The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-12-26
FROM HAWAII
The Question Of Two
Banks for 1iIo.
Marrow Escape Near Laupahoehoe-
Plans OF New Post Office Cof-
Zee Inspection,

Zee Inspection.
The following news TO December 2irt
IL taken from the Hawaii Herald
The question Of whether two bank
ing Institutions will pay IN Hilo is one
which concerns only the stockholders.
In this respect II differs somewhat
from parallel lines of railway. In the
matter OF priority of intent there can
be no question regarding the position
of the First American Bank OF Hawaii:
rumors that the intention OF Mr.. Peck
to start n bank fastened action by Mr..
Browns company may be accepted for
what they are worth Whether the
First American Bank of Hawaii opened
its IIllo doors January ., 1900, or Jan
uary 2, 1000. does not alter the situa-
ton. the bank in whose officers the
people have the most confidence is the
one that will do the most business
sentiment cuts very little ice where
mans money is at stake. The public
knows who is behind the First Ameri-
Gln fDdUk anu III lhtii 10 a.
ready established. So far as Mr.. Peck's
bank officers are concerned the general
public is in the dark. The Herald
hopes there will be enough business
here to make both institutions success
full.
A Narrow Escape.
The necessity of a guard rail on the
new road in North Hilo in the vicinity
of Laupahoehoe was made apparent 10
Manager Walker and his wife on sun
day last They had been spending the
day with Manager McClennan and fam
iIy. and on their return drive had a
narrow escape from death.
Mr.. Walker was driving double
team and when above Laupahoehoe, on
that part of the road running along the
steep embankment, they were met by
two men on bicycles. The horses SHE'D
and in moment became unmanage-
able Mrs Walker jumped from the
carriage and escaped injury, but Mr..
Walker remained and tried to control
his horses AS they became more frac-
tious, he, too. jumped just as the wheels
were on the edge of the road next the
precipice Horses and carriage went
over and one of the horses was killed
in the fall.
New Postoffice.
The accepted plan of the new postof-
flee building in Hilo was drawn by
Ripley & Dickey, architects of Ho-
nolulu. With the exception of the COW
cred veranda on the mauka side, and
a port cochere in the rear under which
mail wagons will drive, it is very sim
liar to the postoffice in Honolulu. The
ground plan shows rooms for savings
bank. money order, delivery spaces.
etc, but the architects overlooked
stamp window. Attention was called
to the defect by Postmaster Severance
last week when he returned the plans.
Inspecting Coffee.
Messrs. f. Souza and j. Z. Grossman
of Olaa returned yesterday from
visit along the Hamakua coast, more
particularly in the vicinity of Kukaiau,
where they went for the purpose of in
inspecting coffee being cultivated by
John M. Horner. Opportunities were
offered for noting the difference in
trees growing on land upon which fer
tilizer had been literally used and
land which had not been so treated.
of fertilizer. Mr.. Souza reports the
place as excellent.
News Boiled Down.
Judge Wilder is recreating at the
Volcano.
L.. A. Thurston has been at the Vol
cano House since Saturday.
DR.. Frank Irwin has been appointed
plantation physician at Puma.
No conclusion has been reached re-
garding the railway terminals.
A Chinese at Waiohinu fell from a
tree on Saturday, receiving injuries
which caused death.
Mr.. Lucas, formerly sugar boiler at
Honomu, is now filling the same posi-
ton with the Portuguese Sugar Mill.
Messrs. Brush, Robinson and Soule |
are running survey lines for the Hilo- |
Kohala Railway on the outskirts of |
town.
Weather in Kau is dry and the peo-
pie are experiencing high winds. Ho-
nuapo and Naalehu mills are both |
grinding.
Jim" Clements, kamaaina of Ho- |
nokaa, is on a periodical visit TO Hilo. |
He first landed here more than thirty |
years ago.
No objections have been made to the |
cleaning crusade. All classes join in |
an effort to put the town in sanitary |
condition.
Puma Sugar Company has forty-fiye |
acres of land cleared. ploughed and
planted. There Is no delay between the |
time of clearing and planting.
c.. G. Campbell, bookkeeper at Puma, |
is in town. He reports the last lot of
Japanese laborers there TO be the |
healthiest so far brought there.
Rufus Lyman has moved his slaugh-
ter house from the old location on up |
per Waianuenue street to point where |
water in the vicinity will not be con-
taminated.
A dividend of 10 per cent was de- |
clared by the stockholders of the Vol