The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-09
YACHT HAWAII IS TURNED
OVER TO THE YACHT CLUB
Yachtsmen Raise Money to Take Up Note and
Release Debt, Allowing Hawaii
to Sail Today.

The yacht Hawaii II. is now the
After many trials and tribulations,
on the part of the live ones who went
to work to have the yacht turned over
to the club, the desired contamination
has been reached, the note of $4,000 has
been taken up by the yacht club, and
Il majority of the donors to the yacht
Hawaii fund have signified their will
lingness to have the yacht club take
over the yacht, so that all conditions
have been complied with and the good
schooner is now under the direct man
agement of the port captain of the
yacht club, until sucA time as a COM
mittee is appointed to take charge of
her.
Only those on the inside have any
idea of what work had to be done TO
have the yacht cleared of its debt and
finally turned over to the yacht CLUB
so that she could sail in the excursion
today.
Alfred D. Cooper. holding the power
er, and w. H. McInerny stood ready
to prevent the yacht from taking part
in the excursion. The committee in
charge of the affair saw a terrible
fiasco in front of them. They had vi
sions of the Hawaii lying alongside the
wharf all ready to take aboard her
distinguished passengers. when the
terrible arm of the law would arrive
and plaster the yacht from stem to
stern.
This might have happened if it had
not been for the extraordinary work
done by members of the yacht CLUB
Yesterday morning they jumped out
of bed, after a s'-epless night on the
part of al least one of them, chased
downtown and got very busy. They
went to their friends and asked for
money, and that same green stuff was
not long in coming through. Before
- o'clock they had $1,000 in cash and
a bevy of note-signers following them
to the bank.
When the news circulated round
town that there would be a movement
to prevent the Hawaii from taking
part in the excursion, there was great
indignation. All those who were ask
ed for ready money signed checks as
soon as the circumstances We're made
plain to them.
There was a note in the bank for
$4,000 endorsed by w H McInerny.
H. E. Cooner and c. T. Wilder. AS
attorney for the first two signers Al
fred Coorer refused to give his con-
sent to having the yacht moved until
the note was taken up. The note had
to he taken no. and it was taken up.
With more than $1,000 in cash. the
yachtsmen went to the Bank of Ha-
wall and took up the note by paying
$1,000 sin cash and giving a note for
$4,000 endorsed by c. T. Wilder. o. l.
Sorenson. A. w Nicely, H. L. Kerr and
L. L. McCandless.
That was quite sufficient for the
bank. and they gave up the note. This
was the final move necessary to re
lieve the Hawaii of all encum brance
and she now belongs to the Hawai-
Yacht Club, Limited.
AS soon as the note had been taker
up by the Hawaii Yacht Club, a party
Of yachtsmen started joyfully fol
Fearl Harbor to bring her round Il
Honolulu and have her alongside the
Fort street wharf in good time fol
the start this morning.
How It All Happened.
Here is the history of the whole bus.
mess. Last November c. T. WILDE
had a conference with some yachts
men and an Advertiser representative
and talked over the possibility of hav
ing the Hawaii turned over to the
yacht club. 1t seemed like a good
idea, and so Mr.. Wilder went ahead
on those lines
The transpacific yacht race commit
tee was written to and asked if they
would consider a proposition to turf
over the yacht Hawaii to the Hawai-
Yacht Club, in which the donors t.
the yacht fund were given quid Or,
quo for their certificates in member
ship of the club. Also that the yach
club should take up the outstandin,
note of $4,000 which served as coIlat
eral for loan of that amount bv tn
Bank of Hawaii.
The committee replied that it woul
be glad to undertake such a PROPOSE
ton and that as soon as a majorit
of the donors to the fund had signi
fed their Willingness to take member
ship in lieu of certificates of donation
or to turn over their certificates I
the yacht club, and the latter ha
taken up the note a the bank, III
yacht Hawaii would be delivered.
Then the yachtsmen got busy The,
sent out circular letters to all the do
norS, interviewed many of them AM
soon had a large majority in thei
favor. Then came the question o
raising the money TO pay off the note
ibis was done by taking round
substitution list and getting loca
Sportsmen 10 sign UP for a subscrip
ton Of $780, payable in monthly in
stalments of so. Most of the signer
stated that they would be glad to Civ
'nelr money az any time in a luml
sum.
Excursion Is Arranged.
ihen came the meeting of the yach
o'uo regatta committee. at which i
was decided to have the big openins