The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-06
INQUIRIES
STILL COME
Settlers Write to
Commissioner
Boyd.
Little Known of Hawaii
in Eastern
States.
Data Required for Circular Is Not
AvaiIabIe-One Man Seeks
Better Climate.

II Another big bunch of inquiries re-
garding public lands and opportunities
for farmers in Hawaii reached Land
Commissioner Boyd in the mail brought
by the Ventura and the Gaelic. The
letters are answered Immediately, and
in the meantime Mr.. Boyd is collecting
data for the circular soon to be issued
Commissioner Boyd stated yesterday
that he had found a great lack of data
needed, both in his department and in
the agricultural bureau. and the work
of collecting the desired information
will take some time.
The letters received by the last mail
show how great is the necessity for
scattering broadcast information in re-
gard to Hawaii, for the questions asked
| exhibit an utter lack of knowledge of
| the conditions in the islands. Extracts
from some of them will be of benefit
| to the Chamber of Commerce, Mer-
chants Exchange, and other bodies
seeking to induce tourists to come here,
as indicating what information should
be given in the advertising matter sent
out.
| JERSEY CITY MAN WOULD COME.
Walter H. Condict, an attorney of
h. ifO-
| behalf of a client, and asks the follow
ing questions regarding lands which he
understands are to be opened on liberal
terms:
ID Where are the lands located?
(2.) On what terms can they be Sc
cured?
80 For what purposes are they avail
able?
4) What is the nature of the land?
60 Near what large town.
And further information which would |
naturally be of interest to me. am
cropping in the dark for information for
this client relative to the feasibility of
taking up land in Hawaii.
SOhlN6 MIN
William O'Berg, of Princeton, ILL.,,
says: II am interested in your country
and would like general information on
your agricultural position. How can
one get land for farming, and what ma
is required What is the lay
of the land, prices, and what are the
terms. 1 want to visit your country
next month and if suitable make it a
have some money !
LIKES THE CLIMATE.
F. H. Longacre, of Macon, Mo, wrote {
to Jared G. Smith. He says: Il would
ike to come to Honolulu, and would
ike some information about the agri- q
ultural outlook, what price 1 would c
rave to pay for good land within about
hree miles of a good town, also the u
,inds of roads you have there, and
What, in your opinion, is the chance to
make money. How much capital is re-
uired for one to start in business there.
would like to go there especially on s.
ccount of the climate, if 1 could reas- II
nably expect to profit. About what a
-ould first class transportation be from H
an Francisco to Honolulu" 81
SEES HIS OPPORTUNITY. al
John L. Aiken, of Westfield, New
=rsey. writes: In the New York Her -
ID yesterday was an article telling of 70
lie opening of lands in the Islands for
ttlers. am anxious to locate there, -
glowing that the Islands afford an OPP =
,rtunity for enterprise not to De found
the Eastern States. 1 am anxious to 4
low how to proceed-if application
n be made before arrival, when it
Duld be advisable to locate, and how s
tie capital could one get along on.
n a native American, with some
lall means
WANTS TO BETTER HIMSELF.
John ]. KuppeI. of New York City,
5 wife and family. He writes that
present he is running a grocery s
IRE, working eighteen hours a day,
I making no money. He says he is -
I afraid TO do any kind of work, and
n run a farm, or farm machines. or Su
anything of the kind. He talks also
getting the agency of some Ameri-
n farm implement house and selling
lchinery to the Islanders, who he be- no
YES need it. He asks also what Ian All