The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-21
ASK A WARSH|P
TO Be SENT
HERE

A warship to be stationed at the
port of Honolulu, at least eight bat
tleships and a number of cruisers to
be stationed permanently in the Pa
cific and fifteen thousand dollars in
coin to be spent in cleaning up the
port of Honolulu as a preventative
measure. These are the things thai
the trustees of the Chamber of Com
nerce determined Il ask for at theiI
special meeting yesterday morning.
The resolution asking for the sta
tioning of a man-of-war at Honolulu
and the request that some Federal
money be spent here, on the repre-
sentation that it is better to prevent
than to cure, are matters belonging to
the Honolulu chamber alone. The
resolution asking that the main por-
ton of the big fleet De kept in these
waters is q backing up of a similar
request made by the commercial or
ganizations on the Coast.
The resolution asking that an
amount of money be allowed for the
prevention of any epidemic here was
prepared after consultation with Dr.
Cofer. president of the Board OF
Health. who. will endorse the applica-
tion for funds. 1t was presented by
Jas. F. Morgan and carried after some
little discussion, none hostile. The
resolution was:
whereas. The port of Honolulu, at
the crossroads of the Pacific. is di-
rectlv in the path of a large ocean
traraF IN
clearinghouse for transpacific travel,
steamers TO and from Oriental, Aus
traIian, Canadian and mainland ports
of the United States touching at Ho-
nolulu with increasing frequency; and
Whereas. The inter-island business
of the Territory centers at Honolulu,
the capital; and
Whereas, Though apparently en-
tirely free from plague and other con-
tagious diseases. il is desirable that
every means should be used to place
the city in the best possible sanitary
condition and keep it so both on ac-
count of local interests and those OF
the Pacific Coast; now, therefore, be II
Resolved. That Honorable Walter
r Frear. Governor of the Territory
ingtou. be requested to call upon
Surgeon General Wyman, Chief of the
L s Quarantine Service, and request
him to authorize the immediate ex-
penditure of the sum of fifteen thou
sand dollars in effecting a thorough
cleaning up of the port Of Honolulu;
and be it further
Resolved That Governor Frear be
and is hereby authorized to promise
in the name of the Chamber of Com
rnerce a contribution from the busi-
ness interests of Honolulu of fve
thousand dollars to be used for the
same purpose, the expenditure of the
entire amount to be under the control
of the L. S. Quarantine Service"
ARMY AND NAVY COMMITTEE. |
In a formal letter President Morgan
asked the approval of the trustees to
the formation of a new committee TO
deal with matters affecting the expen-
ditures on Oahu for Army and Navy |
purposes.
For some time past I have been
considering NE appointment Of a Spe-
ia, Committee from the members OF
tuis Association to be known as the |
Army and Navy Committee, and ask
your approval of this course" said Mr..
Morgan.
Il believe that, where there will be |
numerous expenditures for work IN
beth the Army and Navy lines, we
should have a Special Committee to
keep in touch with the matters.
I know that persons at the head of
these different branches here would |
greatly appreciate the fact that the |
Chamber of Commerce thinks enough /
of them and their work to have
Committee keeping in touch |
with them. 80
.There are also other matters that /
require active work and this can be |
better done by a regular committee ,
than by a special one.
.One of the matters that come to my |
mind now is the fact that all groc-
cries and supplies for the Army are |
imported from San Francisco, when |
these orders could be placed with the /
merchants of Honolulu.
Another matter that affects our
trade here is the fact that all trans
ports. after leaving Manila, pay their
troops previous to reaching Nagasah
and this money is spent there, when I
think work done by a committee, such |
as l have named, can induce the au-
thorities to have the payments to |
troops so made that the money will be !,
spent here.
I'VE will continue to have larger and
larger appropriations for Notifications
under the charge of the Army and
also for Pearl Harbor under the charge
of the Navy, and this committee could
always be in thorough touch with
these departments, and would, 1 feel
assured. be able to render assistance
that would be appreciated by those in
charge of the works, and which would
also prove of great value to the COM
munity.
There are a great many other mat
ters, which. 1 think, can be studied up,
and 1 respectfully ask that 1 be al
lowed to appoint this committee"
The desired permission being voted,
Mr.. Morgan named George R. Carter,
Richard Ivers and G. P. Denison as the
members of the new committee.
The resolutions authorizing the
president to second the attempts Of
the Coast commercial bodies to have a
portion of the Atlantic feet left on the
Pacific and also authorizing him to
present the claims of this port as
proper place for the stationing of one
of the vessels of the navy were passed