The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-07
PETR|E REPORTS
ON 1903 PARADE
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for this years parade was the selec-
ton of necessary chairmen to head the
various subcommittee to assist me,
with the following result
r. H. Trent, treasurer; H. P. Wood,
secretary; J. A. McCandless, chair
man, finance committee; J. NJ Dow
sett, chairman, automobile committee:
Colonel j. w. Jones, chairman, army
and navy committee; F. H. Arm
strong, chairman, carriage committee;
T. Sharp, chairman, prize and decora-
ton committee: G.. F. Bush, chair
man on floats and fire department; f
c. Atherton, chairman, division of
schools; W. H McInerny, chairman,
division of interisland princesses; H.
c. Dillingham;, chairman, social clubs:
NJ. F. Peter, chairman, bicycle COM
mittee; c. F. Chillingworth, chairman,
division of pau riders; j. A Hughes,
chairman, committee on reviewing
grounds; J.. L. Fleming, chairman,
committee on police; L. Petrie, mar
shall.
Subsequently, assistant committee
men were selected and added to the
various committees, to all of whom
due appreciation and thanks must be
extended for the able and painstaking
work performed by all in the interests
of making the parade a success In
the planning and carrying out of a
celebration of this nature there is re-
quired considerable work and pa
tience necessitating the cooperation
and helping spirit of various and as
connection I was fortunate to have
secured able and conscientious assist
ants.
The parade this year was based on
the usual sections or divisions enter
ed in previous years, with the excep-
ton that we We're favored with an
escort of four squadrons Of troopers
of the Fifth Cavalry, stationed at Lei
lehua. Another innovation introduced
was the selection of all the judges,
with the exception of those on pau
riders, from among the visiting tour
lists, which plan, I am convinced,
proved exceedingly satisfactory. The
parade was formed in the usual man
ner on the grounds of the executive
building, the final reviewing taking
parade this year and the floral fea-
lures connected with it, as a whole,
proved a success, your committee was
continually confronted with the
| anxiety of limited number of dec
Grated automobiles being entered for
| the automobile section, owing to ap-
parent lack of interest or enthusiasm
on the part of automobile owners in
Honolulu. Out of the large number Of
automobiles locally owned, there were
only in the neighborhood of thirty en-
tered of all classes of machines. In
view of this fact, efforts had to be
| made in other directions to develop
other attractive features of the parade
| in addition to the automobile section,
at the expense of the funds placed at
the disposal of the committee.
In addition to judges stand, review
| ing seats were also provided for the
members of the Territorial Legisla-
ture, at the time in session, as well
as other prominent officials of the
| Territory and city
| I enclose herewith statement show
| ing expenditures for this years pa
rade, together with accompanying
| vouchers.
| In closing, might I add one or two
| suggestions for next year, should it
| be decided to repeat this celebration
| in 1910? The chairman or director of
! the general committee should be Sc
| lected as early as possible, thereby al
| lowing sufficient and necessary time
| for proper organization. Furthermore,
| it might be advisable before proceed
/ ing very far with plans for the pa
rade, that sufficient encouragement as
| far as possible be secured or offered
| by individual owners of automobiles.
| that they will undertake to enter dec
| Grated machines, in order that there
may be reasonable assurance of the
success of the parade, this section, of
| course, being the main feature of the
parade.
I might further add that the thanks
of the community should also be ex-
| tended to the judges who so kindly
offered to serve, as well as to Mrs.