Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-07-14
WheelbarrOW Stories
Of the Business Center

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Eugene Sullivan. the fish prince and
Billie Savidge one of the local realty
magnates played it mighty low down on
pake in Fort street the other day.
The Chinaman was pushing his uni
cycle up grade with rather heavy load
of taro.. He paused by the Campbell
block and dropped into the Sing Chong
offices for few yards of chat with Il
friend. Sullivan and Savidge had OBJ
served the Pake from afar, had com
mented on the shrill squeal of the
wheel, comparing 1t to the voices of
well known singers, curb orators and
public speakers. They agreed that
never yet had Chinaman been captain
and crew of wheelbarrow without a
squeak. The mean idea of trifling with
the Oriental seized the pair of haoles
at the same time and they rushed into
Notes cafe and borrowed the oil can
that keeps the cash register from run
ming hot. In an instant the wheelbar-
row was amply fabricated and the JOSH
ers and friends were waiting for the re-
suit. The pake burden bearer emerged
from the house of his friends and with
out splitting on his hands grabbed the
shafts of the barrow and started the
rig and load towards Merchant street.
when the wheel had made a couple Of
revolutions the Chinaman stopped and
examined IT. He evidently thought he
had made an exchange with country
man of Sullivan's or that the gearing
was out in some way. Satisfied there
had been neither accident or trade by
mistake ne tackled the job again. This
time he moved five or six yards, but
still missing the squeak halted and
made another examination. Obviously,
there was something quite wrong. He
looked over the thing carefully, then
sat upon it to think. Then he went
back to the Sing Chong Offices and
sang the story of the lost chord and
brought some Cinnamon out and prov
ed IT, After the consultation the Pake
carrier made quick run to the es-
| adjustment of n friend over in Nuu-
anu street, explained and snapped the
silent barrow for one in good tune as
siren whistle. And Sullivan and
Savidge and company had their laugh
for the remainder of the day.
There is another Fort street wheel
barrow story. An old native man was
getting home from the front with a
big load of wood. His rig was de-
crepit old affair held together with
ropes and wires. II had seen too much
service and just in front of Roth's tail
or shop 1t collapsed like the wonder
full one-horse shay. Jock" Carter and
two or three town boys saw the wreck
from the McInerny corner and "Jim"
Torbert and couple of friends saw II
from a door of the Pacific Hardware
store. The old native sorrowfully
viewed the breakdown, then scurried
around into Merchant to the Levers &
Cooke lumber yard to gather repair
material. Carter, Torbert and others,
by common impulse, moved to give the
aged Hawaiian the surprise Of his life.
They "chipped in" and bought fine,
new wheelbarrow, transferred the load
and carried tn eremains OF the old af-
fair into the area near Peacock & Co. s.
When the old man came back and saw
what had happened he was fairly over
powered. He wept just little after his
season of wonderment had passed, then
he smiled gladly and gratefully utter
ed his profoundest alohas and hurried
homeward.