The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-01-11

Whlcn important Duslness was Trans
acted. The action of the Chamber a
the last meeting relative to the sup
whereat Mr.. Gait waxed exceeding
glad, for he was the member who work
ed for the passage of motion to thai
effect on previous occasion. Among
other things was the endorsement OF
the Hilo breakwater scheme by com
mercial bodies in different parts of
the United States, communications to
that effect having been received by Mr..
Wood.
the previous meeting and the same
were adopted and placed on file. Fol
lowing this he read the minutes of
the joint meeting of this organization
and the Merchants Association held
in December. These were filed.
Mr.. Bowen from the committee on
membership reported applications from
Messrs. Ii. z. Baldwin and Richard
Ivers, both of whom were unanimously
elected by ballot.
There were several communications,
among them one from Geo. b. Nc
Clellan acknowledging receipt of his
salary and another from II. c. Phillips
bearing upon The Hague Conference.
w. R. Castle, who was present upon in
vitation, told of his visit to Mohonk
last year. He said there were two
meetings at Mohonk each year the one
in the Spring being set for the dis
cussion of the benefits derived from
the sessions of The Hague Tribunal.
Two hundred decisions had been hand
ed down by the Tribunal not one of
which had been questioned by Gov
eminent interested. The speaker told
of the classes attending the confer
ences saying they ranged from an as
sociate justice of the United States
Supreme Court to the representatives
of the large business houses all over
the mainland.
The remarks were interesting and
acting upon motion, vote of thanks
was accorded Mr.. Castle.
The Secretary of the New York
Board of Trade wrote a request for
representation at the convention to be
held in Washington for the Extension
of Foreign Commerce. This meeting
will be held on the 14th inst, and will
be attended by Mr.. Hatch, represent
ing the Honolulu Chamber of Com
merce.
Mr.. Mcclellan wrote concerning the
light at Makapuu Point. This is a
matter that had been placed in the
hands of Mr.. Wood and he was call
ed upon to report. He said he had
seen Captain Slattesy and his sue
cessor, Captain Orwell, also Captain
Carter. They promised to aid the mat
ter to the extent of their power. Mr..
Mcclellan asked for certain informa-
ton and as it had been supplied by
Secretary Wood it was not thought adj
visable to 90 further into the matter.
The Hilo Chamber of Commerce
wrote concerning the assistance it was
expected the Honolulu body would give
the sister city in the plan to secure
an appropriation for breakwater.
After this was read, Mr.. Wood pro-
oeeded to read communications from
the following organizations, each of
which contained promises to aid the
matter to the extent of their intu-
ence:
The California Promotion Commit
tee, Portland Chamber of Commerce,
City Council of San Francisco, Com
mercial Club of San francisco, Cham
Der of Commerce of Colorado Springs,
Colorado; Promotion Committee OF
Wichita, Kansas; Commercial Club OF
Topeka, Kansas; The Merchants Ex'
change of San Francisco, The Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Exchange
of Los Angeles, The Pacific Coast Lum'
Der Manufacturers Association and the
Grocers' Association of Southern Cali
fornia. Some of these contained copies
of strong resolutions favoring the prof.
ect, copies Of them having been sent
to members of Congress by the organi-
cations adopting them
Mr.. Morgan moved, seconded by Mr..
Garvie, that vote of thanks to Cap
tain Slattery be passed and forwarded
TO him. This was in app eciation of
the work he had done and valuable
information he had furnished the
Chamber during his detail in this Ter,
ritory. This carried.
The following quarterly report of
Secretary Wood was then read and
placed on file.
SECRETARY WOODS REPORT.
Honolulu, January Sth. 1907.
Mr.. w. NJ. Giffard, President, Homo
lulu Chamber of Commerce, City
Dear Sir: Since presenting my last
quarterly report, as secretary of the
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