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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-03

necessary to own its own highways.
Experience has shown that interests OF
such vast Importance cannot be en-
trusted to private parties. If the peo-
pie would secure the benefits, they must
own the property. Since the dawn of
history the great thoroughfares have
belonged to the people, have been
known as the Kings highways, or
public highways, and have been
open to the free use of all, up
on payment of small uniform tax
or toll to keep them in repair. But now
the most perfect, and by far the most
important roads known 10 mankind
are owned and managed as private
property. Such power no man or set
of men should be permitted to exercise.
whoever controls the roads of coun-
try is master of that country"
Most of the railways were built by
the people to begin with. For instance:
The United States government paid the
company that built the Union Pacific
Railway in Kansas, 1880 acres of land
and $4,000 per mile for building that
road in the state of Kansas. The COM
pany report that they received SO an
acre for the land. So the total subsidy,
then, was s54. 400 a mile for building
the road This sum should have paid
for building and equipping the road
about twice. and the road should have
been turned over to the government
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-03
THE FOREGROUND AS

Several methods have been suggested
sion of all transportation lines. The
method that would probably meet the
approval of the majority is to have the
government buy the lines outright
las the roads are capitalized for sew
eral times their value, the real value
would be estimated by a board APP
pointed for that purpose. The law Of
eminent domain stands for the rest Of
the transaction
Could the government operate rail-
ways as cheaply and as we'll as private
companies? is often asked. The gov
eminent does operate other enterprises
successfully. Who would think of
trusting the management of the
army, or the navy. or the postal
service, or the government minis
or the meteorological bureau or the
agricultural experiment stations to pri-
vate companies. Men trained for these
services are as reliable as any men
employed by private companies. The
best men in the country are in the
service of the public today.
Men say that public ownership would
bring transportation into politics This
objection would be little more valid
IL the railways were not already in pol
tiles 1t is difficult to see how they
could be more In politics than at pres
emit. MORE ANON.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-03

as a public highway. free from in
eumbrance to be operated in the inter
ests of the people. But instead. the
company not only retained the road
but loaded it with a burden of stocks
and bonds amounting to about $105.ooo
per mile, and on which the Pc ople must
pay dividends and interest, after hav-
ing given the road to the company.
This is for the privilege of using the
road"
But the most interesting part Of the
history is the use of the roads. Three
trate,
The fruit growers of California were
charged such rates that often the
farmer was obliged to add from Lis
purse, to what he received from the
fruit. to pay the freight
Many wheat growers throughout the
country are compelled TO sell their
wheat to men interested in the rail-
ways, at prices regulated not by the
consumers but by the buyers-the rail-
ways refusing cars to the farmers to
ship their wheat to market.
The smaller coal owners have been
compelled by rebates to favored owners
or to owners interested in the railways,
to sell their small holdings to the large
owners.
Public ownership is the only remedy
for these evils,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-03
Hawaii shinpo sha

THE PIONEER JAPANESE PRINT
ing office. The publisher OF HawaN
Shinpo, the only daily Japanese paper
published in the Territory OF Hawaii
c. SHIOZAWA, Proprietor
z. SOGA, Editor.
Editorial and Printing Oface-lOss
Smith St., above King. p. o. Box SOf'
Telephone Main 81.
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NOTICE

ANY WOMAN OR GIRL NEEDING
help or advice, is invited to communl-
cate, either in person or by letter, Win
Ensign Nora NJ. Underhill, matron OF
the Salvation Army Woman's INDUS
trial Home, Young street, between Ar
tesian and McCully streets, mauka
side, Honolulu.
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THE
Bank of Hawaii

LIMITED.
Incorporated under the Laws OF thu
Territory Of Hawaii.
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E)ceani

seottie
|conpan.
WilheL
burance
Assoc
Munich
Allan
Co., Ltd
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London
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pany Of
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Charles n. Cooke. ..PriAide@s
p. G. Viee-President
r. w. Maofarlane. and Vtee-President
c. H. Cooke. ..Cashae8
r. c. Atherton... Assistant Ceshaea
II. waterhouge, z. D. Tenney, J. A.
NcCandless, 9. II. Atherton and E. =.
Bishop.
Commercial and Savings De-
partmentss
Strict attention gwen 70 all
branches of Banking.
Judd Building Fort Street
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Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong ana
Shanghai Banking Corporation ana
Chartered Bank of India, Australia ana
China
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-03

Commercial and Travellers Letters %
Credit issued on the Bank Of California
and N. NJ. Rothschild & Sons. London
correspondents: The Bank of Califor-
MIA, Commercial Banking Co. of sgd
ney, Ltd, London.
Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation ana
Chartered Bank of India, Australia ana
China
Interest allowed on term deposits NJ
the following rates per annum, viz:
Seven days notice, at per cent.
Three months, at per cent
six months, at 315 per cent.
Twelve months, at per cent.
Trust Department.
Act as trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates, real and personal
Collect rents and dividends.
valuable papers, wills, bonds stsH
received for safe keeping.
Accountant Department.
Auditors for corporations and prI-
vate firms.
Books examined and reported on
Statements of affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or fnsofven4 60
tates.
once, s24 Bethel street.
Savings Department.
Deposits received and interest allow
ed at Al per cent per annum, IN ao-
cordance with rules and regulations
copies of which may be obtained on
application.
Insurance Department
Agents for FIRE. MARINE, LIFE.
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS LA
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIE@s
Insurance office, 924 Bethel street
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BISHOP & CO.. BANKERS
ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
Banking Department.

Transact business in all departments
of banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
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WIN. @. IRWIN & CO., LTD.

WIN. g. Irwin. President ard Manager
Claus Spreckels. >. First Vice-President
". NJ. Giffard. Second Vice-Presioent
n. n. whitney, Jr. Treasurer and Sec.
George W. Ross..... .....Auoltor
sugar Factors and Commission Agents
AGENTS FOR THE
Oceanic Steamship Company
OF San Francisco Cal
AGENTS FOR THE
scottish Union q Natioeal Insurance
0sunpany Of Edinburgh.
Wnhelnna OF Magdeburg 0eaeraA In
1zEance Company.
Assoeiated Assurance Company OF
Munich q Berlin.
AMfance Marine g. General Assurance
ca, Ltd, OF London
Royal Insurance Company OF Liver
poss. AIIianso Assurance Company OF
London.
Rsehestes German InsuFancs Gem
pa1y Of n. 7.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

The Santa Fe Railroad company
had served notice that unless some
understanding was reached that day,
there would be no new depot at Carls.
bad for just III years, and that the
chances for a reconsideration were
as promising as that or a SNOWFALL for
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

Damage Suits.
As a result Of a special meeting OF
the structural iron workers union,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

damage suits a~ggregating $780, Ol
may be brought against the Ameri
can Bridge company, charging negli
gence in the construction of the Wa.
bash railroad bridge. where the dis,
astrous accident happened at Pitts,
burg.
The meeting also made special ar
rangements for the funerals of the
victims Of the accident. 1t was de
cided that on the casket of each vic
tim should be placed a floral piece
representing a broken traveller.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28
Harvey's In Autumn.

Now are days Of most brilliant skies
and warm sunshine.
Nights clear and frosty; evenings By
the bright fireplace an ever new de.
light.
Excursions daily to the wild can
yons and high peaks.
Sharp appetites and plenty to eat.
Accommodations for the winter may
now be secured by a limited number.
Carriage out every Saturday. Inquire
Murphey's, Judge Wooster's or Optic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28
Gained Forty Pounds in Thirty DAYS.

Gained Forty Pounds in Thirty Days.
For several months our younger
brother had been troubled with indi-
gestion. He tried several remedies
but got no benefit from them. We pur.
chased some Of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets and he commenced
taking them. Inside OF thirty days he
had gained forty pounds in flesh. He
is now fully recovered. We have a
good trade on the Tablets.-Holly
Bros, Merchants, Long Branch, Mo.
For sale by all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

?. A. Speckmann. who is establish
ing the Estancia News, which will ap-
pear every Thursday after November
l, went down to Estancia after spend
ing several days in the Capital city
on business.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

old age in Yuma. says the Argus.
There was some lively scratching to
get a compromise through, but after
many conferences, all more or less
on the strenuous order, it was found
that all efforts were futile and the
new depot had gone where the wood
bine twineth and the whang.doodle
mourneth the loss Of its first born.
All of the stations on the Orient
between Wichita and Milton, Just over
The Sedgwick county line, have been
located, or rather the sites for all Of
them have. The first is Viola, where
the Orient crosses the Santa Fe. and
there the grade u ready for 4 side
track. The next site is at. the end of
mile 1O7, or seven miles this side Of
Viola. There, too, the grade for a
sidetrack is ready. and a town Of con
siderable size is expected to spring
up. The site for the other station Is
seven miles southwest Of Wichita, in
Waco township.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad is to be held in To
peka on December 10. The terms OF
four directors expire, viz: Victor
Morawetz, Thomas p. Fowler, H.
Rieman Duval and Charles s. Gleed.
It Is not expected that more than two
Of these will be reelected. The Atehi-
son stockholders are to be asked at
this meeting to approve the purchase
OF the stock and bonds for the Rands.
burg road, the Santa Fee and North
western and the Oakland and East
Side road. These new roads are to
be built by the Atchison company.
President Stickney OF the Great
Western railroad is noted for his dis
regard Of traditions, and when he an
nounced a short time ago that he ill
tended making Omaha a grain market
the executives Of the western roads |
regarded his statement as merely an
- & E LE& &HI
other on his part TO bring his
road into prominence. In putting in
a proportional rate on grain through
Omaha for points east, the announce
ment OF which was made a few days
ago, President Stickney astonished
the railroad world and Is credited J
with engineering an important move
In freight traffic.
According to adyices received from
Canada, the Alaskan boundary decls-
makes certain the construction OF
the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, the
W stern terminus of which Is 10 be
Port Simpson. The decision gives
Canada control OF the Portland chan
mel, which would make 1t impossible
for the United States to build n fort
opposite Fort Simpson. 1t appears
the Canadian government hest
% substitute the Grand Trunk
partly on account or the i'm.
certainty regarding American or Brit
ish control or the Portland Channel.
Preparations are being made to place
orders for $4,000 box cars and other
equipment. II Is said that G. M.
Hays will be made president and that
the best man from the various de-
partments Of the Grand Trunk Will be
transferred to the Grand Trunk Pa.
cifc. lI
Damage Suits.
As a result Of a special meeting OF
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

For 2 pleasant physic take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Easy to take. Pleasant in effect. For
sale by all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

Adjutant General W. II. Whiteman
is confined to his home with a severe
attack Of stomach trouble.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28
TRACK AND TRAIN

"A -
Fireman Holmes is off for one trip.
Fireman Banning is off for a day or
two 'isA
Engineer Lowe is resting for a
trip.
Fireman Ward is laboring for his
daily bread once more
Fireman Tingley after all too short
a rest is back on the hill.
Engineer Davis has marked himself
up for a short spell Of dolce far niente.
Engineer Blevens has dismissed his
doctor and pulls the throttle once
more.
According to the newspapers, Mrs.
Charles Beckett, widow Of Fireman
Beckett, who was killed in the Cajon
wreck last January, will commence a
damage suit against the Santa Fe for
$4,000.
D. ". Garrison, who has been in the
yard service Of the Santa Re at Need
les for the past two years. has ac-
copied a position with the Mohaye &
Midtown railway and has already
gone to work.
The past several weeks has seen
many improvements made BY the Pos
tai Telegraph company. MOI only al
Needles, but along the entire line.
New wires have been strung and all
the Offices given better equipment.
The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
company has decided to build a branch
from a point between Kountze and
Votaw, Texas, to the Saratoga oil
fields, a distance of about eight miles,
and surveys are being made. AT al
meeting to be held on November 4,
the stockholders will vote on a propo-
sition to lease the Gulf, Beaumont &
Kansas City and the Gulf, Beaumont
& Great Northern.
Everything Is looking prosperous
along the Santa Fe Central. Estan-
cia, Moriarity, Progresso, Torrance,
Kennedy and the other townIets are
steadily growing ami the country Is
in good condition. The new line
means more than people realize for
the future Of this rich section of New
Mexico. When the Albuquerque line
is built the outlook for the region
will be still brighter.
The progress on the I'll Paso union
htiot haS@UICn lho0t 1dHlh anu SdLlo-I
factory and now that the graders will
from now on use cars instead Ct
wagons, as they have been doing here
tofore, the work will progress more
rapidly still. AS the work Of grading
the site progresses the palmer it can
be seen what an ornament the depot !,
will be to that part Of the town and
when the depot is finished FL Paso
will have the best railroad building !
In the southwest int one that the
city may wen be proud Of for years !
to !.
The Santa Fe Railroad company ,
had served notice that unless some /,
understanding was reached that day, s
there would be no new depot at Carls- /
bad for just I'll years, and that the
chances for a reconsideration were
as promising as that or a SNOWFALL for !,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28

Ralph vandewart left Tucumcari
last Thursday for a few weeks outing
in Mexico.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-11-21
Electric Harvesting Saw.

With the advent Of the electric cur
rent on the farm to run the mowers,
reapers, threshing and grinding ma
chimes, churn the butter and do all the
other farm work usually accomplished
by hand or animal power, it has be-
come necessary to design an electrical
implement which would take the place
OF the sickle and knife, which have
for: so long served to cut the stalks
of corn, sugar cane and similar heavy
growths. The implement is already
at hand, and all that is necessary is
to connect it with the power conduct
ing wire, turn on the current and set
it to work. In our picture we show
one OF these new stalk cutters at
work, this being the invention of a
man in far away Australia, who has,
however, already taken the precaution
to have it patented in the United
States. AS the work done by this saw
is comparatively light, and the lost
momentum can be quickly recovered,
it is only necessary to supply very
small motor to drive the cutter, and
this is located directly on the shaft
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-11-21
New Iron HARDENING Process.

Phosphorus, as is we'll known, has
the property of imparting certain de.
gree of surface hardening to iron, but
;:SSt without producing brittleness. The
IRON is made to ASSUME a coarse struc-
ture, in which the crystals are CON-
paratively loosely bound together. This
effect of phosphorus Of }oosening the
conference of the molecules Of the iron
greatly facilitates the absorption Of
carbon by the iron. The carbon rap
idly penetrates the iron to a consid-
cradle depth, imparting great tough
ness to the core and multiplying the
comparatively slight defect constituted
by the inconsiderable brittleness of
the surface Two Prussian inventors
apply this principle in their process for
hardening iron by heating the same
in tempering powder consisting of
organic heterogeneous substances con-
tanning high percentage of fusible
ash and employing phosphorus as the
medium for the introduction of carbon
into the iron. Without prejudicially
affecting the welding properties of the
iron, it imparts such degree of hard
ness thereto that it can neither be cut
nor Clipped by the best steel used.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-11-21
Letters Automatically Stamped.

the labors of this clerk and possibly
enable him to devote a portion of his
time to the other interests of the firm
he is working for, western inventor
has devised the letter-sealing and
stamping machine shown in the draw
ing. Sealing and stamping a dozen or
so letters is small task but when this
quantity is multiplied until it reaches
hundreds or thousands the utility Of
this apparatus can be better appre-
ciated.
The machine comprises a fiat moist
ened pad, partially covered with a
shield to protect the flap of the enve-
lope as the edge is depressed on the
pad to dampen it for sealing, together
with smaller pad suspended in such
a position that it will fall on the face
Of the envelope to moisten it for the
stamp when the flap is being moist
ened. AS soon as the first operation
is completed the flap is folded and the
, envelope is laid face upward on the
shelf above the pads, where the de-
preston Of the lever seals the flap and
also serves stamp from the continu-
GUS ribbon and deposits=it on the spot
which has been moistened to receive
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-11-21

Demands of conventional fashion are
lily of lizards in the United States and
to make deep inroads upon serpents
Of many kinds.
Beginning with the dainty little
chameleon, held by the tiny gilded
chain that is the mark of his captivity,
up to the handbag made of the skin of
the diamond back rattlesnake, and car
ried at the wrist of the woman shop
ping, it looks as if the reptilian family
of the twentieth century is doomed.
mist some of the representatives Of
these creeping and crawling things of
the earth pass into oblivion without
regret; to the masses, even, there are
others that will be missed because of
their harmlessness, their vivid chang
ing colors, and their disposition to
live their lives in those waste places
where so few other things of life are
: to be found.
Tie passing of the alligator from,
the rivers and swamps of the South
seems to be more surely and quickly
certain than does the extinction of
others of the lizard tribe. Years ago
he was the despised and feared of all
the reptiles that came to the view of
the negro in the southern swamps.
The horrible water moccasin was moth
ing to the southern darby as compared
to the alligator, even though death
from the snake might come the quick
er and the reptile be lying ten to one
in numbers among the logs and in
the mud Of the sluggish streams and
bayous. The gator always was the
armored evil one to the darby, but
the southern white man, hunting in
the same swampland for deer and bear
found the eye Of the alligator an ex-
cellent target for his rifle. and in the
tooth of the saurian a beautifully
adapted charger for measuring the
gunpowder behind the ball in his muz-
zle-loading gun.
Thus through all the years the alli-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-11-21

gator has been hated and hunted and
despised; but after it was discovered
that the hide of the creature was
worthy of a place in the economy of
civilization, and after the adaptability
of it's skin was shown in artistic hand
bags, valises and suit cases, alligator
hunting became business and it has
continued business until already the
alligator is becoming extinct. Nearly
100000 skins of these creatures were
taken in Florida between the years
1880 and 1894, and even now in some
sections of the state pot hunter may
bring in a score of skins from nights
hunt
But gradually these skins are be-
coming smaller and fewer. A skin
that is two feet long must have come
from an animal that was at least Is
years old, while one that is twelve feet
long is SUPPOSED to have come from
saurian seventy-fve years after it
first broke the shell of the mother
egg. It is believed now that the alli-
gator is one OF the longest lived Of
all creatures, not excepting the ele-
plant, and it seems that the creature
grows from the time of it's Matching
to the end of it's life. A big alli-
gator for. museum purposes may be
worth $40; alive, for menagerie, he
may bring his CaptOr double this
amount of money. But for the skin
of the ordinary gator the hunter gets
about Is cents. Recently baby alli-
gators have come into demand as
curios. and in the taking of them,
hunters have dug up the nests of the
creatures and have put the eggs into
incubators of hot sand, thus insuring
the market supply, but making the
| fate of the saurian more certain. AS
soon as the alligator has broken the
shell it is killed and mounted.
In the rattlesnake of the several
| varieties the skin of the diamond back
is most valuable, and likewise this
[ species grows to greater lengths. In
the desert regions of the great south