Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-04
AID CLUB STARTS
TENEMENT PROBE

Believing that publicity is the uiti-
mate cure for the bad conditions pre-
valent in the tenements OF Honolulu
at present, the civic affairs committee
OF the Ad Club expressed It's inten.
ton through Professor Vaughan Mac
Caughey of the College of Hawaii dt
! the club luncheon yesterday of deter.
| mining who owns the buildings, their
sites, in the investigation now going
on. -:
The tenement problem is very
large one" declared Professor Mac.
Caughey. The two large iii visions
of the problem are the houses them
selves and the people who dwell
there. We are going to begin with
the houses and investigate the poo
pie later. ...~~..
Two great classes Of tenement
houses exist in Honolulu. Those
built prior to the recent building Or
dinances and those built since the
new law went into effect. The three
problems involved in these arc: First,
the elimination of the oil type OF
tenement; second, the survey OF re-
Gently built tenements to search for
evasions of the law, ami third, in
proyements in the law and strict en-.
forcement of it. e. Next week We will
learn who are the owners Of the cid
tenements." s..
Fred j. Halton, newly appointed
secretary OF the promotion commit
tee, was the chief speaker at the
luncheon. Discussing advertising in
general, he stated that everyone in
the city should take part in com
munity advertising, and urged that
the islands not only be more extern.
sively advertised. but that an effort
be made to get in personal touch
with all persons who might be pros
pectiye tourists. IT,. ....-. 81"
I'VE have been aniss in getting
our business for March started IN
January, and we should be preparing
this summer for next summer and
next summer for next winter.
Mr.. Halton outlined general plans
to get people to come to Hawaii all
the year around and to get people to
make the transpacific trip from the
Orient on their way back to England
and India. He stated that there were
800, 900 white people from Bombay to
Yokohama, and in India the English
officials needed but further urging to
make the trip around the world aid
through Hawaii. 49,. H. -
Pointing out the example of
France, which is organizing tourist
bureau to handle tee travel to the
battle fields after the war already,
Mr.. Halton urged that Hawaii start
now to prepare for its post war travel,
and stated in this connection that
the committee had communicated
with several big steamship compa-
mics with reference to what they
planned to do following the revision
of the shipping laws which would al.
low them to carry passengers between
American ports. - ... ...:5
Mai. Mettler of Schofield told brief.
" of the Ad Club banquet in San.
Francisco which he attended and
added that the members Of the local
cluD should attend the Red Cross en-.
tertainment being given by the sol.
diers of Schofield on October -, at
the barracks. ....
James McCandless spoke briefly.
praising the work of Mr.. Halton.
There was some discussion of how
the flag should be displayed. W.. A.
Horn stating that there had been
many violations Of regulations con.
corning this and Gerrit Wilder point.
ing out just how the flag should be
arranged when used in decorating.
Albion F. Clark gave brief report
for the road committee; H. E. Vernon
for the civic affairs committee and Ed
Towse talked briefly on the proposed
investigation of the tenements.