The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-15
VALUABLE
FACTS.
in New
Directory Of
City.


Honolulu is rapidly becoming
metropolitan city, as is evidenced by
the facts CLEANED from the new di-
rectory of Honolulu and the Island OF
Oahu, which is now being delivered to
subscribers at the rate of 100 copies
per day.
The directory is issued by the News
Publishing Company of Sacramento,
Cal, represented here py j. W. San
derson, man who has had an extern
sive experience in this line of work.
The printing and binding was done by
the Hawaiian Gazette Company of this
City, and to that company is largely
due the credit for the manner In
which the facts are set forth.
Bound in a neat blue cloth cover,
lettered in black, the volume contains
81 pages of matter, showing an in
crease over last year of 135 pages.
Much of the space in the front part
of the book is devoted 10 statistics
dealing with distances to neighborIns
islands public institutions, public OIL
Gals etc. etc. Throughout the en-
tire work local advertisers are We'll
represented, and the artistic manner
in which the advertisements are served
speaks volumes for the class or work
turned out by the Gazette Company.
The number of directories printed
largely exceeds that of any previous
year, yet the supply will fall far snort
of the demand. Mr.. Sanderson re-
ceived orders from New York City by
the last mail instructing him to ship
| thirteen copies of the directory to that
| city at once, and by the next steamer
a number will be forwarded to san
| Francisco and California cities. the
| order from PARKWAY New York shows
! that an interest is felt there in Homo
| lulu and the Islands, and the directory
will prove of great value to business
men.
| Orders have been received for over
| 500 copies of the directory, and new
orders are being entered daily. 1t was
expected that the work would be COM
pleted last December, but a serious de-
lay was occasioned by waiting for
completion of the house numbering.
The amount of work required to com
pile an accurate directory in any city
is enormous, and long after the in
formation of gathering the names and
addresses is completed the work of ar
ranging them in alphabetical order is
of the most arduous kind.
AS is usual in all city directories,
some interesting and curious statistics
may be obtained from the pages by a
careful observer. Names with only one
letter appear, while names that con-
| tain letters extending the full width
of the page and nearly unpronounce-
able are in evidence
To the name of Smith is credited the
honor of appearing the greater number
| of times, while the names of Johnson
| and Jones make good seconds. Nearly
every nationality in the world is rep
resented within the pages, while the
occupations noted are many and va
ried. Reading matter is furnished to
| the residents of Honolulu through the
medium of SO publications, while 81
| physicians and 81 lawyers are also
noted.
| A summary of the business interests
shows that within the boundaries OF
this City there are 5 soda water man
ufacturers, 81 representatives of plant
ers and plantations, SO tailoring firms
5 undertakes, "a hotels. 5 hat manu-
| facturers, cab companies, hair
dressers, 164 grocery stores 3S private
| lodging-houses, % dressmakers, 9 dali
ries, 10 acknowledging agencies, 81
contracting carpenters, II barbel
| shops, 81 private schools, 63 restau-
rants, Al real estate firms, AZ poi man
ufacturers, Is plumbing firms, 81 pro.
| fessional nurses, 6 music teachers, Il
photographers, II meat markets, l.
livery stables, 26 saloons, So laundries
S investment companies, Is profession
al interpreters, Z banks and 3 bands.
From the above summary it will APP
pear that there is very little difference
in the occupation Of the inhabitants o
Honolulu from any city on the Main
land, and it is difficult to think of an.
| form of business that is. noc repre-
Sented.