Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-23


riculture at Washington 20 establish
an agricultural experiment station
here is o ne of great importance
to the territory. Such station, con
Quoted by trained men. will he Of in
estimable value to our agricultural
population in testing the capabilities
of various plants producing food, fibre
and other valuable products in our
climate and soils. and in introducing
scientific methods of cultivation. The
small farmer will be especially bene-
flied by such experiments. and 1t Is to
the prosperity of the small farmer
that much of our social and political
advancement will depend. Our own
Department of Agriculture and Forest.
ry will work with such a station in
promoting the development of our az
ricultural resources.
A considerable appropriation is rec.
commended for roads and harbor i'm.
provements Roads are n necessary
condition Of commercial and agriCul-
tural growth. Much progress has been
made in this direction during the past
four years. A highway for wheeled
vehicles has been nearly completed
around the Island of hawaii. II should
he finished in the coming period. The
increase in the number of homestead
settlements requires many new roads:
the growth of Honolulu and HilC de.
mands new streets of the best quality.
The increase of our commerce calls
for more whnrvcs and some harbOr en-.
largencnt. The territory must carry
on this work until such time as II may
he taken up by the federal govern.
ment
The Territorial Act requires the Leg
islaturc NJ its first regular session af-
ter the census enumeration shall be
ascertained. to rcapportion the mem
bcvship Of the Senate and House OF
Representatives among the senatorial
and representative districts on the
basis of the population Of citizens of
toe TERRITORY IN each of said districts.
The executive is in correspondence
with the director of the census in the
matter Of such Information and Is as
sured that II will he furnished as soon
as IL Is ascortainod. Upon the receipt
Of such information by the eSecu.
tive Il will be promptly sent to the
Legislature.
Previous to the going into effect
of the Territorial Act the postofiice In.
spector in charge at Honolulu directed
the country postmasters OF these Is.
lands to forward the Hawaiian postage
stamps IN their possession on the lAth
day of June to the Postofiice Depart
ment In Washington. which direction
was generally followed. These stamn'
in every case were owned by such
postmasters. II having been the prac-
tice in the postal bureau under the
Republic Of Hawaii to require the
postmasters outside of Honolulu to
purchase the stamps required by them
for the business of their respective
postofTlCes. and to sell them to custom.
crs ON their own account. number
OF these postmasters requested the
Washington department to return
either the stamps or their value IN
money or American stamps. Such re-
quests were refused and the applicants
were referred to the territorial govern
mont As but two or three OF these
claims have been sent to me, ! would
recommend the Legislature to notify
such postmasters to send In sworn
statements of the amount OF their
losses in this matter. and thereupon
to place an item In the appropriation
bin for their payment.
Under the appropriation OF the
Council of state for the expenses of
a Hawaiian exhibit at the Paris En-
position. Mr.. William G. Irwin of Ho-
nolum was appointed o commissioner
to take charge OF the enterprise, and
later Mr.. Alfred HOule. formerly Ha-
waiian Consul-Gencral ut Paris. was
appointed Assistant Commissioner.
The prevalence of the bubonic plague
IN Honolulu last winter seriously in
tcrfered with the preparation of arti-
Clcs for exhibition and through the
quarantine regulations, delayed and
well nigh defeated the undertaking
From these causes the installation Ol
the exhibit was barely in time to re-
ccive the inspection of the jury on
awards In spite of these drawbacks
the articles displayed, especially those
illustrative of educational work in the
public and Kamchameha school. At.
traCtcd interest. The Department If
Public Instruction received a grand
prize for primary instruction: the Ka'
mehameha schools received n gold
medal for manual training work. and
the Hawaiian Planters Association
was awarded gold medal for exhibit
of Hawaiian sugars. Commissioner II.
win was rendered the decoration of q
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. In
recognition of the participation of tho
Territory of Hawaii in the Exposition.
J have recommended an increase In
the appropriation for Kapiolani Park
This pleasure ground has become cs
sential to the Honolulu community
Much has been done with small ap
preparations for carrying ii on in past
years, but there Is much more that is
necessary to be done. The race course
cannot he permitted TO absorb large
part of the par. area indefinitely. The
release OF such area will make an i'm.
portant addition to the park proper
which will require skill and money
for its arrangement in conformity with
the surrounding grounds A greater
attention to landscape effects than
heretofore Is desirable. This means
more skill at greater cost.
The report of the Commissioners
shows forcibly the need OF an increas
ed outlay for watering facilities
among other things.
The Legislature Of 1898 made prov
isiOn for the appointment of a Com
mission of three persons to investi
gate the subject of taxation and re
port at the succeeding session. Mr.
William X. Castle of Honolulu. Mr.
Henry p. Baldwin of Maui and Mr.
Alexander G. NJ. Robertson OF Homo
lulu were appointed on this Commits