The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-02-16
WANT FIREPROOFED
VAULTS FOR PAPERS
Chamber Of Commerce Anxious
For Precautions to Safe
guard Public Documents.

Safeguarding of public documents
was made the subject Of special consid
Grafton at meeting of the chamber
of commerce trustees yesterday after.
noon, committee OF three being de-
tailed to bring the matter before the
Governor and the superintendent Of
public works. "''
1t was the unanimous opinion Of the
trustees that suitable freproof vaults
should be Installed in the new judiciary
building to protect all documents and
public records. In the report of com
mittee consisting of ]. R. Gait, Elmer
E. Paxton and G. II. Cooke it was
pointed out that the present provisions
are entirely inadequate. The commit
tee was continued in service, to carry
the matter before the Governor. In its
report the committee said:
'The opinions of business men and
Illegal men, including judges, contractors,
architects and fire insurance men, who
have been consulted are unanimous in
a strong expression of opinion that suit
able vaults should be installed in the
new Judiciary building to take care of
all documents and records.
"We further understand that while
the original plans and specifications
provided for freproof building, under
the contract actually let for the cree
tion of said building the plans were
modified in such a manner as to pre-
clude the possibility of considering the
building to be ireproof. ~
awe are reliably informed it will
be possible within the next thirty days
to make provision for the installation
of suitable vaults so far as the work
of the contractors now constructing the
new Judiciary building is concerned.
Without any proper plans or speci
fications covering any particular kind
of vaults to be constructed it seems I'M
possible to arrive at even fair esti
mate of what the cost would be.
''In general way we are told that
the cost would run from one to three
dollars per cubic foot varying with the
size of the vaults the character ant
amount of steel used and the size o.
doors. a t..a:.t
1T seems to us that every. effort
should be made to induce the govern
ment to install in the new Judiciar,
building suitable vaults for the safe
, guarding of the documents and record
, above mentioned and we urge that tn
, matter be taken up at once with tn
superintendent. Of public works and y /. tn I.
! tin our opinion such documents an,
records are of as great Importance an,
value to the people oftour Territory a
: the securities held by our financial, in
stitutions.''
A letter from George X. Mcclellan
( secretary to the Delegate, was readat
|, the chamber. In it he announces tina
in view of the recently adopted reso
Q lutions withdrawing the chamber 3 sur
: port from the coastwise suspension bill
I it seems unlikely that the measure ca
4 be passed at this session of congress
/ President Spalding announced that
b report will be Forthcoming In shor
e time from committee, headed by MI
Paxton, on the matter of excessiv
; charges for water to shipping in thi
barbor He pointed out that the rat
of $3.50 per thousand gallons is driS
ing away patronage, citing the instanc
of the cable ship Restorer which d.
+ flined to pay the exhorbitant charges
The rate for private consumers is seve
and half cents per thousand.
The board of supervisors reported t
the chamber that they will give a
possible assistance to Gooding Field
his work of Financial REFORM
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