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HONQLULTJ; STABrBULLETOT, fiATUBBAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1917, giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinipiii TT isits Is J Efiaiy Points of Note fe One of Party Tells of Rapid Growth of Detroit Visit to Belle Isle-One of Features of TripWater Power at Niagara Falls Enough to Run Eastern Mills Party- Pays, a' Visit to the . $20,000,000 Capitol at Albany, N. Y. Arrive in Manhattan By ONE OF THE LEWIS PARTY DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 20, 1917. Our megaphone man says .we Vare now in what Is known as Highland park district,. just outside of the city limits, which eight years ago was a cow pasture, and is today built up of beautiful homes, and has a population of 34,000. One of the. Maxwell Motor Car plants is nearby employing 40, 000 men, and has. an office force of 390. The Northern High School is within the district, and one of the many public libraries is also in this district,. . . We are now coming to the grand boulevard of Detroit, some fifteen miles long, and. lined on both sides with beautiful homes; with concrete road and sidewalks, and in fine shape. The Premier Spring Cushion Co.'s building is right by the street, in fact covers nearly an entire block. A Circus Treat , There was a circus in the city, and we arrived in time to see the circus train pull out, and could see some of the wild animals through the iron bars. This is the nearest we got to the circus, but have seen their posters and advertisements every where. We are now passing the Gear Grind ing Machine Co., andthe Detroit Pro duct Co.; we are now entering the grounds of the Packard's Automobile r-n Ha RPrond oldest plant in De troit, employing 17,000 men, and the! price of their cars is anywnere iruiu $3600. up; they are now giving their attention to war trucks, and visitors are not permitted to enter the plant, and there are numbers of trucks all ready for shipment. t Jefferson avenue is an exclusive residential district. No one is permit ted to build a house on the avenue costing less than $10,000 and most of the buildings cost from $40,000 to $50. 000. The home of Mayor Marks is along this avenue; and their lots are from the avenue to the Detroit river, and most of them own ' their own yachts. Visit Belle Isle We are now crossing the Detroit river on a temporary bridge to Belle Isle. (The main bridge was destroyed by fire in 1917 leaving one hundred and fifty machines on the island to be later returned to the city by lighter.) Belle Isle we are told Is one of the largest, if not the largest, natural parks of the world, being an island of 709 acres, having a twenty-six mile drive, and six and one-half miles of it are macadamized. There Is a small Jake on the island that is used by the young people for boating. There are baseball and football grounds, tennis courts, wild animals and birds, Shetland ponies for the little folks, a large acQuarium "with hundreds of fishes, none of them' quite so highly colored as the fish at Walkikl, but some are very beautiful. The Detroit river divides Detroit from Canada, and you can see one of .the Ford assembling plants on the jCanadian side. t There are seats and tables all ; around the island where people take their lunch; even the woodedpart of the park has tables for the accom modation of picnic parties. $32,000,000 Gin We were told that the island was bought in 1869 by a Mr. McDougall, from the Indians, for five cases of gin, and a few packages of tobacco, and Mr. McDougall sold it to the city for $220,000, and its value today is 32 millions. The Detroit river is twenty-six , miles long and one mile wide, and is absorbed in the Great Lakes. Detroit receives Its water supply from Lake . St. Claire, and its intake pipe is six miles from shore, and from one end of Belle Isle, where we are, the light house can be seen, also five immense boats loaded with passengers and "freight, and as we go on we come to the Yacht Clubhouse, costing $25,000, and a public bath house with accom modations for 1200 at one time. Bath ing suits are rented for 10 cents Just enough to pay for the washing. -We have returned to the main city again, and are passing the Sailor and Marine Hospital, erected in 1850, and the Michigan Stove Manufacturing Co., the largest in the world. They have one on exhibition that a whole family could live in. It is a relic of the San Francisco fair. We also pass ed the Park Davies & Company, manu facturers of drugs, a very large con .cern. Mr. Hirman Walker, a Cana dian, owns an apartment house, with rents ranging from $50. to $350. per fcuite, per month. Another apartment house nearby rents for $75. to $100. rer month, per suite. So you see they have some fine apartment bouses around Detroit. At the University The University of Detroit is an Immense stone building accommoda ting about 200 students. We have just passed the water works building (office), the oldest stone building in the city. : ' All the large hotels that we have been in, in Chicago and Detroit have two or three dining rooms. In one you have music, dancing and vaude ville, and in the others you have a quiet meal. Where vaudeville is going on you certainly help pay the fiddler. One of the interesting things we dis covered In Detroit is the Automobile Pound. When the officers find an auto owner has broken' a city ordi nance, leaving the auto stand. longer than it should, he sends in a call for the city's touring car, and Che autd is taken to the pound, and when the own: er finds his auto Is gone he knows just where to redeem It, and he pays his little fine and is cautious not to do it again At the Fair Friday, August 31. - We visited the Michigan State Fair. The place had just opened up today and there was not much to see; only a few of the livestock had arrived but what was there was high class. The Durhams were tho first we saw. Some grand animals white, 'red - and roan belong ing to two Ufferent owners. The Jer seys' wer the next, and '? they " were young and small, and only a few. of them. Every little ' county Is having its own fair, this naturally accounts for a lesser number of animals at the big show. - : ' j. - We next visited the race track where they have a hundred or more harness Vinrapa In' trjdnlnsrJ and ome looked like real race horses; There was a one-half mile track within the regular mile course, with judges and timers' stands, for ' both . tracks; but only the one' grandstand. 'Horses were being trained on both tracks; and the racing commenced on the following Monday, so wevwerefour days ahead of time. Prize Winners . ; We next visited the fruit building apples, plums, grapes and pears and they certainly looked prize winners. - The automobile ; building was filled with machines of all makes, and es pecially the machines that are manu factured in Detroit. The Ford people ing, a repair shop right in the build ing, and will repair any Ford machine that is brought to them. They also have a moving picture room, right by the side of their repair shop. On the second story of the automo bile building is the rabbit and poultry exhibit, almost all varieties of poultry and rabbits could be seen there, and some of the rabbits were as large as a good sized dog. First class hotel accommodations in Detroit are cheaper than in some of the country towns. Rooms with bath $3.00 to $3.50 per day. Put Us Off At Buffalo We left Detroit for Buffalo on the steamer "Cleveland III", a four deck boat from the water line, and you get a fine view of the Canadian side of the Detroit river, and one can see the moving trains and street cars on the other side. The Ford and Stearns assembling plants can be plainly seen; in passing ; down the Detroit river Into Lake Erie we saw and passed several freight and passenger steamers. We saw the , - biuaeDaKer manuiaciunng pianx, . ana several others, but it was getting dark, so we could not make out the signs. Ther was one little schooner on the Canadian 'side that had seen better days as she was practically submerged and turned over oil her side, and not a very old looking boat either. The smoke from the manufacturing plants on both sides of the river is j blown all over the city, and the build ings certainly show the effects of the smoke. One can imagine the work that is j done by the railroads in . hauling the raw -material , to Detroit and taking away the finished material. ,.. . , Salt is one of the great products of Detroit. There are -great salt work? right alongside of the river. The state is dredging some large channels at the mouth of the Detroit river to enable the freight steamers to take a short cut out into the lake, and one channel has been finished only a short while, and we saw a large freighter start through the channel ' giving more room in the main river for navigation. Hilo Shower We have just passed another island park by the name of Bois Blanc pro nounced Bob Lo Park, and it looks to be about one hundred acres in area. Lake Erie was very smooth during the night, and we arrived at the light house at Buffalo at 8:40, and we dock ed about one hour and a half later, and a real "Hilo shower welcomed j us. It just poured down for one half ! hour and then everything brightened up. -We were directed to one of the best hotels in Buffalo, but we could not get acommodations therej every thing was filled up, and the second one was also filled, but we werf linauy accommodated at the Iroquois hotel. After having refreshments we started for the Niagara Falls, about 1:10 p. m, and every one around the hotel and on the street was very much interested in Mr. Lewis' machine and asked him a thousand and one questions about the trip. The Honolulu to New York seemed to attract their attention very much. Niagara Falls . The drive to the falls is about twen ty miles and the first six or seven miles is on Buffalo's main street, and then you take the brick paved street nearby to the falls, and to the Inter-j national bridge between United States j and Canada, and of course, we could not go so near to Canadian soil and not go across, so ,we got dur permits and started across, and were met by the Canadian authorities, and told that we could not run the auto on their side without a license, but that we could park the machine, and' walk around, which we did, taking in the view of the falls from that side before going back j on the American side, and we paid oui j loa or 10 cents eacn ior crossing the bridge. In traveling out from Buffalo to the falls, one naturally wonders how there could be any falls around; when the country is perfectly level, but when you get there and realize that Lake Ontario in Canada Is 326 feet lower than Lake Erie, the source of the water inai uows over tfte rails, you can . readily understand. Once on the American side again, we went right to where the falls were; where the fine spray was blowing all arouna you, and learned tne rails on jsiaie Duiidings. When we reached the American side was 165 feet high, - there we were told the buildings were and on the Canadian side 160 feet high, ! closed for the day, and the guard told and the river above the falls on the us the place would not be opened until American side was from two to ten. 8:30 the next morning; so bright and feet deep, on the Canadian side, It was early the next morning, we were there, nearly fifty feet deep. There are sev-jbut a little ahead of time so waited eral power plants in view on the Cana-: until the doors were open and we were dian side, and the American plants are given-a guide, and l wish wev; could somewhat higher , up the river. How remember just oh&-half of what he the water experts can claim that using ! said to us, but we will give you what the water from the river can hurt the j we remember. : L -1 'U ' future water supply is beyond y the ! . The building Is reinforced concrete writer. .The river is the overflow from and granite, covering four and one-half Lake Erie, and not from any other acres of ground, costing thirty million source, but if the water were used be-j dollars, and they were thirty-one years fore It reached the Great Lakes,,there in completing the structure. There are might be some merit in their claim378 rooms,: and each rgom has' differ- We drove up to the end of the Island that divides the water about one mile above the falls, and ,the river looks to be, over a mile. wide at this' point. The island Is several hundred acres in ex tent; and Is used'byj.the American gov ernment as a park.! Niagara falls can well be called orie ;qf the seven won-, ders-of the world; arid there Is enough power going to waste there to furnish power to all the Eastern states. . - ; : We were shown a place by one of the guides where a man two weeks be fore jumped over the falls to his death, and it was three days before his body was recovered. . There are two small steamers In the river below the falls; andthere are hundred's of people 'that take advantage of the opportunity ;to see the falls from below. As you know, th$rf ae always venturesome, people among the traveling: public,"-and the steamer crew is always there to take their, money ' -. 'r , Our' party thought we would find the conditions around Niagara falls the same as we found them elsewhere, with only a few houses around and not very many conveniences; but quite the contrary were these conditions, for there is a permanent population of be tween 60,000 and 80,000 peoplequite a city I assure you. Cut Out The Song I j Old delapldated buildings and ':. old farm implements are all along tho boulevard around Buffalo, the same as everywhere, else where we have been. Some of these old buildings are in as bad a condition as anything along Ka lakaua avenue. On one of the main boulevards near a roadhouse, the Anti Saloon people have posted a sign that reads: "Where there is drink there Is danger." And a little further along, someone has posted a sign which reads : "Wine, women" and song, has ruined many a man, so we suggest "cut out the song." These are rather "safety first" signs, we understand. After leaving Buffalo this morning, our drive was one of the most pictur esque of our entire journey, fine brick, concrete and macadam roads, the entire trip to Syracuse. We had to detour once on account ot- repairs Demg maae in the road. We were told on our arrival at Buffalo that the state of New York had roads second to none, and so far we find ; the roads nearly perfect, and the surrounding a . . 1 - country is very, beautiful, green and somewhat rolling. We certainly : are travelling through the state -of New York during the very best time of the year. As we were about to leave our hotel this morning, a thunder and lightning rain storm came up over Buffalo, and we were delayed some time, but final ly started out in the rain, and It was afternoon before It cleared up, and we had no more rain during our journey to Syracuse. We reached there about 6 p. m... and nut ud at th Ytr' hotel; and while there we were told for the second time that Florida was.verv cold; that people go there under' the impression 'that it is very warm,- and the people there want you to keep that impression, so they have no fire-places prepared, and the visitors all but freeze, so of course Mr. Lewis invited them to the islands to spend- their inters where it Is always warm. About forty miles out of Albany we were shown Fort Johnson, established In 1742, by Sir Wm. Johnson, and the Place is very active at present. Beautiful Country Our trip from Syracuse to Albany was very much as our journey from Buffalo, except that we had no rain. The surrounding country is green and beautiful. About the only thing that was particularly noticeable was the fact that Jn passing through the vari ous towns, great or small, one could not but observe that all the "big bugsf had their large homes on, the upper side of the streets, and the man of small means must hA 'nnntonf nMffc Vile small house on the lower side. Our travels today were over brick, sheet asphalt and straight concrete roads. At one place, Mr. Lewis turned out to the side of the road where they were putting the hot sheet asphalt on the concrete. The country was rolling and very green, and the farms with their acres of green sweet corn all. in a high state of cultivation; probably not as many orchards as yesterday, but acres of vegetables for the local markets, and cabbage hundreds of acres, enough to supply every one with sauer kraut for two years. New York state is like a great many other states as regards water supply. Water can be obtained in any quanti ties just under the surface. We travel ed today for nearly one hundred miles alongside of the Mohawk river, and every few miles there was a' dam across the river with immense, gates so that the water can be controlled at will, and used for irrigation purposes. There were soldiers stationed at each and every dam, war measure. Labor Day In Utica Monday, September 3. This, as you know, is Labor Day, and every town we have passed through has itsr flags and decorations out. and at Jtlca where we hadIunch. the Daradft ha just passed along the main street be- fore we got there, and was on a street V. . n J 11 f A - pni. m&uvr up in me cuy. x uere were thousands of people on the streets, and ;we saw no less than three bands, all attired in their gold braid and brass buttons. We arrived at the Ten Eyeck hotel-in Albany at 4 p. m. - After reaching Albany, Mr. Lewis i telephoned to a gentleman by-the name or Mr. Welch, a large lumber dealer in Albany. Mr. Welch had the past two or three winters in Hono lulu, with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, and he suggested a trip through the capitol or Ml Extreme light weight. ;: A small compact six-cylinder motor. Economicar to maintainV Abundance of power. Harmonious chassis and body lines. Details superbly finished. Ropmy five arid seven passenger bodies. Truly a beautiful car EMMEPEATEDELWEm; - ; ScIiMmam Gamage Coo9 Liidlo : : I HONOLULU, T. H. . 1 liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiij and the furnf ture in each room is different ; the first stairway costing 3uu,uuu, :. Knn nnn a nicture of Pocc- hontas marrying Capt John RolphiB ta one of the stairways. :x ner umns of marble in the representatives, room weighing 32 tons, quarried 4n New Jersey, and there s fent colored granite and marble in every room on every story. There are fifty one members in the senate. The clock In the senate chamber cost $1,150; nothing like it in the world, and the senate chamber, the guide told us, was the most costly furnished room in America;, being estimated at one bil lion dollars. -4 Paintings of former Governors or the state are on the ceilings. The columns In the hallway on the second floor are arched different from any thing else in the building. There is one door at one end of the hall, and two doors at the other end, the idea being not to have any two rooms, or any two sides of any room the same. The grand stairway cost one? million dollars," and Is known as the ''million dollar stairway." .. Carvings and statuary of the heads of Lincoln, John Brown, Daniel S. Dick inson and others are in some of the rooms. Carvings of the various gov ernors of state, from the first to the one in the office when the building was being finished, are on the ceiling in another hallway; all the governors for nearly twenty-six years. There was a fire in the part of the building where the law library is kept; a few years, which did considerable damage, and cost the state four million dollars to rebuild it. The rest of the building waa not damaged except by smoke. ' " v , Chandeliers costing $7,500 each are hanging in the senate chamber,, and when they were completed the plans and molds were destroyed so that no others could be made like them. The old "Liberty Bell," crack and all, is carved in one of the pillars. . At one place there are four . stair ways leading to the floor below. They are all different designs and different colored marble. The marble - was brought from Nova Scotla,r and some from Tennessee. ' . In other places .there are - stone columns from the state of Maine, and marble and granite from every gtata Int the Union and carvings represent ing people, and every country in the state of Neyr York.; So you can Judge what a wonderful building their capitol is. One side of a hall or ,'; room is polished marble, and the other side is unpolished or rough ; nothing the same in or on any side of the rooms or halls. Nothing like it in the world.- K ' -! We left Albany on our final Journey to. New York, Tuesday, September 4," about 9:15 a. m., and as we were .leav EOIIATED!EL3EIET Honolulu Prices 5-Pass. Touring . . Z.. . . $1655 7- " " : . . .... '. $1745 3- " Roadster ... . . . $1655 ing the cltyr we crossed the Hudson river for the first time, over a toll bridge which had been built by private capital, but i the state had voted to purchase and take it over at the end of the year, so that the traveling pub lic will not be held up every time they want to cross the river and pay their ten cents. , Mr. Welch had Mr. Lewis drive out to his home on Nassau. Lake,; and he has -, a very cosy little home, and a fine lake all to himself. It pays to let people know that you have something , worth while for them and because we know that we have skillful mechanics and modern equipment to back ' up our printed statements. ,: - v - ' ? "Hughes Service" is a brand of quality which brings ,;; satisfaction to all our customers You cannot be con- vinced unless and 7 800 SOUTH KING : . - : On our journey' today we passed tha Bayers Aspirin Manufacturing. Plant.1 This plant supplies nearly the whole world with aspirin. We also passed the Portland Cement Works, said to be the largest cement works In the .world. I think the only way we can describe our journey from, Albany to New York, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, is to say . that' the entire dis tance Is one great big park. The farms, and orchards . and the truck gardens are kept in the best condition possible. you try So why not stop ST. 7 also the towns are well taken care of In every respect.- Some of the houses are great mansions, or castles, and all. of the lawns beautifully green. Sweet corn for the table growing on both sides of the road. i- v ! r We stopped four times on account of "tire" trbuble from San Francisco to New York, and were not delayed a minute from "engine" trouble, on our journey of six thousand miles, arriving at the Van Cortlandt hotel,1 about 3 p. sl, In Kew York city. I Z J . n- . the argument