The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-05
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art in Honolulu. For the past week
one of the new machine sweepers or
dered for the Street Department has
been in operation at nights on the main
business thoroughfares and as result
much of the fine dust and gutter coiiec-
tions are swept from the streets.
Just week ago the machine sweeper
commenced its work, followed by gangs
of laborers armed with brooms and
shovels, who were in turn followed by
refuse wagons. The result of this sys-
tenn is apparent already on the busi-
ness streets.
There is only one of them as yet. but
two more are on the way from the fac
tory, and then the residence district
will be visited occasionally, and much
of the dust of which the residents COM
plain carted away. The sweeper is an
interesting machine. 1t is a wagon Of
four wheels~of the Studebaker pattern,
the two front ones set close together.
Above them and extending back be-
tween the two hind wheels which are
spread abnormally apart is platform
on which the driver sits and operates
the movements of the wagon which is
drawn by two animals. His chief duty
is setting a huge cylindrical brush
which is hung beneath the platform
diagonally between the hind wheels.
BY a series of chains the brush is
caused to move in the opposite direction
TO the wheels of the vehicle and when
set directly upon the ground works the
street sweepings toward the rearmost
end of the diagonally set brush and de-
posits them in a row. From this they
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cast into the refuse wagons.
| One of these machines was first
| brought to Honolulu several years ago
| from New York City by L. A. Thurston
| upon the recommendation of the In
terror Department. 1t was recommend
ed by the New York Street Department
officials as the best adapted for macad-
amized streets. After a short expe-
rience on the streets, however, it was
laid up in the Government stables and
has remained there until lately when
the new Road Supervisor Marston
Campbell put it in repair and placed it
on the streets. 1t Is Of little use to the
department and is pretty nearly ready
for the scrap pile.
| Road Supervisor Campbell says that
the regulations for cleaning the streets
now in force is for gang of fourteen
men to get out at 3 o'clock every morn
ing. With them are four garbage wag-
ons, one water cart and the one Stude-
baker machine sweeper. Every busl-
ness street is gone over and by O'Clock
this work is complete. Comments have
been made that as early as half past
seven O'Clock in the morning scraps of
paper and plenty of refuse can be found
up the streets which were swept during
the night. Mr.. Campbell says this
comes from the boys who sweep out the
stores and deposit the dirt and refuse
widespread upon the streets. Instead
of being thrown out haphazard it
should be taken up in pans and deposit
ed in boxes.
X X X x
a young Hawaiian miss of eleven
summers-all summers in Hawaii-saw
an advertisement in a newspaper last
week wherein was wanted a boy for
work in a paint caravansary. The
young lady in question has practical
head and she had few brothers at
home whom she believed ought to as
sist in filling the family Golfers. With
out ado she went straightaway to the
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to the point. You want boy?" she in
quired. "a good boy?'' She received
an affirmative answer. well how
much will you pay?" The remunera-
ton was stated to be SO per week
We'll I've got brother at home-he S
older thar but 1 think he'll do if you
say you want him. She was told to
bring the brother down for a trial She
scampered home as fast as her feet
would carry her and broke the news to
the family circle. The brother was
| dressed in his best, his hair was well
plastered and his clothes given an ex-
ira dust. She led him into the presence
of the man who would pay SO a week
Here he is. Now if you don't think
he'll do, why I've got some more
brothers home, and if none of them'n
DO, why I'll come and work myself.
The proprietor thought the first broth
er she produced would answer and en-
gagged him on her recommendation. The
young lady stepped proudly out of the
store but came back to reiterate her
proffer of personal services If the male
members of the family did not suit. To
her mother she divulged the fact that
as she was wearing her hair short just
now she could don boys clothes and
bring that So home anyhow. The boy
is still working.
x X X x
Someone said that the average Eng
lishman is prone not to see a Joke and
1t sometimes looks as if the Indictment
were true. An incident which tends to
corroborate the above theory occurred
on board the Gaelic the other day
Leaning over the railing was a man at
tired a la cowboy and looking from tor
boots to combrero like the origina
"woolly boss" A resident of Honolulu
who had gone on board the steamer no.
ticed the phenomenon and being of q
curious turn of mind accosted an Off
Ger of the ship with question as t
who the circus man was.
What circus MANI" endured tn.
officer in amazement.
Why, him over there-the quaer fell
low" explained the Honolulan.
"Oh, that amt no actor" replied tn,
officer that's only tourist"
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