The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
HAWAII ANNEXED.
Tho Remarkable Advance In business
Prosperity since the Annexation.

ILLUSTRATION OF what the term expansion means
can be had than by comparison Of the Hawaii
today with the Hawaii OF six years ago II In
almost incredible to sec what a substantial and
rapid progress has been made throughout Hawaii
since annexation TO this country. Before anneSa-
ton there was complete prostration Of every kind.
Now all Is changed.
Much OF the old poetic. picturesque. life
mains The stalwart "Hawaiianess' goes her
stately way clad in the flaming holokd which
so becomes her, wreathed and crowned with eis:
the street laborcr and the train driver pursue their
vacations also decorated with flowers The
sound OF the faro patch fiddle still sounds through
the groves Of shadowy algaroba and the strains
Of Hawaii Ponoi" yet delight the heart But,
with the old there Is new and virle Hawaii.
the natural and inevitable successor OF that which
has served its time Honolulu itself has changed
astonishingly. Fine business blocks have al
ready supplanted the old buildings and the others
are In process Of construction; the stores crowded
with the latest fashions in millinery and drygoods;
in the fine wcll-appontcd bookstor David
Harum," The Rough Riders" and prisoners
OF Hope are placed conspicuously on sale. while
the windows are filled with wonderful photographs
| illustrating the recent overflow OF Mauna Ioa.
In one street gangs OF workman are laying
the track for new rapid transit line TO be
operated by electricity: in others the new sewer
make Honolulu one Of the most sanitary cities
In the world.
The sewer work has been planned and super
vised by a firm OF competent American engineers
along decidedly original lines. Tho sewage
could not be drained into the harbor which Is
land locked. and where there Is not sufficient tide
10 carry IL out to sea An enormous tank has been
devised, therefore, into which the city's sewers
will be emptied and the sewage will be forced
from this by series Of powerful pumps. beyond
the reef into the where 1t will be carried
away II will not remain TO decay and pollute
the harbor as has happened in other island cities.
breeding fever and pestilence. Additional Gre
companies have been organized and equipped
with all the best and most modern appliances
for protecting the city against fire One OF the
older companies, IL may be said, Is manned by
Chinese. the engine. engine house and equip
ments with funds for maintenance, having been
contributed by wealthy Chinese merchants who
carry on business in Honolulu.
Real estate that was drug the market year
ago can hardly be bought now at any price. In
the whole city and its environs there are hardly
dozen lots advertised for sale Hundreds OF
houses have been built. many OF them spacious
and costly villas that are perched upon the lower
slopes Of the mountains but still within the
porate limits OF Honolulu. With these more am
bilious dwellings, are hundreds OF cottages not
one Of which Is vacant, while those not yet com
pleted haYe been bespoken for months A new
suburb, Pacific Heights, on the lower slope OF
Round Top commanding a magnificent view
OF the city. the harbor, and the ocean beyond,
has been surveyed and plotted and the streets
are being rapidly opened. 1t will not be three
years until this will be completely built up with
electric car lines, an abundant supply Of water,
and all the modern improvements OF any metro
euhur, The electric oh n he
city itself has been greatly enlarged SO that even
the large grounds and driveways, well the
residences themselves are brilliantly lighted
The increase in shipping can hardly be esma
ted; there are five steamers nowadays where there
was one five years ago. when the Oceanic Line
and the China mail had monopoly. Now these
old and excellent lines are adding new and larger
vessels to their fleets, and, in addition 10 these,
there are the new japanese line, the Canadian
Pacific and others. Tho freight which these
ships carry has quadrupled within the past six
months. The Moana, a large steamer form
erly operated by the Union Line OF New Zea
land, which co-opcrates with the Oceanic Com
pany in San Francisco, has been scarcely able
to carry her cargo during her last few voyages
On the last trip every inch Of available space was
filed. TO such an extent that she was unable to
carry the usual supply OF coal, having been de
tanned in Honolulu twenty-four hours 10 All
her bunkers upon which her freight had encroach-
ed. What is true OF the Moana has been true OF
| others, and. in tons Of freight
have had TO be left behind in San Francisco for
which room could be made
The increase in the number Of sailing vessels
has been proportionatey great 1t far exceeds
the halcyon days when whaling ships lay side by
side along the wharf for the distance Of a mile
so close that man could step from one deck To
another For now thew cannot oven GET n tho
dock but must wait their turns outside y deten-
ton OF sometimes Of four weeks duration Tho
question Of wharfage is little serious for he the
dock can be, and is being constantly extended and
improved. II has its limitations that cannot be
overcome 1t seems little too bad, in view OF this
that our Navy Department. instead Of utilizing
the splendid possibilities of Pearl Harbor should
be expanding money for the harbOr in Honolulu
| which is already crowded 1t Is said that the
United States has been influenced by the fact that
the land adjacent to Pearl Harbor has been bought
by a syndicate which holds the tract at such an
exorbitant figure the Government will postpone
purchasing until more reasonab BILE terms are offered
This may be true, but Pearl Harbot is needed
and needed badly so that all the space in the harbor
| at Honolulu may be left for the merchant marine.
Meantime a giant dredge Is in operation at
the foot OF Richards street and the work OF ex-
cavation Tor new slips in that comparatively
unimproved part OF the harbor Is making excellent
progress The dredge has capacity OF two
tons and hoists three loads, or six tons OF earth
and stone. a minute The work begun will be
completed in March and will cost S275 600
Or course the leading industry OF the islands,
sugar planting. has had an enormous stimulus
and people OF moderate means have grown rich
within the past year buying and selling stocks
New plantations being opened up with cap
italizaton running up into the millions On
those where irrigation is used the most costly
and perfect machinery Is employed-pumps
that force stream water 10 the incredible height
OF six hundred and even eight hundred ieet-a
| thing hitherto believed 10 be impossible This
has redeemed the highlands which have been
supposed TO be unClaimable. and has added
| 10 the arabic lands throughout the islands
| The yield has been almost doubled in the irrga-
| cd lands where cane culture is carried In the
| most scientific manner The Planters Assoca
ton which represent the combined sugar interests
Of the island employ an expert who had his train
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