exhibits might be expected.
In connection with this another prof.
ect will be launched, that of holding a
consular convention here. This has
been in Secretary Woods mind for
some time and will be worked On in
connection with the more ambitious
project
Yesterdays was the first meeting of
the committee since the return of Sec
retarv Wood and many important mat
ters were discussed. The report of Mr..
Wood, dealing with his trip on the
mainland was presented, of which the
following is the gist:
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Eight days were spent in Los An
seles. interviewing railway and steam
ship officials and the representatives of ,
corporations handling tourist business.
In endeaVoring to arrange an eXcur-
sion from Southern California material
assistance was given by the Los An
geles members of the S. C. Editorial
Association.
The directors of the Chamber of Com
too tn
I'D the matter of an excursion, the
members of which became quite enthu-
siastic, stating that in their belief they
will be compelled to refuse people /
rather than look for excursionists, and
predicting further that If they could I
secure the Accommodation they would
be able to bring down fully two hun
dred people. At their request, upon re-
turning to san Francisco, the matter or
Transportation was gone into with the |
different steamship companies there. |
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
OWING to the temporary lying up of |
tho Mongolia and Manchuria, We're un-
able to consider the matter of an ex-
c,;rsion at this time. The Oceanic peo- |
.DIe authorized the statement that they |
could in all probability place the entire |
of the Alameda at the |
disposal of the Los Angeles Chamber |
of Commerce for a trip either in Janu- /
ary or February, and further that it
might be possible for them to arrange |
To sail from San Pedro, returning to !
that mort also with the passengers di- |
rect from Hawaii. The manager of the !
Pacific Coast Steamship Company !
thought that it might be possible TO |
place the steamship Spokane at the dis
rosal of the Los Angeles Chamber or
Commerce and arranged to make
trip to Los Angeles for the purpose OF
consulting with the excursion commit
tee.
Assurances were received from Harry
chandler, business manager Of the Los
Angeles Times, that the next excursion
planned by that paper for lso' would De
BY way of Hawaii. He expects that
the excursion would be limited only py
the carrying capacity of the steamer
Though many of the leading railway
passenger agents were in Chicago at
tending a business conference there
had been an opportunity of meeting
from the principal
transcontinental lines and favorable
reports were received as to the outlook
for the coming winters travel, which
ir is fully expected will equal II not
exceed that of last season. and there
IS every reason 70 expect certain per
,centage of visitors from this influx or
tourists In addition to the incoming
throng there are many thousands of
neople residing throughout Southern
california who are able to travel. many
of whom are becoming interested in
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