The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-08

Rolph, ani b. NJ Walsh. nli of san
Francisco and formerly identified with
Hawaiian affairs, have becn named as
a special site committee on bchnlf Of
the San Francisco Fair commissioners In
Hawaii, to recommend site for the
Hawaii building. The board Of com.
missioner for Hawaii held a meeting
yesterday morning at which were pres.
emit Chairman II. p, Wood, Commission.
ers Hughes, for Oahu; j. N. S. vii.
liams, for Maui, and Charles f. Wright
for Hawaiii j. Nj Lydgate, for Kauai,
being the only one absent
Hawaii has not yet been informed az
to where IL may place its $25O,000
building and the commissioners are
anxious to have this matter settled and
decided that the best way would be to
have the above named former residents
of the Islands, and now all influential
men in San Francisco, act as a special
site committee.
Their Judgment, it is believed, will
give Hawaii the best site to be had, and
upon that site it is proposed to erect
q handsome structure, which, at the
close of the exposition in 1915, will be
presented to the city of San Francisco
as the gift of the Hawaiian people, to
be permanent addition to San Fran
cisco's new civic center, and to be
maintained by the city.
win Ask Appropriation.
Another important matter decided
was that of going to the federal gov
eminent for an appropriation to fill
out that which it is expected the terri
tOrial legislature win make. The Phil
ippines, which expects TO spend mil
lion and half dollars on its exhibit,
viii ask the United States for 100000,
and Porto Rico and Alaska, it is I'M
derstood, viii ask for large sums,
Upon motion of ]. N. s. Williams
Delegate Kalanianaele will be asked to
make inquiry concerning the attitude
of congress on this subject and to pre-
pare to ask for at least 100000 for
Hawaii. The commissioners expect that
Hawaii will appropriate like amount.
At the present the commission has
no funds from the Territory for any of
its expenses. Two commissioners have
made trips to the mainland, principally
on exposition business and paid all
their own expenses. The island com
missioners, coming to Honolulu to at
tend meetings pay their own expenses
and there is not yet money for station
cry or postage.
Preliminary Expenses.
At yesterdays meeting the board
passed motion that the chairman con-
suit with the Governor with regard to
the latter inserting in his estimates in
the call for a special session Of the
.legislature-if he should decide that a
special session is necessary for other
important matters-for $4,000 for pre-
liminary expenses of the commission.
The present commission is to report to
the next Legislature plan for the ex-
hibit which Hawaii shall have at San
Francisco in 1915.
To accomplish this the commissioners
must have money. First of all, the
commissioners have decided that two
prizes, one of thousand dollars, and
one for lesser amount, should be Of
fered for the best plans for building.
Sketches and paintings for the do
rama scheme win cost a large amount,
whether local or mainland artists be
employed. If mainland artists are en-
pioyed, their time and travelling ex-
penses viii have to be taken into con-
sideration.
There viii be salaries for officers of
the commission, stationery, travelling
expenses and many other details which
will come up in the next two or three
years and will have TO be met. The
diorama scheme is one of the most am
bitiousyof the entire exhibition and this
will occupy the center of the main
building or "Paradise Court. +" which
Chairman Wood has already named it.
One Excellent Plan.
Architect Applegarth, of San Fran
cisco, who has designed many of the
large buildings in San Francisco, has
sent very handsome plan, which meets
with the approval of the commission
ers. This will be exhibited in The Ad.
vertiser window, and later will be sent
to Maui and Hilo for exhibition.
One of the suggestions made at the
meeting by Mr.. Williams was that a
model plantation camp be exhibited. He
stated that there had been big adj
vance in sanitation and style of build
ings on plantations to house laborers
and he believed that such an exhibit
9Nhih ko III AVnaiu IEAlONlnk MIUuK
impressions concerning the life of the
sugar estate laborers in the Islands.
Mr.. Wrightswas of the opinion that
the educational side of the Hawaii ex-
hibit at Seattle had been overdone and
suggested that less details be exhibited.
1t was the decision of the commission
ers that the climatic and scenic attrac-
tions of Hawaii be placed in the fore
ground and the commercial side of ISL
and life be subordinated to those two
principal features.
Question of Aquarium.
Whether an independent aquarium
shall be installed in the Hawaii build.
ing, or whether all Hawaiian fish BIO
placed in the great aquarium which
San Francisco fair commissioners pro.
pose shall be the finest in the world,
was not decided. II was stated that the
United States fish steamer AlbatrOss
viii be used largely TO convey fish from
here 20 San Francisco for the fair.
The commissioners have selected Al.
bert =. TAYLOR. Of The Advertiser, as
a. a -.