The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-05
PROMOTION
PROPAGANDA
Honolulu, November 5, 1908.
Promotion Committee.

Gentlemen:-We continue to hear
from our map, THE Cross Roads of
the Pacific
The general agent of the Wash
ington-Sunset Route" writes under
date of October 20, acknowledging re-
ceipt of a copy of the map and offers
to place dozen more in the leading
railway and steamship offices through
out the city of Washington. 1t is
needless to assure you that the copies
asked for were mailed without delay
as were several extra copies to the
ticket agent of the National Railway
in the City of Mexico, who, in writing
about the matter, said: Copy of your
map entitled The Cross Roads of the
Pacific has just come to hand and we
hasten to thank you for the same. AS
the information SO strihngly display
ed on this map is of such great inter
est in a ticket Office like ours, possibly
the largest in any Spanish speaking
country, we shall be glad if you can
send us extra copies"
We are also in receipt of additional
letters from agents Of the Southern
Pacific, Northern Pacific and Canadian
Pacific Railways, thanking us for CO.
pies of the map and stating that they
had given same a prominent place in
their offices. A number of railway
and steamship agents write asking for
copies of the map, stating that they
have seen the same in other offices
A few weeks since, we renewed our
supply of folders with the Raymond
and Whitcomb agencies throughout the
United States, preparatory for the
coming winter travel. Acknowledge
ments are to hand from Boston, New
York, Pittsburg and other cities, as
surfing us that the matter sent will be
distributed to the best possible advan-
! tage.
Under date of October &c, Mr.. Fred
w. Prince, city ticket agent of the
Santa Fe Railway Company at San
Francisco, wrote: 81 have your letter
of October 16 referring to a marked
copy of the Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser which also was received by the
same mail. Your Promotion Commit
tee is certainly working along right
lines. I hope sometime, in the near
future, to make a trip down there my
sci fand see with my own eyes what
all the noise is about"
DR. l. b. Sperry, the lecturer, writes
| from Milwaukee, under date of Octo-
/ Der 90: 81 am just finishing up a
lecture engagement in the Northwest
and have had the pleasure of showing
! Hawaiian views and talking about your
beautiful Islands to a great many peo-
pie. | have just finished the prepare
ton Of a lecture on Hawaii 0OO
views), for the. Webster Company of
Portland, Oregon manufacturers OF
slides and renters of sets with lee
ture. The Hawaii lecture will doubt
less be given wide circulation
throughout the Northwest by this en-
terprisng firm. The twenty fish pic
lures you sent me ! have had made
into beautiful slides"
Mr.. ]. Walter Scott our agent a
San Francisco, writes that, as direct
ed, ne is planning lof a Wlue ana Ell
fective distribution of the 1909 Flora
Parade poster. In his letter Mr.. Scot
goes on to say: at a theatre party I
few evenings ago, I met Mr. Dunann
general passenger agent of the Paci
fc Coast steamship Co., who took NJ
with me the matter of an excursion
from this Coast to Hilo and Honolulu
He Is very enthusiastic over the ide
and I might add that you have nov
struck the right party and when h
starts the thing it will not be failure
told him that it would be necessaT
for him to take one of his larges
steamers, the President or the Gov
ernor.
A letter from Mrs. Frances X. Head
lee. who now represents the Promotio
Committee at Los Angeles, states tina
Rev DR. Wadman. gave two lecture
on Hawaii in the Chamber OF Con
merce auditorium while in Los Al
geles, which were well attended o
the evening of October 90 Mrs. Heat
lee gave a talk on Hawaii before II