The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-04
ON THE BIG ISLAND
News Notes From Hilo
and Hawaii.
Building PIanS-Work at Claa-Puna
ftemS-Using Hilo'S New
Wharf.

Architect a. Richley has IN his offic.
| the floor and elevation plans of IN.
new postoffice building and the Hack
field Co. S addition TO the Hilo hospital
The former building will be 5Sx100 anC
will stand back 30 feet from Waianue.
nue. street. The first floor is arranged
with asserting tables and one circular
stamping table.
There will be a corridor around the
windows and space is made fer 120(
lock boxes. \ covered driveway in the
rear will be used by the mail wagons
and the bags will be delivered TO the
postmaster through chute General
denvary windows are provided on the
makai side for the accommodation OF
the different nationalities. one window
Ior each: Hawaiians, Chinese, Japa-
nese, Portuguese and AnglOSaXonS.
The boxes will be in front and will
extend around on the Hackfeld side OF
the bunding.
The upper floor is reached by a stair
tons for the Postmaster, Tax Office,
Custom House and Land Office. It is
possible that the registered letter and
money order department will be on the
second floor as there is ample room for
the purpose, this floor extending out
about Is feet further than the first
floor. Copies of these plans were sent
to the Minister of Interior by the last
kinau
The Hackfeld ward for the hospital
is on the same lines as the present
building and will have ten beds in the
main ward. In the front of the build
ing there will be a private room with
accommodations for two persons.
Work on this building will begin at
once as additional room is badly need
ed.
OLAA PLANTATION WORK.
If anyone OF the stockholders in the
Olaa Sugar Co. had doubts as to the
wisdom of appointing a manager who
had no practical knowledge of the Gull
tivatiOn Of sugar cane his doubts would
be diSpeMed by a visit to the planta-
ton. The past few months have made
such changes in the appearance of the
locality that it is difficult for one who
has not visited the place for a year to
recognize it.
Viewing the Landscape from the COM
pany'S office at nine miles there is a
stretch of cleared land almost as far as
the eye can reach. More than 1900
acres have been cleared and plowed
and much of 1t planted in cane A
town has been established there and
immense stables erected. The water
problem seems to have been satisfac-
torily solved though it will take sixty
days TO complete the plan. In the
meantime water is procured from the
water holes in the vicinity.
The present rains are of untold value
10 the plantation not only in providing
water for stock and men but for irri-
eating purposes.
Manager McStocker has selected
sites for the cottages for himself and
The principal employees and as soon as
they are erected Mountain View will
De abandoned. These cottages will be
near the Puma road a short distance
rom, the mill. There are now 1850
shipped laborers on the plantation, a
arge number of whom are engaged in
Tearing forest land. Several white
men have also taken contracts for the
clearing of upper lands and the work
S progressing satisfactorily. A few
weeks ago Frank Owens, a contractor
rom the States looked over the ground
md entered into an agreement to clear
900 acres and guaranteeing a certain
quantity per day. Mr.. Owens has gone
o the States to procure necessary ma ,
,hinery for the work.