Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-18
MERCHANTS HOLD
LIVEDISCUSSION
ON BIG TOPICS
Panama Canal. Municipal Rec
ord and Autos on Streets
Taken Up

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! day afternoon to induce the Mer-
chants Association to adopt the Spo-
; lane proposal for changing the name
of the big isthmian ditcn from Pan
ANA" to "American" canal. Nevertne-
less the failure was by the narrow
margin OF one vote, eight voting for
and nine against the proposal.
When the CIRCULAR of the Spokane
! Chamber of Commerce had been read
the same at that which the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce trustees last
! week declined to treat seriously-Mr.
Effinger moved that the association
adopt a similar resolution. This was
seconded by o. c. Swain and when
put drew an almost inaudible response
, O. either ayes or noes. Before show
O. hands was called. T. NJ. Church op-
posed the proposition, saying Panama
was a distinctive name. What was to
be gained by a change? We owned
the canal anyway.
Ed Towse thought the Suez might
, as we'll he called the British canal
There were North, Central and South
America-which America was intend.
ed? Panama expositiens were to be
held in San Francisco and San Diego.
There would be great expense involv-
ed in re-marking of material.
Mr.. Effinger said he knew nothing of
the PREMISES on which the proposal
was based, but had thought no Ameri-
can would oppose it. The canal was
built by American money and it was
owned by Americans. The idea should
appeal to any American.
Upon the decision being announced,
it was voted that a formal letter stat
ing it be sent to the Spokane chamber.
Accommodation For Tourists.
A letter from Secretary H. P. Wood
or the Hawaii Promotion Committee
was read, telling of a large increase
in tourist travel to the islands. This
fact was given as evidence Of the sue
cess of, the campaign for long time
waged in propagating the idea that
Hawaii is a good summer resort. "Ha-
wall is now looked Upon" the letter
said, "as an all-the.year-round resort.
There was lack of hotel and board.
ing house accommodations for the
coming people, and Mr.. Wood asker the
association to take this problem into
consideration. 1t was further repre-
sented that the Promotion Committee
needed $4,000 a month to keep up its
stroke. !
). Mr.. Church said the Hilo confer
ence passed a resolution urging the
Legislature to increase promotion
funds.
President Gignoux5 remarked that
the legislative committee would at
tend to the matter. There was moth
ing to be done now except tor eaeh
to help in finding accom-
for tourists.
Automobiles on Fort Strset.
Merle M. Johnson, OF the subject
of the proposed ordinance to prohibit
automobiles from standing on Fort
street, said it would be a great dis
to merchants on that
street. A great deal of Fort street
trade was what came in automobiles. |
There were five or six parsons who
left their autos on the street all day,
and an ordinance giving The police
power to stop such abuse rf priVi-i
lege should be sufficient. Tourists !
arriving in steamers, having only a |
few hours to spend, hired automobiles
to do both shopping and sigh: seeing, !
and it would be a hardship if these
people could not have the machines |
wait for them along the street. He
a half-hour limit.
Mr. Effinger named a citizen who
kept his machine III front of his (Ef-
finger's) store all day.
Mr. Perkins considered the pro-
posal to send autos into the side
streets off Fort street unfair to the
side streets. Mr.. Brasch thought it
absolutely necessary that some power
be given the police. The side street
idea was impracticable-tney couldn't
block up Hotel street, for instance.
The plan to limit standing time was
he best way out of it.
THE more congestion. the better
for business" was the way F. L.
looked at it. Just as wen
shut all traffic off the streets as I'd
pass an ordinance like the one pro-
posed"
Mr.. Johnson, who said Supervisor
Murray ldQ Q6CIdT0u ne "Oulu put oil
ordinance through whether the mer-
chants liked it or not, moved that a
committee be appointed to oppose the
proposed ordinance and support in
stead an ordinance limiting autos To
thirty minutes on Fort street, anu
hat an attorney be added to the com,
nittee. With some verbal amendment
his carried, and Mr. Swain suggest
I'd that the decision be put in the
'orm of a resolution.
Mr.. Church thought the emplOy
nent of an attorney would be a mis-
axe as it would antagonize the SUI
)ervisors. The only present need OF
IN attorney would be to draft another
ordinance.
Mr.. Waldron then moved, seconded
~ Mr.. Swain, that a letter to the
BOARD of supervisors be drawn up,
letting forth the opinion OF the asSo
,iation in regard to automobile traf :
ic on Fort street, which carried I'M
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The chair appointed Messrs. John I
on, Du Roi and J. D. McInerny as
he committee. Mr.. TowSe wanted