Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-05
WOOD REPORTS ON
PROMOTION WORK
Hawaii Gets Publicity
In Many Parts Of
World

Secretary Wood has prepared the
following weekly report which he will
submit to the Promotion Committee
at Its meeting this afternoon.
We continue to hear FROM Oui map
THE Cross Roads of the Pacific"
The general agent of the flushing.
ton-Sunst Route" writes under date Of
October goth. acknowledging receipt oi
q copy OF the map and offers TO place
dozen more in the leading railway
end steamship Offices throughout the
City of Washington. II is needless To
assure you that the copies asked frr
were mailed without deiuy Us were
several extra copies to the ticket
agent OF the National Railway IN tho
City OF Mexico. who, In writing ub ut
the matter. said, Copy of your map
entitled The Cross Roads vi tho PA
cific" has just come to han! aud we
hasten to thank you for the same. As
the information so strikingly displayed
on this map Ia of such grea; interest
In ticket Office like ours, possibly the
largest In any Spanish speaking coun.
try. we shall be glad II 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
copies OF the map and stating that
they had given same 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 and Pittsburg and other cities,
| assuring us that the matter sent will
be distributed to the best possible ad-
| vantage.
DR.. l.. b. Sperry, the lecturer, writes
from Milwaukee, under date of Oct.
ober goth, 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 great many
people. have just finished the prep
aration of lecture on Hawaii. 600
views), for the Webster Company OF
Portland. Oregon, manufacturers of
slides and renters Of sets with lecture.
The Hawaii lecture will doubtless be
| given q wide circulation throughout
the Northwest by this enterprising
firm. The twenty fish pictures you
sent me have bad made into beauti
full slides" Ia
Mr.. J. Walter Scott, our agent at
San Francisco, writes that, as direct
ed, he Is planning for a wide and eff
fective distribution of the 1909 Floral
Parade poster. In his letter Mr.. Scott
goes on to say, AT theatre party q
few evenings ago, I met Mr.. Dunann
general passenger agent of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Co.. who took ur
with me the matter of an excursion
from this Coast to Hilo and Honolulu
He Is very enthusiastic over the idea
and ! might add that you have now
struck the right party and when he
starts the thing, 1t will not be a fail
ure. ] told him that It would be nee
essary for him to take one of his larg
est steamers. the President" or the
Governor"
Nt'ei hoh MIs' rTaHceS n. teau
lee, who now represents the Promo
ton Committee at Los Angeles, states
that Rev. DIR. Wadman gave two lee
lures on Hawaii in the Chamber o.
Commerce auditorium while In Lo.
Angeles, which were well attended
On the evening of October 22nd, Mrs
Headlee gave talk on Hawaii before
the Minnesota Society OF Southern
California, It being well received.