The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-28

government can act | have had my as
slstants laying out street lines in diff
Ierent parts of town, and l have strong
hopes that they will be adopted | have
no doubt that Reeds Bay land will be
included In the new city plan and that
WIDE streets will be laid out there.
The feeling in Honolulu is that we
Will have municipal government in Hilo
soon after the Legislature sits, and il
sucn is the case Hilo will look after its
own aHalrS to great extent.
Inc work Of the engineers in con-
necton with an enlarged sewerage sys-
tenn Will begin at once. 1 am satisfied
that we can obtain satisfactory results
by having our own engineers do the
work instead of sending abroad for 9TH
ers. The system will be a simple one
and there will be little beside the plain
raw OF graVltation to observe Herald
Hamakua Roads.
III the roads in Hamakua are so BAG
that ut is impossible to run a daily
stage line over them, the Road BOARD
over there should buckle down to work
and do something toward improving
conditions. History proves that up tt
date nothing can be had from the gov
eminent without the asking; sometimes
vigorous kick is necessary. and unIes:
the Hamakua residents petition or the
Road Board gets out of it's lethargy
the road will continue bad. There is
no reason why the entire belt line
should not be good enough for bicycles
light carriages and stages. Herald.
The Riot in Kona.
Deputy Sheriff Overend arrived il
Hllo by the Kinau, looking for som,
witnesses in the KOna riot cases. Mr.
Overend says that the condition of at
falrs In kona is anything but satisfac
tory. The Japs are evidently out will
chips on their shoulders and fookins
TOT as much trouble as can be conve
nlently secured, meanwhile breathins
threatening and slaughter against an,
OF their fellow countrymen who do no
come into line and vote the slate 81
TO speak. One of their fellow country
men has already felt the weight OF
their displeasure, and now with mos
or his bones in fractured condition i!
keeping the authorities GUESSING
whether he is going to live or die.
AS mas been explained before, the
trouble arose through the failure O
japanese lessees Of sugar. lands belong.
ing to the plantation to keep the crops
IN suitable condition and free OF
weeds In consequence of which the
planters entered on the lands and mi
IN men to cultivate the land for them
l,hese men were driven away by the
lessees, who claim exclusive right re
the land during the period of lease
whether they cultivate their crops O,
let them go.-Tribune.
Attempted Robbery.
About 10 O'Clock Sunday night D. O
JaneWay, one of the clerks employed in
Olaa Store No. 2, and occupying a room
on the second floor, heard noise in
the store beneath his room. After lis
tenlng for a while he decided to inves-
tlgate and coming downstairs noise
esSly, listened. A moment afterward
ne saw a man strike a match in the
'front.' end of the store and recognized
MN as Obayashi, one of the EMPLOYEES
Mr.. Janeway fired a shot at the man
VINO made Jump out of the way. Two
Ilore shots were fired and the next
JaneWay heard was someone goino ont
the back window. A few minutes Iater
F0r@n came over and a coaroh