The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-08-14


city, is the removal of the not ornf
mental buildings from the FEEDERS
block and the parking of the space va
Gated, ordered done by Congress as fas
as present leases expire, which is imme
diately." -
A BAD SMASH.UP.
An accident happened to hack be
longing to the City Stables, on the mar
row grade approach to the bridge owe
Kukuau stream, on Volcano street, Sat
urday evening, resulting in the seriou
injury of the driver, death of the hors
and demolition of the hack The pas
sengers escaped by jumping, but thu
driver was thrown down nearly per
pendicular embankmcnt some ten feet
the hack falling upon him and tn,
horse following. The horse was killed
instantly, its neck being broken. Thu
driver sustained a fractured rib ant
perhaps internal injuries. The danger
GUS character of this approach has beer
noticed by many and Mr.. Brughelli
owner of the rig, states that he had re
peatedly called the attention of the au
thorities to it. The government had
walled in the stream with abutments ex
tending at least Is feet on either side
of the present grade, to hold fill that
has not been completed beyond the
present narrow approaches.
AFTER PLANTATION IDEAS.
Messrs. Geo. Ewart, of Honolulu, and
Geo. F. Davis, of Mexico, spent several
days during last week visiting the plan.
tations in this vicinity. Mr.. Davis is
the manager of plantation somewhere
near the Pacific terminus of the Te-
huantepec railroad, and Mr.. Ewart
spent some time there as representa-.
tive of the Honolulu Iron Works who
provided the plantation with a mill.
Mr.. Davis is on a visit to the Islands
in search of plantation ideas. Mr..
Ewart is an experienced sugar man,
having been manager of Kilauea plan
tation, Kauai, and of a plantation in
Kohala, this island. On Wednesday
they visited Waiakea plantation;
Thursday, Olaa; Friday, Hilo Sugar
Co.; Saturday, Onomea, and left Mon
day morning overland to catch the
Claudine at Laupahoehoe in the even
ing for Honolulu. Mr.. Davis was i'm
pressed with the advanced state of the
industry here, among other things be-
ing interested at Waiakea in the cane
loading apparatus in the fields, design
ed by Manager c. C. Kennedy.-Trib-
une.
LAND OFFICIALS.
Sub-Land Agent Williams left over
land for Kawaihae Monday to meet
Land Commissioner Pratt, who will be
on his way to Hilo to attend a bound
airy commission meeting on the 10th.
The commissioner and sub-agent will
travel horseback as far as Honakaa,
and thence by stage toiIiilo, arriving
about the 18th. An important ascot
ejectment before the District Court at
Honokaa will detain them dayu Mr..
Williams being a witness in thexcase.
There are land matters at various
places along the road also, that will re-
ceive the attention of the officials in
passing.
ITEMS.
Alex. Cruickshank died at the Hilo
Hospital on Friday, where he had I'M
dergone an operation on the Sunday
previous. Death resulted from com
.plication of diseases and his illness was
brief. Deceased was from Aberdeen
shire, Scotland, and held the position
of luna on the Hilo Sugar Co.'S plan.
tation.
Local building contractors are com.
planning of the policy of the authori
ties in calling for the construction of a
number of school houses in the region
of Hilo to be built at the same time.
Bids are called for on eight such school
houses at this time when with the High
School and other buildings they have
their hands full. Ordered consecutive
ly all would be kept continuously busy,
they say, and the Territory would be
enabled to get lower bids.-Tribune.
j. NJ. Soares, who has been principal
of the school at Pahoe, Puma, for sew
eral years, leaves shortly for Danville,
ILL.,, to attend a normal school there.
A number of island boys have gone to
this institution.
Tristan osorio, son of ]. A. NJ. !