Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-11-17
HEIO NOTES.
Cheaper Freights from San Frnncisco--
Personal and Industrial.

making establishment in Honolu-
lu, and will remain in that city
for some time to come.
An agent for the California
Wine Go. says he had very mar
row escape from being buried
under an enormous landslide near
Honohina on Monday. His horse
was struck by some of the rolling
stones,
The Matson line Of vessels give
notice to the public that after
December l they will carry
freight between San Francisco
and HiIo for 50. q ton. This is
u reduction Of 81 ton.
A native arrived in Rilo Wed
nesday with a pack animal loaded
with Puma oranges which be
offered for sale at 20 for 25 cents.
He began selling his stock ria hi
off the animals back. He seemed
surpriscd AID apparently disap
pointed at finding himself out OF
supplies so quickly.
Many people will be surprised
to learn that HiIo had news
paper published and printed there
over seventeen years ago, called
the Hilo Advocate. issued month
ly, 10 ceuts a copy, 81 a year. II.
Stephen Wallingford was the
editor and publisher. 1t was Il
four page paper 7x5 inches to the
page.
August G,anberg says that the
Humuulu Sheep Station, of which
he is the manager, is in parti-
culsrly fourishing condition. The
wool crop of 1896 was 10000
pounds, and he believes he will
increase it to over 100000 pounds
this season. He has fully 300,
600 acres to pasture Oft, which he
confines to sheep aud horses.
During Mr.. Kennedy'e recent
visit to San Francisco he placed
an order for new tugboat for
the Waiakea Plantation. 1t will
be ten feet longer than the one
now doing service, have double
the horse power, burn half the
amount of coal, use her water over
and over by the use of condensers,
double expansion use of steam,
driven by turbine screw aud will
travel ten knots au hour. Her
increased length will give her
light draught and she will he an
ideal bay aud river boat.
Du,ing the past week or ten
days the Hawaii coast has been
so rough that steamer landing of
freights has all but been sus
pended, which has caused much
Inconvenience, and has impressed
tho importance of an islaDd rail
road running north from Hllo,
and good dock facilities in this
bay.
All Pal WAS an old Chinamau,
60 years old, working on a small
farm on Kohala mountain. He
had been sick for some time and
was being cared for by fellow
countrymau, who had been a
shipmate of his 40 years ago.
Last Monday his companion,
Hong Che, left him TO go to Wal
mea for supplies and on his re-
turn found him hanging by the
neck dead. The coroner's jury
found it n case of snicide.
The same day japanese work
ing on the new road in the Lsu-
pahoehoe gulch, whilst taking out
rock from ledge 300 feet above
the sea was struck on the head
by falling stone. He fell down
upon the narrow ledge, and eye
witnesses say bis body violently
writhed over the edge down that
frightful depth, 800 feet, into the
sea. A hervy sea WAS breaking
at the base of the cliff and the
body has not been recovered.
The building boom is gaining
Roadway every day in Hilo. The
lumber yards are unable to keep
anything like supplies on hand to
fill orders, Notwithstanding the
unusual arrivals Of ship after ship
load.
The Tribune learns from nearly
every coffee district on this island
that the estimate made two months
ago as t. the quantity of this
years product will be realized aud
very much exceeded in almost
every instance. The weather has
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