The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-02

reap, they must first sow-they mus
take some risk. When Honolulu con
tains 100000 inhabitants all the NOR,
comfortable parts OF this island will bt
sought out by the merchant princes fo
residences, and railroad car is the only
known conveyance that enables mar
to do business in one place and live mile:
away. At San Francisco, and all large
American cities, many of the people dc
business in the city but live from ten tc
thirty miles in the country, and go and
come daily by rail, and lands twenty
miles out are worth $500 and 81 900 pei
acre. 1t will hardly be wise for us to
say that such prosperity will never visit
Honolulu, when considering what has
taken place so recently. Forty individ-
uais made the whole population OF San
Francisco when l first arrived there
now there are over 100000 people and
millions of wealth. So we think it will
be wise for us to prepare, and those out
side lands cannot be brought near enough
to Honolulu to be worth even $500 per
acre without railroad. A few DAYS ago
some members OF this committee attend
ed party beyond Dimond Head, but
they had to take steam and go to sea in
order to reach the feast A few months
ago Pearl Harbor could only comfortably
be reached by sea; now in less than one
hour it is reached by rail. The fogy will
undoubtedly say wait until Honolulu
contains 100000 people, then they can
build the road. But remember, waiting
never did anything, and thousands have
missed large fortunes by waiting. If
Chicago had waited for her large popula-
tion, before she built her railroads, she
would have been still waiting, and been
only small town instead of the large
metropolis she now is. So waiting for
wealth to accumulate around us by some
others plans and laborers does not be-
come the spirit of the age in which we
live. Let us be up and stirring. OF the
building OF the Central Pacific Railroad
and the stealing, ETC., under it, wish to
say the trouble in starting that road was
not In obtaining the grant of bonds and
land, but IN finding a company willing
and able to take the grant after it was
made and build the road; and of all the
wealthy men who were supposed to exist
In San Francisco at that time, not one
had foresight or enterprise enough to
help build the first twenty miles of the
road which the law required to be done
before the bonds could, issue. Stanford,
Crocker, Huntington and Hopkins had
foresight, enterprise and ambition, but
not enough money to build the road, but
by perseverance they raised the money
and built the first twenty miles and the
whole road. The building of that first
Pacific road, it is said, added over one
thousand million dollars of wealth to
a mr. hot &C. fhA - IL
This road not only opened the American
territory, but the eyes of the world as to
what could be done. 1t is the Stanfords,
the Spreckels, the Dillinghams and other
enterprising men who open the avenues
to the worlds wealth. The stealing
with which they are charged reminds
one of the Englishman who came to
America to see for himself. He landed
in New York, visited the factories and
the quarters of the most trade, the great
and only four-track railway, went west |
through Chicago and other inland cities, |
taking birds eye view OF passing busi- !
ness, and then sped on his way day after |
day at speed of thirty-five miles an
hour towards the west, and finally entered |
California by the Central Pacific Rail-
way. He examined their gold and |
silver mines, their orchards and vine |
yards and San Francisco's many sights,
and started back by the Southern Pacific |
L. R., bringing up at last at Washington.
overfiowing with wonder and admiration |
OF the size and wealth of the country,
and so expressed himself to a native, who
assented that it was great country, but
checked himself by stating there was so
much stealing going on here. At the
sound of the harsh word Stealing" the
halted, but finally he ex-
claimed: "Let them steal Lord
Almighty, let them steal all they want
to; there is plenty left" The idea is, if
these great avenues of wealth had not
been opened, there would have been
nothing to steal. So if, as alleged, Stan
lord and Croker stole hundred millions
Of the wealth they were the means of
creating they left 900 millions of dollars
.or other people to enjoy which did not
exist before So think upon pure busi-
ness principles we should give Mr.. Dill
ingham chance If he steals few
thousands while he makes us millions,
et him steal. That will be good spec
llation for us. This stealing business is
more of a bugaboo than a real substance,
tS IL mdh6S HO ulueTeuce 10 the OOVern- |
nent how much the bond holders and
he owners quarrel, or how much they
teal from each other, provided the road ;
S built according to contract, and the
public have the advantage and use of the
Dads. 1t don't concern the people who
,njoy rides in our street cars for five
md ten cents how much unpleasantness
xists among the owners OF the road.
Noble Muller said it was very tedious
o listen to all this, and moved it be |
,rinted.
Noble ]. NJ. Horner-What is that? {
ID like to have that interpreted.
The interpreter stated in Ineligible !
english what N oble Muller had said.
The chairman warned the members !
hat unless they remained in their seats |
le would raise the committee.
Rep. Brown said the matter now to be
cted on was sec. 1. There could be no '
'ossible objection to passing that section. a
ec. 2 was not before the House, and in c
citing on section section should not /
e considered. We should at least give t
hem the chance of building the road by T
ranting an exclusive franchise before
hrowing it out. As this road will be t
uilt under the general act its specifca- d
nrac Of Toe | T