The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-16
COMMERCIAL.
CLUB A co
Committees at Work on
Organization and
Location.

The Commercial Club project received
an impetus at the meeting held Lass
night in the Promotion Committee
headquarters, at which between thirty
present Throughout the meeting only
favorable opinions of the possibility
of the organization were heard and
two active committees are now at work
arranging the Details
The only difference of opinion among
those present was in regard to the ad-
visibility of having apartments and
dining room for ladies, some of the
speakers inclining to the opinion that
the presence of ladies at the club would
not be conducive to the free exchange
of 'shop'' talk, one of the prime objects
of organization. The majority, how
ever, expressed the idea that there
should be a ladies' branch for the
wives and daughters of members, a
dining room TO which they could in
vite their friends to lunch and apart
ments where downtown appointments
could be made, where a rest could be
taken from arduous shopping tours and
where letters could be written.
After the election Of Geo. w. Smith
as temporary chairman and J. NJ.
Riggs as temporary secretary. a num-
Der OF short addresses in favor of the
promotion of the commercial club We're
made. Among those who strongly ad-
vocated the club Organization were f.
w. Macfarlane, J. F. Morgan, Jas. A.
McCandless, H. p. Wood, A G. NJ.
Robertson. j. Effinger, w. T. Lucas
and F. L. Waldron.
These speakers described the efforts
being made as a step in the right di-
rection. Such a club would induce a
spirit of community among the mer-
chants, not of Honolulu alone, but of
the entire Territory. The usefulness
of such organizations on the mainland
was referred to by practically each
one, the clubs of Portland, Ore:
Wyo.; Denver, Colo, and
San Francisco being mentioned as
models from which the Honolulu club
could be formed
Chairman Smith reported that the
list Circulated for membership in the
club nov contained 10 sig
all representative men in the
commercial circles of Honolulu, While
there were a number who had pro-
fessed a desire to sign but had not as
yet done so. He was not in accord
with the suggestion that the Mer-
chants Association amalgamate with
the club, as had been proposed, be-
cause the association had sometimes
to discuss matters of more
Or less political nature, something
which should be barred from the club.
He then named the following COM
with the request that they
their work as soon as possi-
Ole and report back to the club men,
oers
Committee on Organiza tion-A. G.
NJ. Robertson, VIM. Thompson, w. T.
Lucas F, L. Wa1dron, r. Reidford,
A. Hamburg, r. H. Trent and H. p.
Wood.
Committee on I4ocation-F. w. Mac
H. L. Kerr, E A. McInerny,
9. ]. Hutchins. j. NJ. Riggs and W. r.
In an address on the advisability of
eaving the membership list open for
ome time yet, which suggestion was
approved, r. Reidford expressed his |
-pprovaI of the club proposition. Ho- |
lolulu was in need of such place, |
where the merchants could meet and |
establish a clearing house of ideas. If /
he need for such place did not exist |
mong the business men, why, then, |
id so many of them take their lunch t
t a certain restaurant? 1t was not
'ecause of the meals served there, nor |
he way they We're served, nor the kind
f dishes they We're served on. 1t was
n spite of these ard because they
ranted to meet their fellow merchants
nd business associates.
W. A Mears, the. representative OF
he Portland Chamber of Commerce.
as at the meeting, being introduced
" the chair. In a short address he
ongra tulated the merchants on the in
option of commercial club, such as
ad been found factor for much good
V the merchants of Portland
Before calling for a motion of ad-
Chairman Smith gave no
ce that the Committee on Organiza-
on would meet tonight in the Promo
on Committee room, requesting each
lember TO be present.