The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-12
MAUI JoTTINes.
Trying Weather and Dull Times
Pay of Election Inspectors.

ne weather continues cry, me
and warm, aud the roads throughout
the island are terrible dusty and dis
agreeable to travel over, great clouds
of dust rise at every turn of the
wheel and stamp of the hoof, and
envelop the rider in their sutfocating
embrace. The planters are begin
ming to despair, and the drought, if
continued much longer, will have a
very bad effect upon the growing
crop. Under such circumstances it
is of course very hard to keep the
roads in good repair, but still there
are degrees even in bad roads, and
there are portions of the road be
tween Spreckelsville and Kahului,
and round the custom house corner
at the latter place, which almost
defy description and ought to be at
tended to Immediately.
Since the wholesale departure last
week of lady school teachers, school
children and other seekers of rest,
recreation and health, things socially
have been rather quiet. There was,
however, a very enjoyable and sue
cessful dance-the usual monthly
functional Spreckelsville, on the
evening of Saturday the Bird inst,
and another select dance at Ola
mond Palace" last Monday evening
the 9Th inst.
Large posters and notices an
nouncing the arrival of the Steen-
Smith combination have been CON
spicuons for the last few days and
caused ripple of expectant Xcite-
ment; the date and place C their
appearance has not yet been an
nounced, but they may calculate
upon having good attendance here
if their performances are sufficiently
and timely published.
An accident occurred on the new
ditch of the Hawaiian Commercial
and Sugar Co. at Waihee last even
ing, the 9th inst, when a Chinaman
engaged in blasting rock had his
wrist shattered by the premature
discharge of stick of dynamite.
DR.. Herbert, who was speedily sum
moned, dressed the wound and the
patient is now comfortable.
The Electric Light Company of
Kahului is not such a phenomenal
success, financial or otherwise, as its
promoters fondly hoped and expect
ed. There has been a series of I'M
fortunate mishaps and breaks, and it
looks as if there was a 'hoodoo"
somewhere. As it is rumored that
several of the stockholders own ID
shares, it is suggested for the benefit
of the directors that this be differ
emily arranged; it may raise the evil
spell! Meanwhile the subscribers to
lights are getting impatient, fur
nishing up their discarded coal-oil
lamps, and it would be advisable for
the company to get their establish
ment in proper working order be-
fore the public get too violently
prejudiced against it.
Political news is eagerly looked
for by every mail, and a sincere hope
that the present deadlock may be
soon at an end is entertained by
everybody. The Legislature ought
to continue it's routine work and
finish its session, the sooner the
better. By the way, why could not
bill have been introduced early in
the session for the relief of the many
Inspectors of Elections who are still
patiently waiting for their pay?
Their position is at best an I'M
pleasant and thankless job, and they
ought to have been paid for their, in
most cases, very valuable time,
wasted on public business, long ere
this. The Minister has shown great
remissness in this matter.
Times are very dull and growing
worse every day; the retail store
keepers complain bitterly of the
hard times, lack of trade, and of the
hardness of the Supreme Court in
rendering decision in the now
more-than-a-year-old fire cases at
Kahului, when Wilder's ware Aouses,
containing lot of merchandise be-
longing to many firms, were burned
down. There can be little doubt
how the cases will, or ought to be,
decided, and the long delay is a
manifest injustice to the smaller
Chinese stores especially, several of
whom have gone to the wall as a
direct consequence of being forced
to pay for goods they never received,
never realized a cent ON, and an in
direct cause of loss to Honolulu
houses, who in their turn have suf-
fered by these failures.
Kahului, Sept. 10, 1892.