The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-01
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR HAWAII
REPORT or SECRETARY WOOD
FOR THE PROMOTION COMMIT
TEE FOR THE PAST WEEK.

owing to engagements of The mcm-
bcrs elsewhere, there was no meeting
OF the Promotion Committee yesterday
afternoon, The following is the report
OF Secretary Wood,
Honolulu, February 2Sth, 1907
Chairman and Members Of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee,
Gentlemen; Under date of January
goth, 1907 we sent out the following let
ter to the principal railway lines Of the
United Statcs
Dear Sir-llavng received so many
fovors at your hands In the past, We
are somewhat loath to approach you
with any additional request. yet I'm our
efforts To turn travel toward Hawaii,
we realize that without your active
help, we can accomplish but little, we
therefore would most respectfully yet
earnestly request that In your next
general Time Folder you make some
mention OF Hawaii similar to the mark
ed Item on page of the Santa Fee
folder herewith,
As you are doubtless aware, our.
rooms are headquarters for all Trans
Pacific Tourist travel. We have your
Time Folders displayed In our racks
and such Of your general descriptive
folders, as are obtnlnablc placed upon
our counters for distribution,
whenever steamer comes into
port whether from Australia, New
Zealand, China, Japan or the Philip
pines, the passengers, rs a rule, come
direct 10 our office for further travel in
formation, hence, In asking you to
favor us In your folders, we are simply
requesting you to rcclprocate."
Tho following answers came to hand
by the Alameda Und Siberia;
Dear slrs;-Replylng to your favor
January goth;
81 tako pleasure in advising that we
viii arrange for notice OF the Hawaii
an Islands I'm March and April issues
Of our ergular folder February issue
has already been printed Yours truly,
(slgnod) "F. A. MILLER,
20, J.. A., Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway"
Dear Slr'-Your favor Of the Goth
1--WE viii have pleasure IN making
some mention Of Hawaii IN our folders,
and copies VIII be sent you.
yours truly
(sgd) "CHAs. S. FEE,
up. r. NJ, Southern Pacific"
Dear Slr'-Your favor OF the Goth.
ut received, making suggestion re-
gnrdlng Hawaiian notice In our time
table folders. We viii cndeavor to do
this at the earliest possible moment
our time table folders are pretty we'll
crowded, and we mya have some diff
Guilty about arranging this at once.
Meantime / will call your attention
TO the distribution we are making OF a
recently issued folder entitled tho
"Trans-Paclnc Bulletin which viii !
think, be Of interest 10 you, and OF
which Gattach copy hereto.
~ would also call your attention Ia
the last page Of text In the Los Angeles
Limited booklet which I am mailing
TO your address under separate cover.
81 mention these things merely to in.
dicate 10 you the steady EFFORT we arc
making 10 keep Hawaii before the pub.
lie eye, and assure you we viii leave
no stone unturned win this end IN
view.
with klndcst regards believe me
yours truly,
(Sgd.) W. -. KNISKERN,
up, r. NJ, Chicago & North Western
Railway co"
The following letter from the Collvel
Tours Company Of Boston viii also be
OF interest:
Dear Sir;-In response to your let
ter Of inquiry OF January 25th, / have
much pleasure I'm advising you that, al
far as our own Inquiries and OUTLOOK
go, the coming seasons business fol
the Pacific and beyond, should show q
marked Increase over that OF preyloui
years.
"Our inquiry II already very large
for instance, even for next autumn
our business FOR your part OF the worlt
IN 1906 was double that Of 1905 and W
look for q prOpOrtionato increase Of
even greater for 1907.
Three Round the world parties o.
ours are on the way eastward, anC
WIN reach you IN May and June; one
party for Japan ana China sailed las
Tuesday ana another sails March Stl
on the Mongolia. am yours vcry
faithfully
(Bgd) LEON l.. COLLVER
General Manager"
A letter from Mr.. u. A. Jones, Stat,
Commissioner Of Common Schools fo
the State Of ohio, says that he VIII b.
pleased 10 secure the publication, Or
some Ohio Educational JOurnaD, Of tn,
best article descriptive Of the plan
life found IN the Honolulu High SchoO
grounds, a prize for this paper was
40 you know awarded only last week
and II should be said IN this connection
that the papers submitted BY the differ
ont pupils were al 80 interesting anS
well written that an effort VIII be mad
10 secure ne publication N oyeryOn,