The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-04
DECIDE on
EXCHANGE
Master Builders
Plan for the
Future.
MANY MEMBERS
WILL CONE IN
Larger Quarters Arranged if the
Methods Of Business Sug.
gested Are Adopted.

aniHEN the annual meeting Of tn,
" Master Builders Association il
held tomorrow there will be de
cided the question of the immediate In
| auguration of the plan of holding
daily Change hour, as is the course II
| the mainland cities. The plans are al
made and arrangements complete II
| so 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 its action. 1t was reported that the
Association had options on two ad-
Joining rooms to that which it now &C.
cupies, in the Elite building, and which
will make it possible to have 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 Assoc
citation authorize the holding of the
daily call, when there will be at the
Board rooms all members of the Assoc
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 appl1-
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 wouldbe men,
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
Associate strength, which will en-
able it 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 well as
the general contractors, are now on the
lists and the membership of the Asso-
citation 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, 1890 10 1870, every member, !
either in person or through his clerk, |
will be in the rooms where ne may be
seen by any one having business with J
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.