The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-16
CHAMBER Of
COMMERCE
Annual Meeting and
the Presidents
Report.

| The Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
met yesterday in the Stangenwald
| building to hear the annual report o:
the president, F. ]. Lowrey. There
was an unusually large attendance OF
| members. Mr.. Mears of Portland and
George B. Mcclellan, secretary to Del
egate Kuhio, We're interested specta-
tors.
After reading the minutes, President
| Lowrey read the following report of
| the work of the organization during
the past year:
To the Members of the Honolulu
| Chamber of Commerce.
| Gentlemen: As another year in the
! life of the association is brought to
| close it becomes my duty unGrr the
bylaws to review the toings of the
past year and to make suggestions
| looking to furthering the interests of
the Chamber, and in conformity there
with L beg to submit the following:
WORK OF TRUSTEES.
Under the present order of things
the business of the Chamber is prac-
tically all done by the trustees, the
meetings of the Chamber being TO re-
| eeive the reports of the trustees as to
what they have done from time to.
time. While probably in some respects
1T Is better tnat few members should
| transact the business of the associa-
tion, it will be unfortunate if this
method results in the loss of interest
on the part of the general member
cI,1 TIno 4,.,,e
upon members that they bring to the
attention of the board matters which
they think should be considered but
there has been a poor response. It
was thought by some that If meetings
OF the Chamber were held more often it.
would be better and during the year
the bylaws have been changed SO that
now they are held every two months
instead of quarterly as before.
The trustees have had many meet
ings both regular and special and they
have been well attended
The archives have been arranged and
indexed and are here in this hand
some piece of furniture for reference
whenever wanted.
PROMOTION COMMITTEE.
The Promotion Committee while not
entirely committee of this body, has
two of its five members from our
number, and the gentlemen appointed
for the year were Messrs. E. I. Spald- |
ing aud J. A. McCandless, whose terms
of Office expire with the election of
new officers of the Chamber. This |
committee has / believe done fine work |
during the year and deserves the |
thanks of the community for what it |
has done in the past, and the inter
est and support of all in the future. |
During the year Mr.. III. p. Wood was
placed in charge of the work and the |
unanimous opinion so far as l have
heard is that of having "the right |
man in the right place. Work on |
promotion lines is in the beginning |
necessarily slow but I think all ap-t
preciate results which are showing and |
there is every reason to look for great |
er results in the future, from work |
which has been under way during the /
last few months. While the San Fran
cisco disaster may have a tendency tc
divert tourist traffic in a different di-
rection, probably all who have follow
ed the matter believe that the coming
year will bring more desirable tourists
to us than we have ever had before,
and gatherings on our shores of such
bodies of men as will be represented
in the editors soon to be withs us will |
certainly advertise the Territory as
nothing else would.
Mr.. Wood while giving most of his
time to the promotion work has also
acted as Assistant Secretary of this
association.
REQUEST FOR CUTTER.
One of the first acts of the trustees
was to send letter to Secretary Shaw
the assignment of a revenue
cutter to this district, and a prompt
reply was received to the effect that
he department had intended to send
1 vessel here for the winter and that
me might be permitted to remain for
/ wear Later a vessel was sent and
las been stationed here ready for any
emergency which might arise, but for
unately nothing serious has arisen. 1t
vas hoped by some that an apprOpria- !
ion for special vessel might be made ,
It the last session of Congress but this
vas not done. The vessel now here or
similar one will probably be with
IS until one specially adapted for the I
,lace is provided. Ii
After the pleasant reception tender
d the Taft party just at the close
f our last year, arrangements Wee
4itttA way 4oI ma Ming Inc sup % - |
arty on its return trip a pleasant 5He
nd at TIE same time have the gen
Iemen return to the mankind with
he needs of Hawaii prominent in their c
linds. but d change of plans which T
ook them home another way foIi>d E
his good intention.
At a special meeting of the trustees
he needs of the harbor 10th as TO e
ghts and wharves were CONSIDERED, Y
lieut.. Slattery and Superintendent IF [
'ublic Works Holloway being present I
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