The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14
AS 49,,
| \ IS NOW
,IltPhiIadeIphi'a I
About Islands,
observation-disclosures
|,ur Described as Delightful: :I.t'a and
i, Push Of the People
Noted.

..s B. from the Philadel-
y "a and lie written by the pa
correspondent who was
!. nal recently
orLr ort it="There IL no
owl. .'..,.,pmant In Honolulu and
,..n" said Governor san
~ ID. abut In an probability
,s. corporations VIII De sra '',',
~, ~, mmrc by the Territorial
-. the citizens % Honolulu
, ,ans.derng this matter
l,rf the dusstlon-dlscussing
~, and .s,kIns To- form public
mo direction % this possible
,,siam This system win be
$50 that % viii provide for not
N. ,.fss. but the towns and VII
:, . veil
.n.p,rE ~ MANY THINGS.
n. INf'N ~
p, 40 have not the municipal
tm,srnment We have the condi-
80 n,ny VI the modern equip
-.,-.sdssd In many things We are
.s o date. During the last two
I. have expended about 10000
u. ronnds. most 90 which has
r,rln the capital city, over 49,
~, rsll.e1ulpped Gre department.
sa hf maintaining water works
-, IN Honolulu walluku. Kahu-
mo Laupahoehoe, and Koloa,
..e,r gii 600 for roads bridges and
,afss In geypral and about
~ hf maintaining two electric
b SAINTS
M nbIlc health department. In one
D ss, equipped and administered
n fmld This. as you probably
ar 10 due h. the large number
mr. which We have 90 care for.
AZ lne item % aggregation. sup
90 treatment ~ lepers there was
rsaied nS0.O0o Tor the last two
nlh.le for the maintenance OF
sGop n the department. more
$500 more was provided.
tcArioNs GREAT WORK.
, o Tho prldes ~ our island home
snbllc school system. The sum
nU vas appropriated for the de-
,fl N public instruction for the
sro years Education has wrought
ail work among these simple ISL
fot.e one u the early missions
n Fas Instrumental In starting a
tt vhool which was the beginning
~ present perfected system.
MN mo sandwich Islands Mission
iriaJei ne operation In 1890. moth.
~ situation was known In tbs
aiii TIE vvrnaCular tongue had
N'n been reduced 90 a writer
eNis Al the present time u Il
W. ani native Hawaiian VIII,
nni read and write his native Ian
PC And there Ia rapid chang'
= 'n. but without retrogression
a'''is u a rapid advance toward
Vlhll universal command OF Eng
Wy me native people.
my oooo pupils we're enrolled II
llal' schools u the Islands for tn
sra or school year. 90 whlcl
" y" were native Hawailans. 400
alia'se ooo part tfawalians an,
sah's was made up % Chinese
,.'e Americans. Germans. Brit
sihalnavlan. and a few other for
"'n The average annual salarie
,.n are bli.io. o. women. s55iso. o
s''hers Islto
WAPuLsoRY EDUCATION.
, .l''a'lon ~ compulsory az I
n seheral and. with one or tw
upu' - tree ne 20 public school,
'equires that every child fror
\, l''f' u age. Inclusive. shall a,
~, .''l'I public or a private scho,
7 - " enEllsh Special police. cal
-. 'a ,' officers" are appointed
y, as'r'gt 10 enforce the compu'
"''naancc clause When schoo
!, .''' started as state institution
t,,. w taught In the Hawaiian lar
~. onsl'sh was introduced AS N
\. populatlou Increased. When.
49, % Time. the better class,
sf.s . manifested a desire 4,
NJ Instruction, English achoo
ss.., '.'a'ed IN localities upon a
Ma" certain number of n
am. AID from the pubI
MA " 'ec,arlan schools IL or,
ss. se'e't schools. where tuiti,
hi, ,'"''R'd' are permitted In a
rs sven. and as u matter of IN,
ho NJ. sroup centering In the m
n. ~, 10 a JOY or THE EARTI
is not only the capt.,
N h numerical metropolis OF m
,i.,,s beautiful Cor situate,
h b... '. ., oyertaken by civiilzati,
Ne M. steadily advancing iowa
W ~. wy Joy q The whole earth
NJ am, ,UVh Of the area within I
slus., !, y on rather low land. n
usi.,,,Sa,' business quarter and
btst '''' portion % the resident
y, ma. 'Ie one hundred and M,
3 ssI, mar % street within the city n,
esS are under the superIn,sr
ha,.',.0 competent road supsrvIs
" H., s ar. are q an average width
ts,,,ss.and ior the most part MN
y Vim 'a nor o. ,eliord. Il is enough
swrs.,, ' , to the CHARACTER
ron ~, wat there are few stretc,
Wv. s',s.er'upon bicycle riding