The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-13
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Honolulu, May 18th, 1909.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii

Gentlemen:-I am pleased to state
that, through the kindness of Senator
George c. Perkins, we are i'll receipt
of practically the entire edition of Mr..
/ 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 4
sand copies specially ordered by us
which will give us a large number of
this most valuable report for distribu- I
ton.
! We are indebted to Mr. Gustav H. !
Schwab, General Manager of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company at
New York, for very complete informa-
ton 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
the S. S. ARABIC" due at this port,
January 23rd, 1910, are already maxi
ing arrangements to lay over in Ho-
nolulu, saying further the cruise has
taken SO we'll 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 Goth, 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 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.
y Mr.. Charles S. Fee, Passenger Ira
+, ffic Manager of the Southern Pacific
:, Company, writes in regard to the pro-
Il posed Salt Lake Elks Excursion:
Eve are following this matter up
{ and l am now of the opinion that il
IT suitable accommodations are availa.
y BILE, we can get their limit of $50, pos
e sibly 300, for the trip"
Moore Bond & Company of Chicago
5, dealers in Lantern Slides, etc, write
n acknowledging receipt of matter sent
l. them and stating that, at our sugges
ton, they are reproducing, in colore(
slides, a number of our fish picture,
which they will soon be placing OF
the market.
We are now preparing for them {
twenty five minute lecture 10 go will
r about fifty carefully selected plate,
which they will reproduce and place il
theatres all over the country
Quite recently, we sent out copies o
es our Gross Roads" map to the Pro
al fessors of Geography of every Univer
~ sity, College and Normal School il
m the United States and Canada Fol
Id lowing are few of the replies to hant
ne per last mail:
is University of Pennsylvania,
ut Philadelphia, April 20, 1908
so My Dear Sir:-I thank you for you
tx letter of the 5th, enclosing document
Nv concerning Hawaii appreciate tn
1t, magnitude of your work in attempt
a ing to make the people of this countr
j. understand the opportunities whic
your gem of the Pacific possesses.
10 With regard to the place which you
n port is destined to play in Pacif
no commerce, | may say that have dis
no cussed the matter in my book "Th
mo- Organization of Ocean Commerce,
in published by the University, and 9TH
IT. Ocean Carrier" published by G.. I
lrt Putnam. There is no question in m
no mind but that your harbor is the on
go ly available coaling station in tn
,st North Pacific and is likely to be on
,s of increasing use by steamers as Ion
10 as the ocean vessel continue to be
,,o coal burner. OF course the Panam
re Canal will very materially increal
N the tonnage entering your safe ha
zee Dor.
vd am, very truly yours,
nv (Signed) J. RUSSELL SMITH"
ART THE George Washington Universit
RS Washington, d. c., April 81, 1909
an Dear Sir:-I thank you very muC
ON for the interesting chart The Gro
nd Roads of the Pacific" which you kin
GO ly sent to me. 1t shows in a graph
IN manner what focal point your CT
nm. really is, or put in another form it
90 a radial centre for the entire Pacii
r ana Tue COUNTRIES 'nal 'es' upon III
nan great ocean.
at As the Pacific becomes more al
on more a great highway, which must