The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-05-29
NEWS OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII.

iuaf seventy icct ls Vide enough.
Il am in favor Of wider roads IN IN,
district. aud ! believe that In future al
the roads should be- OF nearly uniform
width Mr. Brown wants the lines fix
cd aud when the time comes for wild
ening the streets he wants the worl
done thoroughly. regardless OF obsta
cles, when there Is law by which thu
government tan act | have had my a.
sistants laying out street lines In dir
fcrent parts of town, and have stronl
hopes that they will be adopted. / hav,
no doubt that Reeds Bay land VIII bs
included In the new city plan and that
wide streets will be laid out there.
/ THE feeling In Honolulu Is that We
will have municipal government In Hilo
soon after the Legislature sits. and II
such Is the case Hilo will look after It's
own affairs TO a great extent.
81 he work OF the engineers in con-
nection with an enlarged sewerage sys-
TEN will begin at once. | am satisfied
that we can obtain satisfactory results
| by having our own engineers do the
work instead of sending abroad for 9TH
ers. The system will be a simple one,
and there will be little beside the plain
law of gravitation TO observe. Herald.
Hamakua Roads.
If the roads in Hamakua are so bad
TINT it Is impossible to run n daily
stage line over them, the Road Board
over there should buckle down to work
and do something toward improving
conditions. History proves that up to
date nothing can be had from the gov
eminent without the asking; sometimes
a vigorous kick Is necessary, and unless
the Hamakua residents petition or the
Road Board gets out of its lethargy
the road will continue bad. There Is
no reason why the entire belt line
should not be goo enough for bicycles,
light carriages and stages.
The Riot in Kona.
Deputy Sheriff Overend arrived in
Hilo by the Kinau, looking for some
witnesses in the Kona riot cases Mr..
Overend says that the condition of af-
fairs in Kona Is anything but satisfac-
tory. The Japs are evidently out with
chips on their shoulders and looking
for as much trouble as can be conve-
niently secured meanwhile breathing
threatening and slaughter against any
If their fellow countrymen who do not
come into line and vote the slate" so
10 speak. One Of their fellow country
men has already felt the weight of
their displeasure, and now with most
Of his bones in fractured condition is
keeping the authorities guessing
whether he is going to live or die.
AS has been explained before, the
trouble arose through the failure of
Japanese lessees of sugar lands belong
ing to the plantation to keep the crops
n a suitable condition and free of
weeds. In consequence of which the
planters entered on the lands and put
in men to cultivate the land for them
These men were driven away by the
essees, who claim exclusive right to
the land during the period of lease,
whether they cultivate their crops or
let them go.-Tribune.
Attempted Robbery.
About 10 o'clock Sunday night d. o.
Ianeway, one of the clerks employed in
Olaa Store No. 2, and occupying a room
on the second floor, heard a noise in
the store beneath his room After lis
tening for a while he decided to inyes-
tigate and coming downstairs noise
essly, listened A moment afterward
he saw a man strike a match in the
'ront end of the store and recognized |
vim as Obayashi, one of the employees. |
Mr. Janeway fired a shot at the man
who made jump out of the way. Two
more shots were fired and the next
1aneway heard was someone going out
the back window. A few minutes later
\. Il. Koran came over and search
was made In the vicinity. Obayashi
was found and recognized by Mr.. Jane
way. A warrant was sworn out for his
arrest.
Serious Runaway Accident.
Early yesterday morning when An
tone Menice was returning from Kau-
mana with double team and wagon
cite the horses SHE'D near the Rainbow
House and started on run down Wal
street. They became unman-
ageable and on reaching the Court
House yard turned in. overturning the
wagonette and throwing Menice to the
ground. His cries for help brought as
sistance and the man was taken to the |
Rainbow House and a physician sent |
For. Upon examination 1t was found |
that he had badly strained back and |
'everal COMMISSIONS. Humane officer |
Mann examined the horses and found |
nat one Oh tnem nau TWO legs broken. |
He Immediately shot him and took the
other one to the stables. Menice was
to FIilo after taking the fam
ly OF ]. s. Canario to their Kaumana
ome.-Herald.
Kohala-Hilo Railway.
President Gehr of the Kohala-Hilo
Railway Company left for Honolulu
last week with the plans and profile of
his proposed line of railway. These
plans wlll be presented TO the govern
ment for its consideration. The profile
Is very perfect piece of work from an
engineers standpoint ana shows not
only the cuts and fills and the align
ment OF the road, but gives the cost OF
for each mile in the first
division. The total estimate for the six
miles will reach approximately sl75,-
100, the heaviest mile being the fourth,
which takes In Honoii Gulch. where
here will be fills. $4,000 steel bridge
md short tunnel. The line runs close
o the sea for most of the distance Mr..
iehr hopes for the prompt acceptance
If the survey by the government. and
ava that mntaf-iol will ha nrdpra6 nj |