The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-04-22
PROMOTER WOOD At
ATLANTIC CITY

HlLhIVIIU ulu
The promotion Committee has re-
ceived the following letter from Sec
rotary Wood dated at Atlantic City:
Upon my arrival here l was met
by George S. Lenhart, secretary-di-
rector of the Atlantic City Bureau OF
Publicity. who had kindly interested
the president of the hotelmens asso-
citation and the mayor of the city. in
our plans.
In company with this committee l
ca 'efully inspected the Board Walk,
looking at every vacant plance Qess
than a dozen all told). The choice
quickly resolved itself into two places,
store in the Marlborough Blenheim
Arcade fronting the splendid hotel
and cornering on Ohio avenue, and a
vacant lot opposite Captain Young's
million-doll pier, upon which the
owners offered to construct suitable
building for an annual rental of $3.50
per front foot, the width of the lot.
however, nineteen feet, was some-
what less than it should be and then
the immediate surroundings were not
attractive or desirable, that part OF
the walk, as the mayor termed it, be-
ing in the Bowery.
!. "The Marlborough Blenheim store
is 2Sx90 feet with a good basement
of the same size. IT is at the corner of
the leading hotel district, just where
the class Of people we wish to reach
may be found I could not get even
ten hours option and though the price
was high, $500 per month, was ad-
vised to lose no time in closing and
have arranged to take the lease from
date though our rental will not com
mence until May 1. You cannot lease
from month to month here the rental
is by the year. Our year, however
Will end March 1, 1911, with the privi-
lege Cat our option )of two years
more at the same rental The pro-
,Irietors also agree to put in a new
oak floor and to redecorate. This /,
the first time, I am told, that the
Marlborough Blenheim people hav,
I agreed to lease for a longer period
l than one year. The Los Angeles peo
] pie have not been able to secure an,
such concessions and their rental I,
the same as'ours though they occup,
a smaller room, and an inside room
) at that. I consider our location one O
( the most desirable on the Boarc
Walk.
Il shall have two electric signs
Just the word Hawaii. in large plai,
black letter. on the Board Walk an,
= Ohio avenue sides of the corner post
which you will note in postal cards
The one on Ohio avenue will be see,
Il a greater distance away than an,
> other sign on the Board Walk. I sbal
be very ANXIOUS to get to work, an
t regret to note by the New York Her
aid shipping notes that the virginia.
did not get away until March p
{ which will delay the receipt of on
u exhibit material. will go ahead wit
= the sale of pineapple and pineappl
e drinks
It IF we do well this year hope b
i next season that we can induce Aus
Il tralia, New Zealand and Fiji. also ia
/ va, to participate with us in a Hawa
II and All-Pacific Exhibit, sharing III
expense, thus reducing. the expens
and not interfering with or lessenin
: in any way the value of our work.
l. have preached the matter to the part
'e les Interested and should anythin
come of it will submit their repliC
Il 10 your consideration.
lie 81 cabled today that desirable Il
III cation had been secured, signing IL
= name Promotion in order that We
IL might know my code address here.
~ hope that every Hawaiian visitil
~ the eastern part of the United Stat,
VI this summer may run down TO Altar
tic City and see what the Hawaii Pr,
L motion Committee is doing here"
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