The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-23
BIC RAILROAD MAN
PRAISES HAWAII
Warren J. Lynch Of New York
Says There Is No Place
Quite Like II.

"You have back yards here that arc
better than the botanical gardens, that
are better than the show places Of Eu.
rope. -
In this sentence, Warren J. Lynch,
passenger traffic manager of the New
York Central lines, summed up por.
| ton Of his enthusiasm for Hawaii, an
enthusiasm that is as genuine and ar.
dent as the best promotionist could
wish.
There seems to be a quality about
Hawaii which forbids verbal descrip-
tion by her admirers. Mr.. Lynch speaks
no Hawaiian, which was made for the
scenery, and admitted that he couldn t
describe the Islands. He did not say
it as if he wanted merely to please
He was strictly in earnest. Incidental.
ly Mr.. Lynch, who arrived on the Mon.
golia, is worth in rounu igures, one
promotion committee to Honolulu and
Hawaii mel.
AS head of his department of the
great eastern railway system, he is di-
recting a campaign based on the old
slogan of the railroad men, "See Amer.
lea frst.''
"We intend to include Hawaii in
this campaign said Mr.. Lynch in the
course of an interview last night at
the Moana Hotel where he is n guest
"Your promotion committee has been
doing wonderful work back east and
Hawaii is not as little known as you
think. 1 have been in communication
with Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Cooper and will
remain so.
"We have been conducting this cam
paign for long time in way not of
fensive to those who do want to go
to Europe. A great many people come
to the ticket offices and ask for reser-
vations on the Mauritania or some of
the other big Atlantic liners. They are
told that the bookings are full as they
usually are and they say that they will
wait for the next boat Then we intend
to ask them if they have ever taken
trip across the Pacific and slip some
Hawaiian literature across the counter.
"And Wen get lots of them, L tell
you, lots of them.
''Have you attractions enough here
to interest and hold the attention of
the tOuristsf' Mr.. Lynch pointed his
cane towards the door of the hotel
"You can go to that door and look
over more beautiful scenery than any
that was ever seen in Europe. You
have backyards here that are better
than the show places of Europe. The
great botanical gardens are nothing
like this. The famous gardens that are
one of the show places of Monte Carlo
are nothing in comparison to this.
"You people here, who have lived
here most of your lives, don It realize
what beautiful place this is. OF
course there will be times of the year
when tourists will have difficulty in
getting to and from the Islands. But
you know that the popular club is the
one that has the longest waiting list.
You have fine steamers on now and
there will be others added. You know
a steamship is an expensive thing and
it Is like a reservoir. You don't want
to build it until you know there is
constant source of supply behind it;
that the desire to go to Honolulu has not
sprung up over night
Mr.. Lynch's visit to Hawaii is an
event in Hawaiian promotion, as his
words indicate. He is in a position to
do great deal of good to the Islands
and is more than willing to do it, for
he says that he considers Hawaii a9
much part of America as any other
portion of it. In comparing the Is.
lands with Europe he also added that
he could not say the same thing about
Florida or southern California to which
places tourists flock in thousands every
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch leave Tuesday
for the volcano and will return to the
mainland on the last of the month