The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-11-04
THE PACIFIC
Commercial OOrrtlsrr
~S4rrRD4y. NOrEMRER 1.


Afairs has received a letter from tic Hon. \. y.
the wclI-known senator from California.
in which that gentleman declares that the tcle-
grams attrIbuting the delay at Washington in
carrying the treaty into effect to the neglect of
Judge Allen, were without foundation in fact.
Mr.. Sargent, rs IS we'll known, was actively in
strumental in procuring the necessary final legis.
latipn 70 make the treaty operative, and having
been personally connected with tic business from
the beginning to the conclusion. lie undoubtedly
knows whereof he speaks.
BY ~ advertisement in another column it will
be seen that . meeting IS called for this evening
at the awaiian Hotel Of the subscribers to the
8 Kapiolan Park and Fair View Association, "
and m invitation is extended TO all who feel in
terested in improving our city and its surround
ings to attend and identify themselves with the
enterprise. The location Of the proposed Park
Ito which we called attention some months since)
is n level tract Of some two hundred acres, mostly
Crown land, composed Of good soil. extending
from the base Of Diamond Head towards the city
and from the sca-beach inland, forming a most
advantageous site for 4 public park, including n
pavilion, n race-course, and lots on the beach for
cottages or bathing-boxes. The distance from
the POst-ofEco can be accomplished easily in n
ride of from twenty to thirty minutes, and the
change in the atmosphere is something really
surprising. When King street is continued out
that Gar-which VIC hope the government may be
induced to do ere long-and the grounds
are laid out and planted with trees, the park
will naturally become 4 desirable and popular
place Of resort. In the not very distant future,
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XXI, via Fisherman's Point, and then Honolulu
will be able to boast of ut least one noble contin-
uous drive-out to the park and back again by
way of the beach, to view our glorious sunsets.
We hope TO sec a large attendance this evening.
The FOLLOWING from the Sydney MaiiOf Octo-
Der II, explains tho return Of the CITY Of San
Francisco out Of the regular line, and contains
also all that is ut present known as to giving up
the 4" forked route early in the week n
rumor that the Pacific Mail Service was about 10
be abandoned obtained currency in Sydney. 1t
happens to have originated in the knowledge that
the Cty Of San Francisco was to leave for San
Francisco on the 18th, whilst tho Gin of !NeC
YORK. was to take the mails on the regular day, a
week later, though it was not understood what
provision had been made for the November mails.
1t appears, however, that the despatch Of the
Gin of San Francisco il the result of a belief
that the contractors interests will be better
served by having the spare boat at the other end
of the line, and that nothing is known here to
warrant the supposition that a break is immi-
nent. The New Zealand Government has given
notice of a motion to change the route, by giving
up the forked service, and having a direct one by
f. IL -
of 81 900 in the New Zealand share of the sub
sidy. nc this change were carried out, three
steamers, it is said. rcould work the service. We
apprehend that nothing will be done by our gov
ernment to alter the contract without reference
to parliament. But whether the contractors
would be willing, with the consent Of New Zea-
land, to make the change of route on their own
responsibility, taking the chances of approval
from our side afterwards, is another question.
Meanwhile, there is nothing to show that the SER
vice is in danger of being discontinued"
SINCE the appropriation of So 900 was secured
for a Minister Resident at Washington, there
has been n general expectation that the long
standing difficulty Of employing our Chief Justice
on foreign diplomatic service would be speedily
settled. 1t was perfectly understood that the
appropriation was made in order to enable Judge
Allen to resign his Office rs our Chief Justice,
and live in the United States, there rendering the
country such diplomatic assistance as might be
needed and that this was in accordance with bis
own wishes. Now the public ask, when is this
to be done? Is he coming back? These ques-
tions arc frequent. They are made after the ar
rival of every mail, and continue to be made till
it is found that no one here can answcr them.
lie has been expected by every steamer since the
be here in time to take part in the October term
but there is less promise now that he will be
here by the January term. But perhaps it is
not necessary that he come here. Ills resigna-
ton of the one appointment and commission to
the other can be executed by mail yet he would
be received here in n way very agreeable to him
self, on the successful termination of these nego-
t~iations dating twenty years ago, and he might
successfully close in person his long tenure of
judicial dignity. But it is not of main impor-
tancc that he come. He is so enquired for be-
cause there has been held ont something like n
promise, which must have been derived from him,
that he was coming and coming soon; but it is
of great Importance that there be prompt action
on the matter. We are not advised from the
Government House what communication has
been made to our absent ENJOY. If the necessity
was explicitly put, by the earliest mail, of an
early decision of his course of action, we then &C
quit the Ministry. of neglect of duty. Where the
communication is by monthly mails, too much
diligence cannot be shown in the correspondence
on both sides. 1t is to be recollected that this
absence of n Chief Justice is not Il new grievance,
and that the community is alive and sensitive to
every month of longer delay.
In Is conceded by all old resideuts-those who