The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-05-07
commission GETS
LIMIT ON EXPENSE
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ALL IT
RECOMMENDS FOR ExPosI.
TIoN-s SHY OF CASH.


chamber of commerce and merchants
association is about prepared to report
to the parent bodies as the sum suffi
cient to properly represent the Ha.
waiian Islands at the San Francisco
1915 exposition. However, a postal
card vote will be taken on the PROPOSE. |
ton, before the joint committee makes
reports to the two organizations.
The joint committee is not prepared
to recommend that any funds be sub
seribed in advance Of the coming ses.
sion of the Legislature, even for alb.
solute necessities for the use of the |
commission, although the members Of |
the committee have already spent in |
the neighborhood of $500 to carry on
preliminary work which was found
necessary.
When the commission first began
active work on preliminary plans last
year, and after Chairman Wood had
visited San Francisco, where $1,000
600 had been pledged toward the ex-
position, he returned with considerable
data, and with some idea of what the
San Francisco people expected of Ha
wall. AS a tentative plan, merely in
order to get an idea of what the Terri
tory wanted for exposition purposes,
Chairman Wood suggested a $250,00O
exhibit, including cost and erection of.
building, and awaited expressions from
the public.
Work Progressing.
The San Francisco exposition com
mission began its active work much
earlier than anticipated and before the
end of the year 1911, had mapped out
its plans and early this year settled
upon the exposition site, had engineers
and artists from all over the country
engage in series of conferences over
the exposition, and they evolved a
ground plan which was adopted. The
states, territories and possessions were
asked to make known their wants as
to space and the selection of sites was
soon under way. Governors of many
states visited San Francisco and select
ed sites for their buildings and
grounds, and large sums of money have
already been appropriated by states.
The Philippines sent on commissioner,
who has selected site. For the Philip.
pines the sum of $250,000 is already
available. Utah has already appropri.
ated million dollars and other states
are liberal in their appropriations for
exhibits at what is to be the greatest
exposition the world has ever wit
messed.
Hawaii in Bad Way.
The early activity with regard to ex-
position matters has found the Hawaii
fair commission in bad way. The com
mission was appointed by the Governor
following an act passed by the legis-
lature of 1911, the commission 3 activ-
tiles being especially stated to be the
preparation of a report on the proposed
exposition and a plan for submission
to the legislature. The next legislature
meets in 1913, and long before that the
J members of the commission feel that
| they should have funds with which to
carry on work which WAS not foreseen.
The special site committee in San
Francisco, selected by the Hawaii Fair
Commission, and composed of promi'
nent and wealthy men who formally
lived in Honolulu, reported back that
the Hawaii commission should get to
work early, decide what amount OF
money was to be spent, in order that
the committee could have basis fol
dealing with the exposition people
The Hawaii commission has been una
BILE to do this.
The special site committee suggested
that the commercial organizations b.
% ha
Chairman Wood then laid the matte
before the chamber of commerce an'
merchants association, which organ
lied a special joint committee. Thi
, committee selected Percy Swift of tn
merchants association as chairman
with w. II. Mclnerny as secretary, an
has held several meetings. They r.
ported that they did not see how tn
!, commercial bodies could finance tn
s preliminary stages of the work, and
was decided to conduct a postal car
campaign among the business men I
0 aseertain their views as to how Hawa
: should be represented at San Francisco
4 The cards are prepared and will be sen
q out. The committee feels that $4,000
would be extrayagant.
Cost of Building.
1t was stated at one of the eommi
tee meetings that building could |
put up for $4,000. Contractors who's
e opinion has been asked, state that
Y will be very inconsiderable buildir
\ for $4,000, According TO tentati'
= plans of Chairman Wood who propos
n an elaborate diorama of scenes in II
It Hawaiian Islands building 10 proper
n. present this would cost much more,
"a Hawaii viii be given place
among the states and territories, b
. this is dependent upon the style
of building which is decided upon, oths
ii wise the building may have TO go IN
il. the Philippines, Porto Rico and Panal
!. section. Chairman Wood is now IN n
y Francisco going into every detail
~ this matter, and on his return will ha
an interesting report 20 lay before !
sy chamber OF commerce, the merchant
association and the fair eommissi
concerning the very points on WIN
the Joint committee and tbs huainl