Business career Cecil Brown (Hawaii politician)

1 business career

1.1 boards of directors
1.2 telephone service in hawaii
1.3 first national bank of hawaii

business career
boards of directors

cecil brown sat on multiple association , business boards trustee, director, or officer. beginning in 1880s, brown director of stock breeders’ association, , treasurer of kapiolani park association, , hawaiian jockey club.

business interests included hawaiian hardware company (vice-president), honolulu soap works company, ltd. (president), california feed company, ltd. (president), , hawaiian fibre company, limited (president). sugar interests included kona sugar company, ookala sugar plantation co., , pacific sugar mill (vice-president).

telephone service in hawaii

hawaiian bell telephone company (hbt) incorporated in 1879, , began service on december 30, 1880. in august 1883, mutual telephone company founded competitor , began operations in march 1885. on august 2, 1894 2 companies consolidated mutual telephone in control.

cecil , brother godfrey elected board of directors of hbt in 1884 (godfrey vice-president , cecil auditor), , end of year, godfrey had become president. january 1886, godfrey both president , treasurer, , cecil vice-president, positions hold next several years.

in september 1892, cecil elected board of directors of rival company mutual telephone. when 2 companies merged in 1894, named vice-president of mutual telephone company, , 2 years later godfrey elected treasurer. cecil remained vice-president on decade.

the first national bank of hawaii

the first $10 national bank note issued first national bank of hawaii @ honolulu, territory of hawaii (1900). signed cecil brown (president) , w.g. cooper (cashier)

anticipating annexation of hawaii territory (july 1898), , expected adoption of national banking act, beginning of 1898 several parties had sent requests washington dc reserve title first national bank of hawaii . brown served attorney george macfarlane during organization , incorporation of first american bank of hawaii during 1899. bank organizers anticipated having functioning bank in place when national banking act extended include territory of hawaii allow them become first national bank of hawaii. @ first stockholders meeting in september 1899, cecil brown elected president.

congress extended national banking act include territory of hawaii (april 30, 1900), , during july 1900 stockholders meeting, agreed convert first american bank national bank. first national bank of hawaii @ honolulu opened business on october 1, 1900. brown remained president of bank until 1915, when stepped down , became chairman of board.