The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-07-01
BIC ISLAND IS
: AFTER THE
TOURISTS
Get Together Meeting Of Leading
Citizens Is Held at Hilo and
First Steps Taken Toward Ad-
vertising Attractions Heretofore
Unheralded and to Prepare to
Care for Visitors.


gin a campaign to attract more travel
to the Island of Hawaii. A number of
the leading business men of the metrop.
oils of the Big Island held ''get to.
gethero meeting last Wednesday and
decided to make a concerted effort to
inform the tourists of the many points
OF interest in this section. The means
to be used will be publicity in the
Honolulu papers, the publication and
distribution of photographs of the most
striking scenery on the Island, and the
distribution Of a folder setting forth the
differen; points of interest, how to get
there and the cost thereof M
Board Of Trade Busy.
The manner in which the people of
Hawaii are baing interestediin the work
was illustrated by a pamphlet letter is.
sued by the Hilo Board Of Trade and
signed by II. b. Elliott, president of the
board IL is believed that there win be
n ready response to this by the people
of this island. It reads as follows. u.
. To the People of the Island of Ha.
waii;--Ths island of ours contains n
greater number and variety of remark
able aud beautiful scenic features than
any other equal area on earth.
"We have four Of the highest noun,
tains in the Pacific; the two greatest
active volcanoes in tina world, THINNER.
able pit .craters, blow holes, cracks,
ehasms, Lawn caves, and volcanic phe,
nomena of all kinds and variety; mag.
nificent tropical forests; miles of roads
lined with tree ferns, mxuriapt vines,
Towering trees anu tropical Jungle;
thousands of coioanuts aud pandanus
palms; groves Of bread fruit, and kukpi
traesj villages showing primitive Ha-
waiian life; gorges hundreds, and oven
thousands of feet y deep, filed /, with
tropical verdure; miles of precipices
descending sheer into, blue ocean,
streaked by waterfalls }by the !, score;
railroads penetrating. to the most spec.
tacular portions of the island, and hnn.
dreds Of miles of good automobile
roads built and in process of construe,
ton. ~ III y
"All of this we have, and tho tale is
not half told; but, with here and there
an exception, these remarkable features
and spectacular and beautiful scenery
are unknown, largely even to ourselves
trated effort has been made to. make
them known or accessible. Ir
"lrhe Hilo .Boar,ll of Trade has do.
cided to make an effort to make known
to the outside world what we have that
is worth seeing, by those means which
have been found most effective in com.
munities where tourist travel is one Of
the main assets, viz, by advertising in
the press and by the distribution OF
high'class photographs and descriptive
! literature. ~
| THE board recognizes, however. that
type and pictures are not alone enough
TO make this movement success. III
"Our scenic resources mpst not alone
be advertised, hut the points of inter
est must be made accessible aud when
travellers come in response to our invi
tation, they must be taken cara of and
shown the ways and means of getting Il
the points of interest. -ttf
eve need money, to carry this move
ment to success; bnt we need User
vice. more than we need money.
"Thc Hilo Board of Trade asks that
the people Of Hawaii "get together IN
support of this plan jim theomutpal in
terest Of the people of the entire island
and contribute not only their money
but their personal interest and eflori
| TO make H. y success, IL such Interest
| and effort can be secured We are Ger
tain Of success i ,Yt-rf
ar. II. Il. ELLIOTT,
"Prendent, liilo Boaid of Trade
1t was decided at the get together
meeting to make a special effort to sci
forth the advantages of the Island Of
Hawaii as q summer vacation resort fol
Honolulu people.
Proposed Expenditure.
Il. A Thurston presented n proposei
schedule OF expenditures for adyertis
inc. pictures and folders. covering ,
three months, eampairn with mn est
mated expenditure of approximatel,
$1,000 with a further proposed expendi
lture of sl5O0 for openinp M trails I,
tho several points of interest and Tn,
placing of sipnposts and markers.
some FORTY odd photographs of seen