The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-15

which has been woefully Interrupted
in many ways of late, It is rot at all
unlikely that my visit will have TO
wait still longer.
Faithful yours, q er "a
(Signed) JOHN MUIR"
Mr.. Charles Fee, Passenger Traffic
Manager of the Southern Pacific Rail
way Company, writes under date of
March 25th.
1T gives me pleasure to inform you
that all of our standard folders will
henceforth carry an advertisement
calling attention to HawaiI's attrac-
tions and stating that illustrated fol-
ders may be obtained free by writ
ing to the Hawaii Promotion Com
mitee, Honolulu. The circulation of
this folder averages One Hundred
Thousand copies monthly"
Mr.. F. A. Miller, General Passenger
Agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Paul Railway writes in part as
follows:
I'VE note your request for repre-
sentation Of Hawaii in our advertis-
ing matter and shall be glad to COM
ply with this request wherever prac-
ticable"
The following letter from Mr.. G. d.
Dunann, the General Passenger Agent
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany, is of general interest, indicat-
ing, as it does, the likelihood of
series of excursions from the Coast
next winter.
San Francisco, April LIST, 1909.
Mr.. H. P. Wood, Secty.,
The Hawaii Promotion Committee,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dear Mr.. Wood:
have to thank you for your favor
dated March 9th giving US informa-
ton of the proposed Island trip now
in contemplation by the Salt Lake
City Lodge of Elks.
! l write to get your opinion as to
the desirability Of our S. s. Spokane
/ for such service. The ship has ac-
commodations for 235 first class pas
sengers, is we'll equipped (cold stor-
age plant, etc. to take excellent care
of tourists and was built especially
for the Alaska Cruise service. The
ship is very popular in Alaska waters
which, of course, are at all times
quiet The Spokane is not nearly so
large as the President or Governor,
being but 270 feet in length by 40 feet
beam, drawing Is or 10 feet of water.
she is a good sea going shin provid-
ed with double bottom and water
tight compartments.
The ship has not done a stroke of
work since her last Alaska Cruise
last summer and we would be pleased
to originate business for her during
the winter months. What is your
judgment in the matter? Do you
consider her too small ship to han
, die cruises to the Islands? Before
entering into correspondence with the
Salt Lake people I would like to have
your views.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) C. D. DUNANN."
We still continue to receive clip
pings of illustrated write-uOs of the
Floral Parade which must lave been
seen by many hundreds of thousands
of people.
That Hawaii is receiving the seri-
GUS consideration of the kind of peo-
pie wanted from the United States
to build up Hawaii along right lines,
is evident from the following letter
which is but one of many.
1--WE are a family of Father and
Mother each 60 years old aoG in good
health. the former having served -four
years in the Union Army during the
6O's-a College graduate, teacher OF
] the Classics for many years and also
a publisher; and having been raised
on one of our Penna. farms and
= learned practically all about that
business here. We have n son IS
years old, printer and publisher fol
r many years. He is a widower with {
l IA year old boy and IL year old girl
I We all live together, all in goot
p health. We know enough about Ha
/ wall to want to go there to make oui
e final home there, but we don't know
: details.
n We would like to settle in som,
= suburb, two to ten miles from a city
on good roads, with churches ant
! schools accessible.
e Would like to know If your I'm
s migration Literature" could show u
; that we could so settle ourselves tina
we could live, having landed Their
: with 100000 net. There are
n great many people here about Pitts
l. burg, Pa, who would go there, / hav
no doubt, if they knew more of tn
place-some rich, some with modeI
ate capital, working people of goo
d habits who have saved a little.
e These are hard times here and mt
v chanics are disguised with a situatin