The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-10
| Productive .
! Industry Begins

frOm he as a rue
briefly wordcd, display advertisements Them that
Alexander Baldwin merely establishment
pOary offices Oakland the and unburned portions
San francisco a lew IN the cases usually OF those business houses
which either had their establishments least warehouses; south Of
Market street. and far enough south to be OF the burned district
Eat hey are open Tor business a great many others announce the
location of though temporary places of business and that
very shortly they will be ready supply
toners by May large proportion call their employees
This last feature OF the most hopeful and significant OF the
situation 1t Is estimated that the residences OF 5000 were 4,
large city in itself But these people remain long the
city unless they employment The fact that many bust
manufacturing establishments calling employees
for duty shows employment productive industry has begun
again The Union reported have reopened with
600 at work after the fire. with expectations of ncreas
the number employed The Western Refinery
began operations again within few days after the disaster Civ
g employment its women There have been great many
other establishments that region which either wholly
closed or repened very soon for the otrero great manuacur
ing region and very little touched at all by the fire The public
utility comPanethe Spring Valley Water Works. the Telephone
Railway companies the Railroad companesa began putting
at work at once to put their plants order for resumption Of
Thus within less than week after the great catastrophe which
destroyed the city and threw the remainder
into chaos productive industry on large scale began again Oh
there the variety and distribution employ
different work. clerical artisan professional and minor
professional rendering before and
among numbers unable through habit physical strength
mental qualities adapt themselves conditions. For
stance teachers dancing teach
lawyers, physicians dentists likely to
themselves pofaby employed their occupations
On the other hand craftsmen the building will be-
they demand than For period the
early days sign painters will very probably find en-
Poymen abundant ootbacs and perhaps BARRIERS for time will
find employment angtsh
But the and hopeful point is that though the ratio
among the Various kinds of employment city
der normal conditions will not prevail productive industry large
scale giving employment to large and constantly increasing
numbers has SO The work
and going forward The beginning OF employment for each
che beginning relief outside for him and for
those dependent him For the young, INDUSTRIOUS adaptable with
good health the calamity already The Inconvenience
the hardhps may not be- but the calamity The reconstruction
the city greater than assured the aged those
who have been deprived the that had before supported
them degree of comfort; those whose Of livelihood
been taken from them while they old nm unable
to adapt themselves conditions whom the calamity still
and will be till they die continuing gloomy bitter companion
This is really the sad feature of such catasrOphes