The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-06-06
The Old Organization is 10 Be
Revived al Once.
HAS HAD A atoT Of TEN YEARS
A Bit Of History Home at Pear,
Havbor Was Dsslred-It Is Now
to BE Established.

| the Honolulu Yacht and Roat Cluh
49, -, ',
'on,e Vi 'he i'e"'oers vi '"e VI" .,"o
wished to form yacht CLUB when
should have its headquarters at Pearl
River. Accordingly ARRANGEMENTS were
ou,or.d ,r,, Nth tho o,,, pai,ro,d
q LAM % whereby 'he oiu poa' ho"se
was handed over to the railroad com
pany in return for a piece of land AT
Pearl Harbor and 40, 900 feet of lumber
with which to build a club house on
the land.
| At that time the following members
of the old club made over their inter-
ests In the pronerty of the club lin
Guiding the land. lumber and n bal
ance of cash ON hand) to the proposed
new Yacht club.
John II Paty. w NJ. Giffard. II. NJ.
whitney. Jr.. w. l.. Wilcox, T.. l.
Shading. John b. Walker, S. c. Allen.
n Ordenstein. C. w. Macfarlane. w. s.
uce Frank brown Cecil Brown. ], II,
Wodehouse. IT.. r. Hutchison, +. NJ.
Hatch. w. Austin Whiting, +. NJ.
Starkey. Jno. O. Dominis, w. G. Irwin,
In r. Macfarlane, James Spencer and
IL Is.
The other members of the club sew
cred their connection with Il, taking
tho cash value OF their share in its
nronertv
The site for the proposed club house
was selected by n committee, the land
fenced Mr.. w. q. Irwin appointed trus-
toe and then from a combination OF
circumstances the matter was allowed
IN dron ort of sight.
The plan did not die. however: It
merely silent: and now. after a good
rest of nearly ten years. II is felt that
II is about time for It to blossom forth
in renewed life and yigor.
The increased demand for harbor
room in Honolulu is fast crowding out
the snace formerly occupied nv Yachts
and II will, nrobably not he long before
tho white wings will have to seek an
other home, and give Mace TO the ships
NJ commerce
| In response TO n call by Mr. w. G..
irwin the members of the old organ
ization, together with several gentle
mon who ten wears ago. had been anx-
ion. IN soc tho YACHT c,ub started met
In tho room NJ tho Chamber of Com
merce nm Thursday last and the mat
tor was again brought tn life Messrs
II. A. Thurston. II M Whitney and T
Iipbtfoot were appointed n COMMITTEES
IN take nm the matter where II was left
off fen wears ago. and there is now no
doubt but that before many weeks have
nassed commodious and convenient
club house will await the tired Yachts
man after his contest with the briny
ocean, Instead of a night spent on the
deck of his Yacht or in the not-always
palace-like cabin the yachtsman will
he able To enioy the comfort of n he'd
room The fish cbowder always In
such demand will give place TO a good
dinner and life ashore will be worth
the living.
An impetus has recently been given
IN tho snort of Yachting nv tho con
struction of n small marine railway Inv
the Uealani Yacht and Boat Club
Yachts can now he hauled out OF the
water for cleaning and repairs without
heavy expense. and II ia the intention
of that club 10 keen n good man 10 take
care NJ the Yachts be,onpjnp IN ito
members.
There have recentIy been added IN
the fleet quite a number of fine yachts
and many smaller sailing craft intend
ed for smooth water sailing. The fol-
lowing is a list of the larger yachts at
present in commission:
Helene, 10 tons-Capt. w. G.. Irwin.
Bonnie Dundee. s tons-Capt. Pres
ident Dole.
Gladys, 6 tons-Capt. T. w. Hebron,
| Hawaii. 6 tons-Capt. L. A. Thurston.
Healani. 6 tons-Capt. +. NJ. Hatch.
Dewey, 6 tons-Capt. C. johnson.
| Marion, & tons-Capt. ]. Lightfoot.
Volante, 6 tons.
Keikilani, s tons-Capt. l.. Conkling.
| Abbie NJ, 3 tons-Capt. II. NJ. Dow.
Poiikii. 3 tons-Capt, II. Williams.
Myrtle, 3 tons-Capt. c. Harris,
Cat boat Edith l., ton-Capt. s.
Dowsett.
The proposed new club will not in