The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-11

( est obstacle the OIaa company has had
| 20 contend with, for no WithsCanding
the reputation Olaa has for being a We
| locality there have been times when
water was extremely scarce.
SMITHS SUBDIVISION.
The Brown properry in the vicinity
| OF Terry's shop has been leased by
John u. Smith and Is now being sub
divided Into smal1 lots for residence
! purposes. Mr.. Smith has had a large
JCrce Of men employed filling UP the
swamp and grading roads. There will
be more than 100 lots in the subdivi-
] Sion and they vial be leased mainly
II persons who will build small Get
! tages- q road will be butt from Front
street To connect with another thai will
4 be tilt to intersect Church street.
a DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
! Tbs matter of driving cattle through
! Hilo streets at times when children
are GA their wy to school is one
whicl requires the attention OF the
/ authorities. Yesterday WaiInuenue
/ street was the scene Of considerable
eXciteme from this cause. 1t would
seem th3- a different hour might be
1 selected and the convenience of the
butchers ne. msterfered witk.
J THE eIISSING LINK.
/ T47s constra ction of the one mile of
/ road beyond Honohina to finish the
l island belt line may possibly be de-
I layed even though sufhcienc funds for
the purpose have been guaranteed by
the plantation managers along the line
1t seems that a certain sum had been
/ subscribed and the contract let at
cer'1ajn price per foot. The original
/ contractor, it is said, subiet to other
hSpartIss at d fair margin OF profit. Now
4 one OF the subscribers to the fund has
/ Tallen exception to this and HAS sig
dlified his intention to withdraw his
subscription believing that the Legis
nature will not be willing ID aathorize
the payment of sufficient money to
cover u e profit the original contractor
is supposed to realize on the work.
THE NEWS BOILED DOWN.
The ornamental work Oh the Pea
cork building is nearly finished.
Survey work tor the Hilo railway in
the direction of Puma Sugar Co. is
progressing rapidly.
Waiakea bridge was closed to traffic
two days during the week in order to
allow necessary repairs to be made.
The condition Of D. Fl. Hitchcock
remains the same 1t is at rare inter
walls that he recognizes members of the
family.
Al earthquake shock in the vicinity
of the Volcano overturned a stone wall
and started the smoke a booming in
kilauea- i
DR. MIeolls is interested with Johna
Emmeluth in promoting a plantation
adjoining the Waaalua plantation,
Oahu.
s. nothing definite ias been heard
from the States regarding the shipp ng
o1 the metal work for Nailuku or Wal |
a4ea bridges.
Emil Very has completed the abut- |
ment on the Hilo side 81 the Wailuku
ana work is progressing on the one on
the Puueo side
TIE Portuguese celebration at VAIL
akea last Thursday was one OF the anostI
successful ever given here. |
ne barkentine George c. Perkins, /
Captain Moss. arrived yesterday, IS
days from Gray's Harbor with 4S5, COOL
1eeC Of n0r'west for the Hilo Mercan-i
tile Co Captain Moss reports caIms
all during the voyage.
J. T. SriVa, through his attorney Guy
F. Maydwell, has recovered $500 for
the loss OF a box of negatives from the
Kinau The claim was settled Cu- Of
court
Caps. Elderts planted one-eighth Of
an acre Of cane last June on his place
in Puma and on Tuesday last GU and
sold his crop OF two and one-1a t tons
TO ,le Puma Sugar Co.
\ J3Danese lab0rer fer the IA
Sugar Co, charged with assaulting a
Portuguese luna. was copv 1-s1 before
Judge Aapai on Tuesday and sentenced
toethree months hard labor and - pay
the costs of prosecution.
L. All Wah, manager fer the M
Sing Fruit Co.. is steadily increasing J
his business. He has established d :
store and rest aur2nt at 9 mics on the
0i3a road and q restaurant and board I
ng house at 81 miles in Puma. "a
c. ~ RagsdaIe mas returned from )
I&ukaiau where he went last week for
he purpose of setting up and testing Q
stump puller for T. NJ. Homer Theit
nachine worked 50 well that a second +
NE has been ordered by Mr.. Hofner.
About one-thiINi Of the Hil0 railway
las been graded Tomashimu. who
las a contract for II miles, has a large
orce OF japanese al work and it IS
expected he viii finish his contract u
bout the first of February. The loco s.
motives are expected to reach Hilo o.
bout the time the grading IS finished. -
The building on Wa1anuenue street
ormerly occupied as an office by w #
!. Hardy & Co., was torn down last CT
,eek 10 make room for the new post .,
flee building. :
Peter Lee has completed contract | ~
1r clearing 1924 acres of land for the OF
laa Sugar Co. 1t is in the Keaau m
act on the nnakai side of the Puma y
BAD About 500 acres Were well COW
red with lauhala guava and Onia
'ees. Much of the land has been
lowed and planted. D,
Messrs. Fetter and LudIoff thet
'rmer manager of Loves Bakery, IN
onolulu. for many years. have pur-
laSed the bakery on Waianuenue ~
rect from George Wilhelm and will
'on transform the lower floor Of the
Hiding into a first class ice cream
rlor and will conduct the business /
/ the same lines as the celebrated |
lite Ice Cream parIors in Honolulu