The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-08
WAS NOT so MUCH
Expenses Of Last Weeks Big
Time Not $4,000.
ECONOMY IN MANAGEMENT
The COmmissary Was Careful.
Plans for the Future.
Government Aid.
IN MANAGEMENT

Never did so many people have so
much good time on the same amount
| of money as the returns on life in
| Honolulu last week show All that
seething, whirling, continuous round
| of pleasure, with the entertainment
| generous and lavish in every way,
cost less than $4,000 With the sum
used (about $3S0O), there was made
happy and satisfied nearly 5000 guests
of the city. Those to whom hospitality
was extended included the first United
States expedition to Manila, the Off
GERS and crew of the U. S. Cruiser
Charleston and the officers and crew
of the U. S. Gunboat Bennington. And
several hundreds of town people par
ticipated in the open house feasting
Capt. Ashley, Chairman of the Com
missary Committee, says that about
5000 meals were served the day of the
luau in the Executive Building
grounds.
Capt: Ashley suggests planning a lit
tie differently for the next picnic and
has about the same line of campaign
made out by Mrs. Fuller, who repre-
sents the ladies in the field of action
for giving soldiers en- route to Manila
a good meal here. The scheme for
next time is to have a distinct and
separate reservation for the tables,
with the base of supplies in the center.
Some paid walters will be used 1t
is expected that the food will be so
served that those eating can dispense
with knives and forks. Wooden plates
will be used and coffee will be served
in mugs. The ladies have offered to
make mango pies and these will be
provide free of charge a suitable range
for use at the base of supplies on the
lawn
B. F. Dillingham; reported that he
pays Mr.. Nolte $3.50 as part subscrip- !
tion and the further sum of the cost |
of 200 dozen of soda Mr.. NoIte de |
ducts $25 from his bill to the COM
mittee
DR.. NJ. E. Grossman. chairman of |
the entertainment committee has ask
ed for 1895 to pay bills and Mr.. Hoogs,
chairman of the committee on grounds /
and decoration has spent less than
500. Capt. Ashley spent about $25OO
and has $500 worth of material re-
These gentlemen have been
warmly congratulated on their econo-
mical management. DIR. GrOssman
wishes the beach resorts giving free
use of places to Boys in Blue to be
with towels This Will be
done.
After considerable discussion at
meeting yesterday, the Executive Com
mittee of the Big 100 voted to appoint
a committee of three to interview the
Cabinet and request the Ministry to
recommend to the Legislature an ap-
of $4,000 to assist in the
expense of entertainment of the Boys
in Blue The committee consists Of
Jas. B. Atherton, DR.. c. B. Wood and
Andrew Brown.
The executive committee proposes to
be very careful and to be business
like in the expenditure OF funds. Here
after no bills will be considered in any
way unless contracted by committee
chairman. The executive committee
yesterday was for more than
an hour and was well attended. Geo.
W. Smith presided. Jas. A. Kennedy
the secretaryship and Ed.
Towse was selected to fill the vacancy.
The adjournment was to the call Of
the chair Mr.. Baldwin and others be
ieving that plans for the future should
not be settled upon finally till all
reports from last weeks operations
we're at hand.