The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-23
REALTY BOARD
IS PROPOSED
With 1t a 100000 Club to Help
Boost for a Beautiful
Honolulu Boom.

preliminary steps toward the organ
lzat1on of Honolulu realty board were
taken last night at the conclusion of a
dinner given by the Kaimuki Land
Company at the Commercial Club If
honor OF number Of the leading real
estate men of the city, the project be-
ing advanced IN a mastery way BIZ
Charles A. Stanton, manager of the
kaimuk Land Company and toastmas.
ter, Mr.. Stanton being elected tempo
rary president and Mr.. Kendall of the
Henry Waterhouse Trust Company tenn
porary secretary. Incidentally, in the
enthusiasm of concurring in the project
the guests banded themselves to boost
100000 Club for hundred thou
sand residents for Honolulu.
In concurring in Mr.. Stanton's propo-
sltlon many of the guests advanced sug-
gestions which will in a large measure
influence the new board toward taking
steps to remedy some of the lack-title
evils in the transfer of property, build
ing better Honolulu, and eliminating
wherever possible, opportunities for
shacks to spring up in the midst Of the
residence sections. to the detriment of
surrounding property. The entire dis
cussion, following Mr.. Stanton s ad-
dress on the subject of the organiza-
ton of the realty board, indicated a
unanimous optimism among the real
estate dealers. demonstrating that they
believe in the future of Honolulu. The
opinion was expressed that the promo
ton committee was performing an ex-
celient work in attracting tourists, and
it is, and will be, the duty of the realty
board to cause visitors to buy homes.
What a Board Could Do.
The dinner was excellent. and when
coffee and cigars were reached Mr.
Stanton arose and made known his
project.
Mr. Stanton's Address
Mr.. Stanton spoke on the proposition
as follows:
"Acting upon the proven theory that
you can only get real estate man to
listen while he is eating, for when he
is not eating he is always talking, the
Kaimuki Land Company gives this din
ner tonight in honor of the real estate
men of this city, for the purpose of call
ing their attention to the need of a
Honolulu Realty Board. We believe
that Honolulu, with its wonderful eli
mate, presents great opportunities in
the real estate line. and we wish to
announce our intention of engaging in
the general real estate business. and
that in the future we will handle prop
erty all over the city, as well as in the
Kaimuki district. In making this an
nouncement, we feel it cur duty-to sug-
fest the organization of a realty board,
which we believe will not only add to
the dignity and benefit of our profess
sion, but enable us to concentrate our
efforts in the making Of greater and
more beautiful Honolulu.
Gas real estate men, we have in our
hands the city's welfare We obtain
from our clients the privilege of selling,
exchanging and leasing property, and
by the class of people to whom we sell,
or by the class of buildings that We
encourage built, it is in our power to
either destroy or build up values. We
can tear down one district and build
up another. We can better our class
of citizenship, or make it worse. We
can make Honolulu an overgrown vii
lage, or make it one of the most beau
tiful and attractive cities in the world.
Now, what shall we do ? Shall we get
together and bring about better condi-
tions, or shall we continue separately
as we are now doing, without system or
any purpose other than our commission
fees ! This is a matter that ! hope ali
of you will give proper consideration
tonight.
cit is my opinion that no city in
the United States today needs the sup
port and protection of a realty board
more than Honolulu. Our mixed p0pu-
lation, causing various kinds Of I'M
provements all over our city, is a prob
lem that we should take up Immediately.
If we organize a realty board, and do
nothing more than put stop to the
building of dirty shacks around our
beautiful homes. we will do more good
than any other organization in the city.
- In this connection. [ want to say
that real estate man who sells lot to
du uhd'0ii pblF BNi7Vii toi ny pa t''N
of building a $50 shack alongside Of a
beautiful $50, 900 home. is not doing the
right thing by himself or the city in
W hich he lives. He is not doing the
right thing by himself for the reason
that when the time comes for the
handling Of that $4,000 home, the
shack that he encouraged to be built
for the sake of few dollars commits
sion, will affect his prospects for
$4,000 sale, and he is therefore the
loser. It is the duty of all real estate
men to protect and uphold values, to
keep the different districts and classes
of people separated as much as possible.
and not let the undesirable class intrude
upon the better class. Unfortunately.
it seems that very little protection has
been given our best residential prop
ertv. 1t IS no uncommon thing to find
many of our beautiful and valuable
homes surrounded by shacks that would
not look well on the outskirts of an
interior village in China. These shack
buildings. with their undesirable Occu-
pants, cannot help but stop the future
Increase of our American population.
Hundreds and thousands of people from
all over the world, who come here every
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