The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-18
MORE MONEY
APPROPRIATED
Fleet Committees Need $4,000
More Than Original
Estimate.

]. p. Cooke presided at the meeting
of the executive committee Of the fleet
entertainment and reception commit
tee held yesterday afternoon in the
rooms of the Hawaii Promotion Com
fmittee
The ways and means committee was
authorized to, if possible. collect $780,
900 instead of $4,000. the amount OF
the original estimate. The plans al
ready made call for more than an
expenditure of the latter amount
McStocker for the committee at
large reported that he had appointed
Frank Atherton committee of one
to arrange for the reading and writing
room at Central Union church.
G. p. Wilder was appointed a COM
mittee of one to arrange for the com
mittee badges.
The press committee was given s17s
for necessary expenses.
The matter of supplying 10000 free
Aloha postal cards TO the men Of the
fleet was referred to the committee at
large.
The chairmen of the subcommittee
are requested to be present at today's
meeting, also the promoters of private.
entertainment enterprises, so that the
official program may be decided upon
A HAWAIIAN MIDWAY.
Builders and carpenters are at work
on structure that is attracting a.
crowd on the waterfront and people
are wondering what is to occur beyond
the walls that are going up between
Alakea and Richards streets, between
the waterfront and the center Of the
city. IT is nothing more nor less than
a Hawaiian Midway, an esplanade that
is to run between the streets above
named. an arcade, or something great
err than an arcade, where the sailors
of the big feet next month will find
entertainment of novel nature In
the form of wrestling, music, old-time
The Hawaiian Midway, as the at
traction will be known. is PROPOSE
ton upon which mechanics and crafts
men have been al work for nearly n
week and in a few days they viii tura
out a finished product that will sur
prise the whole town as well as the
waterfront. There will be entrances
on both Alakea and Richards streetA
and the location is such that the meh
from the sixteen battleships, to be in
port next month. will End it most con-
venient to visit. More than this. the
work is being so rushed that the Md
way will be ready for an exhibition on
Saturday next, for the benefit OF the
men of the battleships Maine and Ala
bama.
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and the little shower that came up.
there was not large crowd at the
public reception to the visiting Secre-
tarv at the Alexander Young Hotel
roof-garden last night. Among those
who were present were the represen-
tative men and women Of the city.
however. with the exception Of the rep
resentativ- Hawaiians. The membe Is
af the diplomatic corps. Federal ar IA
Territorial officials and their wives
many Of the leading business men and
representa- tives Of the learned profess
sions formed a large proportion OF
those who took advantage Of the op-
portunity Of meeting the personal rep
resentativs Of the President.
In the receiving line. which was
formed Immediately after the Secre-
tary and his party arrived from the
banquet at the University Club, were
Governor F'rear. Secretary Garfield,
Mrs. Mott-Smith and Secretary Mott
Smith. the presentations being made
by a. L. G. Atkinson and G. II. Nc
Bride.
The Hawaiian band was stationed
under the roof-garden pavilion during
the reception. the reception proper be
ing held in the mauka pavilion.
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