Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-14

Governor Dole appeared at the meet.
ing of the Chamber Of Commerce yes.
terday afternoon to solicit funds for
carrying on the session OF the Fire
yiaims Commission until the business
Is completed.
There was the usual hard tussle
over the telephone wires to obtain
quorum. so that II was seven minutes
to four instead of the announced time
of $3.50 before President L. NJ. Cooke
called the meeting to business. The
others present. besides the Governor,
were Secretary J. G. Spencer, W. W.
Hall, II. A. Parmlee. +. j. Lowrey,
l.. Il. Pinkham, Ernest Wodchouse,
II. Focke. w. A. Bowen, Il. Il. Pax
ton. G. II. Robertson, Il. F. Lange
and 7. Give Davies.
Mr.. Bowen wanted information
about the proceedins OF the committee
on the debt due to Castle & Cooke on
account OF the Quarantine wharf. tie
had seen Mr.. Pfotenhauer, who told
him that the matter was delayed until
more members could be secured for
the Chamber. 30 that the assessment
to pay the debt would fall lighter ON
individual frms.
Mr.. Spencer did not understand the
matter that way. II was ne who had
suggested and prepared the list OF
probable contributors. There had been
no proposition to get more members,
though 1t was deemed proper that non
members who had benefited from tho
wharf should be asked TO contribute to
the llquidating OF the debt. AS a mat
| ter of fact, there were seven names on
one list before him of those outside OF
the Chamber. and there was another
list that probably contained more who
were not members. He quoted the
minutes to show that the report Of the
committee, containing the apportion-
ment OF contributions. was adopted
and referred to the committee for
collection"
President Cooke suggested that the
secretary see the committee and show
them the list and with consent to this
the matter went over.
! J. =. Cooke, chairman, being absent.
there was no report from the commit
tee to reply to the circular of the
Pittsburg Chamber oil Commerce.
which asked for cooperation in peli.
tioning Congress to pass laws Tor the
eStirpation OF anarchy and making
treason a capital oifense.
President Cooke said he had invit.
ed Governor Dole to attend the meet
ing. to lay before 1t a statement re-
garding the Fire Claims Commission
about which the Governor had spoken
to nimself.
Governor Dole said he was glad OF
the opportunity to bring before them
a matter and make a request in which
they were probably as much interested
as anyone else. This was relative Ia
funds for carrying on the sessions OF
the Fire Claims Commission until Its
business could he concluded. The Leg
islature unfortunately divided the
amount appropriated for lne Commits
sion into items. and It's calculations
on that score were inaccurate. Some
OF the items were scarcely touched
while others wore now exhausted. He
had declined to consent to having the
items transferred from one head II
another and the Attorney General had
rendered an opinion that such would
not be legal. Chairman #. w. Macfar
lane of the Commission had informed
him that at an executive session tbs
Commission decided that unless the
expenses were provided the delibera
tons of the Commission would be stop
ped on the 18th inst. The remaining
business would require six weeks fol
Ncarings and about two months more
for adjudlcating all Of the 1000 claims