The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-19
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Captain John Green Tells Promo
ton Committee Of Vast Field in
Great Northwest Letters Re-
ceived Promising support Of
Hawaiian Pineapple Day Pro-
ject,
Capt. John Green, one Of the best
known shippers in the Pacific, and who
has been identified for many years with
the American Hawaiian Steamship Com.
lpsny and the Matson Navigation Com
pany, delivered an address yesterday
before the regular meeting of the la
lvaii Promotion Committee on the pos
sibilities Of that body broadening its
scope and value by more extensive adj
lyertising in the Northwest.
Captain Green, with his intimate
knowiedge Of Hawaiins conditions, and
always a Booster for the Paradise of
the Pacific, believes that by proper adj
yertising and adequate steamship serv.
ice the tourist traffic to the Islands
could be increased hundred-fold he.
tween the Northwest and Honolulu. In
his address yesterday Captain Green
said: .as'..f Il F. ~
~ have always had strong aloha
for Hawaii and am anxious to see it
20 ahead. Aside from those persons
who are directly interested in shipping
and business here, one hears little OF
Hawaii in Seattle. The railroad com
panies running into Seattle are not
doing any extensive advertising Of the
Islands, as there is no assurance from
the Matson Company that the present
service will be continued.
fThe Honolulan will make one more
"trip over the triangular route, which
embraces Honolulu, San Franciseo and
Seattle, and as the charter then ex-
pires the vessel will revert to its own
ers, the Ameriean-Hawaiian Steamship
Company. Whether the service will be
continued / do not know, but 1 do
know, or at least in my Judgment
feel, that passenger vessel, say Of
the tonnage of the Lurline, would make
money by catering TO passenger traffic
between Seattle and Honolulu. .l
Large Field Available. r.
"There are thousands Of people in
the back country there who have
amassed fortunes IN agricultural pur'
suits who would be glad to escape the
/ rigors of the terrible winters in the
Northwest, and would come and enjoy
the balmy climate of Hawaii IL the
conditions here were properly explained
TO them and there were adequate trans
lportation facilities for them to come
here without having to journey to Sar
Francisco by rail or to wait for a
monthly steamer Of the Canadian us
tralian line from Vancouver. ,'..
Advertising lis, necessary, ''i' con
Icluded Captain GTeen, but more i'm
!, Iportant is transportation, and believe
: II will not be long before the steam
. ship companies that do business with
these Islands will realize this fact anC
! will branch out and 60 after this lucra
. tive field for tourist traffic.
Acting upon the suggestions Of Cap
tain Green, Secretary II. 4. Wood wa!
instructed to write to the local Office
Of the Matson Navigation Company
asking il to use its influence with thu
homo Office to have the Seattle passen
: ger service continued.
: Secretary Wood reported that dur
; ing the past week he had received nu
: merous replies from railway and steam
. ship companies all over the world re
garding the observance of hPinaappl'
Day. on August Is. '..-
= Letters have been sent to the va
: riohs heads of transportation cOmpa
, mics throughout the country, request
ing them to conspicuously feature Ha
waiian pineapples on their menus OF
, that day. More than twenty reptile
have been received to date, all of whicl
show evidence of hearty cooperation
ylwith the promotion committee IN I'D
vertisipg not only pineapples, but Ha
wall as well. aa'a.
a.. Samples OF Letters Received.
. The following two letters are exam
pies of the many received which shoy
: the cooperation with which the promo
ton committee is meeting in its adver
Using campaign: sgIr
The Missouri Pacific Railway Com.
pany, st. Louis, Iron Mountain !
Southern Railway Co. .'
st. Louis, April 2Sth, 1914.
II Mr.. II. T.. Wood, Director the Ha.
wall Promotion Committee, Ho.,
nolulu, Hawaii: s&'" 8NH
Dear Sir:--I have your favor Of p
recent date, requesting that we
designate Saturday, August 18th,
1914, as Hawaiian Pineapple Day,
and direct our dining car stewards
TO head their menus accordingly
and to include in each bill of fare
that day some course in which Ha.
waiian pineapple Is served. * .
In reply take pleasure in advis-
ing that we will be very glad In
, deed to comply with your request.
With best wishes for your Com.
mittee and for the Territory of Ha-
waii, am. very truly yours,
(Sig,) J. G.. H0LLENBECK,
Il g." General Passenger Agent.
Superintendent Dining Cars.
! Compagnie General Transatlantique
French Line, New YOrk-Havre.
Paris. ...s.4n.
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