The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-25
IRIDUuT|oE Of The
| house MURDERER
Ups and Downs Met
in His Official
Tour.
TASK NOW ALMOST COMPLETED
STANLEY sTEPHENsoN,s TRYING
EXPERIENCE AMONG The
MOTLEY HERD.
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TASK NOW ALMOST COMPLETED
Surveyor Wall Thinks Honolulu VIII
Have Better System Of Number
ed Houses Than AIRY Other City
in America.

Il the WOEk OF mum OSEing the houses IN
the city, is well pleased with the prog
/ ress made by Mr.. Stephenson and his
Il corps OF ASSISTANTS The work viii
be practically completed by the first
of January.
I Il think" said Mr. Wall. that Stan
I ley Stephenson is entitled TO common
/ datiop for the thoroughness of his
/ work He mas been patient and per-
sistent, and as a result the city will
soon have the finest system OF house
numbering in vogue anywhere AS
soon after January lst as the post
Office is ready, free mail delivery may
be instituted
| Mr.. Stephenson admitted TO Repub-
| lican reporter that he knew a thing
or two about house numbering, and
that incidentally he had added vastly
10 his stock of knowledge of human ma
ture since he began the work
1t would surprise you. said Mr..
Stephenson. 10 hear small fraction
of the catalogue of objections have
met with in my rounds. numbering
the houses of Honolulu. One promi-
nent retail merchant was bitterly OPP
! posed to the innovation because, as ne
said, it would hurt business. This
! progressive. wIde-awake business man
argued that numbered houses meant
free mail delivery. Free mail delivery
he said, means that the people will
stay at home instead of going to the
postoffice. hence they will not be down
town TO buy goods. don't know
what will become OF this merchant
when the process is completed.
Superstitious and Stubborn.
One fellow down on King street
was the strangest combination of SUI
perstition and stubbornness ever saw
Over his door is an old tin tag with
a number on it. When he was ap-
preached with an official number he
looked furtiyely at the old tin tag and |,
said:
Change that number? Not on |
your life; not for $1,000. That old tin |
tag is my mascot. To it | owe my
rather comfortavle fortune. You may
put up new one. but don't touch the |
old. one
"One economical Japanese confront |
ed me w-.n a bright piece of tin with |
the figures 100 painted upon it. To |
20 the door upside down. / exhausted |
NV stock of Christian grace on this
fellow. to little purpose
Il instructed my help to be diplo-
matte. | told them every morning
that swearing at anybody or in the
presence of ANYBODY would not be III
lowed. The bows have done noblv in
the presence of the enemy but can't
vouch for their thoughts or their Ian
guage when in solitude.
AT the Office of one of the biggest
concerns in town listened with aston
ishment to this: Put number on our
door? Well. no. We are known
throughout the United States and
even in Europe. We are better known
TO the people of Honolulu than any
other house in town. What do we want
with your numbers | felt sorry. sad
and sick. and wanted TO change my
occupation l walked awav, wonder
ing if | was in Hilo or in Waikiki or
in Patagonia
Perversity Of Banker.
One of the leading officers of one
of the banks said to me: oh. We don't
need a number on our door. Every
body. knows where we are. The post
office boys can see our sign and we'll
get our mail all right 1t panied me
much to be under the necessity of tell
ing this banker that Uncle Sam would
not deliver mail to houses without
numbers.
THE people that were most stub
Jorn at first are now falling over each
other to get numbers for their houses. I
better than the principal part of the
,itv. The lob will be practically done
Dy the end of he month.
Il have found the Chinese the east
est class of people to work with. They =
have the proper 'savy' and | have ex-
lausted more ,.me with half dozen
wise white men than would be re-
luired to number whole block of Chi
,ese houses The very nice letter /
rave from the Chinese consul was a
great help.
The Japanese have been more :
,ranky and stubborn spirited Even
he consuls letter failed often TO con-
rince them of the Legitimacy of nv
and I often wished | was
lead when hagsling with a gestieulat- :.
ng Japanese about 8 simple. sensible
iouse number.
The Portuguese have caused the
most vexation. excepting the whites.
They are as inaccessible as Punch
owl hill would he for ian elephant,
md their perversity has often raadaI
ne long for an earthquake or an ire
istible tidal wave
She Was a True Christian. s
One woman. God bless her, was the p
ource of great comfort TO nv little
ang. We had been stemming the stiff =
urrent of opposition and riiiculs all Y
av and in the evening rang the door Il
ell at one of the finest residences on o.
'eretania street The mistress of the :;
,ansion said: House numbers Yes.
Y all means. I'll take half q dozen
nd hope you succeed in numbering s.
re houses of all nv neighbors for ten
locks in every direction have been
sed as a citv directory until nv life
burden. The telephone rings ever 1
Dur in the iav bv some one who i
ants to know If Mr.. So-ani-so does
u live somewhere in nv rsfghhr--
BOD. Nv bell is rung dav and night
: delivery bows froW grocery stores -
ID every other kind Of stores. want
. to know the wav to some ccssorn-
= honSe who has said she lives SER
.teer doors mauka and thres his~sS
'aisiki OF nv horne Strangers have
mania for coming 10 NV house to
arm where son shedy else lives. Won OF
= really the beet streek Of good suck
At has come our way for whole