Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-20

Activity IN Building Operations
New Bridges.

New Bridges.
Payson Caldwell, formerly
editor Of the Tribune,and his wife
will leave Hilo on the first sailing
vessel.
The new steel bridge across
Honomu gulch is completed, and
Manager Ross and his wife were
among the first to drive across it.
The bridge across Kawainui gulch
was started Monday week and the
abutments for the bridge across
Kapehu gulch, between Pepeekeo
and Honomu, is we'll under way.
j. w. Butler, of the j. w. But
Ter Paper Company, Chicago, a
volcano tourist, says il there was
cable to the Coast, and little
swifter ocean carriage, Hawaii
would be sought 10y those desiring
to avoid the rigors of winter from
all over the world. If Hawaii had
cable he would become n coffee
planter and spend six months of
every year on the island, and most
likely twelve months.
Every team in rGilo is working
from early morn till late, hauling
sand, rock, cement, lime, lumber,
hardware, roofing iron, to all por-
tons of the town, and buildings
are going up on every block.
What is the matter with that
man ? a Tribune localist writes.
l have seen him in all the four
ends of Hilo within the past hour.
He is a stranger in town trying to
find a vacant house to move into.
Last night he rented a mango tree
but that has since been secured
on long lease and he is again on
the hunt.
j. z. Amaral is now working at
the 18th mile on the new Puma
road. He also starts gang of
men to work on the last mile of
his contract, working from Pahoa
towards Hilo.
Officers of the Monday Evening
Whist Club newly elected are:
President, Mrs. John A. Scott;
vice president, Mrs. Charles
Furneaux; secretary and treasurer,
Mr.. Lewis Turner.
Mr.. Fulcher's projected new
store at Olaa will be "a feet front
by 60 feet deep.
w. A. Hardy & Co. now own
and operate the soda works that
used to be Hobson's.
A Kona correspondent of the
Tribune writes: Everything in
Kona points to prosperity with
the men who have put their money
there, but there is one thing about
which they kick. The Govern
ment appropriated money for a
new road, from Maguire's to Hoo.
kena, a point 40 miles south. The
road is being built, but only 16
feet, instead of 20 wide, as it
should be. The contracts have
been let, and sublet until the
work is in the hands of people
who know nothing about road
building. There can be no good
come out of this, and in six
months or year from now the
Government will have to spend a
lot of money doing the work over
again. There seems to be no
supervision on the part of the
Government representatives, and
the result will be a hit or miss
road.
Regarding road building north
of Hilo town, the Tribune is in.
formed that work that WAS being
prosecuted under the management
of Mr. Ross at cost to the Gov
eminent of $3.50 a foot has been
stopped and a band of japanese
put to work under day work at IS |
cents day, and 1888 days work is
to be paid for each 100 feet of ,
road constructed, which is $3.50 a
foot, as against $3.50. And, furth-
ermore, the amount of this con-
tract is $3.50 and its letting is in
violation of the law, which limits
such piece work to $500 and under.