The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-18
Toe Widening of Streets.

IW mistake or building streets as if
they were only intended to be COW paths
N the early days of a towns growth has
Oeen often illustrated in metroDo1itan
e.iISlofy, when the necessity has arisen for
remoEElg large buildings and other sub
5tanflal improvements to allow the street
Mldenng required by increased traffic
me wisdom of William Penn was not
ieaa manifested when he laid out PhiIa-
ieIph!a and gave plenty OF room for the
stheetS IN that town, in spite of the fact
.that he had bought the land from the
Indians, instead of stealing it,
Honolulu is suffering today from the
narroW-street plague, and the treasury is
.ikeB 70 suifer for some time to come
IRON the heavy expense attendant upon
NIoening streets already built up and
. 9oGgpie e, on both sides. This sort of
an the near future, and all new streets
.Snould be built with the idea that Hilo
. TO be good-sized business CITY. and
not a two-byfour village
Inc Government has been long on the
point OF doing this, as it has many other
ment is centralized il will probably con-
tlnue to roost on this point, but if a sys-
t bY tf OF local government is provided for
the things for which we shall be locally
esponsible.-Tribune.
Church Social.
IT is seldom that Hilo is favored with
such beautiful moonlight night as was
last tuesday, the evening of the monthly
social Of the Foreign Church
Ihe library was transformed into n
lshlng pond and across the arch was a
ieafy barrier to keep the too ardent ang-
Ter AT safe distance. The fish were new
er known to bite so eagerly and every
one successfully landed a souvenir of the
evening. '-0
counter attraction was tho e,.n
fortune-teller. If all her predictions are
fulfilled, Hilo in the near future will not
pniy be the center of wealth but the
nome or an unlimited number of artis-
TIC and literary celebrities 1t VIII also
os famous for the admirable and enyi-
.dDls character of its citizens. who have
attained to the highest round of virtue
ana perfection.
Daring the intermission Mrs. Lewis and
n MI Li'lnoridge played a Duet anu Al. s.
OnGWay rendered guitar solo The Hi
40 boarding School Uiee Club rendered
Two numbers very acceptably The re-
iitesnments consisting of sandwiches and
.eeEnSnade were the concluding number of
the program. Those present We're in
-d si;s; TO the Christian Endeavorers' So
Hapai, Ruth Richardson and Mr. Beers
for very enjoyable even'ng Mrs 10
ither Severance was the hostess.-Tribune.
Moonlight Dance
on the evening Of the 18th inst Can-
ain Bailey of the ship Susquehanna Ell
tertained the society folk of HiIo on
on ms dong "trip for New York, The YES
sci was beautifully illuminated with Jan
anese lanterns, and several cosy corners
were available for those who prefarrad
quiet tete-a-tete in the moonlight than
the fascination of waltzes and two sfens
MUSIC Tor dancing was furnished hy The
klondike Musical Club, which to-: her
with the broad decks calm weathe-. md
beautiful moonlight, made dancing most
enjoyable.
C0nVeyances to and from the boat
! kSanalng were arranged for by Mr. C. NJ.
was largely due to his efforts
me Following guests were present:
Mr. and Mrs. Bidding. Mr.. and Mrs.
baldwin, DIT. and Mrs Milton Rice. DR.
ssnd Mrs Philip Rice, Mr.. and Mrs Rich
.fyds, Mr.. and Mrs Cargvle, Mr. and
Mrs. Fairer Misses Hapai C9). Richardson.
Broderick. Eaton co. Canario ~. Hitch
cock, Williamson, Rice (2). Toideti Mes
srh Peek. Schoen, Balding Bartels.
AioWlann 90. Day, Jones, McLain. Eas-
on, Hitchcock, Ahercrombie, Stewart,
Guard and Hapai.-Tribune
japanese Labor Union.
zMessrs. Onome and Adachi. represent