Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
By ONE OF THE PARTY

the Post Office thinking that the trip
would be something like the trip to
our local Post Office, and on starting
out we noticed the driver set the re-
gister, and after We had been travel
ing for some little time, and not see
ing any thing that looked like the
Post Office. His reply was, yes, and
and asked the driver if he understood
that we wanted to go to the general
Post Office, his reply, was yes, and |
am going there as straight as | can,
and we travelled on for nearly another
half hour before we reached there,
and we were very pleased when We
found letters waiting us and that we
could get car mail without each and
every one expecting letter being pre-
sent for III Chicago when the writer
asked if there was any letter for the
Mrs. he was told that the rules OF
the Office, were such that the husband,
or wife, as the case may be, could not
gets one another's letters. | told him
that we were 5000 miles from home
and we were anxious to get letters
from the kiddies, etc, his reply was
that if the Mrs. gets her mail from
this office she will have to appear in
person, so there was nothing to do
but to 20 without our mail.
September ), or the next morning
after reaching New York we took q
sightseeing tour of the city, going
right along Broadway for IA miles,
and the man with the megaphone
says that we were passing the Metro
politan Opera House with a seating
capacity of 25o0 people and where the
great operas are given. Right ahead
of us on the left is the largest news
paper of the city, some 100000 copies
being printed daily, and one block
ahead also to your left is the Knicker-
booker Hotel with accommodations
for 1900 guests, and just little ways
ahead we came to the Flat Iron build
ing that is only a few feet wide, but
is twelve or fifteen stories high and
is used as an office building. A little
further down the street we will pass
under the beautiful arch of marble
and statuary built in memory Of
George Washington, at an expense to
the people of $3,000,000. The plans
and architecture were by Stanford
White, the man shot to death by
Harry Thaw somes years ago. We are
row passing through a part of the
Jewish quarters of the city, and some
man has standing offer of $1,000 il
you will show him an Irish name on
the street They say that the Lord
loves the Irish but gives all the money
10 the Jews.
Animal Life
~ We are now passing the animal hos
pital where all the stray cats and
Cogs of the city are gathered up and
cared for, and the story goes that 4
man appeared there one day and ask
eG for something to eat, but was re
fused, being told that cats and dogs,
were the only animals cared for
there. We are now passing President
Monroe's old home, in fine repair and
being used as an office building. The
next thing Of interest is the head
quarters Of the police department of
the city covering an entire block, of
reinforced concrete of beautiful archi-
lecture, and is knon as the largest
Irish Club in the United States, GER
tainly i is rightfully named, as they
are fine big Irishmen
We are now passing over what was
once a river, where Fulton built the
first river, boat, but is now Canal
street, and on our left is the Is mil
lion dollar Municipal building arcked
over usual size street and. of course,
is a grand building in every way, with
all the latest improvements, etc The
structure in the world, occupying plot
tall building just ahead is the Wool
worth building and is the tallest
structure in the world, accupy a plot
on Broadway $50 1871 rising to 4
height Of 80 feet, So stories above
the ground and costing $4,000, 900. 1t
is occupied by Banking and Trust Co.,
stores, and offices, and there is an
express elevator that takes visitors to
the toy stories, for % cents each and
an average Of $4,000 people take the
trip daily. Every device known, for
the safety of the public is found in
this building. The building, on the
rext block is the Singer Sewing Ma
chine building, the third tallest build.
. ing in the world, to your right is the
offices of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Co., but closed, on account
OF tire war, probably closed forever.
Our next stop, ladies and gentle.
men, will be at the Aquarium you will
have from ten to fifteen minutes to
visit one OF the greatest and most
valuable collection OF fish, seals, tuc.
ties, and other deep sea inhabitants
in existence, certainly the largest tur
tie that any CT the E. II. Lewis party
ever say was there, weighing around
1000 pounds, his back was as large
IS an ordinary dining table,
Statute Of Liberty
The Statute Of Liberty on Bedloes
island can be seen from this point
r In ali its grandness, it lights the har-
Dor of New York, with an electric
torch held SOC feet above the water,
tho highest beacon in the world, and
as you know was presented to Anne
RIGA by the French nation.
We are now passing on. and We arc
getting our first glimpse of the old
prooklyn Bridge, giving the public a
crossing from the City Hall, Man.
haitian, to Sands street, Brooklyn,
Brooklyn Bridge was started in 1870,
ouened May "a, 1888, considered the
worlds greatest achievement in bridge
construction at that time, total length