The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-13
AREA FOR
BUILDING
Chamber of Commerce
May Cut Promotion
Money.

The Chamber of Commerce met yes
terday morning and adopted important
resolutions. President Tenney was il
the chair and over twenty members
were present. The matter OF a site fol
the proposed Federal building was laid
before the Chamber by the president
| who did SO at the request of the Fed
eraI officials and Governor Carter. Mr..
( Tenney impressed the necessity of CO.
. operation of the members. Resolutions
which had been prepared by the board
of directors We're submitted. The first
: idea had been to select several sites
and submit them TO the Treasury De-
partment, but it was later thought best
/ to outline a section of the city within
which it was the desire OF the Chamber
| that the building be located.
E. /. Spaulding moved the adoption
of the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the President and
Secretary OF this body be requested to
communicate with the Honorable Sec
rotary of the Treasury. on the urgent
need of Honolulu fot a Federal build
ing, suitable TO the present and future
needs of Federal officers, and petition
ing that official to recommend an APP
preparation for such purpose in his next
report TO Congress.
Resolved. Further, That the Presi-
dent and Secretary. in so presenting
the matter to the Honorable Secretary
of the Treasury. request that should an
appropriation be made. such public
building be erected on any suitable site
within the following boundaries: Com
mencing at Halekauwila street, up Fort
street to Hotel street. along Hotel street
to Richards street, down Richards
street to King street, along King street
to Militant street, down Militant street
villa street to place of beginning.
And Resolved, Further, that the
President and Secretary hand a copy
of this resolution to Hawaii's Delegate |
10 Congress- with the request that he |
do all in his power to procure an APP |
preparation for said purpose"
Some suggestions were made TO the |
effect that the fshmarket block should |
have been included but it was decided /
that as the new docks would bring it |
directly on the waterfront it was inn |
practicable. 1t was also asked why
street was not made the west |
ern boundary of the area. 1t was re- |
piled that that was too near China |
town. that the city was growing in the |
other direction and that there was not |
a suitable site to be obtained in that |
section. The Washington officials have |
that the proposed building |
is to be 150x150 with at least forty feet
clear around it. 1t will probably be |
three stories in height. The resolutions
Il IL
and the recommendation accompanied |
by map and photographs of the streets
and buildings in the area will be for
warded to Washington.
The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted:
Resolved, That the President and
Secretary communicate with the Hon
Orable Secretary of the Treasury of
the United States on the necessity of
revenue cutter for service
in the Hawaiian Islands, and respect
fully request that official to enbody in !
his report to Congress a recommended
ton for an adequate appropriation for
that purpose.
And Further Resolved, That a copy
Of this Resolution be handed by the
President and Secretary to the Dele
gate from the Territory of Hawaii to
Congress, with the request that he use
all means in his power to secure such
appropriations
In the afternoon the directors of the
Chamber met in very important ses-
sion to consider the report of the COM
nittee which was appointed to look in
TO the annual report of the Hawaii Pro-
motion Committee. The sub-conmit-
zee recommended to the directors that
he sum furnished the Promotion Com
nittee by the Chamber of Commerce be
Tut down TO what is necessary to main
ain the Honolulu office and circulate
approved literature. The committee of
investigation consisted of H. a. Isen-
berg and Z. I. Spaulding presented
he report and on motion of F. Nj.
Swanzy it was laid on the table to be
considered at later meeting.
The report stated that the Promo
ion Committee had spent $26.774.9s for
advertising the Territory. This went
% magazines and for nearly half a mill
ion pieces of literature. The local Of
ice had been an accommodation for
ourists. Only one line had given lower
steamer rates. The committee disap-
proved the inviting of editors to the
Stands as the guests of the Promotion
Committee. The $1,000 donated by the
Chamber comes from q. wharfage tax
md many Of the smaller importers are
directing to the tax in the present state
# business. It was recommended that
he tax be reduced and the Promotion
committee be required to give de-
allied account OF its expenditures quar-
erly. II was thought that the $4,000 or
'ver that the committee had on hand
would be sufficient for the present and
I was recommended that the wharfage
ak go TO the improvement of the city.
specially Kapiolani Park. There was
considerable discussion pro and con and