The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-11-07
VAIL
FROM H|LO
Why Honolulu Takes Its
Trade.
LACK OF COMMUNE CATION
Merchants Complain That the Ha-
wall Towns Patronize This
City,

| HTLO. Hawaii, Nov. 3-The mer-
|chants of Hno. says the Herald, have
been reaching out for trade during the
Ipast two years with very little sue
cess and until more dependable
can be established with
Towns within one hundred miles there
win be no material change. lIamakua
would buy in Hio and so would Ko-
Ihala-on q pinch. People i'm either sec
ton have done so but the result has
not been all that could be wished. Kau
and Kuna would divert their trade
from Honolulu to Hilo but for the fact
that transportation is uncertain. The
local transportation company, unfor-
.tunately, does not run through lines,
land will assume responsibility only to
the end Of their lines Note the result.
one merchant sends a package to a
customer at Union Mills and follows
up with a bin n few weeks later, only
to learn that the customer tired of
waiting. orders from Honolulu and gets
his goods promptly on return steamer.
Another merchant sends goods to Ko-
ma and learns a month later that they
are reposing in "A corner of the ware
house at the end OF the stage route.
If the company receiving the packages
in HilO would insist upon the drivers
at the end of their route handing them
over to, drivers who continue on the
line there might be a reasonable
chance of The packages reaching their
destination in due time. Until some
such arrangement is made the Hilo
merchants must content themselves
With practically local trade, or per-
suade the owners of outside stage lines
to give better service. With the com
pletion of the railway lines the fault
now complained of will vanish, and
trade will improve.
PUMA POSTOFFICE.
The position of the Puma people IN
the matter of postofices reminds one
of that of the pioneers in the United
States fifty years ago. At Pahoa there
are in the neighborhood of 200 persons
who occasionally receive letters from
the outside world, and yet the nearest
postofice is thirteen miles distant. The
residents of Pahoa want Il postottice,
and they want one badly, If it is merely
la place where their letters may be left
and where they can purchase postage
stamps. In this day and generation
thirteen miles is too far to drive for
mail, and the attention of the postal
authorities is respectfully called to the
matter.
TO EXTEND BRIDGE STREET.
\ meeting of the property owners on
the line Of the proposed Bridge street
extension was held on Monday even
ing, says the Hilo Tribune, in response
to Il call of the road board, to consider
a proposition made by the Government
relative to such extension; this propo-
sition being that If the land owners
would give the right of way and land
requisite for the street, the Govern
meut would find the money to con-
struCt same.
1t appeared at the meeting that the
property owners with one or two eX-
ceptions We're more than willing to re-
lease a portion of their land in return
for the increased value of the remain
der, which the construction Of such a
street would bring about, and it is be-
lieVCd that the reluctant ones will be
brought to seeing the wisdom of doing
likewise. The Catholic Mission will
give deeds to enough of their land lying
between Walanuenue and King streets,
SO that part of the extension could be
built at once
The advantage to both individual
apparent that ii is to be hoped no OBJ
stacle will be thrown in the way of
the work.
J. Il. Brown, land commissioner,
spent several days in Hilo and vicinity
last week, his business being in rela-
ton to squatters in Olaa, says the Her
aid, Mr.. Brown stated during his visit
that the squatters on the land had
been given official notice to vacate and
remove their buildings within thirty
days. This time will expire in about
two weeks, and If at the end uf that
tiIDR fhRN fplnI he
the houses will be removed by the
authorities. The long expected and
much hoped for decision from the Gen
eral Land Office at Washington favor
able to the squatters seems to have
been lost IN the shuttle, or else it was
buried by them as was the notice &c
VaCate.
THE DISAPPEARING JAPANESE
The item i'm this paper last week,
says the Herald, relative TO a Japanese
disappearing from the hospital seems
to have been a MEASUREMENT. though
the Information came from a source
presumed To be reliable. The man was
vunyalrscent and wanted To go home
before Miss Grub thought IL udyisa-
Bile lie walked out OF the place ana
was returned boy his friends few
hours later
PASSENGERS ARRIVE.
The following passengers arrived by
the Falls of clyde Hon. e, NJ he
Blond q, 4 Dauphluy Miss Dauphiny.
Mrs. j - Fraser Mrs, y. Noyes, Miss
Mugrtts. Miss Potter MIS- Cruzan,
Mrs Walkor ana child, Miss Richards,
j u. Lrwis and q s Mckenzie.
NEW YEARS RACES
Arrangements are being made by he|
Volcano stables ana Transportation
Company flr another race meet t0 take
place ON Sow Years day says thn|
n arlli h be- definitely settled mat al
number "a ihr best Honolulu racr|
barses both harness and saddle VII
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