Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-29

the z. II. Lewis party not only passed
under the East river on our way tt
Brooklyn and Coney Island, on tht
subway trains; we passed under tho
Hudson river on a regular train on oul
way to Philadelphia and Washington
D. c.
Let US go back little further; the
morning we we're leaving South Bend
Indiana, and while there were crowds
around the auto, a middle-aged mar
came up TO where We were. and said
he had been in Honolulu some three
years ago and was taken around the
island OF Oahu by a man Lamed Nj
Lewis. And Mr. Lewis answered say
ing, Here is the Mr.. Lewis" The
world is not so large after all.
We left the Union station. Wash
ington, D. c., Sunday evening about
1880 and Just before getting on the
train: we were told that 230 trains
come and go from the Union station
every day. 1t has been foggy and
damp during most Of the night while
travelling through Pennsylvania and
this morning, September Il, at
o'clock, the fog Is so heavy and low
that II 10 hard TO see more than a
couple Of hundred feet from the
train, but when we were able to get
q glimpse OF the surrounding country
about fifteen miles out Of Pittsburg it
IL very hiIly, and after the rains that
have fallen everything is beautifully
green. We arrived at the Pennsyi'
vania railroad station at Pittsburg at
1880 q. m, and after checking our
baggage (by the way, women are
working In the stations and they
: checked our baggage, handling the
heavy suit cases with ease. putting
them up on racks above their heads
as easily as any man could do 500 we
were all ready for our sightseeing
around Pittsburg. We sauntered over
70 the information bureau and found
women there to give you any informa.
ton you want the men who filled
these positions are in training In the
various camps In the states.
We had only been on our journey a
little while when we could see the
streets OF Pittsburg were very mar
row, and paved with stone worn very
smooth, and the going is very rough.
The main boulevard leading to the
parks OF the city have an Oil COVERING
Of some kind and are fine for the auto.
The buildings Of Pittsburg in the
business district are not as fine build.
ings as In Detroit, but the manufae.
turing buildings are very much as one
sees everywhere: great factories
everywhere, and the atmosphere Is so
heavy that the smoke Is covering
most Of the city. The appearance OF
the buildings gives one the impression
that this Is the usual condition as the
buildings are covered with SCOT and
smoke. And IN our dive about the city
we. saw only four wooden houses;
every one IL Of stone and brck and
built 20 stand.
Pittsburg has q population Of $780,
900 and what q wonderful system OF
railroads they havel Cars by the hun.
dreds moving everywhere, and such q
lot Of beautiful homes IN the residen.
tial districts.
We took the $50 p. m. train from
Pittshurg. The Monangahela and the
Allegheny rivers come together at
Pittsburg and from where they come
together Is the head Of the Ohio
river, which we followed greater
part Of the night
forgot to mention that at Fort
Meyer in vrgna, We were shown q
wireless station that Is In commune
cation with France day and might, so
the war department Is In touch with
conditions over there at all times.
In passing alongside Of the Ohio
river and through q part Of the state
of Ohio during the night we did not
see much OF Ohio for think most OF
our party went to sleep as soon as
we got aboard the train, but when
morning came we found ourselves In
Missouri, and the country as seen
from our car window is very level and
fields Of corn eyerywhere.
The people in the states have their
little troubles as well an we dc
here over our municipal elections. The
municipal election was to take place
the day after we left Pittsburg. and
we were told that some Of the people
had registered in two or three places
90 keen were they to get their. man
IN OIllCCs Nu0 III pOlnC SooSo ehCS RAS-
duced false tax receipts, 90 they
would be permitted to register, but
the authorities had made several ar,
rests and they would have to stand
the consequences.
September l5.-The part Of Mis-.
souri, that we are passing through
this morning is very level, very no
ticeable from the day before, and the
apple orchards that are saen from the
window have q very heSyy crop OF
bright red apples on, and It looks as
though any one wanting apples car
have all they want, but the trees look
very old.
our train crossed the Mississippi
river Just before we got into 81. Louis
where we arrived about 10 o'clock st
Louis time and II o'clock New Yori
time.
Very soon after arriving there we
started out to see the sights and gel
what information we could, and we
were told the population of st. Louis
was 500, 900; that the city had 81 diff
ferent fire stations, some immense
shoe manufacturing houses and some
large hardware manufacturing estab
lishments. There is a subway running
east and west right under the city and
tight directly under the postoffice
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