The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-23
MAUI HAS
MANY NEEDS
Freight Rates Said To
Be Excessive.
HONOLULU TRADE HURT
Lahaina Wharf Should be Ex.
tended Cold Storage Plant
at Wailuku.

NAlLUhU, MAUI, July N.-Ihe
News says: 1t is an open secret that
the Honolulu staple grocers have lost
the bulk of the trade which they form
erly controlled on Maui. The mere fact
that much of this class of goods is i'm
ported directly to Maui from the Coast
is only a partial explanation of the
reason for this changed condition of af-
fairs. The Honolulu grocers and trades
men generally, carry many lines of
goods which are not carried on Maui.
The great drawback to the Honolulu
merchants is the prohibitive rate of
freights between Honolulu and Maui.
The managers of the inter island
steamers claim that they cannot afford
to lower the rates of freight, as it
hardly pays to carry freight at the
present rates. But, are not the steam
ers killing the goose which has laid the
golden egg? If special rates were made
for Honolulu shippers, would not the
increase in traffic more than cover the
difference in freight rates?
LAHAINA WHARF.
The Government should at once do
something, If possible, in the matter of
extending the wharf at Lahaina, at
| least sixty feet. The effort to improve
the landing at this wharf by removing
the accumulated sands, proved a total
failure. At present, 1t is impossible for
ordinary row boats to reach the end of
| the wharf at low tide, and freight has
| to be lifted from the boats and carried
on the shoulders of the boatmen, from
the boat to the end of the wharf. From
$500 to $4,000 would extend the wharf
far enough to enable loaded boats to
come alongside and unload, and an eff
fort should be made by the government
to do at least this much.
WAILUKU COLD STORAGE.
Wanted-cold storage. There is SIM
ply bushel of money in cold storage
proposition here in Waikiki. For years,
the beef on the island has been de-
teriorating, and it has come to that
stage now, that it Is simply execrable.
If the Maui Ice G. Soda Company would
rise to the situation, it would probably
prevent the advent of a company who
| will come in and provid.. cold strra ge
for beef and mutton.
WRAY TAYLOR MUST REPLY.
Mr.. Wray Taylor, where does the
fault lie, that the Islands largely i'm
port oranges, lemons and lines? The
proper answer to this question viii
mean thousands of dollars in the pock-
cts of small landholders. To quote
Captain Cutie. "the bearing of the OBJ
serwation lies in the application on it,"
CHAMBERS ON MAUI.
DR.. Shaw, the Honolulu veterinary
surgeon, was sent to Ulupalakua this
week to investigate the alleged cases
of CHAMBERS. He reports that the dis
ease has not assumed an epidemic
form, and will be easily checked. Only
three horses at the Rose Ranch, Ulupa-
lakua, were found to be affected. 1t
was eight head of horses and not f1f-
teen head that were ordered killed at
this ranch, by DR.. Garvin.
MAUI PERSONALS.
Several young gentlemen of Waikiki
and Kahului gave a picnic to their
friends in lao Valley last Sunday. The
affair was large attended by the young
ladies and gentlemen of Wailuku an6
Kahului, and very delightful day was
spent among the kukui groves, by he
side of the clear and ripping lao.
Mr.. J. A. Tuthill, of the Gregg car
plant at Kahului, returned from IIo-
nolulu Wednesday. Work is being
pushed, and the grounds of the site
of the new enterprise are beginning TO
look like a village.
A proposition to organize yacht
club and build a boat and bathing
house at Kahului is being seriously
considered by some of the leading peo-
pie of Maui A meeting will soon be
called to perfect plans.
w. I. Ball, formerly of the Wailuku
Saloon, leaves to-day on the CIaudina
: for Honolulu, thence to Vancouver
where he will remain for some weeks.
to enjoy the change of climate with
. the hope of improving his health.
Mr.. Dickens, former.U S. Consular
agent at Kahului, and manager of the
Kahului store, will have charge OF the
wholesale liquor house soon to be es-
tabllshed on the corner of Main and
Market streets, Waikiki. tle states
that the supplies for his house win be
shipped from the Coast direct.
Mrs. r. Berg, the wife of ex-r11nager
Berg of the Kahului r. r. CO, is visit
ing Hama.
Mr.. Harold Giles, of Honolulu. came
over on the Claudine, to watch his real
estate in Wai,uku rising in va nc.
Mr.. A. Won Gravemeyer, former pro.
prietor of the Hotel de Maui, and later
in the employ of the Olaa Sugar Com
pany on Hawaii. is visiting 1T Iahaina
Hon. II. p. Baldwin, John Richard
son, Esq, Surveyor Hugh Howell and
Deputy Sheriff Wittroci were among
the returning kamaainas on ,cednes-
days Claudine.
Mr.. II. P. Walton, manager Of the
Peerless Preserving Paint Company
Honolulu, is visiting Maui this week
to look after the Interests of his com
: pany CT Maui