Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
HAWANANS TALK
OF Los ANGELES
ISLANDERS DESIRE BETTER
TRADE RELATIONS
They Become Enthusiastic Over the
Project Of Establishing Steamship
Line Between Honolulu
and San Pedro

Honolulu has become enthusiastic
over the prospects of direct trade re-
lations with Los Angeles.
News that Los Angeles business men
have taken up the proposition of estab-
fishing a steamship line to operate
between San Pedro and Honolulu has
created the greatest interest at the
island capital.
II. p. Wood, secretary of the Ha-
waiian promotion committee and who
recently visited Los Angeles to work
up interest in the proposed steamship
line, has returned home, taking with
him glowing reports of the manner
in which the venture was taken up
by the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce and business men generally.
Mr.. Woods visit to Los Angeles re-
suited, as noted at the time. in a COM
mittee being named to visit Honolulu
in January for the purpose of advance
ing the steamship project.
Written Up in Honolulu
When Mr.. Woods returned to Hon
olulu he took with him photographs
of President w. j. Washburn and Sec
retary Frank Virgins of the Chamber
of Commerce, and of John Francis
Hughes, ID. C. McGarvin, Rufus H.
Heron. Robert Marsh and w. e.
Hampton. members of the committee to
visit Honolulu; also photograph of
a scene on San Pedro harbor and. a
line drawing showing the 'shoestring''
which Los Angeles annexed and thus
extended it's southern boundary to
Wilmington and San Pedro.
These photographs and the drawing
were published in the Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser with an extended
article on the steamship proposition
and the annexation plan, all of which
were published under the heading 1.-The
Greater Los Angeles"
For islanders Benefit
Following is an extract from the
article:
III. P. Wood, secretary of the pro-
motion committee, returned from his
Coast trip enthusiastic over the pros
poets of several business mems excur-
sions which are planned for this winter
from Los Angeles, Portland and Sc
attle to Honolulu. The one which is
to come from Los Angeles will be COM
posed of representative business men
of the City of Angels. The accompany
ing illustrations show likenesses of the
president and secretary of the Los
Angels Chamber of Commerce and the
special committee of FIVE appointed by
the chamber to arrange for the Homo
lulu excursion. All are representative
in various lines of business and are
among the most energetic workers in
that powerful body.
Los Angeles business men have also
taken UP a proposed steamship line
from San Pedro to Honolulu, but they
propose giving Los Angeles, and not
San Pedro. the credit of business en-
terprises of this sort. Los Angeles is
an inland town. San Pedro lies on the
harbor nearby, which is now protected
by an expensive breakwater. In order
that Los Angeles may become a sea-
port city, it is proposed to extend the
city limits toward San Pedro, then to
take a strip of territory between Los
Angeles and San Pedro and finally
annex the towns of San Pedro and
Wilmington. Their cry is Los Angeles
to the Sea- f"
Trade with Los Angeles Urged
In an editorial entitled Southern
California and Hawaii" the CONNER
cial Advertiser says:
"Honolulus business men can hardly
make a mistake in promoting the pro-
ject of a steamship line between this
port and San Pedro, the Southern Cal
ifornia haven nearest to Los Angeles
and which that city, as will be seen in
this paper, designs to annex. Indeed,
the beginning of systematic effort by
it's citizens to make the Southern Cal
ifornia metropolis a maritime enre-
pot of commerce, with the whole
breadth of the continent gridironed
with railways behind it, makes the
present time opportune for Honolulu to
get into direct communication with Los
Angeles through San Pedro.
No doubt the approaching excursion
hither of a party of picke1 and solid
business men of Los Angeles will dis
tinctly advance the cause of a direct
steamship line. Had 1T not been for
the unfortunate condition of a scarcity
of steamers available for chartering
1t might have been that before the end
of the year a special steamer for the
excursion should have been obtained
In that case a considerable party OF
tourists would probably have come
along with the business men, and by
due hustling at both ends respectable
amount of freight each way would have
been found to carry. Then the sue
cess of the round voyage might mean
the Inauguration of a permanent line
AS this was not to be, however, the
best ought to be made of the opportun-
ity our business men are shortly to