Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-04-03
ID. TUCKER TALKS
ABOUT honolulu
The Marvellous Strides
Ahead She Has Made
Recently.
STATEMENTS OF A MAN
WHO WAS ONCE HERE
Times Are Not the Same as When
Kalakaua Lived Surprise
at HOnOlulu's News
papers.

along the beach and uptown.
After an absence OF fourteen years,
the former chief engineer of the XII
nau has returned to Honolulu to find
changes that. II predicted at the time
he left, would have been looked upon
us foolish.
Thirty-three years ago. Mr.. Tucker.
then young man, made his first visit
to Honolulu in the Pacific Mail steamer
Colima, running from San Francisco to
Sydney. In 1877. he took up his resi-
dence here and remained until 1856,
when he returned to San Francisco
and entered into business for himself.
While here. Mr.. Tucker was with the
Wilders and was very close to S. @.
as one of the most far seeing men In
the Islands at that time. In converse.
ton with Bulletin reporter yesterday.
Mr.. Tucker spoke as follows:
Most of the great changes apparent
here now. seem to be in line with the
great progress made by the town and
Islands in general. Some changes and
improvements seem to be Of mush-
room growth. Where. heretofore, Ho-
nolulu was the principal port OF the
| Islands. through which all business was
done. there are now other ports.
The old time customs are changed.
Where. formerly, Honolulu was as one
great family in which everyone who
was respectable. was as good as any
body else. now, there are great class
distinctions and many strangers. The
town is growing to be like big city
where neighbors do not know each
other.
In the old times. when the King.
Sam Wilder Parker or any OF the big
people gave luau or party. everyone
went. Strangers coming to town were
known as soon as they arrived and
each one knew each other. Now, the
majority of people here seem to be new
corners.
when was first here, the island
steamers consisted OF the old Kilauea
and the Likelike. the latter built to
take the formers place. When S. G.
Wilder talked steamer for the inter.
island trade, he was roundly ridiculed
by those who claimed that here where
the trade winds blew nine months out
OF the year. steam would be an expen
sive and worthless luxury.
ION the floor OF the Legislature he
was laughed at when he attempted ia
get subsidy for the building and
maintenance Of steamer. Schooners
were the thing. Now, with the tire,
mendous lnter-island traffic the fore
sight of Wilder is acknowledged and
where one steamer was formerly suffi'
cient for the trade now, with about
twenty. there is room for more.
1.-THE city has advanced materially ir
business houses and methods. The onl,
thing it. Is backward in Is the street cal
system. There is no street railway tina
deserves the name and the difficulty o
traffic is bound to keep the city back
A man living any distance out Of tow
has no decent means of reaching hi
home except in a hack. A rapid tran
sit system needs to be installed and
when installed, TO he run In the inter
. ests of the community and not entire
ly for the owners. The present mean
Of transportation in street ears is dis
grace to any civilized community ant
no other city the size of Honolulu II
the United States would tolerate 1t.
THE Honolulu water system is goot
and well managed and your Honolulu
: Iron Works are a credit to the tow
and a monument To the men who hay
been instrumental in bringing the con
. Germ to its present fine standard
!, There is not plant In the Unite
Y States of the size of the Honolulu lro
D Works that is superior to the loca
$ establishment,
: There is no question about the nee
: OF the introduction of municipalities 4
: this Territory, This mode Of govern
ment Is the natural one under Amerl
: can law. The reins Of government
. should be in the hands of municlpa
! officers and Honolulu should be con
trolled like other cities Of its size o.
: the Mainland
: in the time | have been away, ther
: seems to have been sreat change Il
the way money Is spent, When ] wa
T here before everyone had money. |
counted for very little and was lavish
y ly spent, While the values have great
7 ly increased and some large fortune
0 have been made, the general publ
r does not appear to have money 4
= spend as in former years,
, "When the Nicaragua canal |
: through and the cable laid, Honolulu
viii enter in upon an era OF prosperit,
: little dreamed Of by people here now
I | think that the city viii more thar
J double In importance and population.
From It's situation Honolulu will