The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-19
condemnation Suit.)
THE talk on the waterfront yester-

THE talk on the waterfront yester-
day was the Pearl Harbor naval
n reservation and the proceedings
which are about to be taken to
condemn the necessary lands. The
news of the arrival here of instructions
for the United States District Attorney
to bring the matter into court, and
that of the site selections, were pub
iished exclusively in yesterdays Ad-
vertiser.
Many and varied were the opinions
offered by old-time waterfronters, as
well as recent corners on the beach.
Each one wanted to know if the other
was interested in the desired land, and
all wished that they were the pos
SCISSORS of a few choice lots near the
proposed naval reservation.
.'Now's the time to buy land in Pearl
City" said one kamaaina.
What for?" asked another, "Specu-
lation?"
Speculation, nothing. It's cinch, l
tell YOU Just wait till they get to
mounting the big guns down there on
Ford's island and piling up shells big
enough to take a ride in. You won [
have to wait that long, either. When
you see the palatial residence of the
commandant going up and the great
machine shop getting down to work and
the foundry sending up smoke to beat
the band that's when land in Pearl
City will come in handy against a
rainy day. The population of Pearl
City will be doubled twice over The
fellow who has land there will then be
putting up rows of cottages with cleo
trio lights, plumbing and all other mod
ern improvements. Why. / can see
them now, nice little homes with ban
ana trees and young cocoanuts in the
20x12 front yards. And the machinists
and carpenters and ironworkers and
other hard working chaps, hundreds
and hundreds of them, who will find
employment at Uncle Sans stronghold
in Pearl Harbor will have money to
spend, ten million dollars in ten years,
they say, and there will be built stores
aud barber shops and-and-and sa-
looms and a theater, maybe; just think
of a theater at Pearl City. I tell you
this Pearl Harbor business is a big
thing for Honolulu, too
1t was rumored in town yesterday
that perhaps the condemnation proceed
ings for the land at Pearl Harbor
would mot be necessary, as the land
owners might possibly come to favor
able terms with the Government with
out the matter going to court
The shaded portion of the above map
indicates the land desired by the United
States for its naval reservation The
lower tract, comprising about $50 acres
belong, chiefly, to the Bishop estate
The upper tract is the property of the
IL estate. Kuahua island lies to the
right, between the two above tracts of
land. In the lower left hand corner OF
the map the approach to the mouth OF
the channel is indicated.
War on the Waterfront
There is war on the waterfront again
Once more there Is clash between the
Sailors Union and the shipping mast
erS.
Yesterday a number of the former
undertook to chastise a well-knowr
shipping master on Queen street. The
latter executed a pretty foot race dowr
the street and into a chambers office
The union men were placed under ar
rest
This war of the sailor-shipping inter
ests is always going on along the front
1t Is only now and then, however, thai
enough of fuss occurs to attract the
attention of any but the men in the
business
The union men claim that no one has
a right to supply captains with crews
outside of the union, and the shipping
masters or boarding masters or crirnps
tialm that they have as good a right
as any to do the business