The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-31
JOHN THOMAS wATERHoUsE.
One Of the Oldest and Largest Hsr-
chants in Honolulu.

John Thomas Warehouse started bust.
ness IN Honolulu in lSjl, ia store ON
Nuuanu street, where he worked up
large trade. Something less than twenty
years ago Mr. Warehouse gave over the
active management ~ business, which
had greatly extended, into the hands Of
his two sons. IL is u wholesale and re-
tail business, occupying three retail
stores aud four Warehouses;, all of large
dimensions. The house does "A large
business IN the country districts Of all
the islands. Ii deals In dry goods,
crockeryware, hardware. groceries, sad.
diery, carpets, rugs, umbrellas, etc, and
the house has one vi the finest rcputa-
tons for the good quality Of It's merchan.
disc. The No. 10 store Oh Fort street
Is unsurpassed by any emporium in town
for tine stock ut dry and lane! goods,
dolls, toys, etc, 1t displays. The remain
der II the business Is on Queen street
fronting some Of the principal wharvcs.
The founder aud head VI the house. II
is sal to report, IL while these lines are
bcing written, lying very low under the
weight 81 sevcnty.ninc years. Mi. Water.
nouse long ago displayed an enterprise
IN advertising anu pushing business,
winch might he the cny! vi many Of the
bright young husiIers Uf the present day.
4 stroke b. made back in l,.;o partook
Of Barnums genius and gave his store
the name of hale kanelo' from the na.
tives lie brought home with him by
the big Yankee, from business trip
abroad, u live camel Somebody had
nrougn, ~ herd al cancls 10 California,
thinking these ships of the desert
would he useful ~ pack animals to and
from the gold digging. Mr. Waterhouse
bought one Of them and On getting IL
safely landed placed II ON exhibition ITO.
hind his store, where all who bought -
cents worth could Rec the camel. The
animal accidentally hur, its foot and
died Of lockjaw. Mr.. Wa,crhousc has
acquired grcn, deal of land and house
property in Honolulu and suburban set.
tlrincnts lie eagerly bought lots at
Pearl City Peninsula, when the railway
company put them up, and has built
abont forty houses there, including u
combined church and school The
Lyccum built for u Methodist chapel at
his own charge. the Eagle house and the
Victoria house ARE his property. Ills
homestead In Nuuunu street II one 81
the most attractive residences IN Homo.
lulu.
J Mr.. Wn,crhu,i-c has rrrs-.sl the Allan
tie on his business trips abroad about
sixty times. ~ Int. years his son John
I. has done the foreign buying for the
house. Henry Watcrhollsc VIA member
~ IN" Advisory Council ~ thu Provision.
al Government. and i- elected ~ mcm.
Der of the iirs, Senate Of the Republic 81
Hawaii, aud besides taking part in his
fathers business, IN IA member 81 the cor.
poration &. Brewer n ca.
John 4. Wn,crhousc. Jr., IL member
OF the Board 81 Health, u trustee 81 the
Queens Hospital. u trustee 81 the Sailors
Home, and u prominent member 81 the
Central Union church, IL whusr Sunday
school he was formerly superintendent,
lie also holds the agency of til, Union in'
surancc Company IL England.
Tho name Watcrhouso IL identified
with the material and moral progress Of
the Hawaiian Islands.