The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-18
MOVING
PICTURES

Moving pictures nf scenes in and
about Honolulu may hr taken hy the
..aisnn Mluufncturue Company ~
orange y. } lu response 10 "a re-
quest 90 Secretary Wood of the Pro-
motion Committee. the company states
ihat it may eond man down here
after he has finished taking views OF
the destroyed san Franclseo. Score
iary Wood suggested that there was
an excellent field hero Tor moving pic
lures, such as tho pa-u riders. surf
boating az Waikiki beach etc. The
Edison Company has replied as fol-
! lows.
Orange y j., April 25th. 1906.
The Hawaii Promotion Committee. Io-
nolulu Hawaii
Gentlemen: We have your favor of
March S0th and have delayed replying
untl now for the simple reason that
we were not in position to give Won
a definite answer. We are sending
a photographer to san Francisco to
take series OF photographs in con-
nection with the recent disaster. and
{ Is very possible that we may decide.
after he has taken these pictures. TO
send him on to Honolulu so as to be
TO take the events which you refer
to. 1t would not pay us at all to take
any pictures of the yacht race as de-
scrihed by YOU. While the PROPOSE
tion may appear very favorable from
your standpoint we have had consid-
cradle experience in the taking of
yacht race pictures and there is no
money in them. To illustrate: We
took a very beautiful set of pictures
of the start Of the ocean race for the
Emperor's Cup about year ago. We
had exceptional privileges and we took
the pictures from the deck of the com
mittee boat 'Vigilant." This, as you
know, was an international event and
yachts We're entered from Germany
and England. We also had the idea
of taking the finish of the race at
The Needles in England and arrang-
ed to do this with our London office
but we might say fortunately they
were not able to take the pictures on
account of the winner arriving very
much ahead of schedule time and we
saved this expense
We sent five prints of the start of
the race to London and they got there
almost a week ahead of the finish of
not able to dispose of a single print
and we did not have very much bet
ter luck ourselves. Even I'm the yacht
races for the Americas Cup the inter-
est died out very quickly and the films
are of very little value except during
the time that the races are taking
place. Our photographer who is going
10 San Francisco, is Mr.. r. X Bonine
bfc ad Ia.
be care of Peter Bacigalupi, 1907 Fill
more street, San Francisco, Cal. We
are giving your letter to Mr. Baciga-
lupi and If you should have occasion
to communicate with him you can do
so direct to the above address 1t is
quite possible that we may decide to
send him on to Honolulu, but at the
present time we cannot give you a
definite answer.
Yours very truly,
EDISON MANUFACTURING COM
PANY,
Kinetograph Dept.
A. V. MOORE, Manager.
Through the courtesy OF Mr.. Gartley
the Promotion Committee has sent to
the mainland four of his latest and
most attractive photographs to be en-
larged for use in advertising the. is
lands.
The meeting of the Promotion Com
mittee yesterday afternoon was large-
ly devoted to discussing the finances
of the committee, and steps were TAX
en- to economize where possible, al
though in the face of the need of
continued advertising effort this will
be difficult.
A list of teachers of Alberta prov
ince, Canada, has been furnished the
committee for use in distributing Ha-
waiian literature.
The committee decided to change the
meeting day from Tuesday to Thurs
day, owing to Tuesday frequently be-
ing a busy steamer day.
The manager of the Hotel del Coro-
nado, California, has furnished the
with a list of all their
patrons, giving their full names and
home addresses. This will be valuable
in many ways to the committee.
letter for insertion in mercantile
mail going from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco correspondents, will be prepared
by Secretary Wood and distributed
among the merchants with the request
that they use It. 1t viii merely call
attention in a brief way, to the desr-
ability of San Francisco merchants
during the rebuilding period sending
their families to Honolulu for a few
months.
The editors chosen TO act on a COM
mittee OF reception to the members OF
the Southern California Editorial As
sociation which may hold It's annual
session In Honolulu In November will
be asked 10 meet with the Promotion
Committee at it's next meeting. Thurs
day, May 20. The Promotion Commit
tee ana the editors VIII form the re-
ception committee.