The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-17
PROMOTION WORK
BRINGS RESULTS
MEETING YESTERDAY OF THE
PROMOTION COMMITTEE-TREA-
SURER MAKES HIS REPORT.

The Hawaii Promotion lCommittee
held a very interesting meeting yester-
day afternoon at which all of the
members of the Committee were pre-
sent The Treasurer made his report
for the past five months and showed an
expenditure of nearly $4,000.
The weekly report of the Secretary
was as follows:
Honolulu, August 16, 1906.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee
Gentlemen: BY the last steamer
Mr.. Edgar johnson, Secretary of the
Southern California Editorial Associa-
tion, wrote that he had booked several
editors for the trip to Hawaii since
sending out his last circular letter.
Among them Managing Editor Brun-
dige of the Los Angeles Express, and
a representative of the Los Angeles
Times. We are now assured of thor
oughly representative party well equip
per with photographers and cartoon
lists. Including members and their
wives there will probably be sixty in
the excursion. By the Alameda, due
tomorrow, we should receive additional
informatoan and 1 would respectfully
suggest that a meeting of the Editors
Reception and Entertainment Commit
tee be called as soon as it can be con-
veniently arranged
A letter from Mrs. Weatherred states
that she is already booking names for
the Western Tours Company's special
excursion to Hawaii i'm February next.
She plans to have her party here in
time for the 22nd of February celebra-
ton.
Miss Whitlock, our Los Angeles
agent, writes that she is arranging to
give the Hawaiian exhibit more space
i'm her rooms. She also writes en-
couragingly of winter prospects.
am pleased to report that we have
succeeded in interesting the publicity
department of the Alaska Yukon-Pa-
cifc Exposition (to be held at Seattle
June 9Th to September GOTH 1900, in
Hawaii and they promise to do all
they can to exploit the beauty of our
islands and the attractions offered by
trip to Honolulu in the pamphlets
and leaflets they send out advertising
the exposition.
We are in receipt of letters from
different Railway Companies saying
that where possible they will place in
their limited trains some special no.
tees we forwarded, asking parties in
terested in Hawaii to send in their Nd-
dresses for folders, etc.
Mr.. r. y. Mckay writes from Hong
kong that our new folders have been
we'll distributed all over the Orient and
that he believes we will get good re-
suits from them.
Regarding the distribution of our
folders on the Pacific Coast, the pres
cnt service covers Portland, Tacoma,
Oakland, San Francisco. Los Angeles,
and San Diego. Spokane is being in
vestigated and will also be included if
it is found that there is a reliable
Folder Company operating in that city.
Word comes from the photographic
Office at Washington that our special
chart of the Pacific Ocean, showing
the strategical position occupied by
Hawaii and giving tracks for full
powered steam vessels with distances
from Honolulu to some thirty-four of
the leading ports, will soon be COM
pleted A number of these will I'M
doubtedly prove of great value in call
ing attention to Hawairs commanding
position with reference to the great
trade routes across the Pacific.
I have been requested to call the at
tention of the committee to the con-
dition of the vacant lots in the rear
of f. o. Hall & Son, Hawaiian Trust
Company and Pacific Hardware Com
pany buildings. 1t would be a great
improvement if the Atkinson parking
system could be applied to these prem
Uses, which are so centrally situated
Respectfully submitted,
H. P. WOOD,
Secretary.