Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-03
Special Train Takes Visitors
From Wharf to Town; Kill
auea at Its Best


Expressing their hospitality In no
uncertain terms, all the residents OF
Hilo united in welcoming the Great
Northern when the palatial liner tied
up at the new territorial wharf at
Kuhio bay yesterday morning. The
big boat was the first large passenger
ship to call at Hilo direct from the
coast and every Hilonian joined heart
lily in recognizing the significance of
the occasion.
Although the steamer was sighted
at 6 o'clock in the morning II was
nearly 10 before she had been given
pratique and had come alongside the
big new wharf, the roof for which has
not yet been put on.
As soon as the Great Northern had
passed quarantine, and started to
move over to her berthing place, the
Hilo Board of Trades reception COM
mittee Immediately gave the starting
signal to the engineer Of the six-car
special train. On the committee were
Chairman ]. w. Russell, George H.
Wears, Ted Guard, p c. Beamer, q.
A. Cool, E. N. Deyo and J.. A. Scott.
With nearly everybody Of any pub
lie spiritedness in Hilo on board, the
special which was arranged for by
w. H. Hussman, general freight and
passenger agent of the Hilo railroad.
moved rapidly around the crescent
formed by the city's beach.
Band Played "HIIo March,"
In the first car was the Hifu band.
The engine was at the rear OF the
train, so that the musicians seemed
to be drawing the train by their music,
rather than the locomotive pushing 1t
by hard work. The bandsmen played
as their opening aloha of greeting the
''Hilo March," composed by Henri Ber-
ger of Honolulu. Joaquin Carvalho
led the musicians.
Each of the committee members,
and several score of enthusiastic Hilo
citizens, who believe in the future OF
the hustling Hawaii municipality,
wore handsome yellow ribbon on
which was printed the words, Ask
Me. I Live Here" Everyone did, too,
by the way.
AS the giant steamer drew up along
side the wharf. IA young girls, Hilos
prettiest, busily began to arm them
selves with paper leis. to which were
attached cards bearing this message;
Aloha from the people of Hawaii,
the Scenic Isle" The cards we're de-
signed by the Hawaii Publicity Com
mission, George H. Wears, chairman.
Had Temporary Ganaway.
Some trouble was experienced In
getting a gangplank alongside, but q
forward port was soon opened and a
temporary gangway, built for the Oc.
casion, was run up from the wharf.
with passengers crowding around, In
tent to be first to set foot in Hilo.
Although Fred L. Waldron, Honour
lu agent for the Great Northern, had
the opportunity to come ashore first,
he chivalrously gave the honor to Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Mortensen OF Ord, Ne
braska, one of the six honeymoon
couples on board. Mr.. Waldron went
over from Honolulu to welcome the
boats arrival in Hilo, and boarded the
ship in the stream.
Both were appropriately laden with
leis by the girls. Those who decorat-
ed the passengers as they came ashore
we're the following young women and
girls of Hilo:
Miss Male Wears, Miss Blodwen
Forbes, Miss Eleanor Patton, Miss
Jean Moses, Miss Young Pong All
Ping, Miss Margaret Pa, Miss Mary
Pa, Miss Josephine Pa, Miss Rather
inc Pa, Miss Tsuna Horikawa. Miss
Itsue Okubo, Mrs. G. r. Sims, Mrs. j.
d. Easton, and Miss All Hun Leong.
George Wears, Jr., and Herbert Vic
ars assisted in supplying armfuls OF
leis.
That the leis were appreciated was
shown by the fact that all the passen-
gers to whom they we're presented
were still wearing them at O'Clock
this morning, when the Great North
ern sailed for Honolulu.
Climb on Special Train.
The liners passengers were
brought in to the business center OF
Hilo in the special train. The down
town streets were gaily decorated
with American flags in honor Of the
occasion, and the Crescent City gen.
orally seemed to be imbued with the
spirit of festivity.
Sightseeing was begun shortly
after noon, when special left for
Paauilo, to give the tourists an oppor-l