The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-15

tee bought 1850 shares Kihei at 1890
and 900 at 1915 a share. w. G. Achi,
trustee, bought the Achi property at
| King and Liliha streets. subject to
| mortgage of $4,000, for $25, also two
certain leaseholds for $25 and $40 re-
spectively.
Prospects of a Hawaiian tobacco in
dustry are continuing to look up. T.
J. Fitzpatrick, the cigar dealer has re-
ceived letter from Mike Wright, the
Seattle cigar manufacturer giving a
favorable report on the Hawaiian raw
material he is working up. The to-
bacco had to be refermented and re-
cured to give 1t age. After going
through these processes it had turned
out very good and within a few days
Mr.. Wright would ship the goods for
Honolulu. Some of the stock already
| made was sent to Secretary Wilson
| while Jared G.. Smith was In Washing
| ton, and the experts of the Department
| of Agriculture pronounced the cigars
| to be most excellent. On the applica-
| tion of Jared G. Smith, director of the
u. S. agricultural experiment station
here, Acting Governor Atkinson has
tract of Ill acres at Paauilo. Hama
| kua for the use of the United States
| in the tobacco culture experiment now
| for two or three years conducted on
comparatively small scale in Hama
kua district. The land is adjacent to
the tobacco plantation of 157 acres
lately taken up by Douglas & Kretzch-
/ mar, the latter being a tobacco expert
from Sumatra.
Land Commissioner Pratt has in
definitely postponed the advertised sale
of the Queen Emma property In Nuu-
anu valley the offer of an upset price
of $4,000 therefor having been with
drawn. The advertising of the place
aroused n powerful agitation for a I'll
tration plant as part of the Nuuanu
portion of the city water service, as the
property was acquired some years age
| for site for such an installation
Superintendent Holloway Is preparing
plans for a filtration plant at another
location, as he does not believe the
site in question has the requisite ele-
walton for delivering water to the high
er levels now Inhabited.
The requirement of annual exhibits
OF their business by corporations, ex-
acted by the Government under certain
/ sections Of the laws IL to be tested in
the Supreme Court an appeal from the
Honolulu District court having been
taken by Benson, Smith 4 co.. Ltd,
whose members We're nominally fined
one dollar each for violation OF the
law.
/ Another public matter 10 be tested
IL whether the County of oahu may
legally eNpend money upon parks un-
der the control Of the Honolulu Park
Commission, Judge Robinson having
granted a Wit of maudnmus tn compel
the Issuance ~ county warrants Tor
such expenditures, authorized hy the
Board of supervisors, an uppeal from
his decision has been taken
lord & belsor are going ahead WITH
their contract pf about ts3 400 for
dredging tho kilanea street silp, ana
the Superintendent ~ Public works
Nill huyr iho plans for wharf and shed
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