Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-07

1asium and educational wing was
added. Captain Isaiah Bray. who is
to haul the flag to the top OF the new
building tomorrow. was the first zen
cral secretary in the old building.
Plan New building.
The movement for the present
building was started five years ago.
when, through the medium of the
press and otherwise, the interest of
the public was aroused In the spring
of 1908, when T. G. Davies was prcsi.
dent of the board of directors, IL wag
voted that definite methods should be
planned Tor the erection of now
building more in keeping with the
needs of the growing town.
The time for the campaign was
Cstponed several times, and thCn c.
" Cooke gave Il donation of SO. 900
towards it. Using part of this rund
INC directors sent the general spcrC-
tHry for three months tour of the
mainland, with view to studying
the methods in vogue for carrying out
v WI ~ liIh campaigns W lblNf iiDIfN
He returned in the latter part Of July
hat year, and after he had made his
report to the directors they settled
on October l2-22 rs the ten days for
the raising of 100000 in addition to
the $4,000 already donated
An executive committee, consisting
Of Governor George r. Carter, !. r..
Cooke, T. c. Davies. L. II. Trent and
+. G. Atherton, was appointed to han
die the matter.
A number Of the business men met
at the residence of j. =. Cooke on Dc
tObcr LIST and planned out u definite
campaign. They named a committee
twenty-five strong to handle their end
of the matter +. r.. Steere was made
chairman of the young business mems
committee. and had under him SIX
subChairmen with subcommittee,
captains of which were A. l.. Castle,
c. :. Crane, win Schmidt, George
WatcrhOuse and +. ID. LUwrey.
4 canvassing committee of the
younger members, with G. j. HUM
and j. G. Anderson, captains, was
named the "Hustlcrs" and "Rustlcrs,'
in charge of Or. Hand. General Sec
rotary Paul Super and Rev, a. A
fbcrsulc were in charge of the whole
Super looked after the
business men and EbersOle the young
rr business men.
Launch Campaign.
The whole scheme was launched Il,
! banquet held on October nth. and
which was the largest gathering oi
business men ever held
in the city. The speakers were =. Is |
Dole, first Governor ot Tie Territory |
;corgc Il. Carter, the second, and
Governor Frcav.
Fred l.. Waldron introduced n mo
ton that those present organize It |
.argc committee and get right to
work to raise the SlOO.0OO. Amid |
'heers and enthusiasm several proml'
l"nt business men promised five and
up to ten thousand headquarters
we're established in the Young Hotel.
" here the reports of each day were
made The press unanimously backed |
mp the project and helped out with
cartoons and articles.
At the end of four and II half days |
l25.OOO had been raised; when nv" |
and half days were gone tine amount
had risen to $4,000, in addition to
MIR. Cookies $50,uuo. The capaign
committee then decided to stop, hay
ing put ~ II record for II city OF this
size However. tn" money kept com
ng in until tn" total read AT $lli,JoO,
making grand total Of Sl9i,5OO, IL
winch has since been added S2I ,IOO,
he proceeds Of the sale of the old
Guiding to the h,lks. Several Other
have also come in, MAX
ng further grand total altogether
If $225,O00.
After the money had been raised
committee was appointed,
consisting of r. {. Davies lchairmanb
:. J. I.owrey, W G. Hall, A. Gartley
md X. A. Cooke. Later on additional
and was purchased, and the totai
'ost of the site was SaI 900. RIPLEY
: REYNOLDS won the competition Tor
he pluns. and the Pacific Engineer
ne Company, with u bid of Sl"@,uuO.
vas awarded the job of putting NJ
he building Ground was broken by
Governor Frcar ON October 20, 1910,
md the two cornerstOnes laid on Feb
nary LIST of this year by Judge Dole
nd G.. II. Cooke Jr. The building
as been completed two years from
he time the money was raised, ana
mo wear from that time the ground
vas broken.