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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31

HE o. &. o. s. S. Doric arrived
from the Orient yesterday about
o. m She left Hongkong on the
9Th instant, and Yokohama on the 21st
instant. making the trip from the lat
ter port in 9 days, % hours. For the
first four or five days out heavy
weather was experienced, after which
the sea smoothed down and the re-
mainder of the trip was pleasant. The
Doric brought 207 japanese for Homo
lulu, and 1,167 tons of freight, which
is the heaviest cargo that she has
brought to this port for the last three
years. Only two passengers came
here, Mr. X Kobayashi and Miss Sasa-
XII. Thirty passengers are going through
to San Francisco, including DR.. o. D.
Norton, U. S. N; Lieut.. E. Charming
ton, r. N; Paymaster II. r. Sullivan,
U. S. N, all of whom have been con-
fined in the hospitals in Yokohama, and
are going home on sick leave. The list
of passengers for San Francisco is as
follows:
Emile Adet, Miss NJ. Allen, Miss L.
Brink, ]. Brett, Mrs. J. Brett, E. w.
bTOWH, MIS-. W. bIOWU, Lieut. f.
Charrington, r. N; George Eckley,
Mrs. George Eckley, Gulio Guaito, Miss
L. Hunt, j. Liddell, Lieut.. W. Nc
Creary, L. S. NJ. c.: Mrs. E. C. Miller,
Miss NJ. c. Morrison, DR.. O. d. Norton,
u. s. N; E. Rogers, H. Sanger, Pay
master H. r. Sullivan, U. S. N; Miss
E. P. Swartz and maid. j. Tevis. Dr.
5. II. Wainwright, Mrs. S. II. vain
wright and infant, Master Samuel
Wainwright, D. H. Ward, c. W.
Wrightson, Mrs. c. w. Wrightson
Purser Niswander reports having
passed a large steamer on Tuesday
night, but not close enough to distin-
guish her name. Freight Clerk Chas.
with his usual courtesy, brought
a budget of BOX of Curios'' for the
local newspaper men. Mr.. Thorn'S
brother is editor and proprietor of the
spicy Yokohama sheet.
The Doric will sail for San Francisco
about o'clock this morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31

We take pleasure in notifying our
friends and the public generally that
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31
THIS DAY
At Auction
Household Furniture
and Fittings

Consisting of 1 solid Cherry Bedroom
Set, consisting Of elegant Dresser,
Washstand ETC.; l Oak Dresser, Ash
Dresser, White Enameled Bebstead
(double), 2 single Bedsteads, 1 Baby
Crib, 9 Mosquito Nets, 1 Oak Chiffon
Ter, Oak Sideboard, 1 Oak Extension
Table, Wicker Chairs, Rockers. ETC.;
Blue Flame Stove, Kitchen Utensils, 1
Ladies' Bicycle, Gentlemens Bicycle,
2 large Rugs, L Quincy Refrigerator, 1
Bookcase, 1 single set of Harness, 1
Sewing Machine, Palms,
Ferns, etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31
WATERFRONT NEWS.


/ sails. Between January 1 and IL she
also encountered two easterly gales
The Puritan was from New York to
Shanghai with cargo, sailing July ?,
and making the voyage in 1873 days. At
ter discharging and taking in ballast
she sailed for Tacoma.
The Island Boats.
The steamer Noeau arrived at $50
a. m. yesterday from Kukuihaele. She
brought c. F. Schermerhorn and deck
passengers, and 1921 bags of sugar
which We're put into the Irmgard. Pur-
ser Christian reported the Niihau at
Punaluu unloading machinery. The
weather at kau was fine, but not very
good at Hamakua, where heavy rains
have been the rule.
The bark W. B. Flint left Lahaina
on Tuesday for Makawel. The bark
Himalaya was at Kaanapali unloading
coal. When the Noeau last heard of
her she had 800 tons still to unload.
The channel was smooth. The Ke Au
Hou got in from Kilauea at 7:30 a. m,
yesterday, with one japanese passenger
and 1924 bags of sugar. Purser Hapai
reported 69,742 bags of sugar on Kauai.
The w. G.. Hall was reported at Eleele
discharging freight, and the Waialeale
AT Makaweh discharging fertilizer. The
weather on Kauai was fine. About $50
a. m. yesterday the Makee arrived
from Ahukini, with J. c. Wood, from
Hanamaulu, and $500 bags of sugar.
The schooner Robert SearleS was re-
ported at Eleele, the point of leav-
ing for San Francisco. Purser Logan
also reported that the schooner Patti
goner, whatever that may be, had ar
rived at Makaweli, and was discharging
COAL The James Makee discharged her
freight at Hanamaulu and took in a
load of sugar from the new wharf.
Loading was done by the chute, and
the bags came down at the rate of 1900
per hour. The weather throughout the
trip was fine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31
Last of the Mohican.

At $3.50 a. m. yesterday the United
States training ship Mohican got away
for Christmas Island, Guam, the Phil
ippines and other Oriental ports. She
took with her eight young men who
have enlisted while she lay in Homo
lulu harbor. The number is made up
of five Hawaiians, one white, one ne
gro, and one half-white. A number
of the friends and relatives of the
newly enlisted men accompanied the
Mohican in boats as far as the light
house. The Mohican is due back here
about July 4, and by that time her
men will have travelled thousands of
miles and seen many strange sights.
Captain Couden states that he could
have enlisted many more Honolulu
boys on his vessel had there been va
cancieS for them
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31

WILL r. FISHER,
AUCTIONEER.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
CUT FARES no 3 GENTS.

u-ho, A. a,aI.. -. =, a., ha,,,, Iool
ne" we V""nlct "'s AT rs ue's"' ''''
Hurt applied TO the city council for a fran
chise for an electric lighting plant RMS
y.s 81. Ia. ,,.,.,, H. .r,,s,,i,,, % A.
'Ps'"''" '' oPp'S''''"
klnson's Georgia electric light plant which
had for years enjoyed exclusive business
IN fur,tabir, ,1ac,r,ot,v FOR iii,mtnar,or
- 90 '''
ana power IN Atlanta. The company also
mad a contract 10 supply the city win
electricity to light the streets Hurt sniu
he world give inc people connection In
electrlcity Atkinson announced mar ne
wolijd uiye the reonla competition in street
car sefylce Hurf rot n tyautv-one-year
franchise ond s-arted his plont crtttng
nrires AtEInson us fast as he onened
Inc cnt fares 70 cents and tbo nrht
,,cn, r,arr,ir an
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
NEW ORDINANCES IN FORCE.
Four Recently Enacted Measures Are
Now Laws in Effect.

+ our Recently Enacted measures are
Now Laws in Effect
The ordinance regulating the conduct of
the police department and prescribing
penalties for disobedience of the various
articles and also prescribing the manner
In which charges shall be preferred against
offenders has become a law and is now in
effect. The city secretary will cause the
same 10 be printed in convenient pocket
edition form and e-ch member Of the force
will carry copy with him,
The hack stand ordinance has become n
law. the mayor finding on examination no
constitutional ground for objection. The
stands as indicated In the ordinance are the
only ones that can be legally occupied
hereafter by teams and vehicles standing
for hire. There has been considerable talk
Of test case being made In order TO bring
the matter before the courts hut City At.
torney Stone says IL was built to stand and
will hold In the courts.
The ordinance prescribing a fee for the
issuance Of building permits has also he
come a law and Is now in force
The ordinance regulating the cutting of
electric wires whssre houses are 10 he
moved is also law and now effective.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
WHAr THE c1rY aErs.

After many conferences and negotiations
of various kinds Mr. Atkinson, as ,le head
Of the new company, and council reached
an agreement OF consolidation. That agree
ment ls now IN force md is as follows
Payment OF $4,000 within thirty days
after signing of agreement for privilege Of
running cars OF old power company across
the Whitehall street viaduct The com
bined company to pay the following yearly
percentages For first three years begin
ming with 1902, per cent per annum OF Ats
gross receipts from the combined proper
ties In and without the city; for following
twenty years, per cent; and thereafter
until the expiration OF the franchises, 3 per
cent. These payments to be In lieu of all
charges md taxes tsuch as an occupation
taxi except ad valorem taxes, paving
charges and bridge rentals.
At the time the consolidation took place
II was estimated that the gross receipts
OF the combined properties would amount
to Si1OO,CO0 end, therefore, the city Will
receive at the end Of this yenr $1,000 in
tlon to the nd valorem taxes The company
charges cents fare on all it's lines and
transfers are granted to all points in the
city.
WHEN STREETS. OCCUPIED BY
TRACKS or THE COMPANY, ARE
PAVED WITH BELGIAN BLOCKS OR
ASPHALT THE COMPANY PAYS FOR A
STRIP ELEVEN FEET WIDE.
FOR CROSSING BRIDGES IN THE
CITY OTHER THAN THE WHITEHALL
STREET VIADUCT THE COMPANY
PAYS AN ANNUAL RENTAL OF BE
TWEEN $500 AND S4o0 EACH.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
STREET RAILWAY FACTS.
The Houston Electric Compsny's
Status in December, 1900.
COMPANY'S VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
Mads 10 Poor's Manual---Statistics OF
Former Years Demonstrate the
Rate of Growth.

At considerable expenditure of time and
labor Alderman Street has compiled from
Poor's Manual ian authoritivc publication
giving the status of corporations through
out the country annually for the benefit Of
bankers and investors), some very interest
Ing figures regarding the Houston Electric
street railway company which were fur
nlshed by the management to the publlca-
tlon.
According to the companys showing sent
to this financial publication Just prior to
the reorganization which placed the road
under its present management, the state
ment Of values Is as follows:
The new company was to have $4,000
Of preferred stock and S1,Oo0.0OO of COM
mon stock. An authorized issue of S1,25O,-
COO . per cent twenty tve-year gold bonds
was then contemplated, Of which II was
To retire then existing securities.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
THE EARNING POWER.

From the same source the following state.
ment Of earnings is compiled:
1898 Returns December 1.-Grcss earn
ings S202 $40 ON SO miles OF roads operat-
ing expense S140. 574; net earnings SGD .046;
other Income S22i9; total net S84,265 Pay
ments; Interest on bonds ,276; taxes
SS163. surplus $7S26.
1899. Returns December 1.--Gross earn.
ngs S217 9S7; operating expenses S13o,62
net earnings S7s,362; payments IN interest
on bonds S4Ss67 taxes S91O2; surplus $780,
665: mileage the sume as In 1898.
1900. Returns December 31.--Passenger
earnings 1924, $50; other earnings S6446;
total S241. oO1; operating expenses $3.50, 343;
net earnings ISL d5S paid interest on bonds
$4S,314; balance surplus. 500, 344 As the
years 1895 and 1899 were made up TO De
Cember /, 1t Is supposed-though not so
December 81 would include the returns of
thirteen months.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
COMMERCE AVE. TRACKS.
Ordinance Now Before the Council
Seeks Valuable Franchise.
WOULD CHANGE STREETS CHARACTER
" a Warehouse District Is 10 Be Estab-
Iished, Should One Company Have
Monopoly

Inc ordinance presented TO the city coua-
cH at Mondays meeting by the Houston,
odk Lawn and Magnolia Park railway,
"hich prescribes desired tiach extensions
on Commerce avenue, has many phases
NOT visible at casual glance.
Inc mere extensions Of a single track
TO the east line of Milan street. II placed
10 on. side of the center, might not be
seriously Objectionable but according TO
the measurements given in the ordinance,
u tue track is located on Or near the center
nhe OF the street there will not be room
tor vehicle traffic on either side Of said
track when cars occupy the rails, as two
teams can not well pass each other In n
yen or twelve foot Spuce, il they are heavy
truck wagons or the usual gauge OF teams
lof merchandise traffic.
:. IL is apparently the intention 10 bring
the whole Commerce street front from
sun Jacinto to Milan, both sides of the
tncrouPhfare, into a sort Il warehouse dis
Iflct This may be a very practical, de-
srable and laudablc purpose, as all large
distributing points require such business
70 be condensed, and, II heavy wholesale
business was to be centralized on this
avenue, there would be no serious objection,
perhaps, II the street was sufficiently
broad for vehicle as well rs railway traffic.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
r1EncF R1yALRY nrG1Ns-

About four years ngo the rivalry exist
ing between MIR. Hurt ana Mr.. Atkinson
came 70 the surface Atkinson took up the
franchise Of a suburban electric railway
line operating from the city to the river.
distance Of about eight miles lie re-
organized The company, brought in North
ern capital in unlimited quantity and de-
clared his intention 70 establish a compet
Ing street railway system. he applied for
franchises on a number OF the streets oc-
cupied by lines Of the Atlanta Railway ana
Power company and bitter hight ensucd
before the city council. The power com
pany had the other company enjoined re
pcatedly from exercising the provisions OF
its franchises whenever they sought TO
condemn any OF the old company's tracks
Alter hearings in the superior court, these
petitions for Injunction were all denied.
The power company IN court and before
the council set MP prior claim to almost
every street In the city. II claimed IN
have received Il blanket grant from the
ely covering all the thoroughfares. When
the night began the power company mad
the only cross-town system. The city is
practically divided into two equal parts
by the tracks Of the various steam roads
that pass through town, The Atlanta
R1pd Transit company set about securing
through line OF its own and IN order
10 do this agreed TO make the city a pres
ent of $4,000 II n bridge was built over
the railroad tracks at whitehall street.
1he money was accepted and the vinduct
was constructed. Under the conditions
surrounding the building of the bridge
no other street car company could cross
II unless Il paid 70 the city a sum not
less than that contributed by the rapid
transit company.
Incidentally. 1t might be mentioned that
the building of the vladuct caused improve
ments 10 be made along the line of tpe
bridge aggregating more than N,OUU,U0u,
New business houses were built 10 take
the places Of the old structures that had
stood on that section of the street since
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
Open Letter d
Congressman

Hon. T. H. Ball. Huntsvils n
Waco. Texas, July q, lse-l]
/ wish heartily to Join With D,
Houston in praising and ccnraad
for the good work you have "A
city of Houston In receiving tt|
appropriation Ia 100000 R \
canallzing the Buffalo bayvu IN
rectly and most OF all. fa Ii. =
you are doing at washitsx
State at large.
You know, Tom, wrote ym d
ago, on your first election thaij
ing and expecting great things II :
Washington, In behalf Of odr Vi
and people. for you belong h
order Of progressive and aa4
active young men.
! have been watching your Nd
the time of your first landing Il +
ton, and glad to say YOU hln 4
beyond all our hopes and eINa
being able to see and do gfsil d
things, both for your immedsn II
constituents, as well as IL 4
State.
/ am glad for many rsaxs
SET down here that you sre vi
State and people SO well at Wial
am glad chiefly because YEA N
mate and native with me- frva
old town of Huntsville.
always take great prid. ~
when | see any Of our desT n
boys or girls do something yn
ter than any others can D.
usually do get them With ne
that's no Joke, whether reEa
people and State at Washing'n
In some more humble Of q
capacity.
But Tom. II you keep On Y
we will send you up hlghd
where you can do even moe
things for your State and pe
give YOU so much work 70 90 u
and people that YOU will lndss
had never enlisted In Us seTa
You are a great biz felnE
than one. aud Of course v
expect and require great ans y
you.
| am glad without aatteIi
words II mine to render suel y
ms l think you are due
II must have been a soules Y
qualification to you to nase,m
Houston show such honor iM II
of your services 10 their my
and city by such substanuu
pirate gifts and ceremonies Is v
bestowed on you and younu ma
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
COST OLE DEPRIVATION

In its statements the company places the
percentage of operating expenses to gross
receipts at about 20, leaving 80 per cent
for the company in net earnings with which
to pay fixed charges and dividends.
MIR. Street estimates that at the rate
OF increase In gross earnings disclosed dur
Ing the three years named that the per-
centage is In excess Of 8 per cent annually.
The years 1898 and 1899 were not good
business years and business was not as
heavy IN proportion as II has been in 1900
and 1901 since the oil boom aud other
causes which have contributed 70 Increase
the traffic.
He also deduces the fact that Is sus.
tained by nll business transactions on a
large scale, that expense of operation does
not Increase In proportion to the Increase
of receipts; that is, that full cars instend
Of half filled cars run at approximately
the same cost and that in effect, the larger
the business the street railway company
does the smaller will be the percentage
of operating expenses 70 the gross receipts.
Based on the present returns, nominally
S250,0OO and adding an increase OF per
cent annually. compounded, Mr.. Street cs-
Inmates that during the life of the franchise
extension ten years. the company would
earn approximately S9,647 $50, from which
the operating expenses on the 20 per cent
basis deducted would leave S2,s94,3o1 for
the company, or more than the present
amount of capital stock and bonds outstand-
ing.
On this the company would pay s96476
to. the city q per cent Of the gross re.
ceipts.) Previous to 1925 the beginning of
the extended term the city would receive
on the same basis SlOco7 approximately,
or Sl9654T in all. and The net earnings OF
the street railway for the whole term of
thirty-three years would be S4,275, 4S6.
To put II In nutshell" said Mr.. Street,
1.-THE city OF Houston is selling for less
than, or approximately, 10000 a fran
iHgs are TO be millions of dollars In excess
of its entire capital and bonds"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
RECENT AUTHORITATIVE STATE.
MENTS

Members OF the street car company's
management have recently stated" said
Mr.. Street. that the earnings Of 1901
were about s25oooo. which shows an aver
age increase for the past three years to
be about $1,000 each year; that 10 per
cent per annum must he allowed for de-
probation of plant and that II costs 60
per cent or the gross earnings for direct
operating expenses, and they maintain that
the 80 per cent remaining does not cover
the interest on Sl,50o,Oo0 per cent bonds.
From the above statements copied from
Poors Manual III they are accurate) there
would remain out OF a gross Income Of
$4,000 per annum using the 20 per cent
basis $4,000 net earnings at the present
time, or Just enough to pay per cent In.
terest on S1,5OO,O0O OF bonds.
Assuming that their gross receipts will
continue TO Increase in the same ratio, that
Is, per cent per annum Tor, TO be extreme
" liberal in my figures, say the increase is
. per cent annually, / make my computa-
tion as herein stated
MY object is simply 70 show 10 the peo-
pie OF Houston the real value OF the fran
chise extension applied for and what the
city would get for II on the 1 per cent
plan"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27

stead OF names and the division Of the city
into districts and the numbering of houses
beginning new hundred with each block
are today utilized for the greater con-
venience Of the multitude.
1t Is by. no means new. custom. Lon
don Is divided into districts beginning. with
he S. G and city e. an 4 T % E. RSa E. 3 W.
etc. etc. Paris Is districted In n similar
manner into various embellishments each
having hill, an ancient city gate or some
reference to the River Seine. which bisects
the great French metropolis, to distinguish
1t from all others.
Washington. D. c.. is divided into sec
lions In n similar manner, the points OF
the compass designating the various divis-
ions ms in London. Minneapolis. Mimi.
Is likewise mapped out and the names and
numbers form street directory that one
may consult as he walks from the sign
boards which are maintained Mt each street
corner-ali four corners at each intersec-
tion. To come nearer home, Galveston's
streets are named by letters and numbers.
IN THE CASE OF HOUSTON.
The bayou makes natural divisions OF
the city In various directions. The Fifth
ward is made entirely distinct by the limits
of Buffalo and White Oak bayous, which
also give separation to the section en-
braclng the First and Sixth wards. The
main city, south OF Buffalo bayou, en-
braces the Second, Third and Fourth wards
and these separations are as distinctive
as the North, South and West "sides" of
Chicago.
In Houston the city proper, or central
business section wards three aud four
would be Houston South beng south of
the Bayou. The Fifth ward is n reality
Houston Northeast. The Second ward
Houston Southeast and Wards one and six
If streets were to be named In these
various sections. all the cross streets being
numbers, the street corners supplied with
substantial and durable sign plates. and
the house numbers conspcuously displayed
on a regular system as above, It would be
no trouble whatever for the stranger as
well as the old time dweller or newest
conner TO pilot himself about.
knowing the section of the city in which
n named street was situated any citizen
could readily point out the direction OF
that section. Within that section any resi-
deht could inform him of the position of a
once the number of blocks he must ira
verse to reach his destination.
me san Jacinto street cars traverse the
northeast section; Houston Heights Brun-
ner and Houston avenue cars reach the
northwest section: Franklin avenue cars
run TO the Second ward or Houston South
east ana the other lines traverse the streets
OF houston South or the central city
., whether any scheme or proposition for
u'strictlng the city is adopted or not one
IHct is self-evident Numerals for the cross
streets, a thorough system of house mum.
ptrS ana the maintenance of name plates
AZ all intersections would he wonderful
convenience to the public and the need for
some radical and rapid action is press
ing. 80 press
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
Indian Polo Today.

The game OF polo advertised for yester-
day and TODAY al the baseball park. 10 be
played by full-hooded Indians, did not take
place yesterday on account OF rain Thirty
ness, however, for this afternoons game,
and unless II is raining az the time the
game Is 70 he called the exhibition viii he
grounds viii only make the gamA more
Interesting. ms their costume IS verv> much
abbreviated md mud is not conslderSd a
less End an Interesting entertainment
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
raken 10 Gonzales County

Gregoria Cortez, the Mexican. who has
been held in the Harris county Jail on the
charge Of murder, alleged 10 have been
committed In Gonzales county, was taken
10 the latter county yesterday by ShcrifY
Fly. Cortez viii I've tried there next week
on the charge OF horse stealing,