The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-13
An interesting Meeting Of Chamber
Of Commerce Was Held
=, Yesterday.
National Bankers Invited To Visit haWaii---Kuhio
Will Be Given Photographs TO Take
To Washington.

The coming OF transports to Homo
lulu is now virtually assured. AT the
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday a letter was read from Will
liam Haywood at Washington telling
Of an interview with Quartermaster-
General Humphreys in which he said
that the failure to receive coal bids at
Honolulu was the only reason the
transports did not call here. As
this objection has been removed by
the action of the Merchants Associa-
ton nothing should now stand in the
way of fa.5ra l.e action by the War
Department.
.a.Mr Haywood wrote to the Cham
of Commerce that he had called
~ the war Department Immediately
upon the receipt OF the memorial. He
called first upon General Humphreys
who has charge of the transport SER
vice. and says that he was greeted up
ON his entrance with the question L
suppose you have called in regard 10
the transports" General Humphreys
WIS about to send an urfavorable rec
ommendation to Secretary Root ou'
agreed to withhold this until Mr. Hay
wood had presented his case. he
handed to Mr. Haywood a bundle OF
papers referring to -he transpor's' III
Guiding the memorials addresse1 10
the War Dep1r- u~nt, a letter h' 'h
|J A NJ. Johnson to Congressman NC
cIearv and a report by Major Devoi
of San Francisco. This was adVerse'
for the reason that four mopihs ago
bids had been asked for furnishing
coal 70 transports at Honolulu, and no
..rasrs wsre received. General Hum
phreys stated that he was tavoraOie
20 the stopping Of the transports at
uoI,,,,, ~ IL could be done without
ao,-,,rent TO the service. and off1cers
:, -. army also favored 1t. AS evil
dence of this the quartermaster GENE
al had teIegraphed to San Francisoo
II, order To ascertain II the transports
Erguld carry enough for the round trip
Aou San Francisco to Manila but an
adverse report had been mace as u
sthis. He said further that he was IN
sheartx accord with what Mr.. Liaywood
lzrsbed but the Department did not
krtend to establish coal piles in Ho-
'noluIu but wanted coal furnished @'
reasonable prices II ;his was d'ie
the transports could very probably be
made to go by way Of Honolulu
COAL Is READY.
F. W. Macfarlane stated that 'he
rNerchants' Association had arranged
with the coal dealers to furnish coal
10 passing transports a bid to i''r-
nish coal had been put in at 'easoh-
'hble figure and the Merchanss Asso-
eL.tion had also supplied coal to the
sheridan and was prepared to supply
ft to the next transport that toucheu
ht Honolulu. He said that The coal
.problem was solved and he saw noth-
Dag now in the way of Honolulu being
fnade port Of call
n KUHIo WANTS FREE PHOTOS
A letter was read by the secretary /
FROM Jonah KaIanianaole. delegate
Fiect requesting the Chamber Of Com
nerce to furnish him with photographs
Blowing the harbOrs and wharves a
fout Honolulu in detail, also views OF
fsarl HarbOr. OF public buildings, the
Fatk front to Diamond Head. and
flso views from other parts OF the
Territory.
Secretary Spencer suggested that for
Rput fifty dollars these photos could
u Ispurchased and given 20 Kuhio. Mr.
acfarlane stated that some excep-