The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-12
MAUI HAS
QUIET WEEK
Supervisors Considering
Sidewalks. hilarious
Meetings.

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MAUI. Feb. 9.-The Maui Supervisor
have been holding their monthly ses
sion during the week in their office:
in Kepoikai's block, Wailuku, begin
ming on Tuesday morning and continu
ing till yesterday afternoon, when they
adjourned until next month. Their Oh
ly evening meeting was on Tuesday
when a committee from the Wailukt
Improvement Association composed OF
Messrs w. A. Mckay, r. A. Woods
worth VIM. Coelho and c. E. Cope
land conferred with the Board concern
ing the amount of pecuniary assistance
it would render in the construction OF
sidewalks along the principal Waikiki
streets. The Board referred the mat
ter to the county engineer, who will
consult with the committee.
| Two petitions We're received as to the
| opening of new roads, one in Maka-
wac in the vicinity OF Homestead lands
and the other at Peahi joining the
present government road and the sea
| beach. These petitions were also re-
ferred to Mr.. Howell for fuller in
formation.
Most of the time of the meeting was
taken up with the regular routine bust
ness and the settling of monthly ac-
counts.
MASONIC.
Last Saturday evening the Maui
Lodge of Freemasons held a meeting
in Castle hall, Wailuku, at which two
candidates We're initiated into the rites
of the sd degree. 1t is stated that the
grand lodge of California has granted
full recognition to all masonic lodges
with Scottish characters, so that the
Maui lodge will not suffer III this re-
slIect. There are sever Scottish lpdgeS
in California, as we'll as the two in
this Territory. This matter was set
tied more than a year ago, newspaper
reports to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
CHURCH MEETING.
Wednesday evening of last week, the
annual business meeting of the Paia
Foreign church was held in the
church parlors at Paia. Rev. B. V. Ba
zata acting as chairman and w. S. Nj |
coll as secretary James Reed was
elected superintendent Of the Sunday
school and Miss c. Mosser. assistant |
superintendent. Mrs. w. F. Neon |
key was elected as member of the |
stand'ng committee to take the place
of Mrs. H. P. Baldwin, resigned. All |
cthe" officers were reelected.
AlnoEs other business transacted it |
was decided to ask the Maunaolu |
Seminary girls to sing in the church |
choir at least one Sunday a month.
A VISITING TEACHER.
Last Saturday afternoon, betwea n |
thirty and forty ladies met by invita-
ton at the residence Of Mrs. W. o.
Aiken Of Puuomalei to listen to a talk |
On Porto Rico by Miss Susan Hunting
ton, principal of the Normal school of
thai island. She gave a most interest
ing account of Porto Rican life. Among
other things she stated that the chill
dren We're unusually fond of school.
They were sorry to depart for home
at the end of the daily session and
dislike vacations. She also stated that
small farming was not always sue
l
who raised four tomatoes after an ex-
penditure of $500. Miss Huntington
has been a teat:,er not only in Porto
Rico but also in Spain and japan.
NOTES.
Tuesday evening, at a meeting held
1t H. P. Baldwin's, Spreckelsville, byj
he Hygefa Soda Water & Ice Co, it
vas decided to increase the capital
stock $4,000.
On Sunday Mrs. Samuel Davis, an
ICED Hawaiian, died of pneumonia d
Ter residence at Kokomo. Four grown
Up children survive her, two married
daughters and two sons.
The Supervisors will not change their
ffices to the new jail building for per-
laps six months. The matter has not
S yet been definitely settled.
j. H. Foss. the civil engineer in the
mploy of the Maui Agricultural Co.
S enjoying a vacation at his old home
n California
Arthur G. Alexander, the Honolulu
urveyor. after completing some work
n Lahaina and Makawao, returned to
oahu by the Mauna Loa
Last night w. O. Aiken guided two
ourists, Mr.. and Mrs Griffin to the
OPP of Haleakala by moonlight. Mr..
nd Mrs. Griffin will return today and
axe the Kinau for Hawaii and the
olcano.
The eclipse of the moon was Witness
q by many of the residents of Cen
raj Maui occurring as it did in the
arly part of last evening. The eclipse
vas total at 500 p. m. and the shadow
ontinued complete until $50, when the
right edge of the rim began to show.