The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-23
REALTY BOARD
is PROPOSED

city. and want to buy property: but
lust as soon as they make an investi.
CATION. and find that they will have
absolutely no protection from an unde-
SRA BILE neighborhood. they change their
minds. 1t is like this: The man who
buys a summer or winter home wants
to feel sure that when he leaves to
return the following year, that he will
not find his house surrounded with dirty
shacks.
Not very long ago ! had the pleas
ure of showing some improved property
to a very prominent real estate man Of
Portland. Oregon, and when ! pointed
ont a beautiful home for sale on Nalu-
anu avenue, he observed the neighror
hood and said Il find no objection to
the property and Improvements. They
are beautiful and the price IS reason
able The climate is ideal, and | would
like to live here. but ] do not like the
neighborhood. | expect to live here
only a few months of every wear, and
during that time | do not care to have
nv children mingling with those of jap
labOrers or playing around a Chinese
laundry located in front of my lawn
and under the very shade of my palm
trees I could not reply to this argu-
ment with the fact staring me in the
face. so I simply diverted his attention
to unimproved property in the Ocean
View Tract at kaimuki. | mention this
as only one of many instances III order
to show YOU where the real estate bust
ness of Honolulu is drifting. Unless
we get together and resolve to put a
stop to these shacks and other unde-
sirable buildings obstructing the beauty
and comfort of our homes, We viii never
be able to bring Honolulu to the high
standard of an American city.
II am very optimistic about Homo
lulu 5 future, and sincerely believe that
with little energy and the proper eff
fort We can make her the place of
midpacific homes for the lovers of rest
and beauty. We have a climate suit
able for both winter and summer homes,
and our geographical position gives US
the whole world to draw from. While
our resources indicate a great deal for
the industrial and agricultural future
of the Islands, yet We do not necessa-
riIy have to depend upon these for an
American movement to Honolulu. We
do not need factories that will make our
city smoky and bring more laborers
among US, nor do we need anything like
a fashionable resort to attract people.
Our climate and scenery are all the
assets we need. The refined and
wealthy people of the world today are
seeking quiet, restful and healthful
places to live, rather than noisy cities
or exciting fashionable resorts. Our
wonderful climate and our charming
scenery, which have been highly recon-
mended by all the leading men of the
world are what the people want, and
It is up to us 20 introduce the property
upon the market and tell them about it.
There is nothing to prevent the bust
ness men of New Io;k. Chicago and
otl er large American cities from own
ing their summer and winter homes in
Honolulu, just as they now have them
on the coast OF Florida and in the diff
ferent parts of Europe. We can very
easily divert them to Honolulu if we
only try The increased transportation
facilities and the opening of the Pana-
ma Canal will revolutionize the Pacific
traffic and benefit Honolulu s residen-
tial property more than anything else.
Our promotion committee is doing good
| work in bringing tourists to the Islands,
and why not the real estate men get to-
gether and bring them here to live Z
You would be surprised to know what
can be accomplished with the proper
effort During the past twelve months
the kaimuki Land Company, with prac
tically no efforts to solicit outside bust
ness, has sold about $4,000 worth of
| Ocean View property to parties on the
mainland who intend building their win
/ ter homes here. There are thousands of
| people today who will come to Honolulu
| and build anything from a $4,000 home
| to a 100000 villa, if we can only show
| them that the climate and conditions
are favorable for their health. We will
| not he doing justice to ourselves or the
| people who live here unless we reach
| out for a better class of business and
offer our property to people of means,
who will make desirable citizens and
/ build beautiful homes instead of shacks.
| 1t is my opinion that if we can get Il
/ movement started on the mainland for
the building of homes in Hawaii there
viii be no end to the amount of bust
| ness that we can do. We have the ad-
/ vantage of other places in the fact that
we can offer property to the man who
| wants a summer home. as well as the
man who wants a winter home. and ali
| that we have to do is to get together
and resolve TO take advantage of the
| opportunities before US.
''fn conclusion, | suggest that we
Immediately organize a Honolulu realty
! board and better our real estate condi
ton. Let rs adopt uniform rules, meth
dds and charges, that viii place our
business upon the highest standard of
efficiency and honesty. and gain the
! confidence of the public Let us place
| our organization upon the same footing
with that of the Honolulu Stock Elk
change, so that no one will ATTEMPT to
buy or sell property except through a
member of our board. Let us have our
regular meetings to discuss and act
upon matters that viii help our pro-
fessjon and show to the people that II
IS our intention to protect values and
! build up an American city in the mid
pacific that win rival the world for
beautiful homes.
1.-The Kaimuki Land Company sug-
gests the organization of a realty board.
and promises its hearty suprort.'
Pioneer Dealer dominates.
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