The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-27

time.
Messrs. Lyons & Levey, auctioneers an
commission merchants, report their mel
chandise business as very quiet and auction
sales fair.
Messrs. Hyman Brothers, importers of DIR.
| goods, ETC., say that business is very poor
Last month was the worst one for bushes
| they have seen since 1878. Honolulu ha
| lost pretty much all its mechanics, VIII,
| made etail business. If retailers cauno
| do business the wholesalers cannot. If Their
is any business going on We get our share
| Our stock is very large.
Mr.. Hamilton johnson, importer Of gro
ceries, etc, finds a steady demand for hi
goods. Mr.. Herbert, of the firm, says there
is too much business on the ''slate."
E. P. Adams & Co., auctioneers, repor
good sales lately. Not doing any merchan
disc business.
Messrs. Allen d Robinson report lumber
as quiet, and light demand for other build
ing materials. No dwellings are going NJ
at present. Freights on their schoOners are
good, as the sugar crop is coming in.
NJ. w. McChesney & Co., who import gro
ceries and bread stuffs, report business faiI
all the time. What they import people must
have. Orders received this week as good as
at any other time.
C. Brewer & Co., wholesale importers and
commission merchants, report almost moth
ing doing. They have renewed their whole
sale license in preparation for another year
business.
S. 7. Warehouse. at the wholesale estab-
lishment ON Queen street, had nothing ia
complain of in business.
F Hustace aud A. Clark both doing dray-
ing business, report limi'ed demand for
their services.
A. ". Pierce K Co., the only ship chan
dlers in the city. say that the arrival OF a
few whalers has given little impetus to
trade for the time being. Otherwise every
thing is very quiet.
NJ. S. Grinbaum & Co., importers and
commission merchants, report nothing doing
in merchandise. Everything is at dead
standstill. No collections to be made.
A. S. Cleghorn & Co. say the jobbing trade
was never so bad before. Their ret all stores
are doing but little.
Mr.. T. Rains Walker, of Mess RS. T. H.
Davies & Co., importers and commission
merchants, reports business hatter than he
has known it before for some time.
John Mott Co., plumbers and tin
smiths, report that they keep moving. Could
do more, but still cannot complain.
Mr.. Phillips & Co., importers of clothing
and furnishing goods, say business is uni
versally dull.
F. A. Schaefer q Co., importers and COM
mission merchants, describe trade as very
dull.
Chris Gertz, boot and shoe dealer, says he
is doing no business.
Messrs. Castl & Cooke, importers Iof
hardware, and plantation agents, say their
plantation orders remain about as usual
while general business is dull.
Levers & Cooke report lumber business
as pretty good, and omething doing in
house furnishing goods.
Messrs. w. G. Irwin x Co., sugar factors
and commission merchants, report that they
always have as much as they can do.
Mr. Hanks, agent of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
Express, says that business is pretty good.
Mr.. Opfergclt, of L. Hoffschlaefer e Co.,
importers of staple goods, reports Plantat ton
orders coming in as usual, but other bust
ness worse than it has been for many years.
The agent of the Pacific Navigation Com
pany says the winter has been bad. Now
that the trade winds have set in, and the
sugar crop is being sent forward, they have
nothing to comp lain OF.
At the Honolulu Iron Works the usual
number of men are employed on stock
work. Otherwise business is very dull.
Mr.. McCandless, marketman, reports
business as dull. No money to be had.
H Macfarlane & Co.. wine and spirit
merchants, say that business is very dull.