The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-31

A MID a crowd which filled the
~ aisles of the Merchants Fair
IN Pavilion Secretary w. w. Har-
ris of the Association, read last
evening at $3.50 o'clock the award of
the Board of Judges who inspected and
adjudged the various exhibits. and ex-
pressed the opinion that the Fair now
closed is but the forerunner OF a long
line of trade exhibitions, which will
draw closer the business men and the
citizens of the Territory.
The extra day of the Fair drew to the
pavilion a vast crowd. for even the rain
could not stop the visiting a show
which has commended itself to the peo-
pie as has the display OF the Mer-
chants. From early morning, when the
building was being used in the taking
away of the exhibits which had been
placed for the Agricultural Fair until
the last of the visitors left and the
Fair was finally closed, there was
crowd about the booths, which. while
not so large as that which marked the
regular period. was sufficient TO show
the interest of the people in the event.
When Mr.. Harris rose to read the
award of the committee he was sur
rounded by a mass of people who fill
ed not only the headquarters of the
committee but the aisles adjacent, and
as far as the sound OF his voice there
was the same crowd, Mr.. Harris eX-
planned that in the absence of the
President II became his duty To
read the report of the committee
and to make the announcement
of the closing of the Fair. He
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which gave the Fair had been more
than pleased with the acceptability OF
the affair, and the people having shown
their appreciation of the effort to make
the exposition a pelasing one, 1t was
undoubtedly true that there would be
a yearly event on the same lines He
then read the report of the committee
of judges as follows:
Honolulu. T. H.. July SO. 1902.
To the President OF the Honolulu Mer-
chants Exposition Fair, Honolulu:
Sir:-Your committee appointed to
Judge on the merits of the exhibits at
the Merchants Fair, held In Honolutu
on the 2Sth, 29th and 30th July. 1862, beg
leave 10 make the following report:
Your committee has been furnished
with the following list Of classes for
which awards were TO be made, viz:
First Class: Artistic arrangement
Second Class MOSL tDtuHitbNDSlf~
exhibit in a special line of trade.
Third Class: Best special exhibit
Your committee found considerable
difficulty in making satisfactory awards
under the above limitations. and would
suggest that for future exhibitions the
scope should be made broader, especial
ly as affecting home productions and
manufactures.
Ccnfining ourselves to the classes
submitted, your committee has made
the following awards, viz:
Artistic arrangement-First Award:
Porter Furniture Company.
Most comprehensive exhibit IN Spe-
cial line OF trade-First Award. Ha-
waiian Electric Co, Ltd.
Best special exhibit-First Award:
Pacific Guano and Fertilizer Co.
AZ there were several other exhibits
II merit, your committee recommend
the following for honorable mention;
For Artistic arrangement and merit
% exhibit-Pacific Hardware Company.
Limited G. r. Herrick Carriage Com
pany; Pacific Vehicle and supply co.
For merit as home products and man
Ufactures-Hackfeld 81 Co, Ltd, coffee;
Rice K Perkins, photographs; eastman
& Nelson, tents and awnings; Honolulu
Brewing and Mailing Co. beer: J. G..
Costa & V. g. Macedo. Hawaiian stone
work; a. A. Montana. dressmakiug.
Very respectfully submitted,
tSignedD s. B. DOLE,
F. a. SCHAEFER,
VIM c.. IRWIN.
There was a genuine feeling Of dis
appointment on some sides as the only
display in the entire exposition which
had been entirely changed before the
judges inspection was that which won
the first prize. while all the others
stood practically as when they won the
appreciation Of the people during the
former three days. The usual crowds
gathered about the Bergstrom Music
CornDauv and the Brewery exhibits and
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