The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-21

The increase in the amount of taxes in
| Hilo in 1899 over the previous year was
| 90 per cent The increase over the same
period in Honolulu was SO PEI cent.
There does not seem to be wro with
! Assessor Wilfongs management.
! ]. r. Wilson, manager of the Volcano
| Stables and Transportation Company,
Cancelled nearly all of the contracts witt
| the organic act passed by the United
| states Congress. They will continue to
work as free men.
The union meeting at HALL Church
last night was attended by about 800
! persons Rev. c. w. Hill took as the sub
! iect for his remarks Truth Makes You
| Liberty Rev. David All spoke in Ha-
waiian The young peoples choir rem
! dered many old familiar hymns.
! Two and one-half inches of rain fell
! in Olaa last night.
In Honokaa-mauka sixteen inches Of
! rain fell between April 20 and May IA.
| 1t is expected that the construction en-
CINE and two fat cars will be ready for
use on the Hilo Railroad tomorrow.
! The Enterprise Planning Mill has put out
! :. 365 redwood boards for the Olaa fume.
| The time occupied in planning them was
! less than three days.
have made contracts with the Hilo Rail
road Company to handle all Irelght and
sugar crops between the Atlantic sea-
board, points on the Pacific Coast and the
mills in Puma and Olaa.
| President Gehr, of the Hilo-kohala
Railway Company, feels confident that
the survey of the first section OF his
road will be promptly accepted by the
government, in which case grading viii
begin within sixty days.
! If an interested stockholder bad tenn
pered the elements TO the conditions of
/ the Olaa plantation he could not have
surpassed the clerk of the weather for
the past ten days. There has been Just
enough rain, just enough sunshine, no
/ cold snaps and the cane on both sections
/ is perceptibly growing.
The buildings for the laborers at the
site of the Olaa mills Were completed
this week, and a large force already in
stalled there. They have already grad
ed large part of the land, some of the
machinery is landed at Waiakea and in
a few days more the carpenters and
stone masons will begin their tasks.
The indications are that the Olaa sec
ton will poll in the neighborhood of POO
votes a the coming election for dele
gates, from the immediate environs of
the Olaa plantation. This estimate may
be deemed eXtravagant; but is based on
an actual nose count by one familiar
I with the district The interest in the
day and its occasion is intense out that
way.
and Mrs. Robert Lindsey was baptized
and christened at Olaa in the presence
of friends and relatives from all parts
of the Island. The young gentleman is
the pioneer baby of the Big Plantation
and the occasion was marked with such
feasting and rejoicing that he kicked
Will uelIShI anu boo-IoO-eu NOclieI-
ously.
Miss Rice is convalescent at the Hno
Hospital.
Some good race horses are expected TO
arrive in Hilo this week.
]. L. Osmer and c. l.. w. Voss are
/ clearing land for cane a Piihonua.
The Kinau has gone back to a late
schedule which gives her practically but
one day in Hilo.
The Japanese who was so badly injur-
ed in the affray at Kona on Sunday will
probably recover.
Tom Cook, assistant to E. d. Baldwin.
IS making surveys in the vicinity of Wal
akea with view to widening the roads
Ruth Guard and Mildred Rice two
young misses of Puueo, have an aft
ernoon class of little tots, to whom they
teach lullabys and kindergarten songs
The progress made by the class is re-
markable.
The Ladies Missionary Society viii
give lunch on Saturday, May 26 from
y till ?. They expect to secure a room
for the purpose on Front street. The pro-
ceedS of the lunch are to carry on the
Observation-Disclosures benevolences-of the
society.
John T. Baker is in Waimea with Sam
Parker and party arranging a deal for
about 1000 acres of agricultural land He
Will probably return to Hilo with Mr.
Parker on Saturday.
! |. r. Ray will probably make an ex-
tended trip to the Coast in the near flu
ture.
The Romeo and Juliet operate Com
pany have sent to San Francisco for
/ their costumes by Mr. Bosworth who
left yesterday for the Coast
The representative of the Yokohama
Specie Bank, who was in Hilo last week
has arranged for the quarters of that
I bank in the Spreckels block
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