Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-04-03
Ed. 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.

u uh olN Nlllt l'slh'lN VI
has been renewing old friendships
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 a young man. made his first visit
to Honolulu in the Pacific Mall steamer
Colima, running from San Francisco to
Sydney. In 1877 he took mp 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. G..
Wilder whom Mr.. Tucker now regards
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 tho
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 a 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 Kjlauea
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 a subsidy for the building and
maintenance Of a steamer. Schooners
were the thing. Now, with the ire
mendous lnter-island traffic, the fore
sight of Wilder is acknowledged and
where one steamer was formerly sufh
cient for the trade now, with abou
twenty, there is room for more.
1.-The city has advanced materially II
business houses and methods. The onl,
thing II is backward In Is the street ca
system. There is no street railway tina
J deserves the name and the difficulty o
traffic is bound to keep the city back
A man living any distance out Of tow
J has no decent means of reaching BIZ
home except in hack. A rapid tran
sit system needs to be installed and
when installed, to be run in the inter
ests OF the community and not entire
ly for the owners. The present mean
of transportation In street cars is n dis
grace to any civilized community AM
no other city the size of Honolulu il
the United States would tolerate 1t.
, The Honolulu water system is goo
and well managed and your Honolulu
Iron Works are a credit to the tow
! and monument to the men who hav
: 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 Iro
D Works that is superior to the loci
$ establishment.
: There is no question about the nee
: of the introduction of municipalities |
= this Territory. This mode OF govern
: ment is the natural one under Amer
: can law. The reins of governmer
. should be in the hands of municipi
I officers and Honolulu should be cor