, 1898-09-24
BUSINESS IN HONOLULU.
Men York 1'rabune.)

49, 'ANNS
a very great difference i'll its appearance or
it's habits" The speaker was an old Sc"
captain in the employ Of the shipping firm
OF C. Brewer & Co., Limited, Of Queen-st.,
Honolulu, and of Boston. Captain Johnson,
who is a Boston man, has been making
trips TO Honolulu oi sailing vessels for over
forty yoals, his first visit there having been
in 1857. At present he is experimenting
the loading of the bark Nuuanu, which al
rived al this port u few weeks ago with a
cargo of sugar from the islands, and will
sail in about q fortnight on her return trip
with a cargo Of general merchandise.
eyes" continued the captain. 'If you were
to land in Honolulu and walk through its
streets you would think it looked very much
like any prosperous New-England town or
small city. The chief points of difference
would be in the tropical vegetation you
would seq here aud there. the chimneyless
houses, and the number If native HnwslIans,
Chinese and japanese who would be mingled
with the Americans, English and Germans
who form the active enteTprlslng part OF
the population. With these exceptions the
city appears A american. The Americans have
stamped their nationality upon everything
and arc the authors of about all the improve
ments which the city possesses. The streets
are we'll laid out i'll Equ"rer, and the bulld
ings in the business district are OF stone or
brick. Most Of the dwelling houses are OF
wood, The fact that none of them nave
any ohimneys looks odd TO o stranger at
first, but he soon realizes that in that even
climate, which averages about "a degrees
in winter and 81 degrees III summer tleTo ID
never any necessity for heating the buildings
Fires for cooking purposes are male III niue
outhouses which adioin the residences.
INT - IN.sM0cc IN Ehn ritV 10 cOns
nected with the sugar industry, although
there are considerable dealings, too, III
coffee. rice and fruit. The headquarters OF
this firm. Brewer & Co, is III Queen st;
Castle & Cook. another big house, owning
latge sugar factories as we'll as maintaining
a shipping trade, are in King-st., and Hack
field & Co. are % prominent German hIm III
Forrest. These are three Of the chief com
mercial houses Of the city, and the three
straets in which they are situated are the
nr;ncipal centres Of the shipping business;
Nearly all the prominent merchants ana
commercial people Of the city are either
Americans. English or Germans, with the
Americans in tho lead. Many OF the CHINESE
"a Iapauese are in business for themselves,
and the Japanese are very ente'PF'SIns.
II ia wonderful how they get along 0uV
NC native Hawaiians don't amount 10 any,
hing in that way. They are too lazy ana
.nn ;rresDonsible. l often think they are
w. much like children. They are wiling
to work Just for q little while, until they
~et " few dollars ahead. Then they must
liza around and enjoy themselves TIL me
no is gone. Two or three hours /" day is
,vnaIIv work enough for them. Those out
~ the country are employed on The plant".
.;nUs and those in the city d" a large part
. e. no. nnskilled labor. A number, however,
I'oiJ places as clerks in the mercantile
ho"ses and if they are superintended and
Ient At their work they are very satisfactory
AZ hat capacity. All the Hawaiians are
educated in English in the public schools
81 the city, you know, 80 that they are not
% ~, ;iili,erate. They seem to have q
~o,nral talent for penmanship; some OF their
ms;t;n0 that / have seen is beautiful.
"I"n.,s;nass hou,s in Honolulu are about the
.ouao as thew are here. People usually get
;" 4So;r offices at 8 o'clock in the morning
"a ieave at 5 in the afternoon. The
Sn ua,hsr Is so nearly the same throughout
w." vaor that there is no regular vaca,1Cn
80 snoh as we have in summer. Inc
naU0.;;am business man takes his vacation
season which may be most convenient
q I.s;rable for him. He spends 1t on one
Is the ether Islands of the group perhaps
CONG north to Hawai- or south 10 tue
Roi"6, g uownii where the great vol.