The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-02
MIR. BANcRoFT's VIEWS.

"These Islands have fine future
and the travel to Honolulu is certain to
be large from now on. The mainland rail
roads are beginning to appreciate the
magnitude of the traffic to and from the
Islands, the military and naval develop.
ment on Oahu presaging the movement
of a tremendous tonnage of materials
and supplies of all kinds. The railroads
are beginning to take notice and bid
for the business.
"Your great pineapples fields, with
the immense output every year, and
the production of other fruits, will
cause the transcontinental railroads to
look also to the business of hauling it,
aud the further east it goes, the longer
the haul for railroad. There is great
tonnage of products to come out of
these Islands, which is worth working
to get and the railroad people will Ger.
tainly work for it,
"These Islands are beautiful and at.
tractive in every way and the hospital
| ity of the people is something that one
can barely appreciate. The Islanders
are hospitable in the extreme and look
! out for one-well, / can't express my
feelings about it properly. 1 am glad
/ came here for i we seen many beau
tiful stretches of scenery and odd things
| that one can u see anywhere else.
81 want to say that your railroad
systems in these Islands are modern and
up-to-date and are run in a manner
which speaks well for those behind
them. The Oahu railroad, which Mr..
B. +. Dillingham; has built, is excellent.
It has developed this island and it de-
serves the backing of the community.
| If the railroad wants to spread out
| more, don t hamper it. Don't try to
prevent franchises to railroads, because
they are great developing adjuncts to
the prosperity of n country.
81 have found that you have lot of
philosophical men here, men who are
willing to put their brains and capital
into enterprises that not only build W
their own capital but build up the
country, make more employment and
open up lands for settlement and de-
velopment. These men who plan to ex
tend that railroad on the other side
of this island are to be patted on the
back, for that railroad enterprise is
to be marvel of engineering skill
The way they plan to bring the rail
lHIOuSH iut lHlt
Honolulu is expensive, but the hackers
know what it is going to cost, and they
display rare foresight, the same that
Mr.. Dillingham; displayed when he
planned and built the Oahu railroad
That railroad on the other side of the
island will cost $4,000 mile to build
but they re going ahead with it, 1 un
derstand.
"Honolulu has a splendid, up.to-dat,
street railway system. certainly di,
not expect to find it so, any more thar
/ did to find the railroads as they are
j am at the head of Hartman 3 biz
street railroad system in Salt Lake city
a system which he picked up some tim,
J ago, and on which he is to expend abou
$5,000,000. He is going to make tina
; one of the finest street railway systems
, in the country. / recommended tina
J he spend lot of money on it. 1t il
J worth while, for Salt Lake city has ;
> population of about 100000. When
J return / expect to have n powerhous'
built at an expense of about $650,000.
; eyes, i certainly will tell all m,
friends to come down here if they wan
to come to beautiful country, full o.
, delightful scenes and be welcomed witt
| true hospitality