The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-12
WILL PAY
FOR WHARF
Business Men Lay
Assessment for
Funds.
PLACE BURDEN
| ON THE SHIPPERS
Expenses for Mckinley Memorial
Were Net by Private
Subscription.

Whatever the method finally adopted
there will be paid all that is due the
firm of Castle & Cooke for its advances
made in the building of the channel or
quarantine wharf during the prevalence
of the plague two years past. This was
decided by the Chamber of Commerce
at its monthly meeting yesterday, and
as result Of the discussion had at that
time there will be given to all the mer-
chants of the community, an oppor
tunity to subscribe to the fund
The committee appointed last month
to devise means for the payment of the
amount expended in the erection of the
wharf, reported that it had thought
best to make an assessment of the
amounts which in the opinion of the
committeeman should be paid for the
share of the firm or individual for the
work done This assessment amounts
to total of $500. In the apportion-
|
ping trade are assessed $500 and from
this sum the tax runs down through
$3.50, $3.50 to $40 which is the sum placed
against those members of the cham
Der who represent businesses other than
merchandising.
| When the list was read there was
lsome talk about the feeling of the MEM
bers of the Chamber, as to the pay
ment of their assessments, several
members asking if there had been any
offers to pay or any opposition to the
assessment. Mr.. Swanzy said that the
committee had done nothing but de-
wise plans for the payment and had
left the methods of collection to the
chamber.
Mr.. Atherton explained that Mr.. Gil
man had a list of those who used the
wharf which might form a basis for
any division of the benefits. He said
the debt was simply one of honor on
the part of the Chamber 1t was not
so much the firms making money out
of their use of the wharf, but all who
had business in the community at that
time, for the people had the benefit of
its presence. There was other discus
sion and comment, leading up to Mr..
Swanzy's remark that there We're other
merchants in town who mad received
benefits from the wharf but who were
not members of the chamber Mr..
Spencer suggested that there might be
some of these who would desire to con-
tribute to meeting the expense of the
construction.
After further discussion a motion of
Mr.. Hoogs that the list be referred
back to the committee for the collec-
ton Of the amounts as they prorated
carried unanimously.
The secretary produced a long letter
from w. c. Weldon, dated Buffalo,
n. Y, telling of the success of the
lectures which he had been delivering
| there. The secretary also said that
there had been RENTED to Mr.. Weed
on for the lectures of himself and Mr..
Gilman, the sum of $3.50.
The circular letter of the Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce on the suppress
sion of anarchy and anarchists through
national legislative action, was read
by the secretary. There was some dis
cussion, and the motion of the secre-
tary was adopted, providing for a
committee to which was referred the
communication, and which will report
a series of resolutions at the next
meeting. The chairman appointed
MeSsrS. Spencer, Auerbach and j. z.
Cooke upon the committee.
Secretary Spencer reported the work
of the Mckinley memorial committee.
reading the telegram which was sent
on to Washington. and recounting the
meeting which was held at Kawaiahdo
Church. The expenses of the meeting
We're placed at $3.50. which it was said
had been paid by the contributions of
a few members. The material which
had been bought for the decoration of
the church it was announced, would
be sent to Molokai if the superintend-
ent would see that the women made
use of it there. thus preventing the
waste of the stuffs.
| H NJ. Schmidt resigned from mem
bership in the chamber owing to the
fact that he is not in business
A communication from the Paradise
of the Pacific management, asking
an order for extra copies of the Christ
mas edition of the paper, was read.
The paper is to be issued December 10.
and will contain eighty-four pages of
matter and pictures descriptive of Ha-
waiian life and progress. The sugges-
ton was made that a supply of the
papers be sent to Charleston to the eX-
position. Mr.. Anterior said that as
the chamber had no funds for the pur-
pose, it be suggested that the members
do all in their power for the circula-
ton of the paper: a resolution to this
effect closed the business of the meet