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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

Los sehores Richardson, Welty,
Chateanout. Waldemar Lee Edward
IriaIte. captain Bell doctor Rafferty,
sonora, Arturo Noble Y hermana
Tose6ua, sefIoritas Dolores Herman
dez. Gloria Fernandez, Gescla Kor
Der, Iraida Orbeta, Juana Manuela
Rodriguez y Field, asistiran esta tar
de I una comida con cue les obsequia
la distinguida seaora Winthrop, Ell
la Mansion Ejecutiva.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

Esta mahana visitaron al sefior
Gobernador Mr.. Winthrop los seno-
res Feuille, Hamill, doctor Saldana,
doctor Quevedo Baez J marshal Ho-
bart.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15
PR CLOS De COMPRA
ACCsO e 8

Banco Territorial, ) 10 $50.
Banco de Puerto Rico. SIS 4 20.
Banco Popular, de $40 ali.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

En- las oicinas de Sanidad; Secre
tari2 de Z. K, Interior Y Auditorfa
no hemos obtenido hoy information
debidO 4 no haberse despachado min
g1n asunto de importancia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

fIa circulsdo hoy cl r1imero 7 d
Ia intersante revista agrioola Tie
IRA. que dirige Il Senor Palbas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15
a0S CaNBf0$s DEs. naR
ARTICULOS DEL PALS

I'M I N = L~DD bE6 AIO
AZUCAR.-Para el consume.
Cafe corriente $I2H aI3.
Mascabado {claro) $4N
De miel (claro) dc So.
Centrlfuga (claro) ., S. asH.
Americana Ia $434 as
De Ponce dc $3A 3H.
Almid6n, $2.4o $2.5o
Ron 80 grades Cartier. I4o centS
gallon.
Maiz 8 40 qq.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

E1 Is delactual sc encontraban de-
tenidas en- la oficina de Correos de
San Juan 81 ,artas, que Sc paSaran
despues de dos scmanaS al Ncgocia-
do d +, cartas muertas 81 70 sc recla-
man por los intere sadoS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

Duraute el afo econ6mico dit'mo
recand6 el municipio dc Bayam0n
$23.757-34, habiendo satisfecho gas
tos v4Iorados en- $G8.230-@I.
FL 80 de Junio exisda Ell caja I'm
sobrante effective de IS 52--53.
DednciGndose dc esta s'1na Ia de
ST. .o4l- 81 pendiente DE- page resulta
saldado el presupuesto con n supe-
rab de 81. 485-I6.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

FL u de- actual existian en- el Pre-
sidio y carceles departamentales de
la isla 1868 indivfduos, de los que
sufrian prisi6n 1881 varones y 6s
hembras y Ell sumario I35 hombres Y
nnujeres.
Del total estaban en- las enferme-
rlas l 2I y EN- la Penitenciaria 81.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15
American Railroad Company Of Porto Rico

SCHEDULE OF TRAINS EFFECT ON AND AFTER FEBRUARY Is OF BETWEEN
CAMUY ISABELLA AGUADLL MYAGUEZ AND PONCE
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

Flag (F) Trains pasengersPaada
srenes Ia de
Daily,
day only Domingo soammte
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15

Hoy ha permanecido reunida la
Junta de revision dc Ia propiedad,
oyendo las quejas de algunos pro
pietarios sobre reclamaciones enta-
bladaS
Probaoiemente peImanecera en-
session cuatro 8 seis dias, pues hay
$50 reclamaciones pendientes de re
s0luCi6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15
u. j. .GilnSnee,

Supt. de Obras P1blicas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-15
CeduGas hipotecarsas

.8anco Territorial y Agricola S Go.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-12-26
Tropical Resources.

This is the title of all essay which
was read before the Housekeeper's
Club, at Cocoanut Grove, and publish
ed in the Miami Metropolis.
Tropical Resources may be divided
for convenience of classification in
to those which are Agricultural For
estal, Mineral, Resources of the Sea,
and Miscellaneous Resources of
minor character. Under Agricultural
vegetable and fruit raising are the
most important. No doubt, in addi-
ton to the standard vegetables raised,
such as tomatoes, peppers, and egg
plants, others could be raised to adj
vantage.
In a warm climate there is always
a good demand for salad vegetables.
Watercress is said to grow luXuriant-
ly in some places and could perhaps
be cultivated with profit. Then there
are okra, roselle, or (Jamalca SorreD,
tabascO peppers for sauce, sweet pO-
tatoes pigeon-peas, etc. In China
-four is made from lentils which are
almost identical with our pigeon-peas.
They also make flour out of potatoes,
sweet potatoes, cocoanuts, bananas
and many other things and think our
-four Of wheat coarse, dry and taste
less. The plant from which pyreth-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-12-26

plains if, where the tree is to be
placed, an excavation is made six or
eight feet in diameter and three or
four feet deep and half filled either
with useless small stones intermin-
gled with rich loaln, mud from the
low grounds, clay or mixtures Of any
of these substances with a goodly por-
ton of manure, the remainder of the
excavation being filed to the surface
with rich loan. *''
Mr.. Thos. Hancock, a very intelli-
gent nurseryman of New Jersey,
gives the following as the mode prac-
ticed by him in planting and manag-
ing peach orchards: Plough and
put the land in good condition for
corn Or vegetables and plant the trees
twenty feet apart each way. Con-
tinue to till the land, taking off any
crop that does not grow too high,
but grain should never be planted.
The land should never remain with
out tillage as the trees would soon be
injured; fact, othig will de-
stroy fine peach orchard sooner
than to let it lie in sward. The trees
should be two years old on the stock
and one year thereafter from the
bud"
The Pear.-'The directions for grow
ing this fruit as a standard are very
similar to those for the apple, but
Prof. Peck much prefers the ounce
and white thorn as stock on account
of earlier bearing. We would call
particular attention to the disease of
freblight, a malady which often af-
fects the pear tree in June and July,
causing it or a portion of it's branches
to suddenly turn black with a mortal
affection, it's leaves whitening at once
as by a stroke Of the sum- and in a few
hours turning black or brown. Mr..
Lowell is Of the opinion that this dis
ease is caused by an insect called the
'scolytus pyri.' He observes: ON the
first appearance of this disease | in
stantly sawed off all the limbs affected
and proceeded to examine them. = x
X Some writer's have attributed this
disease to a stroke Of the sun; others
to too high manuring; some to eXces-
sive moisture at the roots; others to
too much pruning; but all agree that
the only remedy is to saw off the
limb"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-12-26

and even make it a source Of revenue
to the state? There are obstacles to
overcome, but so there are every
where The most unsurmountable one
here is the high price Of feed, but
even that may be remedied to linn
tied extent by raising pigeon-peas,
kaffir corn, and casSava for the fowls.
It is thought that bees can be raised
raised here and on the Keys to con-
siderable extent There are here and
there swarms Of wild bees. The black
mangrOve bloom is reputed to be a
great honey producer. The wax pro-
duced in tropical countries is an i'm
portant article of export. Even if
bees do not yield large, returns in
honey or wax, they should be kept
to fertilize the bloom Of fruit trees
and thus increase the fruit yield.
Now that the CauScasian bees are in
troduced into this country and are so
gentle and one can handle them,
every grove should have a hive or
two at least. Since the mulberry grows
we'll here, and the pigeon-pea, the
foliage of which is said to be good
for silk worms, why may they not
be raised with pleasure and profit?
woman in Miami is experimenting
with them at the present time. Japan
csc colonies for silk culture are be-
ing established in other states, why
not in Florida? Since the largest silk
factories are in this country, it might
in time develop into as an important
a household industry as in Italy.
The charge is made that people COM
ing to Florida from other places, do
not bring their home industries with
them, but instead fall in with the es-
tablished order of things and do as the
people here do, while they and the
country at large would be benefited
by diversifcation of industries. The
Introduction Of colonies Of Japanese,
Italians and others might obviate this
difficulty as they would bring their
own peculiar industries with them and
follow their intensive methods of
farming in Texas and Louisiana they
are raising tea. The Department OF
Agriculture is making ''Soil Map" Of
the United States. When it includes
Florida perhaps it will be discovered
that crops now unknown in this sec
ton can be raised here, since it was
discovered that Sumatra tobacco
could be raised in Connecticut Val
ley, thus retaining annually $1O,oo0,O0O
Continued on page S29)
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South Florida only had a fertile soil
it would easily Guido California anG
the West Indies, but even in the Yves
Indies there are vast stretches OF
worn out land called "Ruinate." Or
the other hand, in the very rich tro
pical regions, growth goer to leaf
and stalk rather than to fruit. The
closer tropical fruits are grown tc
the frost line, the better and more
abundant the fruits.
las to Forest resources, they are
manifold, especially in the rich ham
mocks of the mainland and keys
they not only yield an abundance OF
valuable and beautiful timber, but
other products such as gums, wakes
and dyes, as yet untouched and unde-
veloped. Miami has an important in
dustry in the shipping of mangrove
bark for tanning purposes. Of the
woods, mahogany, (of the true va
riety) mastic, coco-bola, satin wood,
lignum-vitae are few of value. If
the pines of South Florida are not
good for turpentine and resin, they
can be made to yield wood alcohol,
tar and charcoal. Paper is made
from the pulp. A Northern firm paid
one quarter of a million dollars for
pine land in Florida and refused
$1,O00,O00O0 for the turpentine priv
ilege to say nothing Of the timber.
Of mineral resources, there are
none unless rock may be so rated.
This is a resource Of great value when
we consider that roads, houses, fences,
lime, etc., may be made from it. The
making of brick from native rock
may prove to be large and profit
able future industry. A sample was
sent to brick factory for experiment
and pulverized and ground into a
substance like clay and mixed with a
certain proportion of cement, a fine
brick was produced, said to be harder
and more substantial than any other
Florida brick and far superior to clay
It is certainly an advantage to be able
to get rock enough in the process OF
clearing to build ones roads, houses
and fences and even to make with it
the lime needed for construction. II
is said that with the proper kind of
clay to add to it, this rock can be
made into cement.
The Maratime Resources are as
great, or even greater than those OF
the land. First comes the sponging
industry employing many boats and
men, with Key West as the only
great sponge centre in the United
States and one of the greatest in the
world From this sponge an indus
try has developed in Miami for the
manufacture of an extremely light
durable and sanitary mattress. Sec
ond to sponging comes fishing. No
where in the United States is there
a greater variety of fish yielding
sport and food to many people. In
the bay there is also an abundance
Of fertilizer in the form of small
fish, logger-head, sponge, etc.
Among the undeveloped industries
might be mentioned, poultry culture
Bookkeeping and the raising Of silk
WORMS Poultry cultI1re has not been
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ly grow here and with the demand
there is for the powder, it might be
cultivated perhaps for manufacturing
purposes. No doubt many East In
dian, Chinese and Japanese plants
could be raised here to advantage.
AS you all know, the Secretary OF
Agriculture has been making expert
ments in Miami in growing vanilla
beans and it is to be hoped that a
high grade article can be produced
under such conditions as to make its
culture commercial possibility. He
has also proved that the poppy may
be successfully grown in the South
and has completed the work on this
plant by finding way Of getting NOR
phine from it without first making it
into opium and finally he has made it
evident that the camphor tree will
grow and flourish in our Southern
states. The Easter lily industry has
developed wonderfully in the Bermu-
das and in all probability could be
developed here as conditions are much
the same. The main difficulties here
are, that the soil is not fertile and
that it is hard to grow crops, such
as the tomato more than once on
the same land. These difficulties
may be overcome in time and the soil
gradually built up as is being done
on worn out lands in the North.
Agriculture is not easy anywhere
and certainly not in the Tropics
though it is claimed by one writer
that farmers in the Tropics have an
easier time and make more money
than the farmers of the North. The
amount which can be raised with per-
severance and skill is often enormous.
A visit to the Dade County Fair is
evidence enough that a great variety
of fine vegetables can be produced
here. 1t is an established fact that
the flavor and frmness (Which are
good shipping qualities) are of a
higher order in vegetables grown in
Southern Florida, than those grown
in the West Indies.
Under the head of Fruit Culture,
much could be said With the pine
apple, banana, citrus fruits, mango
avocado pear, etc., you are all famil-
lar. The Dade county grapefruit is
claimed to be the best on the market
Many small fruits flourish here the
'carissa" and 'surinam cherry" grow
as we'll if not better than in other
native lands. From many of these
fruits, extracts, confections, preserves
jellies, etc., are and will continue to
be made in ever increasing quanti-
ties for local consumption and export
The juices Of these fruits might be
successfully worked into syrup fol-
the soda-water fountains of the
North. The lime is coming to be re-
garded as second in Importance to
grapefruit, large quantities now go to
waste that should be converted into
citric acid which is used on ship
board as an anti-scorbutic and also
in dying calicoes.
The guava is the Florida apple and
from this that the we'll known
gar are made. The manufacturer of
tho drink ssNnttO', from tho noI,Ontto
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-31
The San Francisco Examiner of July

The San Francisco Examiner of July
%, received by the Alaskan, says:
The Home Fire and Marine Insur-
ance Company, = well-known local in
stitution and companion Of the Fire
mans Fund, finds itself unable to
meet obligations and will go into liqui-
dation The directors will endeavor to
come to some arrangement with the
creditors to the end that the company
may not be thrown into the hands of a
receiver.
"Regretfully and reluctantly we find
ourselves compelled to wind up the
Home Fire and Marine" said Pres-
dent Dutton yesterday. As he spoke
tears stood in his eyes.
"In the earlier days following the
connagration we thought the Home
might be assisted through its troubles
so that it could pay its losses and save
It's capital We of the Fireman's Fund
gave 5000 600 to the Home to aid it in
its purpose We thought at the time
we had a perfect right to act as we
| did, and that there would be ample
margin left the Fireman's Fund to dis
charge all it's obligations in full Since
! then the situation had developed, and
now we feel that owing to the close
! relationship of the Home to the Fire
mans Fund, and taking into consider
alton all that has occurred, the only
practicable course, in justice to the
policy holders and all concerned, is to
wind up both companies together.
at the present time, the resources
of the Home, including the 5000 600
transferred from the Fireman's Fund
aggregate about 81 100000. But the
losses in the San Francisco conflagra-
ton, as far as we can estimate, will
run from $1,5O0,OOO to 100000. We
had hoped to get at least twenty-five
per cent salvage, but we realize now
that the total losses viii be the rule
and partial losses the marked excep-
tons Besides, we have 81 ,OO0, 900 rein
suranCe and there is trouble over that.
SO, as our capital and all will be swal-
lowed up, there is nothing for it but
to liquidate
The step we have decided upon has
been taken after a conference of di-
rectors, and upon the advice of our at
torneys. If we are allowed to conduct
the winding up ourselves we shall
/ make the best settlements possible
with the available funds. We have sent
out notices to ur agents. telling them
the circumstances and calling upon
them to cancel policies. Our outstand-
ing liabilities We shall reinsure. The
Home has a reinsurance reserve of
over 100000, and it may be that the
new Fireman's Fund Insurance Cor
poration will find its way to do the re-
insuring. If not, we shall reinsure
with some Eastern corporation.
The disaster which has befallen the
Home Fire and Marine was not alto
gether unexpected. Directly after the
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connagration it was known that both
the Fireman's Fund and the Home, in
dividually and through their joint po-
licies of the Pacific Underwriters, were
very heavy losers. The first announce
ment made was of the Incorporation Of
a new concern called the Firemans
Fund Insurance Corporation, with
capital of $1,OOOO0O and b surplus of
like amount for the carrying on Of
new business. Then came the an
nouncement that an assessment of 200
per cent had been levied on the stock
Of the Home Fire and Marine and that
the stockholders of tI,,- Fir-mans Fund
had transferred $6OOOO5 of its prop
erty to the Home to make that assess
ment good.
There was trouble over that trans
fer. Persons interested IN the Fire.
mans Fund complained that the di-
rcctors were depicting its treasury to
aid another company. Then the whis-
per ran around that the 5000, OOO given
10y the Fireman's Fund to the Home
had a string to it and would be taken
back again as soon as the books
should be set- straight. Country
agents commenced to protest and 'can-
cellations to come in. In that way the
failure of the Home Fire and Marine
was precipitated.
The Home was organized i'm 1864 to
do insurance on the mutual plan, being
known as the Home Mutual Insurance
Company. GE the earlier times of in
surance business on the Pacific Coast
it changed its form of operation and
became stock company. Then, when
in 1892 insurance companies dropped
one by one from the coast, the Fire
mans Fund bought up it's stock and
took it into camp. It's surplus was in
creased and it became successful, pay
ing dividends regularly and doing a
first-class coast business. w ]. Dut-
ton is president of both the Fireman's
Fund and the Home Fire and Marine.
At the close of last year the Home
had a capital Of 100000 and a surplus
of $500, sos Since that time the sur
plus has increased to $515,OOO Had it
been possible to effect a settlement of
San Francisco losses so as to leave the
capital unimpaired it was the inten-
ton of the company's directors to con-
tinue in business.
The Fireman's Fund has losses
amounting to at least $5,OOO,OOO and
its resources, calculated at the top
notch figure, do not exceed SO, 800, COO
In all probability the directors of this
corporation will ask the creditors to
accept a part paymr..t of all the cash
available after all the proofs of loss
are in and time notes for the remain
der. The Fireman's Fund did this
very thing after the great fire in Chi
cago, but a run of unusual prosperity
almost Immediately afterwards en-
abled the company to take up its notes
before they were due.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-31
THE WEATHER BULLETIN

peratures are reported from the re-
naming portions of the island At
Waimanalo, Honolulu, and Waianae,
the mean temperature was lower than
the preceding week, and higher mean
temperatures were reported from the
remaining stations. The changes were
slight, excepting pa deg. at Waianae,
-H1.2 deg. at Waiawa, and ia deg. at
Kahuku All stations on Kauai report
mean temperatures 10 deg. Hip deg.
higher than during the preceding week
excepting 2 deg at Lihue, and Id
at Makawel
The following table shows the week.
ly averages of temperature and rainfall
for the principal islands and for the
group:
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Lum Hoy and VT by mtgee to Wal
Ter I Weedoh' .......................D
Walter c Weldon to Ira Eskew ... M
Minnie H Gilman and hsb to Dora
X lsenberg neutrality-suspicious..
Mabel L Lee and hsb to Bank of
Hawaii Ltd Observation-Disclosures.
Trs of Haw Lodge No 81 by Regr...
...... ............. ............ Notice
E H Lucas and hsb to A F Tavares. d
VIM C Cummings and VT to A f
Hannah K Boyd and hsb to Will
liam Barclay NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
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2444, SO5S and 946, and kul SO42, and por
grs 1928 and S156, Hamakua, Hawaii.
Is yrs at $1651.9O per annum. b 2SS, p
1892, Dated July 10, 1906.
Nora Richard (widow) to Honokaa
Sug Co Ltd, L; upper por or 1913, Ha-
ina, Hamakua, Hawaii. Is yrs at 1905
per an. B 2SS, p 1856. Dated July 10,
1906.
Haiku Sug Co to Dept Of Pub In
siren, Territory of Hawaii, BIS; build
ing, Hamakuapoko, Maui. $50. B 2S4,
p 1853. Dated July 16, 1906.
Paia Plan to Dept of Pub Instrcn,
Territory of Hawaii, D; 51-1OOa land,
Raheka, Makawao I'd, Makawao, Ma
vi. 81. B 2S2, p 149. Dated July 16, 1906.
~. ~, ,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-31
c, BREWER & CO, LTD,
QUEEN STREET,
HONOLULU, n. 7
AGENTS. POR

AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, ailuku Sugar Company,
Ookala Sugar Plantation Company,
Haleakala Ranch Company, Kapapala
RanLh.
Planters Line Shipping Company.
Charles Brewer & Co.'S Line Of Bos-
ton Packets.
LIST OF oFFICELs.
Charles NJ. Cooke. ...!....P President
GeS. H. Robertson. .v-Pres. & Mgr.
E. Faxon Bisl op. Treas & Secy.
F. W. Macfarlane. Auditor
p. :. Jones. .................Dl Director
G. H. coke. Director
j. r. Galt.... Director
All Of the above named constitute
the Board Of Director.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-31
OFFICERS:
Sugar Factors and
Commission
Merchants
AGENTS FOR

Hawaiian Commercial & SuE1
Company,
Haiku Sugar Company,
Paia Plantation,
Maui Agricp tE,al Company,
Kihei Plantation Company,
Hawaiian Sugar Company,
KahukV Plantation Company,
KahuIui Railroad Company,
Fa'eakaIa Ranch Company.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-31
Recorded july 10. 1906.

Lee Ahlo by mtgee to Henry Water
house Tr Co Ltd, D; 96-1OO a land,
Kaneohe, Koolaupoko, oahu; ap 3, kul
1876 and kul 267S, Paalaa, Waialua,
oahu. 1925. B 2S2, p 1876. Dated June
go 1906.
r Ludloff and VT to David L With
ington tr, d; lots 26, q and 2S, blk H,
and por lot l. blk - E, Kapahulu tract,
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Entire Group. 1873 deg. O..

Entire Group. 1873 deg. 034 in
At the Local Office of the U. S. Wea-
Their Bureau in Honolulu, clear and
partly cloudy weather obtained, with
traces of rainfall on two dates. The
mean barometer was 5000 inches; mean
relative humidity, sc per cent; pre-
vailing direction of the wind was north
east, with an average hoursly velocity
of miles; maximum temperature, IS
deg" minimum, Il deg. and mean rs. 9
deg departure of -+O.S deg. There
was deficiency of .35 inch of rainfall
during the week.