The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-04
DECIDE ON
EXCHANGE
Master Builders
Plan for the
Future.
n HEN the annual meeting of the
V Master Builders Association is


held tomorrow there will be de-
cided the question of the Immediate in
auguration of the plan of holding a
daily Change hour, as is the course In
the mainland cities The plans are all
made and arrangements complete in
50 far as the officials of the Association
are competent to do the business.
The meeting of the Board of Direct
ors Of the Association, held yesterday,
was largely attended and unanimous
in it's action. 1t was reported that the
Association had options on two ad-
joining rooms to that which it now oc-
cupies, in the Elite building, and which
will make it possible to have a Change
room, an Office and two private rooms
for consultations, Immediately adjoin-
ing, so that the one suite will hold all
the business apartments of the Asso-
citation. The plan is to have the Asso-
citation authorize the holding of the
daily call, when there Will be at the
Board rooms all members of the Asso-
citation, at some time during the open
hour.
There were a large number of appli
cations for membership received by the
Board yesterday, indicating that the
idea Of the Exchange has taken hold
upon the fancy OF the men interested in
the building trades, with some force.
The new applications come principally
from the firms which handle building
materials or are brought into contact
in business with the men who are con-
tractors for construction. The result
Of the action of the Board in putting
the matter before the men in such lines
has been that there are on file appli-
cations for admission from one-half of
all the firms in the city who under the
resolution of the Board are eligible for
membership.
1t Is the intention of the Board to
have as many Of the would-be mem
bers finally passed before the meeting
of Wednesday as possible, so that
there will be nothing done which will
not have the fullest consideration and
the new officers elected will represent
the wishes of the largest number of
the members possible.
While as yet there has arisen moth
ing which would indicate possibilities
Of a political nature, there has been
some desire on the part of the masters
to elect such officers as will give to the
Association strength, which will en-
able 1t to endeaVor to have passed at
the next meeting of the Legislature
laws which will further protect the
constructors Of the Territory, though
there have been no definite reforms de-
cided upon as necessary.
Among those who have indicated
their intention to become members of
the Association are men in all lines of
trade. The merchants dealing in lum-
Der and hardware. brick, lime and ce-
ment, the masters of the plumbing,
painting and other trades, as we'll as
che general contractors, are now on the
lists and the membership of the Assoc
cation promises to be doubled by the
incoming of new men.
1t is the intention of the originators
OF the plan to have the Association so
conduct its Change hour that during
the hour, 1880 10 1870, every member.
either in person on through his clerk,
will be in the rooms where ne may be
seen by any one having business with
him, from the seller of materials to
owners of property, and to have the at
tendance rule so strictly enforced that
there will be no difficulty in finding the
men wanted each day.