The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-22

i parently anxious to enter into ever
| closer business relations and are &C
lively planning an excursion for tn
coming winter TO be given under tn
auspices of their Chamber of Com
! merce, one Of the strongest and mos
| thoroughly representative institution
! of it's kind in the United states, hopins
in this way to get to know our people
| better and to more thoroughly fam
| iliarize themselves with conditions il
Hawaii
I In this connection, attention should
| be called to the trip of the S. S. Ohio
| (under the auspices of the Los An.
/ geles Chamber of Commerce), which
arrived at the port of Honolulu or
March 14th, with $50 excursionists from
Southern California on board, a really
notable event in the development OF
travel on the Pacific. While this was
more of a pleasure trip, yet it also
had it's commercial side and will tend
to bring about closer and more friend
Iy relations between Los Angeles and
Honolulu.
The damage to the splendid steam
ship Manchuria in August last brought
before US most forcibly the absolute
proper protection of shipping in the
Hawaiian trade Immediately follow
ing this disaster a special meeting of
the Board of Trustees was called and
a strong resolution passed, urging the
immediate construction of lighthouse
at Makapuu Point, Oahu, for which
the needed appropriation was avail
able. A special communication re-
garding this matter was forwarded to
Washington to which an immediate
and favorable respone was received
from the Lighthouse Board and it will
be matter of only short time now
when the much needed light will be
sending it's welcome CLEAN across the
waters.
The Chamber. also brought to the at
tention of the Department at Wash
ington the necessity for lighthouses on
Molokai and Kauai. The Molokai light
has been provided for by the Congress
just adjourned: meanwhile, the neces-
sity for a strong light on the north
side of Kauai is having the attention
of the Lighthouse Board and will I'M
doubtedly be arranged for at an early
date.
The needs of the harbor of Honolulu
have also had the careful attention
of the Chamber and our recommended
tions to Congress have, in the main,
been favorabiy acted upon. The ap-
now available for Harbor
improvements, when fully expended,
will, with the work the Territory is
doing in wharf construction, give to
Honolulu all the facilities needed for
the handling of an immense commerce.
Your Chamber has also taken an ac-
tive part in urging the proper fortifi-
cation of the Islands, a defence ade-
quate to their Importance commercial
ly and strategically, and it is with
much satisfaction that 1 am able to
report that the work desired is going
ahead as rapidly as the proper COM
of such a great undertake
ing will permit. That the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce does not confine
its efforts simply to the betterment of
conditions in Honolulu, is amply evil
denced by the active and effective work
in connection with the Hilo Break
water.
The reports of the Hawaii Promotion
Committee, which are made to the
Chamber each quarter, indicate a
series of accomplishments during the
past few months which amply repays
the community for the financial as
sistance rendered.
Probably the most successful under
taking OF the Chamber this year was
the inception and bringing about OF
the visit of the representative Con-
gressionai delegation, who are at this
date (May %, 1900, still touring the
Islands studying our needs and fam
iliarizing themselves with conditions
generally. The message of your pres
Ident to our Delegate in Congress,
J. K. Kalanianaole, sug-
costing that he send cablegrams urging
leading members of our Territorial
Legislature to advocate an appropria-
ton, sufficient to meet the expenses
incident to such a trip was acted upon
without delay, the results as you well
know being immediate and favorable.
We have reason to hope for much good
from this visit. Hawaii and its needs
will be better understood in the future
0y many of the leading representatives |
n Congress, and we may confidently
oOk for favorable action upon all APP
asked for by the Army, !
Navy and other departments, which |
ire, in anyway, necessary. This means |
, large and continued expenditure of |
money extended over a period of sew |
,ral gears, the benefits from which |
Will reach all classes.
Among other matters seriously con- |
,idered by your Board of Trustees was |
he suggestion of Honorable f. NJ. !
Hatch that early provision be made |
or the creation of a free zone and the |
establishment of Bonded Warehouses |
1t Honolulu. While the time was not |
leemed fully ripe for action, the mat
er has not been lost sight of, for it is |
needless to assure you that the Com |
nercial prestige of Hawaii Is always |
oremost in our plans.
While all of the committees of the |
Chamber have given much of their |
line to the consideration of such mat
ers as have been referred to them at |
he different meetings, our committee |
m legislation has been particularly ac-
i've, especially during the last session
# the Legislature. Each of the one
hundred and sixteen (116), Senate
Bills and two hundred and forty-four /
PAD, House Bills were carefully scru-
inized and such action taken as was
deemed advisable in order to properly
safeguard the interests of the commu-
lity.