The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-12
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SAD
DIED BILL FOR SS.2S5.54.
Legislature Failed to Appropriate
Funds-SuDscription May be Taken
Up From Business Community.

The adjourned meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce from yesterday was
well attended this morning, the follow
ing members being present: President
w. G. Irwin, Secretary j. G.. Spencer,
w. f.. Allen, j. B. Atherton, A. f.
Cooke, Il. f.. Dillingham;, Ii. Water
mouse, Nj. Phillips, G.. j. Waller w. A.
Bowen, w. G. Wilder, $. B. Rose Ii.
tricke, John Egan, and Paul Wahlen-
dorf.
Inc minutes of the previous meeting
having been read and accepted, the
first matter taken up was the report
of the committee anpointed to look in
to the matter of a new room for the
meetings of the Chamber Mr.. Allen,
as chairman, asked for more time,
stating that Castle d Cooke had offered
the use of the present hall until such
time as the room proffered by Hack
field and Company for the free use of
! the Chamber should be finished. The
extension was granted.
Inc bylaws of the Chamber were
altered to allow of the regular time of
meeting, which has hitherto been fixed
at 10 o'clock, being chan ed to an hour
to be left to the subsequent decisions
Of the president, it being inconvenient
for the business men of the city to at
tend in the mornings. The annual fees
were also raised from SIP per annum
| to S36, payable quarterly.
! communication was read from
Castle q Cooke asking that some steps
! be taken in the matter of the amounts
! paid by that firm for the fitting up of
| the quarantine wharf in 1900, and
Amounting to $S,2S5.54. The firm stated
that the vouchers were in the hands of
the Chambers committee, and that the
Legislature had failed to make provis-
lion for the expense.
In the discussion that followed it ap-
Drareu that the Cha geS were made for
fitting up the wharf for quarantine pur-
lposes, the erection Of offices and sheds,
the installation of lights and feeding
of laborers and that the wharf itself
would not be an asset of the Chamber
should they pay the amount, as the
wharf was the property of the Govern
ment and was now being controlled by
the United States authorities.
b. f. Dillingham; stated that he was
not in Honolulu when the wharf was
fitted up but that he did not think that
lCastle & Cooke should be saddled with
an expense that was incurred in the
interests of the business people of the
Islands. The Chamber of Commerce
and the Board of Trade conjointly re-
presented these business interests and
ne suggested that they should relieve
, Castle q Cooke of the burden and
make Application to the government for
a written acknowledgment of the claim
The Chamber had undertaken the re-
q SDOnSibility at a time when the matter
was a vital one and should have been
taken up by the Government had they
the money at the time to carry out the
work. The claim was one that should
have been provided for by the govern
ment and it could be asked that the
money be refunded the Chamber from
the receipts of the wharf. In any event
the written acknowledgment of the
claim would make it much more likely
of recognition in some future legisla-
tuTe.
Mr.. Atherton stated that Castle &
Cooke merely acted for the Chamber
in the matter and President Irwin ask
ed for a suggestion of ways and means
of raising the money.
Secretary Spencer suggested, that as
the wharf had bee" fitted up in the in
terests of the business community at
large of these islands that all business
! houses be asked to subscribe pro rata
. towards a fund to recOup Castle &
Cooke. These amounts could be re-
funded If the claim was recovered from
the Government
On suggestion of Mr.. Waterhouse, a
committee consisting of members OF
: the following firms were appointed &c
make a recommendation of means OF
payment at the next meeting. T. II
Davies & Co.. Alexander e. Baldwin;
w. G. Irwin & Co., f. A. Schaefer &
Co. Hackfeld & Co., and Castle &
Cooke.
A communication from the Russian
Imperial vice-cors"' was received en-
closing blank forms for the arrange
ment of an Hawaiian exhibition at the
! International Fisheries Exhibition tC
! be held at st. Petersburg in March
1902. The matter was moved referred
to the Fisheries Commissioner al
Washington.
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