The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-14
PLEN'I Y OF
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Honolulu, May 18th, 1903.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii

Gentlemen:-I am pleased to state
that, through the Kindness Of Senator
George c. Perkins we are in receipt
of practically the entire edition of MIR.
Newell's report on Hawaii, its Nat
ural Resources and Opportunities for
Home Making The public printer
at the request of Delegate Kalaniana-
ole, is now running off the one thou
sand copies specially ordered by us
which will give us a large number of
this most valuable report for distribu-
ton.
We are indebted to Mr.. Gustav II.
Schwab, General Manager Of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company at
New York, for very complete informa-
tion concerning the Annual Carnival
held at Nice, including posters, photo
graphs, postal cards, etc, which will
be useful to the Committee to which
will be assigned the duty of working
up the 1910 Floral Parade.
Mr.. Frank G. Clark writes from New
York, under date of April 9th, stat
ing that many of his passengers per
,.
January 23rd, 1910, are already max
ing arrangements to lay over in Ho-
nolulu, saying further the cruise has
taken SO well with the travelling pub
lie that he has chartered the Arabic"
for a repetition of the trips in 1910
and 1911 and hopes to be able to make
them annual affairs thereafter.
Miss Mabelle Biggart, the writer and
lecturer, expects to arrive in Homo
lulu by the ''Manchuria,'' June 30th, to
remain some time in order to secure
data for the second book of her series
of publications entitled Seeing the
World
Our Southern California Agent, Mrs.
Headlee, writes that, in compliance
with our request, she has loaned 100
of our best lantern slides to Mr. Paul
Super to be used by him in his East
ern trips.
w. W. Bristol. Principal of the
High School at MADEIRA, California. to
whom We loaned a set of slides, writes
that his Evening at Hawaii was a
great success, many OF his hearers
stating at the close of the entertain
ment that they should certainly visit
Hawaii at the very first opportunity.
Mr.. Charles S. Fee, Passenger Ira
ffic Manager of the Southern Pacific
Company, writes in regard to the pro-
posed Salt Lake Elks Excursion:
I'VE are following this matter M
and l am now of the opinion that il
: suitable accommodations are availa
BILE, we can get their limit of $50, pos.
sibly 800, for the trip"
Moore Bond &c Company of Chicago
dealers in Lantern Slides, etc, write
/ acknowledging receipt of matter sent
them and stating that, at our sugges-
ton they are reproducing, in colored
slides, a number OF our fish pictures
which they will soon be placing on
the market.
We are now preparing for them Q
twenty five minute lecture 70 go with
: about fifty carefully selected plate.
which they will reproduce and place il
theatres all over the country.
Quite recently, we sent out copies o.
5
| fessors of Geography of every Univer
= sity, College and Normal School il
4 the United States and Canada. Fol
4 lowing are few of the replies to hanC
e per last mail:
s University of Pennsylvania,
t Philadelphia, April 20, 1908
D My Dear Sir-I thank you for you
k letter of the 5th, enclosing document
Y concerning Hawaii | appreciate tn
!, magnitude Of your work in attempt
a ing to make the people of this countr
: understand the opportunities whic
your gem of the Pacific possesses.
j. With regard to the place which you
= port is destined to play in Pacifi
a commerce, 1 may say that have dis
q cussed the matter in my book 9TH
q Organization of Ocean Commerce
n published by the University, and 18th
+ Ocean Carrier" published by G. ]
RI Putnam. There is no question in IN
q mind but that your harbor is the OF
40 ly available coaling station in IL
at North Pacific and is likely to be OF
10 of increasing use by steamers as loI
. as the ocean vessel continue to be
10 coal burner. OF course the Panam
10 Canal will very materially increa
n the tonnage entering your safe ha
90 Dor.
"a | am, very truly yours,
nv (Signed) j. RUSSELL SMITH. Fl
ri The George Washington Universit
3 Washington, d. c., April 81, 1909.
~ Dear Sir:-I thank you very mu,
m for the interesting chart THE Gro
,d Roads of the Pacific" which you kin
a. ly sent to me. 1t shows in a graph
IA manner what focal point your CT
M really is, or put in another form it
"a a radial centre for the entire Paci
a and the countries that rest upon tn
on great ocean.
at As the Pacific becomes more a
m more a great highway, which must
,l-, the case, Honolulu must be the nj
ura1 StODniD o. laCp or half waV hon