Only Trans-Pacific travellers 
who have crossed by the 
different routes can fully 
appreciate the very great 
advantages of the route of the 
It follows the Sunshine Belt 
via beautiful Hawati, where 
twelve daylight hours may be 
enchantingly spent in sightseeing 
From the New York Herald, January 7, 1906. 
Stretching completely across the Pacific is what may be termed 
the “Sunshine Belt.” Here the sun shines regularly, the trade winds 
blow gently, there is very little rain and the seas are never high. It is 
within this belt that the Hawaiian Islands are located, with their 
equable climate and subtropical verdure. 
North of this the Pacific presents much the same aspect as the 
Atlantic, with its cold winds, fog and blows, except that the icebergs 
of the North Atlantic are lacking. 
SERVICE NOT AFFECTED BY 
THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER 
Travellers can find hotel accommodations convenient to San Francisco, 
or may occupy their rooms aboard the steamers while in port, from which 
may be visited the greatest ruins of the age. 
From San Francisco to Hawaii, 
Japan, China and the Philippines 
Rates and information at any railroad ticket agent or from 
PACIFIC MAIL S. S. CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
CHICAGO NEW YORK ST. LOUIS BALTIMORE BOSTON 
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PHILADELPHIA SYRACUSE HAMBURG [GERMANY] LONDON [ENGLAND] 
632 Chestnut St. 212 W. Washington St. Amerika Haus, Ferdinandstrasse 49 Leadenhall Street 
WASHINGTON, s11 Pennsylvania Ave. 
R. P. SCHWERIN, Vice-President and General Manager 

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