The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-12-21
Offer of Exchange Made by the
Y. M. C. A. Rejected at
Conference.
A CASH SALE is SUGGESTED
Matter Will Be Discussed Further
at Meeting on Wednesday
Afternoon.
(From sunday,s Adyertiser.l }

There will be no exchange of real
estate between the Y. NJ. G. A. and
the Honolulu Library and Reading
Room Association. AT q meeting of
the board of trustees of the library as
ISOLATION, held Friday night, it was
definitely decided to reject the pro.
posal of the Y. M. G. A to trade its
property on the EVA. makai corner of
Hotel and Alakea streets for the
library site on the Ewa-mauka corner.
The matter was threshed out in all
it's phases, and it was not until after
ten o'clock at night that the library
trustees finally reached a decision. The
directors of the Y. NJ. G. A. were noti-
fed informally yesterday of the deci-
sion of the library trustees, and let
ter has been sent advising them of the
reasons of the library association for
turning down the proposition, but Cen
eral Secretary Paul Super stated last
night that the communication had not
yet come to hand. Doctor Alexander
stated last night, on behalf of the
library association, that proposal
from the Y. NJ. C. A. to purchase the
library site will be welcomed, but that
the association will not consider trad
ing its building and property for that
of the Y. NJ. G. A.
One of the provisos of the Y. M. G.
A. was that the library association
should turn over its property immedi-
ately, but that the Y. NJ. G. A. should
be allowed to Occupy its old quarters
until the coming autumn. This would
have necessitated two moves on the
part of the library association, the first
into temporary quarters and the second
into the old Y. NJ C. A. building.
The property of the library associa.
ton is assessed at $4,000, while that
of the Y. M. c. A. is down on the as
sessment rolls at $37, 900. The proposal
of the Y. NJ. C. A. was that a trade
should be made on even terms. The
library association would have been
forced to make not only the two moves
but to pay out considerable sum OF
money in addition as rental for tempo
rary quarters, could such have beer
found.
awe decided Friday night that We
could not consider the exchange prop
osition,' said Doctor Alexander las
night. "To begin with, the Y. M. G
A. could not give us possession of III
present home until late in the fall. Or
the other hand, we were asked to va
cate at once. That would have mean
two moves for us. Then, again, tn,
expenditure of large sum of none.
would have been required in order t,
make the old Y. NJ. G. A. building suit
able TO our needs. On the whole, tn
proposition was not one which we coul,
accept
Cash Sale Possible.
owe are ready to discuss a sale o
the property to the Y. M. G. A., how
ever, and the directors of that asso
citation have been notified of the fact
No price was placed on our propert,
at fridays meeting"
General Secretary Paul Super of tn
Y. NJ. C. A. stated last night that hi
association has not given up hope o
securing the library property, by an,
means, and that a joint meeting of tn
directors and trustees of the Y. NJ.
A. will be held on Wednesday after
had been informed of the willingness
of the library association to sell it
property, and seemed to think tina
some arrangement may yet be made t
secure the desired site.
The land on which the main struc
ture of the new Y. M. G. A. buildin,
will stand is Immediately Eva of tn
library on Hotel street. The corne
lot, now occrpied by the library. i
urgently needed by the association il
oughly up-to-date plant, and it wa
hoped that the property might be sc
cured in exchange for the present HON
of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Expensive Moves.
The present Y. NJ. C. A. site, accord
ing 10 the assessment books is rate
as worth $1,000 more than the librar
land and building, and the general i'm
preston among those conyersant wit
realty values in the neighborhood
that the figures are about correct. Blu
the library trustees believe that tn
$1,000 gained by the trade would b
speedily swallowed up in moving an
repairs, and that the deal, ms propose
by the Y. N. c. A., would not PROV
profitable 10 the library.
With the completion Of the promise
Carnegie library building and the g,
tablishmrnt of the Library of HAwai
the need NJ tho Honolulu Library an
Reading lioom Association Tor n
hmIy building will cease Under a.
terns ~ the agreement, the books vii
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