Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-30
SEATTLE TOUR
NOW ASSURED
Trip of Business Men to Homo
lulu Is Certain, Says
H. p. Wood.

eNoN'ANbe hlNfl llf
reports as follows:
while here would seem to he
nothing doing as far as the expected
excursion from Los Angeles is con-
Cerned, we are now sure of the Seat
tie excursion, as the following letter
from Mr.. G. Il. Yandell, secretary of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
would Indicate:
d" Replying to your favor under date
Of September 3, with reference to the
outlook for our winter excursion, I
am gratiiicd to be able to report that
the present indications are we shall
have more applications than the ca
paCity of the ship will accommodate.
We have made tentative charter of
the steamship Prince Rupert, with n
capacity of two hundred and twenty
five iirst-class passengers, and plan
to leave here on or about February |,
on u thirty-day itinerary, which we
will divide among the various points
Of interest on the lslands-bcing gov
erned largely ON this by your recon-
mcndations.
Your Mrs. lIcadlec has rendered
us every possible assistance in work
ing up preliminary interest in this
excursion, and will be of great value
to us when II comes to closing the
reservations. In fact, would have
been loath to undertake II, but for her
assistance and active cooperation.
"I am now In the throes of our
annual trade excursion. As soon as
that Is of my mind, We will advise
you further rs to the details of the
Honolulu trip.
"'lf you have u few high-class half
tones, acceptable for reproduction in Il
folder, we could use them to advan-
tagc II forwarded Immediately, to-
gothcr with any other data which
would prove attractive to prospective
visitors
All Favorable mt Seattle.
Our agent at Seattle, Mrs. Hcadlcc,
writes under date of September II as
follows in regard to excursion from
Puget Sound and other matters:
Yours of the LIST received. Ere
this time you will have received my
letters of later date concerning the
excursion. The steamer Is in every
way, except size, all we could desire.
Mr.. King, manager of the excursion,
is splendid worker, and from the
systematic and businesslike way in
which he has taken up the matter,
feel sure that everything will be well
manager. lie has furnished me with
three lantern slides of the steamer,
which | am using in my lectures.
Mr. King reports that commit
tee of Honolulu excursion boosters
will be aboard the trade excursion
arranged by the Chamber of Com
mercG for touring the State, leaving
here on the 26th and visiting the
Eastern part of the State. They will
personally 'call upon the different
commercial organizations visited and
talk up the excursion. They will
have literature on hand for distribu-
ton. Mr., King requests also that any
inquiries received at your Office that
may look favorable for excursion bus
mess be sent here.
THE time set for the excursion Is
to leave Seattle, February ., y. m;
arrive In Hilo, February II (mOrn-
ingD spend the 18th, 18th and 18th
ut llilO and the crater; arrive in Ho-
nolulu the morning of the lith and
leave Honolulu on the 23rd. What
ever entertainment you may plan for
the party can be used here To increase
the number of passengers, so II you
can give some general outline of en-
tcrtainment In your next along this
line ! can use II to advantage. Any
change you may suggest in this
schedule will be gladly received. The
chamber will make formal announce
ment through the press after this tour
of the State Is over. | think II would
have been better to announce It first,
but Mr.. Yandell thought not.
Busy With Lectures.
- will not be able to write again
until my return from Vancouver and
Everett, but trust each trip may be
fruitful. Vancouver week IL full with
lectures scheduled for the 18th, Goth,
2lst, END and 23rd, one having been
added since ! last wrote you.
Requests for lectures are now
coming in very fast, and October is
almost entirely filled. On the 2Sth of
this month ! am TO speak In Trinity
Parish here in Seattle. The rector Is
a DR., GOwen, who formerly lived in
Honolulu. On the 10Th ! am to speak
before the Metropolitan Club, one of
the largest and most influential So
cial and business clubs of the city.
The Arctic Club has seeded TO give
me the evening of its annual reception
TO returning Alaskans; date not yet
arranged. Portland Y. NJ. c, 4. has
me scheduled for November 4, and
correspondence with Spokane, Walla
Walla, Wenatchcc aud Yakima are ia
yorable for lectures there, 50 | feel
that the work Is being prosecuted
gugppggIully uIthnuUh gntup nI tho nm