Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-23
commercial CLUB
NAMES BOARD OF
DIRECTORS


The election of board OF govern
ors, which win have Jurisdiction over
the Honolulu commercial club during
the coming fiscal year. formed the
principal business at the seventh an
nal meeting OF that organization last
evening. From ballot containing
the names of ten candidates, those
chosen to hold Office were George A..
Brown. Fred Hons, William T.
Schmidt. Albert Waterhouse and john
NJ. Young. The new board OF gov
ernors will meet at an early date and
choose the club officers for the 1915
1914 year
Prior to the annual meeting. which
was held at eight o'clock. a large
number Of the members and their
friends gathered at the club at six
o'clock for dinner. the speaker OF the
evening being Alfred Noble, the engi-
neer of international fame who is In
Honolulu on tour OF inspection Of
the Pearl Harbor dry dock. Mr.. No
ble's knowledge of the great work
which the United States is Just finish
ing with the completion Of the Pa.
mama Canal. formed the basis Of his
address, and he confined his remarks
entirely to the great engineering diff
fculties which were undertaken and
overcome in the building Of the new
waterway, and the future which 1t pro-
misses for the commerce Of the world.
Among the reports presented at the
meeting. one Of the most acceptable
was that concerning the membership,
which was read by Secretary G. g.
Heiser During the past fiscal year,
36 new members have been voted into
the club, bringing the total member
snip to 306. Nine members resigned,
and the club lost four through death.
The report of the entertainments COM
mittee of which Ed Towse Is chair
man, set forth the splendid manner
in which visiting notables have been
entertained by the club, who have I'm
turn favored the members with adj
dresses upon topics Of local and inter
national moment Among those who
have been the guests Of the club dur.
ing the year are Rear Admiral Stan
ford, U. S. NJ; Rear Admiral Ross.
y. s. N. (retired); Hon. Walter L.
Fisher. former secretary Of the In
terror; Prof T. A Jaggar, the volcan-
ologist; Chief Justice A. G. NJ. Rob-
General Wickersham; Brigadier Gem
w. F. Dohrmann, the noted merchant.
CT San Francisco; Former Governor
George R. Carter: former Attorney
General Wichekrsham; Brigadier Gen
eral Funston. U. s. A.; B. S. Hubbard,
affiliated with the 1915 exposition; Dr..
John R. Mott, Hen William p. Filmer,
]. j. Byrne. of the Santa Fe railroad
system, and Alfred Noble, former pres
tdent Of the American Society of Civ.
IL Engineers. The commercial club
was also the host at number of en-
tertainments and lunche0ns, the Of
ncers OF the British battle cruiser
{ New Zealand being the guests OF the
organization during their recent visit
here.
The entertainment committee adj
vocated that the club continue this
policy of furnishing entertainment for
the community as well as recognizing
the calls of prominent men at Homo
lulu, and suggested that II be extend
ed in the matter of entertainment OF
prominent men from the Orient as
we'll as the Occident. The COMMITTEES
further suggested to the beard Of
governors that it appoint a commit
tee to follow up many of the recon-
mendations left in Honolulu by prom
inent men. For instance, General
Macomb advocated the need Of a
waterfront plaza for Honolulu, DR.
Jaggar set forth plans for national
park In Hawaii, and former Governor
Carter recommended decided i'm
provement of the sanitary conditions
/ of the city and the islands IN general.
That the increased membership
was matched with prosperous year
financially was the gist of a report
presented by President G. Fred Bush,
which showed that the club assets
for the year amounted to S22,640.70
as against s19,583.09 of last year. The
house committees report showed a
loss during the year of 1915 in the
cafe, compared with deficit Of
s451.32 of last year. Under the di-
rection of Manager Hamilton, the
cafe has f1ourished, more than $4,000
meals having been served during the
past twelve mouths.
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