The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-15
'K|NLEY
MEMORIAL
Oahu Committee
Gets Down to
Work.
PLACES FIGURE
FOR COLLECTIONS
twenty-five Thousand Dollars Must
be Had for the Park-Sub.
COMMITTEES Chosen,


al has under consideration the Sc
- lection OF a site for the caldren's
playground. which it Is proposed to es-
tablish as memorial to thu memory of
the late President Mckinley, has not
been able to get even close to a decis-
ion upon site. the Oahu committee
has made it's start towar1 the coliec-
ton of fund of $4,000 for the out
fitting of the park.
This action was taken at a meeting
OF the committee held yesterday after
noon at the offic- of the chairman.
Henry Warehouse. There We're pres
ent when the committee met the chair
man, Secretary Harrington, Mrs.
less and Collector OF Internal Revenue
Chamberlain The statement was made
by the chairman that the time had
come for hard work and that there
should be no further delay in the col
lection OF funds for the carrying out {.
the announced object of the committee.
Mr.. McCandless then made the state
ment that the sub -committee of the ex-
ecutive committee which had in its
charge the selection of a site for the
building of the grounds, had spent
some time in the work and would re-
sumo ii on Thursday of this week. The
committee, he said. had pretty wei
covered the city and would make its
canvass thorough before it concluded
the work The. first site INSPECTED was
that at Punahou and Wilder avenue,
the property of Claus Spreckels. The
ground would make an ideal play
ground, and letters had been sent 10
san Francisco asking for price to be
set upon the lands by Mr.. Sprecke's.
1t is hoped that there will be some con-
cessions made in the matter. There
was a trip made to College Hills and an
inspection of plot which would az
ford six hundred feet on each slde
along the most level part of the top OF
the hills. This was found to be not
sufficiently level for the use to which
IL was to be put and then the commit
tee went out to the end of King street
and there looked over the lands OF the
Bishop estate in block which could be
had very cheaply 1t was seen that
there was nothing but rocks there ana
the cost of filing would be not less
than some 1880 an acre, which made it
out of the question to consider that
site, though it appealed TO all the mem
bers of the committee who We're pres
.ent.
The next trip of the committee. Is
was said. would be made in the direc-
ton of KaIini, where attention woutf
he maid to Il site upon the lands cf the
Bishop Estate, to the rear OF tee
Girls school, and perhaps some other
places which lie along the main ROADS
of that end of the city. In the same
trim would be included visit 10 a pro-
posed plot for the park in Nuuanu val
lev The committee is ready to look at
ali possible sites for the park and has
been anxious TO secure suggestions DIS
TO what shall be looked into.
After hearing this statement of the
proposals before the committee. upon
motion IL was decided that the commit
tae should place it's mark at $4,000, a
bend all energies to raise that sum I'M
medfateIy there was begun work upon
MANS for the collection of this amount
The first subcommittee named was
that which was formed TO call upon the
merchants of the city Chairman va
terhouse named upon this body MesS-s-
Andrew Brown. McCandless and Cha1n-
berIain- The feeling was that the
chairman of this subcommittee would
he the very best man who could DC
chosen for such work.
Chairman Waterhouse then suggest
cd some action by which there couic
be prepared a large certihcate' win
sufficient margin SO that the names Oh
the pupils of a school or the members
of a lodge might be inscribed about TIE
border of the certificate. There was
,,ucb discussion over this matter, ana
-,,,t Of IL grew the suggestion OF Cha4'l-
barlsfn that the secret societies be
given an opportunity To add To the
fund al some length. McCandlesS sus-
e-ested that in the matter of scholars Oh
tbe public schools there were always
psrsons ready to give to the fund 50
that any pupils who could not raise
the 6fty cents might have the pleasure
os having a certificate The matter
was left in the hands Of the officials
for future discussion.
The following was chosen as the
committee TO work among the schools;
AIRS. Frasher. Miss Felker, Prof. Dyke.
President Smith and the Kew MI