The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-06
EXCURSIONS FOR
THE ISLANDS
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things Hawaiian was spoken of yester
day afternoon at the meeting of the
Promotion Committee by Lloyd Childs
who has been for many months the Los
Angeles representative Of the commit
tee and who is now here to take charge
of the preparations for the Hawaiian
exhibition at the Alaska. Y Yukon Pacific
exposition, to be held in Seattle. Mr..
Guilds has been hard worker for Ha-
waii and has so long identified himself
with promotion work for the Islands
that his reports from the tourist center
of the Pacific Coast were Of great inter
est and encouraging.
A great part of Mr.. Child's address
had to do with the arrangements under
way for an excursion this winter or
next spring from Los Angeles to Ho-
nolulu. The matter of an excursion,
reports Mr.. Childs, is simply one of a
steamer If a good comfortable steam.
er can be secured there is no question
about the crowd to come or the success
of the affair. just prior to the recent
financial troubles on the mainland an
excursion had been arranged, the plans
having progressed so far that it was
simply question of signing the char
ter, the boat secured at that time be-
ing the Oceanic s. s. Sierra. The
troubles in the money market settled
that excursion for the time being, how
ever, but now those promoting the ex-
eursion have tentative charter on the
Sierra again, with business men in Los
Angeles ready to put up the $42, 1000
guarantee with the company, while ef-
forts are also being made to secure
either the Governor or the President,
the two new vessels of the Pacific
Coast company, which will be laid up
from the Alaska run for the winter.
As there are no better or newer boats
on the Coast than these, an effort will
be made to secure one of them if posi-
BILE.
Mr.. Childs suggests that the company
might be glad to charter both steam
ers, one to bring an excursion here from
Seattle and Spokane, the other to run
from San Pedro.
The people of Los Angeles are work
ing hard in an effort to secure direct
steamship connection with Honolulu.
There is no question about the passen-
ger traffic that can be secured and none
concerning the Hawaii-bound freight
cargo. What is holding back the scheme
now is the question of return freights.
Southern California cannot handle su.
gar and the matter of fresh fruits has
not been worked up enough to induce
capital to take the risk in the matter.
Los Angeles is ready to provide freight
from her end and passengers for both
ways and if Honolulu would guarantee
freight one way the matter of steam
ship connection and the doubling or
trebling of the tourist travel Hawaii
wards would be settled.
Mr.. Childs told of the interest mani
Tested in the work of the Promotion
Committee at the Los Angeles branch.
Every day the Chamber of Commerce
rooms there are visited by an average
of fifteen hundred people, many or
whom visit the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee rooms in the building. The lee.
lures given there each day, illustrated
with moving pictures, attract big
crowds and the inquiries of the visitors
show that the work is having good
effect. AS proof of the effectiveness
of the work, Mr.. Child stated that on
the Alameda this time there were five
passengers whose attention had been
attracted to Hawaii. so they had told
him on the way down, through the
..
1t was suggested that there was a
good chance to make the Los Angeles
branch self supporting in many ways,
through the sale of Hawaiian goods,
pineapples and poi.
Many Interesting Letters.
Secretary Wood read large number
of interesting letters from all over the
world showing the growing interest in
the Islands. George Myer, of New
York, wrote asking for information
about vanilla and castor beans, stating
that the market now was supplied from
Mexico and suggesting that Hawaii
ought to capture this trade. Mr.. Myer
also asked if samples of Hawaiian to-
baccos could be supplied him, stating
that he was in a position to do bust
ness in tobacco if the samples proved
favorable.
James Coursen Bartholf, editor of
Dicks Magazine, asked the publicity
bureau of the committee to supply that
magazine with an article for their
Christmas number on Chow Christmas
is Celebrated in the Hawaiian Islands, ("
to be one of a series concerning
"Christmas Around the World. - He
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publish in the January or February
number an article on Hawaiian pine
apples. the number to be "The Orchard
Bountiful" one.
Charles T. Duke, of Arkansas, who
spent what he refers to as "the pleas.
antest two months of my life," in Ha.
waii last winter, wrote asking for the
annual crop report of Hawaii in order
to prove to his neighbors that he was
not the "colossal liar" they think he
is after hearing him tell of what he
saw in the Islands
r. w. Luce, editor of the New West.
minister. B. c. Daily News, wrote
acknowledging and thanking the com.
mittee for the matter sent on the press
bureau news sheet, which the News is
using regularly. He stated that large
number of the Canadian papers are
using the news bureau material and
appeared to be glad to get it, the SER
vice from Hawaii being the best re-
eeived from any source. The writer
asked for information on number of
subjects for the benefits of the New