The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-05
KUH|O AND
THE HOTEL
What the Governor
Actually Wired
Him.

| Washington. Jan. ito Governor
Carter.-Cable what Is the genera
opinion Young building.
Honolulu, Jan. 4--Delegatc Eala-
| nianaole. WashingtOn.-Whi waiting
! for public expression desire state com
munity urges public building because
| Of great federal need Individually be
lieve if Young Building can be pur-
chased reasonable figure and made fit
requirements have no objection. Can
not official architect decide latter
CARTER, Governor"
The following cablegrams passed be
tween the Delegate and the Governor
yesterday.
Governor Carter, on receiving the
inquiry from Delegate Kuhio, forthwith
made known his desire to obtain ex-
pressions OF opinion from not only
| mercantile and political bodies. but pri-
yate individuals. on the subject. He
gave out no opinion Of his own and
was greatly annoyed late in the after
noon to see the following distorted
version OF his reply TO the Delegate
displayed in black type across the en-
tire width OF the Bulletins front page
letter-press:
Delegate kalanianaole-W While wait
ing public opinion | desire to state that
the community is urgent for a Federal
building because of the Federal needs.
Individually l think the Young build
ing can be purchased at reasonable
figure | think II can be made to mt al
requirements. | have no objection
Cannot official architect decide the
natter CARTER.
Comparison of this production with
the genuine message. as furnished to
the Advertiser IN a typewriter carbon
copy OF the original, viii show how
rnischieyousIy the Bulletin has mis-
quoted the Governor.
w. E Fisher. before the. cable cor
respondence. above gwen came out. ar
gued to An Advertiser. reporter against
the Peterson scheme lately Published
N this paper That was favoring the
block Enclosed by Merchant, Nuuanu,
King and Bethel streets. He contend
ed that the growth Of the business
section was bound to be out King street
Waikiki way, therefore favored thel
block known as the gore bounded BY
King Alakea, Merchant and Richards
streets. or Palace square TOR the last
boundary The improvements there
would cost less TO condemn, besides the
locations more central position cbnsid-
ering the future
At the same time, MIR Fisher held,
If II IS a question OF waiting long for
a building after the selection OF 2 ste
and the immediate acquisition OF the
Young building. he would be in favor
of gripping the bird in the hand. In
this connection he Tecounted the ex-
perFence of San Francisco with its new |
postoffice.
Bert Peterson last night, having ac-
cepted the Bulletins version OF the i
Governors cabIegran. strongly depre- /
caEed sueh a summary exercise OF the
weiI-llnown influence with /
the powers thar be IN Washington.
He further stoutiy maintained the
merits of his scheme. The gore was so
narrow that, when the apex OF it was
cut out TO give a respectable front in
that direction, there would be but
small space left for the building and
the margin of open ground the Federal
authorities in such cases desire.
Mr. Peterson was now more earnest,
than on any other point, in urging that
The present was one OF those occasions
when 1t was eninent1y desirable that
the business men should get together
and come to single mind. he mat
ter was not one 10 be left 10 the wire
pulling OF individuals and rival inter
asts. Many business men had express
ID TO him their approval of his prop
,sition. but he wished to haze the
shole community pass upon It. r
At the same time he repeated some (
# his reasons for advocating the site !
le did. One was that the block IN the
question constituted q monumental {
eoaration mark between Chinatown {
nd the remainder of the city. Not {
MY were the Asiatic merchants, with /
Millions invested on their side OF the 5
own. entitled TO some consideration IN I
he matter. but It would be a great q
uisance to have the immense dray /
raff7c of Chinatown brought over b
) the other side, as would be the b
ase when the custom house, with It's
oarnining and appraising departments,
as established III the present business .
cart OF Honolulu. a