The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-13

large stock of the Wilcox x Gibbs and
Automatic Silent running sewing ma
chimes.
They are agents for several planta-
lions and do a large business in Life.
Fire and Marine Insurance. Represent
ing the New England Mutual Life In
surance Co. of Boston and the Aetna
Insurance Co. of Hartford.
Having had occasion TO purchase
some fans we drove up TO the two story
building of 5. Ozaki who occupies
large store rooms in the Waverley /
Block on Hotel street and found one /
of the most complete Japanese outfits. /
consisting OF ladies embroidered tea .
gowns. some worth fifty dollars which /
are a dream being all hand embroider- /
ed. also handkerchief cases, gown bu- (
reau scarfs. doilies. sofa cushions. etc. /
( The display of Satsuma, Imai, Kutany
and CloisOnne china is of the finest
! assortment China sets, silks and
/ satins of the finest quality are TO be
| had at very reasonable prices. Mr..
/ OZaki came here five years ago and
has been established at his present ad-
! dress two years. He has also two
| other stores here, one wholesale hq-
| our house the other a provision house.
! At Kauai he has three stores and his
goods are represented all over the ISL
ands.
! The Honolulu Iron Works was next
visited Here they employ several
| hundred men and by the clang of ham
mers and the general rush all through
! their works. we soon realized that we
had struck the busiest place in town.
1t is here that the steam engines, sugar
mills. boilers, coolers, iron, brass, lead
castings and machinery of every de-
scription is made. 1t is very interest
ing to go through these works. We
first went into a large shop where
| some thirty men were setting up sugar
machinery and mills. Then through
into another room where about thirty
more men were doing all kinds OF re-
pair and job work. Then into the
blacksmith's shop where twenty-five
men were engaged in doing heavy
work: we then went through several
other shops and then out into the large
boiler yard where at least ninety men
were busily engaged in pounding and
/ working on immense boilers. THESE
, Iron Works compare favorably with
the largest in the States, they do not
l have to solicit business as they nave
/ more than they can comfortably do
; without solicitation. they employ
= about fifteen men in their pattern shop
/ and eight in their drafting room They
= are the sole agents of the National
4 Tube Works Company of New York
l. and have a large warehouse filled with
e iron pipes, fittings and everything thai
= belongs to heavy hardware Thell
: foundry is a very busy place. Here
i they cast from ten to fifteen tons Of
+ iron daily. We were surprised to see
S the large number of Hawaiians a
c work throughout their plant, and OF
inquiry we found, that they were yer!
e proud of the fact, that they excluded
1,l nd on
S natives wherever they could to thel
s mutual advantage. There are NOR
q Hawaiians employed by this Company
st than by any other one institution oil
the Island, and a great many, in thel
/ employ, are holding responsible posi-
: tiOns being remunerated as highly a
e any other skilled mechanics. I'M
e company consists of but few share
lie holders. among whom are the owner
st of some of the principal plantation
If here The increased amount OF buSl
% ness has compelled them to make tn
S. bold step to remove their entire work
Sc to a larger site which they have secur
III ed near the harbOr, where, in shOT
5. time new and modern buildings Wi
n be erected and fitted up cOmpletel
u with all modern improvements and ma
II chinery.
~ The wholesale district as in othe
=, large cities is down near the waite
80 front. One of the oldest and larges
~ firms in this locality is the firm OF "
s Grinbaum Ltd, on Queen stree
- This company is what is called clos
/ ed corporation. They have been IN Tn
II commission and importing business {
* general merchandise in the same hOus
ID for the past thirty-three years. In fol
L. mer wears they were compelled to IN
III port all their stock from Europe bu
10 since the United States has gone int
III manufacture of goods in their line,
le great many American products al
he found on their shelves. They haV
S: three large floors, we'll stocked with a
u kinds of merchandise, shoes, DooU
hats. cigars, (Havana, Manila ana An
ne erican). also American tobacco. Til
OF company is composed of NJ. $ GrlL
e baum. NJ LouissOn, A. J. Benjamin
$ Bolte and A Gartenberg. Having bee
> here so long they are we'll known an
{ have established a large trade not on
te here but on the other Islands.
ne Another firm located in the whole
Is sale district near the harbOr is Iheo
e, Davies &, Co, Ltd. This company
ut the successor of the business Origlna
IL " established. in a portion OF tn
u premises it at present occupies,
III Starkey, JaniOn & Co. in 1871
or In May of this year Mr.. Thee. t
d. Davies. for so long associated with HI
e nOluIu. and this business in particula
Mt died in his home in England, and tn
d directors Of the company now are,
ge Rain Walker, F. NJ. Swanzy and
ed ! Give Davies.
OF This company is agent for sever
&c sugar plantations, and is also intimat'
es " connected with the rice and cone
ok industries.
&c 1t is also agent for Fire and Marin
10 Insurance Companies, reBresen
a. Lloyds, and does a large business
IL merchandise of all descriptions.
~, The company has branches in Hi
and in other parts OF the Islands as
nc has sailing vessels running TO
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