Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-14

The regular annual meeting of tho
IChamber of Commerce was held at the
regular place yesterday afternoon,
Vice President c. NJ. Cooke in tho
chair. There were present the follow.
ing: c. NJ. Cooke. J. G.. Spencer. w. NJ.
IGiffard, j. n. AthCrton. g. p. Wilder.
II. A. Parmalee. W. W. Hall. Alex. Is.
enberg. J. p. Cooke. Cecil Brown. T..
Give Davies and W. l.. Hopper.
Owing TO the delay in the arrival NJ
enough members to constitute quOr.
INN, the meeting was not called to or.
der until close upon o'clock
The chair calling for nomination Of
new members. Secretary Spencer sta.
tied that NJ. $. Grinbaum had applied
flor membership some time since and
that at that time, r. Il. Berg was men.
toned as the manager and the accrcd.
tied representative of the Fl IN.
Mr.. Spencer then stated that he had
received a letter from NJ. $. Grinbaum
& Co. in which a. Gartenberg was
mentioned as being the representative
Of the firm in the Islands.
tenberg was voted a member of the
Chamber of Commerce. representing
NJ. S. Grinbaum a. Co.
The name OF J. A. MCCandless. nom.
mated for membership at the previous
meeting, was brought up and on mo.
ton the rules were suspended and the
secretary cast ballot for Mr.. MCCani.
less.
j. p. Cooke reported for the FIG
Claims Committee to the effect that u
joint meeting with the committee of
the Merchants Association had been
held and that the Joint report was
ready. The committee would recon.
mend meeting of the two organlzd.
tons at p. m. on Friday to hear the
report.
Mr.. Hall OF the same committee sta.
ted that J. G. Pratt, Fire Claims Com.
missioner to Washington, would he
present at the meeting to answer any
questions that might be asked him.
Mr.. Pratt's report will also be read at
that time.
The report of the Fire Claims Com.
mittee was adopted.
The next business was n propose d
change in the bylaws, making the CJl
lector of the Port OF Honolulu mern
Der of the Chamber OF Commerce vita
out vote. A molten that the bylaws
be amended to that effect was carried
unanimously.
Next came a letter from Collector
Stackable In which he stated that he
had received a departmental Letter
from Washington. dated June IL, IN
which he was requested to make up
an estimate OF the merchandise i'm
ported here from the United States
from July |, 1901, to June 80. 1902. HH
desired the cooperation Q, the Cham
Der in computing such statistics, since
the Customs Department no longer
keeps a record OF such imports.
w. +. Allen stated that Mr.. Stack
able had been to most of those con
cerned in the city and that they had
agreed 10 keep a record OF such re-
CeIpts. Mr.. Spencer stated that letters
had been sent to the merchants by him
covering this ground. 1t was also re
ported that since June OF this year
the Collector had been requiring man
TESTS Of vessels entering this port and
that no statistics would be asked fuI
from that time.
On motion, the letter of the Collect
or was received and merchants will
be asked to comply with the request
J. =. Cooke introduced the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the officers of this
Chamber he requested to act in con
junction with the Officers of the Mer
chants Association in arranging 9
plan for the entertainment OF thi
members of the Senatorial COmmi ,
sion, appointed for the purpose OF IN
vestigating conditions in the Territory
,,of Hawaii, and for the preparation o.
data concerning the business intet
ests of the Territory which may be -
quested by the Commission;
Be It further Resolved, That the o!
fiCers OF this Chamber be requested /,
report their action for confirmation, a
the joint meeting OF the Chamber o
Commerce and NJ erchants' AssoCa
ton.
Mr.. Spencer reported that Senate
Burton Of Kansas, member of tn
Commission coming to visit the Isl
ands, would be here on the Goth, tw,
days before the joint meeting of III
Chamber OF Commerce and the Mef
chants Association. 1t was the sers
OF the meeting that this matter be lef
to the same committee as tina meRicE
ed in the resolution of Mr.. Cooke.
Next came a letter from W. G. Wee
don, dated at San Francisco, in whic
II he announced that he had receive
letters from the Mayor OF BaltimOr
and the president OF the largest chen
iCal works in st. Louis to give lol
lures at those places. He had ABRAMS
ed for meeting in San Francisco /
which the Chamber OF Commerce he
been invited. He thought it advisabl
r for him TO 20 to st. Louis as soon q
possible. In closing his letter, VI
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