The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-15

" Chamber OF Commerce AT the
annual meeting of that body
held at p. IN. yesterday in the Cham
ber's room in the HacKfeld Building.
Not only was the former president
elected to succeed himself but all the
other officers of the old board were also
kept on. The reasons set forth by
Vice President c. NJ. Cooke that Mr.
Irwin should again be at the head of
the Chambers affairs, were that he was
so well known in San Francisco New
York, Washington and other cities, and
whenever it was desirable that Mr.. Ir-
win should represent the local body
abroad he would be a factor of impor-
tance when considered as its presl-
dent The new board OF officers is as
follows:
President, William G. Irwin vice.
president, Charles NJ. Cooke; secretary
and treasurer, Jas G.. Spencer; arbitra-
ton committee. c. NJ. Cooke, j. B. Ath-
erton, +. a. Schaefer, w. +. Allen ana
+. NJ. Swanzy.
Those present at the meeting were {.
NJ Cooke. j. B. Atherton, w. w. Hall,
j. Il. spencer, w NJ NliI"i'i - -
Isenberg. Gerrit wilder, j. L. Cooke,
w. +. Allen, II. A. Parmelee, Cecil
Brown and r. Give Davies.
Grinbaum & Co. addressed commu-
nication to the Chamber in which 1t
was stated that II. r. Berg was no
longer representing that firm, Mr. Gar
tenburg now being their representa-
tive. Mr. Gartenburg was therefore
elected to membership. j. a. McCand-
less was also elected member.
j. r. Cooke reporting for the com
mittee on Fire Claims stated that a
report for the committees of the Cham
ber and the Merchants Association was
now, ready. and he moved that the
Chamber and Merchants Association
hold a joint meeting on Friday. August
22, at p. m, 1t being understood that
Mr. Pratt would be present to answer
any questions regarding his trip to
Washington. The motion passed unan-
imousy.
BY favorably considering a change in
the bylaws the collector of the port
OF Honolulu is now entitled to honor
able membership in the Chamber but
without vote.
A letter was read from Collector OF
Customs Stackable in which he stated
he had received "A department letter
from Washington dated June l6 in
which he was requested to make up an
estimate of the merchandise imported
here from the United states from July
1. 1901. to June 80. 1902, and he desired
the cooperation of the Chamber ir
compiling such statistics, as the Gus
toms Department here no longer keeps
a record OF such imports.
w. f. Allen said he understood the
collector had visited the various ship
ping houses in the city and most oi
the latter had agreed to keep record
hereafter of such receipts. Mr. Spen-
Ger announced that letters had beer
sent to the merchants by him covering
this ground. He also stated that since
June, 1902 the collector was keeping
a record of mainland manifests anc
hereafter this method of collecting sta
tistics would not have TO be continued
w. w. Hall said that shippers at main
land ports forwarding goods to Hawai-
would hereafter make reports to th'
collectors of their respective ports
j. =. Cooke then presented resolu
ton regarding the coming of the sena
toral commission, which was adopted
A letter was received from w. {
Weedon, dated San Francisco, in whicf
ne announced that he had received let
ters from the mayor of Baltimore anC
the president of the largest chemica
works in St. Louis to give lectures
there. He had arranged for lecture
in San Francisco to which the Cham
ber Of Commerce had been invited. HI
thought IL advisable for him to go or
to St. Louis as soon as possible. III
stated that reports OF seismic move
in
much exaggerated.
S. De Freest, a Customs broker. ask
ed for the endorsement of the Chambe
OF Commerce for the position of United
States Shipping Commission. the pos
about to be vacated by w. Porter Boyd
He said ne had the endorsement q
nearly all the merchants of Honolulu
q The matter was referred to Messr!
Cooke and Spencer.
The secretary's report was read an
adopted. He reviewed the work OF tn
Chamber for the year, its change
quarters to the new and handson
apartment given gratis by Hackfeld
Co. He told OF the raising of $4,000 fc
the government 10 continue the wor
OF the Fire Claims commission; al
preparation OF 5000 n month to enab
the Board OF Health to enlarge its 50
nitary inspection OF the city. the n
newal OF the commission OF Wlllia
Haywood as representative of Il
Chamber OF Commerce at Washington
the adoption OF a seal; the instruction
10 Mr.. Haywood 10 favor the passal
OF the fire claims bill in Congress; II
petition sent to Congress favoring Il
Mackay cable and the payment of Il
fire claims which was endorsed by Il
San Francisco Chamber OF Commer
and Board OF Trade OF California; Il
employment Of W. G, Weldon for $
months 10 lecture on the mainland
Hawaii; the proposition to make e
hibits at St. Louis and Osaki Japa
The treasurer's report gave receip
of s2,620.sl, expenses, 1851 so, leaving
balance on hand OF s672.Ol W. f. A
len was appointed auditor to go oy