The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-06-24
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: THE LOlINGER.


/ have been having zorns experience
in house hunting the past week. or
rather, ny better half has. for. like the
rest of rs busy men. I like 20 shift the
responsibility Of house hunting. along
-=ith housekeeping upon the shoulders
ot the one Who shares in my good and
Hl-fcFtunes What has particularly
struck ne in connection with this
house-hnnting Is the absence in Hone
lulu OF desirable houses to rent have
been especially impressed with the op-
portunities offered here for good in
yestments In houses Rents are very
high. and the man who wiI erect good
cottages Of FIVE 10 sessn rooms. with
modern conyeniences, can readily se-
cure per cent a month clear on his
investment What surprises me is that
more OF our moueyed men have not
invested in this class of securities No
investment Is safer than real estate
and income-paying real estate is far
more valuable in the long run than
even sugar stocks. AS instance of this
might be cited the Astor family of New
YorA. The policy followed since the
days Of the first John Jacob Astor has
been TO buy real estate in the outskirts
OF New York and Brooklyn being al
ways just 4 little in advance OF the
growth Of the cities. The result is that
to-day no family in Ihe world has so
large an income as the Astor family.
and all OF il is from real estate AS the
city grows up TO their property IL is
improved with buildings, which always
rent at a good figure. II has always
been the policy of the Astors, also, 10
demand a high rent. but in considera-
ton of this they afford their tenants
something a little better than anyone
else has in the same neighborhood. l
would like to see the new company
which bought the MeCully tract organ
iZe a building association which would
erect a number of good houses on the
property, then rent these to first-class
tenants or sell them on longtime pay
ments. giving clerks and others Of mod
crate means opportunities to become
home owners. Ii is worth looking into.
and the returns are sure and safe.
One of the things that has long puz-
zled me in Honolulu is some of the
peculiarities of Pains horseless car
riages. They always turn to the left,
instead of to the right, as is the Ameri
can custom, and l have wondered at it.
inquired of the policemen as to which
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and they all, with one voice, informed
me: ITO the right. Which way did you
expect TO turn?" | marveled at this,
but further inquiry brought the infor-
nation that the law of the road here
compelled drivers to turn to the right.
| did not know when | watched the
horseless carriages turn the switches
to the left but what | had suddenly
been transferred to Mexico or some one
of the South American countries.
where they do everything backwards,
but, 10 and behold, some bright fellow
tells me at the club: Why, that's the
custom in Hengland, We k'naw." And
then l understood why the trams-you
should not call them street cars-turn
TO the left in Honolulu. But seriously
speaking, is there any reason why lie
street cars-oh, | beg pardon, trans
should be allowed to continue turning
TO the left when the law of the road is:
TURN 10 rue right!
The Democrats of Honolulu deplore
the fact that they haven't an organ in
which they can proclaim Jeffersoniau
principles, denounce the ''robber tar
if, which protects American manu-
factories and American labor; grill ad-
yancement and expansion, which they
denominate Imperialism and call at
tention TO the many other ills which
pregnate the body polite. 1t remains
for bright Democratic genius on low
er Fort street to solve the problem
which confronts the local Democracy
In promulgating its principles to those |
who seek information and enlighten- |
ment
Il tell you what we'll do" said he to |
crowd of admiring friends yesterday |
afternoon. IF We carry the legislative |
ticket at the coming election we'll put |
in a government printing Office and |
publish every afternoon the Democratic |
Bulletin. The Bulletin viii be distrib- |
uted gratuitously. and then the monop- /
oily in Republican literature will end in /
this town"
My, oh, my: how the people of this
town do blow up the telephone service.
| heard several men discussing the sub
ject at one of the downtown cafes a
few nights ago. and one of them sug-
gested the idea of taking up subscrip-
ton so as TO afford the poor telephone
company sufficient funds to get out di-
enough to supply their sub
scribers. Said this man: Il had tele-
phone put in my house several weeks
ago and more recently had a second
phone placed in my Office, and have
been unable TO secure telephone di-
-ectory for either phone. Ii want to
all up anyone / must ask central to
lunt up the number for me. Lord
Knows. the service at central is bad |
nough now without compelling the op-
rators to hunt up numbers for SUBJ
cribers. | have been thinking for sew
raj days of posting up notice in my
ffice, asking subscriptions for the tele-
hone company to help 1t pay for hay-
ng directories printed All present {
xpressed willingness to subscribe for
uch a purpose whenever the list was
eady.
And speaking OF cafes. do wish
ONE enterprising man would establish
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