Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-17
NA|lUKu REJO|GtS
IN NV TOWN HAIL
Republican ApOStaCy In
yeStigated By
Kalama


citizens of Wailuliu held a meeting
at the Waikiki court house last Tues
day evening to discuss the letter
from Superintendent of Public
Works Marston Campbell with re-
gard to moving the old court house
as a town hall to the grounds of the
Kaahumanu native church. Rev. J.
Nud was elected chairman of the
meeting and Chas. Wilcox was elect
ed secretary. Mr.. KeOla acted as in
terproter. The letter from Superin-
tendent Campbell granting the free
use of the building as a town hall,
retaining ownership of the building
TO the Territory, however. was reaG
and received the enthusiastic COM
mendation of the forty or more rep
resentative citizens present.
A little after 8 O'Clock, and while
l.. NJ. Baldwin was addressing the
meeting, an alarm of fire was made
from the central Office and all left the
building for Market street where the
fire was supposed to have originated.
The two engines of the Waikiki Fire
Department were soon under way and
reached All Leong's store next to the
Maui meat market, in the quickest
possible time, but, to their great cha
grin and dismay, there was no fire at
all in the building excepting the
burning lamps which lit up the store
building. 1t seems that Porto Ri
can, who had bigger load of intoXi-
Cants than he could be expected to
carry, was taking possession of Mar
ket street, and initiating the hilari-
Gus mood of the sailors from the Err
skinc NJ. Phelps the previous Sun
day. A native woman heard him ut
tering strange remarks in his own
language, which to her seemed very
much like the grOanings of man
struggling for liberty at the very
brink of eternal hell-iire. so she gave
the alarm to the hello-boys, ana the
latter brought the whole of Waiuku
to All Leong's store in Few minutes
About twenty of those who ran
down from the meeting went back tc
finish It, while the others returned
to their homes. On motion of Magis.
trato Mckay, Messrs. l.. NJ. baldwin
NJ. Kauhimahu and j. h. keanu were
appointed committee of three to sec
the Board of Supervisors to find out
II the County could bear the expense
of moving the building to its new
site on the opposite side OF the road
On motion of J. NJ. Niyas the meet.
ing adjourned until Thursday even
ing,
Last evening the citizens met
again at the old court house to heal
report of the COMMITTEES. They stat
ed that the Board of Supervisors hat
assured the committee that the,
would bear the expense of moving th,
town hall to It's new site, but tina
they would not maintain the build
ing afterward. The report was ac
cepted and the secretary instructed
to thank the Board for its liberal aiC
In the matter. Messrs. l.. NJ. Bald
win and J. n. K Keola were elected
members of the board of trustees %
the Town Hall, who are to act will
three or more trustees to be electef
by the trustees of the KaahumanI
Church, and the five to constitute tn,
trustees of the town hall. An effort
Will be made to obtain a lease of tn,
grounds from the Kaahumanl
Church trustees, which no doubt the
latter will agree to, for the bulldinl
will not only be used FOR concerts
and lectures, but the church people
can have their Sunday school eXhibi
tions and church concerts In II, Al
though Superintendent of Publ,
Works MarstOn Campbell, on behal
of the Government, has granted tn,
free use of the building for the pur
poses asked for, yet the trustees will
endeavor to obtain lease OF tn,
building from the Territory so as {,
insure those who will aid the public
enterprise of the safety or their phil
anthropic investments for the moral
social, and intellectual betterment o
the County.
Movements of this nature ar
bound to meet with opposition o
some members of the community, 70
happy is the community which is fire.
from such, but II Is the duty of tn
progressive element to overcome sue
obstacles, and the tardy ones vii
some day join in to help the goo
cause forward.