The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-17

weekly report o.. tba Promotion com.
mi,,eo.
Honolulu. January Do. 1901
Chairman and Members of ths Hawaii ]
Promotion Committee.
Genuemsn.-Fy Iast mail Ws receive /
/ ed a letter from Mrs b. T. Weather /
/ red saying that She Was set uuaDI. t1 /
say just how many tr.rs would hs .H .
] her party. but that She had engaged I
passage by the Sierra leaving san /
! Francisco February -f1. the party foo /
I return boy the Ventura. tIe t1 sau for /
san Francisco March 9Th. Dr. Der lot-
ter Mrs Weatherred says Miss
Mary Adele case the best co1tral'' /
singer on the Pacific Coast Nu Doe /
/ one OF my party. She viI certainly /
delight the people NJ Honolulu with /
I her sweet and marve Gus voice. She
| also states that. I'm addition t1 The /
/ present trip. 7 ann now advertising and /
/ arranging for a special summer trip |
+. TO Hawaii for school teachers
Among other answers to the circular /
so generally sent out Boy The Promotion .
I Committee OBJ reference 10 the pro- /
posed Pan-Pacifc Commercial Com
gress IS the following:
Department Of state. Washington,
December %. 1906.
H p Wood. Esquire, Secretary, The
Hawaii Promotion Committee. Ho-
nolulu, Hawaii.
Dear sir:-The Department has re-
ceived and read with interest your let
ter Of the 18th ultimo and its enclosure
J Of press clipping showing the advan-
tages Of Hawaii as a commercial dis
tributlng center and the desirability Of
holding there a TRANSFERRING CONNER
cial Congress.
In reply, you are informed that in
!, the event that # shall be decided TO
hold such a Congress in Hawaii, the
-, Department viii take pleasure I'm in
structing American consular officers
, stationed In the countries bordering on
: the Pacific to cooperate. in all proper
, ways. to make the project a success.
"a Very truly yours
d. Ceiened) ELIHU ROOT.
Word also came 30 hand by the same
d mail that the special map Of The
+, Cross Roads Of the Pacific" we had
p ordered for presentation 70 the Sec
I, rotary Of state. was being prepared
az and would be delivered shortly.
r. Regarding this map, Mr.. w. II
= Simpson. Advertising Manager Of the
q Santa Fe Railway Company, acknowl-
}. edges the receipt Of a copy saying that
Al he was greatly pleased to receive the
a same and would use # in their adver-
e. Using
p / am pleased to report the receipt OF
Z. a letter from Yellowstone Park Asso'
? citation saying that they will give
>. space on the walls Of all their hotels in
- Yellowstone Park to enlarged photo
graphs Of Hawaiian scenery and will
70 also see to the distribution Of our fold
+ ers.
BY the steamer Alameda we received
from the Passenger Department Of the
Chicago Northwestern Railway Com
pany, original letters from some two
, hundred Of their Eastern agents, Civ
= ing the names and addresses Of people
whom they had personally interviewed
and who had in view a western trip.
h To each Of these addresses we will
, send a short note calling their atten-
ton to the attractions Of Hawaii.
am in receipt of a letter from Mr..
Wong Hin, Secretary Of the local or
ganizatlon of the Christian Endeavor
Society saying, in reply to communi-
= cation from our Committee, that they
will do what they can to attract the
= attention of visitors to the coming Sc
attic convection, to the attractions Of
G fered by Hawaii.
I Ha
n position Of Agent Of the Promotion
n Committee for Southern California
r. with headquarters in the rooms Of the
e Chamber Of Commerce at Los Angeles.
In writing about the excursion from
= San Pedro, Mr.. Childs says: There
are so many applications for berths
that 1t is going to be a difficult matter
to limit the number of the comfortable
T. carrying capacity of the boat"
r In addition 10 the Rowing regatta,
s which will come off while the Los An
geles eXcursionists are here, We are
In receipt Of a letter from the Sisters
Hawaiian Ponoi Society, saying that
they have arranged to give "a series
of performances representing ancient
? Hawaiian customs" during the time
! the Southern Californians are in Ho-
nolulu. So though Ur Los Angeles
friends viii be too late for the Febru-
airy 22nd floral parade, which blythe
way promises to be unusually attract
p i've, there will be other forms of enter
tainment which will make the time
pass pleasantly for them
Respectfully submitted,
II H. P. WOOD. Secretary.
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