The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-09
HONOLULU'S
ENGINEERS

For the purpose of electing o1hcerS
IN serve one year, the Hawaiian En-
cheering Association, on next Thurs
dav evening. the 18th inst. will hoio
tic ANIMAL meeting, at the association
rooms. second floor, Kapioianl pullu-
ing.
The Hawaiian Engineering Assocla-
ton is the result of an orgailIZh'ioii
started by the employees of the ha"di-
ian Electric Co, in 1902. On fepi uai
of that wear, few employees OF the
Electric Company met for the pulpoHo
of discussing various electrical
iects. Much interest being takeh'
constitution and bylaws were aooPteu,
and final organization was cofnple'eo
April 5, 1902, the association peins given
the name of Honolulu Engineering
Association" Headquarters and II
brary were established in the Eiite
building. The association mas
various places for meeting purposes
,ome1v castle &. Cookies Hall, HALE
lea lawn and the Kapiolani building
where it now has a nice hall and IL
hrary of it's own. The membership Oh
tho association has grown in num-
hers from few to about 1S5. During
tSe last six months many members
from the islands of Kauai, Maui ana
Hawaii have been admitted. A clrcu-
Iating library for the benefit of these
members has been inaugurated. Inc
association has also adopted ne"
constitution and bylaws, changing It's
name from the Honolulu engineering
Association to the Hawaiian Engineer
ing Association. 1t is hoped py the
adoption of this new constitution anu
hy-laws to broaden the scope OF the
organization and accomplish more III
the future than has been in the past.
For the benefit Of it's members, every
paper read at the meetings Is printed
in pamphlet form and mailed to tneih.
The objects of the association are as
follows:
First-To promote research Of mn
portant engineering subjects. Secohu
TO promote discussion of same
| Third-To try by doing SO TO prove
beneficial to the members from an edu-
cational standpoint. Fourth-To try TO
keep in touch and up to date with all
inventions and improvements appll-
cable to the engineering departments OF
local commercial enterprises. Fifth
To maintain a library, whereby the
members of the association can ENJOY
such benefit as there is to be OBTAINED
from the principal engineering maya
zines Sixth-To maintain clrculat-
ing library OF the principal engineer
ing magazines for the benefit of mem
bers living on the other, Islands, VINO
have no access to the library rooms IN
Honolulu Seventh-To provide means
for anyone who has new idea or IDEAS,
for lettering conditions, by which same
81, off ff-r, of
largest number. and the subject thor
oughly threshed out, the association be-
lieving that in doing SO discussion
hurts no one and greatly assists in
keeping the members of the engineer
ing profession up to the point of con-
tinually trying to improve and do
better.
Later on, the association intends pro-
viding means by which apprentices
may be allowed to attend the meet
ings, listen to the papers and discus
sions, and use the library. Under the
new constitution and bylaws the asso-
citation will, at it's meeting next
Thursday evening, and each year
thereafter, elect officers to serve annu-
ally, instead of semi-annually, as has
been done in the past. The new con-
stitution and bylaws also provide for
three additional directors, one each on
Kauai, Maui and Hawaii, and arranges
for the work of the association to be
distributed among several committees.
On September % the association will
hold it's annual banquet, at the Seaside
Hotel. Invitations, in the form of the
question Have you had your annual
bath?", have been sent to all the mem
bers, and, judging from the replies
which have been received, signifying
intentions to attend, the occasion will.
no doubt, be huge success.
The present officers of the association
are as follows.
Chairman, Edward G.. Brown; vice
chairman, Clinton G. Ballentyne; sec
rotary, E. G. Keen; treasurer. Thos. II.
Petrie.
The above-named officers, with those
following, constitute the board Of di-
rectors: Walter E. Wall, VIM. G.
Weinrich, Chas. A. Musgrave.
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