The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-28

Heeia and husband to s. Apolina, one
and five-tenths acres of land at Eva,
subject to mortgage, to the order of
p. l.. Weaver for $50
Instruments have been recorded as
follows: Mortgage by John Gaspar
and wife to H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd,
of land and buildings at Auwaiolimu,
Honolulu; three leaseholds, 5 shares
Kona-Kau Telephone, Is shares Kona
Bottling Works, life insurance policy,
ETC., six pieces land, buildings, mer-
chandise, livestock, machinery, etc,
Keel North and South Kona, for
$4,000 Deed from Wong Tai Chuck
and wife to Harriet E. w. Wight of
five pieces of land, Kamakela road
Beretania avenue and King street, for
$1,000. Deed from Oscar Sellers and
wife to John T. Quick of block 8, Col
lege Hills, for $1,000. Deed from Queens
Hospital to Hawaiian-American Rub
Der Company of land in Koolau, Maui,
for $4,000. Deed by Oahu College trus-
tees to Jane McCorriston of 1876 square
feet land in Punahou street for $4,000.
The government has decided to dis
pose Of its lands on the Island of La
mai, being 47,448 acres of the total area
of Sc, 400 acres, by exchange with other
real property. Appraisers have placed
valuation of 100000 on the lands in
question The arabic portions of the
island are being destroyed by the ele-
ments and wild goats and it is be-
Geved by the government that the is
land could be saved and made highly
productive by the expenditure of cap
ital in protective and irrigation works.
1t is hoped to make the exchange with
one or more of the several large pri-
vate owners and lessees at present oc-
cupying the island.
Notwithstanding the high price Of
lumber there is considerable building of
houses on suburban tracts of Homo
lulu
PROMOTION AND PROGRESS.
Members of the Southern California
Editorial Association, since returning
home from the recent excursion TO
these islands, are aiding to promote a
steamship line from San Pedro to Ho,
nolulu as a means of establishing di-
rect trade relations between Los An
geies and this Territory.
A complete lumber milling plant is
expected at any time now by the Ma
hogany Lumber Co. operating in the
kOa forests OF Hawaii.
Authority has been received from
Washington for the construction of the
new range light for Honolulu harbor.
1t will consist Of a lantern flashing a
white light every five seconds at the
summit OF concrete tower sixty feet
high at the harbor front. Plans for the
new lighthouse at the harbor entrance
have not yet been passed upon. Bea-
cons are being erected at Hilo, Pepee-
keo and Nawiliwili
The Supreme Court has decided, for
the third time that Oahu Railway e
Land Co. is properly assessed $500, 900
for taxation on its interests in lands
under lease to Eva Plantation Co Cir
cult Judge De Bolt has decided that
Pacific Oil Transportation Co. is not
liable for annual license fees payable by
foreign corporations that do not invest
their capital in this Territory
Ocean steam arrivals for the week
nave been the liner Aorangi from van
land, Ore. the freighter Nebraskan
from San Francisco. the oil carrier
Lansing from Port Hartford. the liner
rIonckong Naru from the Orient, the
army transport sherman from San
Francisco. the collier Aotea from sgd
,ey and the liner Doric from San
Francisco. Departures have been the
Aorangi for the Colonies. the H0ngkons
,faru for San Francisco, the liner Ala
media for San Francisco. the Sherman
or Manila. the Nebraskan for Kahului
nd T,C--ip for rho Orient.