The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-20
PARK SCHEME
IS DISCUSSED
S. Sheba Suggests Promotion
Committee Consisting of
Japanese.

| The following We're present at the
weekly meeting of the Hawaii Promo
ton Committee held yesterday: Sec
| retary H. P. Wood, w. r. Lucas, Jas
Mclean. W. E. Brown and F. L.
waldron
The following letter was read:
Honolulu, Hawaii. March 10, 1908.
Mr. H. P Wood. Secretary. Hawaii
! Promotion Committee, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: I find that l shall not be
able to be present at the meeting this
afternoon, as the surf is good and the
Australian children will be there, so I
think it important that the public does
not miss this moving picture.
Will you explain to Mr. Sheba the
| cause of my absence and introduce him
to the committee? He and his Jap
anese following have done splendid
work in preparing for a Japanese-Ha-
waiian Promotion Committee. Can't
you authorize him to act as a sort of
chairman of this Japanese committee
and go ahead and get them interested?
They can do SO much.
I have seen the property owners, rep
resenting more than three-fourths, of
the park site of the Nuuanu stream.
They are all willing to help the park
matter along, and 1 am sure Mr.. Sheba
and his Japanese friends can do the
rest. He will have all my hearty CO.
operation and that of many of the
leading citizens of Honolulu
Thanking you for your many courte-
sizes, 1 remain. sincerely yours.
A. H. FORD.
w E. Brown spoke enthusiastically
in favor Of the Japanese park scheme. |
He said that such reservation as
had been proposed was one of the pret-
tiest spots in Golden Gate Park, and
that from the topography of the site
suggested the proposed park for Ho- |
San Francisco scenic attraction. The
matter was of sufficient Importance to +
warrant the appointment of a special
committee to act by itself and in con-
junction with the improvement clubs /
and the Promotion Committee. It
would furnish a valuable attraction for
tourists and was right in line with
promotion work.
F. L. Waldron was appointed a spe-
cial committee to take up the matter
with the Central Improvement Com +
mittee and report at next weeks meet
ing.
S. Sheba said that he was in favor
of forming a Japanese promotion COM /
mittee which would act in conjunction
with the Hawaii Promotion Committee
in matters of interest and pertaining
to the local Japanese. He said that
the prominent japanese in town were
willing to do their part in promotion
work and that they did not think that
the work should be left entirely to the
white people A number of influential
japanese stood ready to do all in their
power to help the park scheme.
letter from Thos. Cook & Son of
Yokohama was read, stating that the
'Asahi Round the World Party" would
arrive by the s. S. Mongolia, and
would consist of fifty-seven members,
two press representatives and an in
terpreter.
The following letter was read:
Pfttsburg, T. S. A, March 5, s19OS
Mr.. Willard E. Brown, Acting Secre-
tary, the Hawaii Promotion Commit
tee. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dear Sir: We beg to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of February IS,
also the picture, entitled, Tropical
which we have forwarded to
Heinz Ocean Pier, with instructions to
have it displayed in a prominent posi-
ton.
We did not open the box when it
arrived hut presume it was in good
condition.
Thanking you for same, we are.
yours very truly,
H. j. HEINZ COMPANY.
Per c. C.
Heinz Ocean Pier is an Eastern ad-
vertising- ng-entertainment scheme. and is
said to have cost several hundred
thousand dollars.
1t was suggested, and the suggestion
will be carried out, that the secretary (
furnish the purser of each passenger
steamer with a list of local amuse-
nents TO be placed on the bulletin 5
boards of the vessels when one day out :
rom San Francisco t
Secretary Woods report was as fol- {
ows: r
Honolulu, March 18th. 1905 9
,hafrman and Members, Hawaii Pro-
motion Committee.
Gentlemen: During the past three q
nonths we have sent out 1900 postal {
irculars, special; 5000 primers, 600
christmas edition, Paradise of the Pa
iffc: 1900 Picturesque Honolulu" 500
pecial edition local papers, $50 maps.
of the Pacific" 1900 gen. )
raj folders, 2700 letters, special and n
eneraI. 2
BY the last steamer to the South, we n
orwarded the regular quarterly sup Z
ly of our folders to all principal d
oints in Australia and New Zealand. c
BY the s s. China, due to sail the a
'rd, we will forward our regular quar- Il
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