The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-02

n the 18th, because these negotiation
18th the Acting Governor were no
ct completed; but on the 9th of June
aving previously cabled the secretary
re sent formal offer, as follows:
June 81. 1907.
Honorable George B. Cortelyou.
Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir: In confirmation of
our cablegrams of June 18th
and June %, 1907, as follows:
Can now deliver you MANU-
ka site as agreed with Bishop
street opened King to Mer-
chant. Government will accept
dedication extension Merchant
street. Ready deliver abstracts
district attorney. Business com
munity want this
Prepared to deliver Mahuka,
site according terms of your
letter April 2d-can now deliver
Observation-Disclosures"
We beg to say that we are
now prepared to deliver the Ma
huka property in accordance
with the original proposition,
having raised $4,000, the
amount necessary to purchase
the land opening Bishop street
from King to Merchant, as re-
quired in the acceptance of the
bid of this company for a Fed
eral building site.
We have the assurance of the
Acting Governor, in a letter un-
der date of June 15, 1907, from
the Superintendent of Public
Works, copy of which we en-
close, that the Territory will
Immediately accept dedication
of the street if Mahuka site is
accepted, and we are informed
that he cabled Governor Carter
at Washington ON June 18th of
this acceptance.
We shall be happy to be ad-
vised whether we shall deliver
abstracts for examination, or
what further steps we should
take in the matter.
Yours respectfully,
HENRY WATERHOUSE
TRUST CO., LTD,
ALBERT N. CAMPBELL,
Treasurer.
In answer to this, our Representative
washington was apprised 'that tn
reasury Department desired to max
location which really would satisf,
lie business and community interest
Honolulu and that, this might DOS
lbly be more strongly and fully pre-
ented through the endorsements o
esolutions of the organized bushes
lterests, such as the Board of Trad
Chamber of Commerce" And the,
ere also told that the intimation ha,
cen dropped in Washington that tn
leeting of the business men on tn
oof garden of the Young Hotel, where
Secretary Taylor was present, wa
OF really representative. The answe
this was very simp'e one-the over
-helming endorsement of the Chambe
Commerce and the Merchants AS
and we received the cabl
cceptance upon these resolutions be
lg forwarded. Among those presen
t the meeting referred to were:
c. NJ. Cooke, E. D. Tenney, Hon. s
}. Dole, F. W. Macfarlane, W. D. Alex
nder, w. w. Hall, A. F. Griffiths, F.
lodge, w. A. Hall, ]. H. Soper, w. L
Toward. ]. Kidwell, Albert Water
ouse, Alex. Young, General A. S. Hart
Tell, c. Achi, H. Giffard, Alex. Robert
on, ]. Emmeluth, T. S. Kay, S. NJ
,amon. A. Young, R. w. Shingle
udge Kingsbury, W. R. Castle, F. ]
.owrey, J. F. Colburn, P. C. Jones
'ostmaster J. G. Pratt, R. S. Hosme1
I. E. Cooper, Geo. D. Gear, A. F. Judd
Y. 0. Atwater, L. L. McCandless, F. E
IcStocker, Gov. G. r. Carter, A. Her
ert. C. II. Cooke, P. H. Burnette, E. =
:. Wolter, ]. A. McCandless, L. 7
eek, A. Hooking, C. Creighton, E. Ing
am, r. C. A Peterson, c. J. Hutchins
!. A. Thurston, C. S. Crane. w. 7
.ucas. w. A. Kinney, J. j. Egan. C. c
on Hamm, Land Commissioner ]. "
'ratt, ]. Garden. o. A. Steven, Co
am Parker, Prince David Kawanana
oa, DR.. C. B. Cooper, L. B. Kerr, ]
lucas, H P. Wood, w. B. Stockmar
!. A. Brown, E. I. Spalding, ]. A. Ma
oon, B. F. Dillingham;, VIM. Pfoten
auer
At that meeting, Governor Carter de
Jared that, after Mr.. Taylor had sc
,cted the site, "he could safely promis
hat all would abide by his decision.
IS Governor Carter has now show
nat he did not abide by Secretary Tay
,r's decision, when the Henry Water
ouse Trust Company, Limited, wer
to deliver it without cen
cost to the Territory, and as he ha
ow, over his own signature, admitte
hat he is the person who informed tn
that Secretary Taylor wa
mistaken as to the opinion of the bust
ess community and inferred that tn
altering at the Young Hotel was no
we offer the above lis
f names of those present and the Gov
rnor's statement quoted from the Ad
ertiser, against his conduct, and plac
his simple statement against tn
barge of bad faith made by him. an
save the community to judge the issue
wATERHOUSE TRUST co
LTD.
BY r. W. SHINGLE. It's President.
Honolulu, August 1, 1907.