The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-04-05

who viii drop CUT for a few minutes
during the day and sometimes more
than once during working periods.
There Will be none Of this al al in the
new home.
Another cherished thought of the
veteran superintendent who was a
couple Of years ago succeeded by Mr..
Hedemann viii be brought into reaIza-
ton by the change Of base. Others
connected with the Works have felt
strongly and talked positively upon
the same matter. The Company will
fight 10 the last ditch against any pro
pOsal looking TO the establishment Of
a saloon Snywhere near the new
Works. A very large percentage OF the
men, including perhaps about all Of
those who drink, will stand with the
Company in this matter.
Said a gentleman yesterday who is
well enough informed on affairs of the
Honolulu Iron Works Company to be
accepted as an authority: The an
nouncements made by the Advertiser
were a surprise 10 ALL The few men
who were in the transaction had not
/ the remotest idea that il could have a
mention in newspaper Il was sup
posed 10 be q secret. Nothing was TO
be said Of details tin there were ad-
vices from Mr.. Davies, the President
OF the Company. As YOU know, he
went aboard a few days ago, OF course
there could De no conCealment Of the
leasing OF the land The Advertiser
was correct in almost every particular
This is a big thing for Honolulu. It
will expand, l am certain, quite well
beyond the limits OF all calculations
now made. There viii be a good many
more mills built in these Islands, and
from this time on the Iron Works will
have the construction. maintenance
and improvement Of all OF them. We
know by experience just what is need
| ed We have the confidence OF the
| planters and with new facilities can
make much better figures in COMPETE
ton than We have been able TO offer
in the past.
let me whisper to YOU that very
/ likely before the first plans are COM
pleted a dry dock will be added 10 the
| scheme. II must come sooner or later,
and here are men who will be listened
to who are urging that 4, might just
as we'll be provided now as later. The
shipping in and out Of this port is in
| creasing enormously. 1t is going ahead
with a growth Of regular strides and
Honolulu Is the point for repairs and
supplies in the Pacific. There will be
a new and well patronized roadstead
when the Nicaragua canal is built, and
that canal is assured now that Admiral
Walker and his colleagues are working
earnestly in the matter and have the
endorsement and assistance OF the ad-
ministration at Washington and OF all
the prominent public men in the Unit
ed States. The Spanish war scare will
give the canal movement a heavy i'm
petus. The dry dock here could be
easily provided. The Hong Kong wells
could be equalled here very cheaply
by digging out the soft coral. The con-
slrucdOn cost will be nothing in COM
| parison 10 what it is elsewhere. Then
any ship afioat can be handled Just as
well here as az any other port in the
world. That viii bring the business.
It would not surprise me at all to see
the Oriental liners stopping here every
trip for say sixty hours for overhaul
/ ing.
The Iron Works people will employ
lot more men. There will be more
/ departments and tools and more mate
rial 10 manage. 1t viii probably be
necessary to have scows to bring
I freight for the Iron Works alongside. u
Mr.. C. S. Desky, the owner Of Cyclic
mere, was one of the happiest men in
town yesterday over the Iron Works
news. Said he: 4 don't want to say
1 told you So but I thought when |
bought down in that locality that some
/ thing OF the kind might come about
sometime. l will not make a great deal
OUT Of ii, because I have very little
( left OF KsTalO outside of Cyclomere,
but il viii make a good many lots.
All the people who bought of me have
made money and that's the best kind
OF an advertisement for my business
when put another addition or sub
urb on the market