The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-03
DELEGATES TO Go
TO WASHINGTON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL
ACT ON FIRE CLAIMS AND
CABLE QUESTIONS.
SPECIAL MEETING HELD THIS
AFTERNOON.
Committees are Appointed and An
other Special Meeting Set for satur-
day.

The Chamber of Commerce meeting
convened this afternoon promptly at 2
o'clock for the first time in the new
room especially prepared for them in
the Hackfeld building. j. f. Hackfeld
introduced the members to their new
quarters and listened to many encomi-
um on the liberality of the donors and
the elegance and comfort Of the apart
ment.
Those promptly i'm attendance were:
C. NJ. Cooke, president; j. G. Spencer,
secretary; J. F. Hackfeld j. w. Rob-
ertson, w. F. Allen, J. B. Atherton, b.
f. Dillingham;, w. w. Hail. j. P. Cooke,
w. NJ. Giffard f. A. Schaefer, George
w. Smith, f. M. Swanzy, e. S. Damon.
President Cooke made a short eulO-
CYSTIC speech expressing the thanks Of
the Chamber to Hackfeld and Company
for the beautiful rooms and suitable
furniture. He thought the new room
should be an incentive to enlarging the
Chamber and helping the departments
whose names were emblazoned on the
ceiling Of the Chamber, Industry Agri-
culture, Navigation and Commerce.
Every member should make themselves
a committee of one to get new MEM
bers. He thought he was voicing the
sentiment of every member. Applause
followed the speech.
The minutes were put aside until the
regular meeting next week and the
question before the special meeting
brought up, the Fire Claims and the
Gable The Fire Claims resolution was
first handled being presented by j. p.
Cooke. 1t asked briefly that COM
mittee of three be appointed to choose
a representative or representatives to
proceed to Washington to ask Congress
to assist in the matter of helping the
local government to assume the burden
of the Fire Claims damages Incurred
during the stamping out of the buDonic
plague of 1900. j. b. Atherton second
ed the resolution.
After discussion the motion was una
nimously adopted the chairman APP
pointing j. p. Cooke, E. 5. Damon ana
smith The committee has full power
to act to raise funds and send the re-
preventative if possible on the next
steamer for Washington.
Secretary Spencer suggested thal d
committee be appointed to bring up the
cable question at the next meeting.
J. +. Hackfeld made a motion that
the cable question should be referred to
the same committee who would send
the delegate to Washington and so in
struct the delegate or delegates to sup
port the Mackay cable as far as pos
sible. w. F. Allen suggested that there
were two bills before the house already.
l. f Hackfeld's resolution seconded
by w. L. Hopper was finally amended
bv F. A. Schaefer to read that the
matter of the fire claims be referred 10
the committee Of three empowered TO
choose the representative or repre-
sentatives to be sent to Washington
to work in the interests of the Ire
Claims, said committee to report to the
Chamber at a special meeting when
will be held on Saturday morning at
ten o'clock" This motion was carried
unanimously and the Chamber adjourn
ed until the special meeting on Satur-
day.
AS the meeting progressed every chalr
was occupied by members of the cham
ber and the discussion brought out
speeches the sentiment of which was
unanimous in a desire for prompt action
B. +. Dillingham;, w. M. Gittard ana
others spoke to the effect that these ISL
ands should send to Washington re-
solution similar to the one drawn up
by the New York chamber asking the
Government to either build the caDle
or let someone else do so, especially
when an offer had been made. Mr.. Dll-
lingham stated that there had been
many times in the last three or four
years when merchants would have been