The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-19

morning and from that time until San
Pedro was entered the Coast was ever
IN sight. At Huenome. the telegraph
Office was asked to flash the news hero
mat the Voyagers would soon be home.
The boat already was overdue and
relatives Of those on board constantly
wore awaiting word that Il had been
sighted, 50 the news that the Journey
was almost over spread rapidly and
when the ship tied up to the wharf I'm
the harbor il was greeted with cheerS
and waving handkerchefs from the
hundreds below.
Quickly the ship was unburdened of
its passengers and soon the pier was
alive with "A hugging. Handwriting
crowd. Captain Hamilton. the port
plot, was the first to climb UP the
rope ladder y few minutes later seye-
raj launches had slipped alongside.
DR.. Weldon. the United States health
officer, followed the captain aboard.
but he found no sign of illness. Until
the ship tied up to the dock at 10
o'clock, no one beside the port officers
We're allowed to go on board.
The returned excursionlsts were
united in singing the praises of the
voyage, of their treatment while on
board and of the generous-heartec,
welcome they were accorded in Homo
zulu. Not only We're they Toasted and
entertained with trps to the show
places of the island but the natives
ana others wished to load them all
down with gifts, which, if they had
been accepted would have loaded the
ship down.
Besides the inspection of the boat
and its passengers by the health Off
Ger there will be an equally rigid ex~
animation of all plants brought back
by officers of the State horticultural
Society which is concerned lest in
furious insects be brought from the
islands.
Asde from a storm into which IL
ran few days out, the Ohio had a
pleasant trip. The rough sea set the
boat back two days in it's journey and
during that time friends and relatives
here feared that some disaster might
have overtaken the ship. The stay in
the islands was spent IN cruising to
points of interest and being feted in
Honolulu.
Besides the excusionists there We're
five passengers not in the book. These
We're stowaways who hid themselves
in the hold among the freight in Homo
lulo and did not show themselves for
several days. Two of these are women.
The Ohio also brought back a cargo
of sugar.
The excursion was a success from
every point of view" said r. HI. Her
ron of the Chamber of Commerce com,
mittee of arrangements. "Of course,
where there are so many there Were
bound to be a few who were not
pleased, but / believe that fully so per
cent of those who made the voyage
have returned satisfied
aside from a delightful pleasure
trip, substantial results to Los Ange-
les and Southern California will result
from the trip We received positive
assurances in Honolulu that S25O0OO
would be raised there to establish a
steamship line direct between that
port and San Pedro, and 1 think such
a line will be running before many
months. AS business proposition I
believe it would pay almost from the
start and highly profitable trade for
this section could be worked up.
The people of the islands are some.
what worked up over the japanese
question. Undoubtedly the Japanese
are going to the islands in large nuns
oers, and they are not regarded as the
pest of the Asiatic immigrants There
s no such feeling against the Chinese
md they seem to have the confidence
If the people on the islands. They are
good laborers as well as shrewd mer>
,hants and cut n big figure in the COM
nerce of the islands.
I'VE have much to learn from the
Roads throughout the ISL
nds are the best / ever saw. and the
eople have many admirable traits, of
5h'ch hospitality is not the least. They
ertainly did everything possible for
ur pleasure and comfort and we We're
hown everything worth seeing.
There are not great many Los
angeles people in Honolulu, One of
he best known of these is r. B. Kidd.
connected with the Los Ange-
as papers. He is on the Star there
nd appears to be man of consider
BILE Influence H. p. Wood, chairman
[ the Hawaiian Promotion Committee,
lso formerly lived in Los Angeles.
nd c. o Kennedy known as the
King of Hilo.'
There was really no sickness on the
lip and all the eXcursionists returned
good health and spirits. We We're
,rtunate throughout, and / do not
link there is any cause for complaint"