Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-12
SEATTLE MEN Plan
VOYAGE TO hawai-!
Chamber Of Commerce
May Get Up Trip
Next Year

Secretary Wood prepared the fol-
lowing interesting report, which he
submitted to the meeting of the Pro-
motion Committee yesterday after
noon:
The event of the week in promo !
ton work has been the visit of DR.. !
Charles 4. Payne of Milwaukee. Wis !,
consin, to whom we wrote the 2Gth /.
of September. 1906, suggesting that
he come to Hawaii in order to secure I
material for lecture. Fortunately. !
DR.. Payne found that he could make
the trip before the commencement of
his next regular lecture season and
through the courtesy of the Oceanic /
Steamship Company he was enabled
to come down by the last Alameda. |
Though only able to remain until the
sailing of the Sierra. Dr.. Payne can
fortunately make trip to the Vol .
CanO of Kilauea and will have time
to very thoroughly photograph Ho-
uOlulu and vicinity. Photographic OF
other places of interest on Kauai,
the committee in order that the
Doctors collection Of views of liza.
wall may he complete. Dr. Payne is
n most pleasing speaker and feels
sure that the data he Is securing will
enable him to offer to his audiences
on the mainland the most interesting
lecture that he has ever delivered.
A letter from Mr.. Ford 4. Car
pentcr. in charge of the L. S. Wealth
or Bureau at San Diego, conveys the
welcome information that the daily
weather record of Honolulu Is now
included in the bulletin issued by
that Office.
During The past year number OF
the principal Weather Bureau sta
tons throughout the United States
lave been added to those already
publishing the daily report from iIo-
nolulu so that our weather data Is
now widely circulated.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Geo. y.
Mcclellan, secretary to Delegate Kn-
cisco. Mr. j. Walter scott, has been
requested to be on hand to meet the
special Congressional party upon
their arrival at Oakland, 20 render any
assistance that may he needed In at
tending to deposit of tickets or other
details.
4 letter from Mr.. p. Mackenzie OF
the firm of Patton Mackenzie & Co.
Of Yokohama, assures us ur II warm
friend and willing helper In that
city.
| am also able to report that Cook
y Sons agencies. throughout the
Orient, as well as the different agents
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
lany, are taking more active inter-
est In Hawaii, especially at NOkoha-
ma, Hongkong and Shanghai.
That our work in Seattle last year
was not thrown away Is evidenced by
I letter just received from the vice
president of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, stating that they are cal
culatIng on an excursion to Hawaii
curing January next and hope to OBJ
tain large and representative crowd
Of people for the trip.
\ letter from Charles 4. Barnes,
/ supreme Chancellor Of the knights
of Pythias, to whom we wrote at the
suggestion of our fellow tOwnsman.
Mr.. I'D TOwsc, acknowledges the re-
Celpt of our letter and pamphlets
and states that he will try and ar
range to visit Hawaii during his
| term of office.
4 comparison of the arrivals at
| Honolulu for the first three months
of 1905, 1906 and 1907 ia most en-
couraging. Following out our inQuir-
les along this line, Mr.. c, c. Ballen-
| tyne, manager of the Honolulu Rapid
! Transit & Land Company, writes, UNI
der date of April 18th, that during the
year 1908 his company carried g.
Gl6,52S passengers, while during
1906 they carried 7,OG2,S52, gain
Of liG,32i.
During the past few DAYS we have
sent out large number OF pamphlets
to the Orient, also to San Francisco
for general distribution ON the main
land. We have also supplied our Los
Angeles office with q fresh lot of ma
teral besides sending, for our eXhib-
it, four enlarged photos, as well as
some other exhibit material.
Respectfully submitted.
II, =, WOOD,
Secretary.