The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-22
WHAT HAS BEEN
DURING THE YEAR
Wide Scope of Accomplishment
of the Chamber of
Commerce.


Chamber of Commerce was held yes
| terday afternoon in the assembly room
of the organization. The reports Of
| President W. NJ. Giffard covering nint
months of the year and of Vice Pres
| ident James F. Morgan, covering the
remaining three months, together with
| the reports of the secretary and treas
urer, were considered of such public
interest, as giving an idea of the scope
of the work of the Chamber. and the
attention given to it, that on motion
of c. NJ. Cooke it was decided to pub
lfsh them.
J. P. Cooke reported in regard TO the
recommendation made by DR.. Golfer in
his address two months ago, that a
physician should be employed on all
steamers coming here direct from Sa-
lima Cruz, in order more perfectly to
guard against yellow fever through
the medium of mosquitoes, that the
Sugar Factors Company had taken up
ian Steamship Company. The recon-
mendation made by the Sugar Factors
Company was that the direct service
from Salina Cruz here should be aban-
doned next year, leaving only the
three-cornered service by way of san
Francisco and Sound ports. This would
very greatly lessen any danger of the
Introduction of yellow fever, reducing
it almost to minimum. 1t was stat
ed that the Sugar Factors Company
would urge this on the steamship COM
pany very earnestly.
The election of officers and trustees
resulted in the choice of the follow
ing who had been nominated by the
nominating committee of which r. NJ
Dowsett and F. j. Lowrey were mem
bers:
]. F. Morgan, president; ]. P. Cooke.
vice president; H. P. Wood, secretary
and treasurer; trustees, E. D. Tenney,
w. Pfotenhauer, j. A Kennedy, T. c.
Davies, Alex. CARVE. B. F. Dillingham;,
E. I. Spalding, G. H. Robertson and A.
N. Campbell.
j. P. Cooke sought to decline in favor
of E. E. Paxton, and T. Give Davies
in favor of F. NJ. Swanzy or E. H.
Wodehouse, but ]. NJ. Dowsett urged
that the committee had gone very
carefully into the matter, and had
selected members who were here, in
place of those who were now away or
would be away during the year. and
that in this way it had added new
blood to the board and he believed
had added efficiency. The unanimous
sentiment of the meeting was with
the nominating committee and the Of
fcers and trustees nominated by it
We're unanimously elected.
E. D. Tenney offered an amendment
to the bylaws increasing the number
of trustees from twelve TO fifteen. This
was adopted but will have to be adop-
ted at a succeeding meeting before it
is in effect.
The secretary reported that during
the year there had been added six new
members. One, w. H. Hogs, had re-
signed. The total number of members
at present is seventy-three.
The treasurer reported that the re-
ceipts of the year had been: Balance
on hand, $S7S.22; National Guard of
Hawaii Committee, $500; Shippers
Wharf Committee, $500: membership
dues, 1920; total. SO, 34S22.
The disbursements have been: Ha-
wall Promotion Committee, $4,000; H. P. |
Wood, salary, $500; G. B. Mcclellan,
salary and allowance for travelling ex-
penses, $1,000; rent, $500; expense, Of |
fee and sundries, $15263; telephone |
s4S: stationery and printing, $63; cable |
grams, $172.16; Los Angeles Chamber !
Of Commerce Excursion, $S5; banquet
TO Congressman, $334.54; legislative |
service, Buckland, $112.50: |
National Guard of Hawaii, $1,000; total |
s9067.S9, leaving a balance of $1,2S0.39. |
The report of President w. NJ. Gift |
fard was as follows:
Honolulu, T. H., May %, 1907.
To the Members of the Honolulu Cham |
Der of Commerce.
Gentlemen: Inasmuch as I am COM |
PEELED to leave the Islands for a time |
and may not be able to return before |
the annual meeting. I have thought it |
we'll to briefly allude to the work of |
tho Cha Of COrproarpa 5uYino tho |