Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-29

Territorial Board of immigration in
European immigration work, has made
the following report:
At the request of Honorable e. D
Tenny, president of the Board of I'm
migration, Honolulu, Territory of Ha
wall | hereby submit memorandum
of my travels during the past year as
agent for the Board of immigration.
| left Honolulu on May 7, 1906, pei
the S. S. Manchuria, and arrived il
San Francisco on May 18th. So mucf
has been said about the conditions in
San Francisco at that time that l dc
upon this subject at all In my opin.
ion 1t would take very livery imagl.
nation to picture a more deplorable
state of affairs.
On May 18th | left San francisco
for New York, and arrived at Chicago
on the 22d. | left Chicago on May
Gath and arrived at my old home in
Michigan on the afternoon of May 25tt
and arrived in Washington May goth
called upon the President, the Score,
tar yof the Treasury, Honorable f. p
Sargent, Honorable DR.. Charles P
Neal, the Assistant Secretary, ant
many other Government officials.
secured every possible encourage
ment from the Government officials al
Washington, from the president down
in connection with the immigration
business. l was given the stronges
kind of letters of recommendation by
the President and Secretary of thu
State, without which, | am quite sat
isfied in my own mind, success in this
most difficult work would have beer
absolutely impossible.
Mr.. Fraser, who was appointed rs
my assistant in this business, joined
me in Washington, and we proceeded
to New York, arriving there on the
morning of June 9th. Considerable
time was spent in New York looking
into the matter of transportation OF
the Atlantic, and strenuous effort
was made to see If it were possible tt
transport immigrants via the Tehaun
| tepec National Railway. On June 29tl
| l left New York for Boston, and OF
| the following day sailed from Boston
on the British steamer Canopio, ac
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Fraser fol
the Island of San Miguel, Azores, ar
irving on the afternoon of July 9Th.
The Azores consist of nine islands
as follows: Santa Maria, st. Michael's
Terceira, st. George, Graciosa, Fayal
Pico, Flores and Corvo. The pOpula
tion of the Azores is estimated al
about 100000. The islands are situate
between 80 degrees minutes north
latitude and % degree so minutes west
longitude. The island of San Miguel
or st. Michaels is the largest, richest
and most important of the Azores
group. 1t is Al miles long and from
g to miles broad, and contains 26y
square miles. The population is esti-
mated at about 100000.
The port of entry is Ponta Delgada
1t has the distinction of being raised
to the title of a city as early as 1876
and has a population of about 100000
Some of the most beautiful gardens
have ever had the good fortune to see
are located in the city of Ponta Del
gada. 1t is also very clean and
healthy city. The harbor of Ponta
Delgada, to degree, is artificial. A
very large and expensive breakwater
is abuilding, which has been in the
course of construction for many years
and Is not completed at the present
time. The smaller vessels can come
into the harbor and lie in perfect
safety, but the larger vessels of the
White Star, Hamburg-American, and
the Royal Mail Lines anchor outside
This breakwater l believe was COM
menced in 1861, and when completed
will be about 1000 feet long.
Other places of interest are Ribeira
Granda, Villa Franco and Povoacao.
Some of the mountains are quite high,
and l believe the highest peak is esti-
mated to be about 5000 feet above the
level Of the sea.
:. The climate is similar in many re-
spects to the Island of Oahu, but in
my opinion the humidity in much
greater. The vegetation also is very
eimilar to what we see here on these
Islands. 1t would seem that practic-
ally everything under the sun grows
in the Island of St. Michae1's, and not
only grows in the Island of St. Mich
ael's, but grows well there.
AGRICULTURAL.
From what | could learn, the feudal
land system is in operation to very
high degree in the Island of San
Miguel. Large farms are not seen
Small farming prevails entirely.
Grapes, pineapples, tobacco and beet
sugar would now be considered the
chief agricultural products of the ISL
ands. Tea is also grown. The pine
apples are grown in hot houses in the
island of San Miguel and are exported