The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-14


IN .ne newer parts they are laid on
"'s,,y =. rsnt angles. exceptions being
10y cions. We have had horse
cars car. Tor over ten years. which bavs
trolley. e'ec'ric
There are several public .otars.
the principal ones being Thcr,,a.
square. named after Admiral Th ",n
OF the British navy. who restorad az.
hawaian nag to that spot in 1870. IL
ma square, after the late Ouaen L.,
ma, Makiki recreation ground whie,,
- reservation for field sports ana
rev other squares. which are merai,'
oe spo's concerts are given regu.
AIRY In the public squares.
IMPETUS To HOME BtrIInrps
Within the short range of memory
the residence quarters of Hono,u,,,
We're confined almost exclusively to the
lower portions Of the city. Latterly the
white families and the better class of
the Hawaiians have been pushing their
way back to the slopes of Punehbow,
Eight or ten years ago two things oc-
CURED To give an immense impetus 90
home building by landlords. One was
the laying out Of building lots on Gov.
eminent lands In the environs and SELL
ing them by public auction. The other
thing was the starting OF a building
and loan association by a number OF
enterprising young men, most of them
living upon moderate salaries and
weeks or even days wages.
These two factors have comnletelv
tevolutionized the aspect of Honolulu
as viewed from both mountain and
seas They have also upset the pro.
portion between landlords and tenants
IL might be safe TO say that there ar,
hundred and fifty independent home
owners In Honolulu today where Their,
we're not more than ten a dozen year,
ago
GREAT PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The public buildings are as numer
Gus as viii be found In any city OF M
size I'm the States. the moe. imposin,
OF which Is the Executive building
completed I'm 1883 at an expense o
t3iO. coo We have hospitals. public Ii
braries, churches. an opera house. Ma
sonic temple. besides the other publ
buildings so common to the moderl
city.
Next In Importance 20 the capital 1
the town OF Hilo. commonly called tn
ambitious city II has elements tina
assure Its increasing greatness in tn
future. IL has n population OF abou
1000 Its streets are lighted by cleo
tricity. II has n library and readin
room. n volunteer fire department
paid police force, and efficient waite
works system, newspapers. fraterna
societies. improvements association
and telephone exchange. having con
nection with all parts of the Island.
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD BUILD
ING.
Road extension on the Islands
within few years past. has wrOugt
revolutionary changes In methods
communication and transportation
Mark Twain's lugubrious tales of spiC
= ed woe about his hiring of horse
, WHEN he was here In the sixties woul,
, " written today. be fiction uncontam
, mated with truth. For, although N
saddle is the only recourse for a limi
? ed range OF adventurous exploration
there Is available. nj every startiu
point. n revised edition of animal fro
the Sooner class that was Hobson
2 choice for the reformed pilot OF Il
, Mississippi Then. while making a
journey from one island to another.
occupied. when trying To sleep. n ru,
bunk In a little schooner Now, hoy
Z ever. he would find comfOrtab
: stateroom In a modern steamer.
= would he be able now. for the princip
n routes, inland. TO ride in a four-whe
!. coach or n licensed hackney carriag
: with fixed and moderate fare. instei
81 having to haggle with an unco
n scionable freebooter for n four-pillia
J. ed bundle Of bones To rack him fro
a place To place"