The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-28

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pany with Mr.. Irwin, I went again to
Secretary Winthrop. We discussed the
matter al some length. The question
Vas raised as to whether there was
! anything IN the TAYLOR contract reouir-
/ ING the Federal building to be built
| on the Mahuka site The dnestion was
gone INTO very thoroughly and It was
/ Mr. Winthrop opinion that the Tav-
/ Tor contract was sound so far as the
/ purchase Of the site was concerned.
/ but that there was no covenant to build
the building there.
Il VIII say that the site offered by
/ Mr.. Irwin contains 1870 square feet
as against fl ,799 square feet in the Ma
huka site. Mr. Winthrop has been
here and seen the situation for himself
When | undertook to present reasons
why 7 thought the Palace Spnare site
was the best, he told me I needn t say
anything about that as he had been
here and knew the situation He dwelt
on the policy Of the department in loeat-
ing public buildings about the civic
eenters of cities. This had become a
settled policy, he said
No Light on Consideration.
Some one asked what other consider
alton was offered by Mr.. Irwin, if any
II the exchange
= do not care to answer that, re-
pied Mr.. Cooper 1T il comes al all
It should come from the Secretary"
L. Tenney Peek asked if when it was
SAID that building about civic eenters
was the policy of the department, See
rotary Winthrop meant that that was
Beekman Winthrop's policy or a policy
that mad been considered and decided
on BY Secretary Cortelyou. Mr.. Cooper
said he did not know anything about
that; he merely knew what Mr.. Win
throp said.
Government Asked No Money.
W R. Castle asked if it had been
brought 10 Secretary Winthrop's atten-
ton that citizens had contributed some +
thing Ike $3.50 in order TO comply
with the requirements of the United
states under the Taylor contract for a
Federal building site Mr. Cooper re-
piled that Secretary Winthrop had said
that that was a matter with which the
Department had no concern. It had
not solicited the money in any way. and .
II Il was contributed ii was TO meet the
requirements Of the Taylor contract for
the land
George Davies asked if the require
ment OF the approval of Congress to
this exchange would delay the building
OF the building. Mr. Cooper said that
Secretary Winthrop said it would not.
How the Site Was Accepted.
J. r. Gait asked if Taylor had really
accepted the site. In response to this
the offer OF the Henry Waterhouse Trust
Company 20 Taylor, and his acceptance
OF Il, together with Secretary Cortel-
you : approval Of it were read by W R.
Castle. In al these everything was
predicated On the use of the land as a
site for a Federal building. Taylor s
report 20 the Treasury Department was
also read, inswhich be gave the Mahuka
site as his first choice and the Bishop
site as his second choice. In this letter
he states that Governor Carter had as
sured him that while he had favored
another site, the Mahuka site would be
satisfactory to him and TO the com
mgnitv
The Roof Garden Meeting.
L T. Peck said that he thought if
some Of the circumstances of the Young
Root Garden meeting were recalled it
would throw light on the subject Mr..
Taylor. who had been an Assistant See
rotary OF the Treasury, and had selected
locations for over three hundred Fed 1
eral buildings, had been here for some
time before the Young Roof Garden
meeting was held, looking into the mat
ter OF q site He had called the meet
ing, asking al in anywise interested :
in the matter TO be present. At that
meeting Governor George R. Carter was :
II the first 10 speak. He then adv0cat '
Ed q site nearer the waterfront. He said 3
hat be had very strong opinions On the
subject. but he assured Mr. Taylor that ,
though there might be diversity of ;
opinion. when a vote had been taken
and a decision reached, all would ac-
Iuiesce in the Judgment of the majority
That. speaking Tor himself, he would,
md that Mr.. Taylor would find the en-
ire community solidlv behind whatever
:ite was adopted.
II want 20 impress on this meeting :
hat we are not here TO discuss the rela-
i've merits Of these sites. said Mr..
Peek. But i is because We. were in
rite3 by 2 representative of the Treas
nv Department TO meet and express our
Jews a. 70 a site. as means of deter
mining where the Federal building
hould be located. The site was select n
Il IN accordance with the views ex- !
.ressed al that meeting. The selection :
vas approved by the Secretary of the .
Treasury. Ny protest Is against this !;
method q going against the public sen !.
iment OF The community
Committee Suggested. v
f. D. Teunev said that the matter n
vas one Ct Importance. and that any I
esolutiou on the subject should be 5
arefuIIv considered. and. therefore, he z
moved that the whole matter be re {
erred 10 q committee of FIVE to be APP ?
oin-e5 ~ the char 70 report later. 5
The Bottomley Resolution.
\. ". T. Bottomley presented G
asoluti5n. the adoption Of which he q
loved IS an amendment 10 Mr.. Ten q
pv's motion. This resolution Is pre- o
=n-ed elsewhere IN this article.
Chairman Cooke said that the only
bieer:oR he had To the resolution was -"
bar II was practically the same a =
as 70 be presented at the Merchants = !,
ssociarfen meeting, and he felt that =
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