The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19

will at once erect a church. Negotiations
are pending for the purchase of the cor
ner lot by prominent Wailuku mer.
chant, and also for the purchase of the
other f1ots by different Wailukans who
want to build homes for themselves.
The Chinese are rapidly building up
both sides of kalua avenue, a founda-
ton having just been laid for a cosy
little store to be built on the S. w. cor
ner of Market and Kalua Ave.
Lumber has been recently shipped to
Mr.. r. c. Searle at his ranch at Homo
lua, where he will erect a large, hand
some residence in the near future.
WAILUKU BANK.
Owing to the temporary stringency in
the money market in Honolulu, it has
been found necessary to postpone for a
few months the inauguration of the Bank
of Maui A large part of the capital for
the new bank will be drawn from Homo
lulu and it was deemed wiser to wait till
returns from the present sugar crop have
come in, before putting the necessary
amount of money required in a bank
here, where it would remain out of circu-
lation for some months.
Attorney George Hons received let
ter this week from Mr.. Chas. D. Lufkin,
the promoter of the bank, stating that
once, where he may have to remain for
few months. but if So Immediately on
his return. he will proceed in the mat
ter of organizing and establishing the
bank. This delay will really be better
for the bank, as there are many Maui
people who would be glad to subscribe
to the capital stock of the bank, but
they need little time to get their finan-
cial affairs in shape to do so. The
chances are that by the time Mr.. Lufkin
is ready to proceed, the bulk of stock
will be taken by Maui capital.
POOR ROADS.
The road between Waikiki and Ka-
hului is filling up with ruts and small
stones, making riding and driving very
uncomfortable. AS soon as funds are
on hand, some work should be done or
this road as there is more travel on il
than on any road on the Island. The
pond across the road at Kahului is still
becoming deeper and more dangerous
and will become simply impossible by
and by, if something is not done.
GOOD TIME TO HOLD ON.
Now is good time to hold On to divi
dend paying sugar stock, no matter t
what price sugar stocks drop, under thu
stringency of the money market. A:
soon as the present s'nearness" in finan
cial affairs has passed, dividend payins
sugar stock will advance to a norma
price again, although it may not toucl
the fancy prices which ruled during tn
boom in sugar stocks.
STAND FROM UNDER.
| If it be true, as rumored, that the In
| ter-Island and the Wilder S. S. Com
panies are to consolidate, the outlook i
certainly gloomy for Maui shippers. TIL
News has never attacked these com
! panies, possibly hoping at some time i
| the future to pick up some crumbs i
the way of advertising and outside O
casually suggesting that both companie
are piratical in their freight charges, an
| that it would be in keeping with thei
| freight charges to fly the black flag wit
J a skull and cross-bones, the News. ha
dealt very gently with their shortcoming!
| but one more turn to the screw will ca
for remarks from this paper, and a happ
ending of the affair will be that .Alexar
\ der & Baldwin or some other enterpris
! ing shipping firm will put on a line {
inter-island steamers which win give sa
isfaction to the shipping public.
Heavy rains reported on east Mau
but central Maui is still suffering frol
drouth.
Judge Kalefkau is presiding as Di:
trct Magistrate of Wailuku during Juds
iMcKay's absence.
| Milk and butter are becoming Ver
scarce on Maui, owing to the continue
drouth in the pasture lands.
Dr. R. NJ. Stith of Spreckelsville M
returned to Philadelphia to accept pos
ton in the navy, and his place is ber
filled by DR.. Dinegar of Kihei, who lool
after the health of both plantations.
p Johnny, the ex-chef of the Ma
Hotel. who was tried before Judge K;
leikau for assault with a deadly weapt
on Manager Hagancamp, was acquitte
the judge holding that the wicked lookii
! cleaver introduced in evidence was
really only an innocent and innoxio
egg-beater Lucky Johnny.
attorney Noah w. Aluli has gone
Honolulu to engage in the practice of la
in the metropolis.
Senator H. P. Baldwin and Manag
Filler of the K. R. r. Co. were in Wa
luku on Thursday, on a hasty busine
trip.
, Mrs Cough, an English lady visitil
! the Islands, came over from Lahail
on Wednesday, accompanied by MI
Mallory of Lahaina, and the two ladi
made the ascent of Haleakala on Thur
day.
Mr.. ]. N. S. Williams, who is in char
of the construction of the biggest m
!, on earth, at Camp 5, Spreckelsville, W
! ins Wailuku on Thursday evening, "a
reports satisfactory progress on the Pu
meme mill building.
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