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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-07

Following is the report of Road Su-
pervisor johnson for May:
Honolulu, T. H., June 3, 1906
D. K. Kalauokalani, Esq, Clerk, Coun-
ty of Oahu.
Sir: I herewith respectfully beg to
submit a statement of the amount of
most important work completed by the
Road Department during the month of
May, 1906.
| also beg to state that besides other
work, such as light repairs on the
streets and roads, bridge work, clean
ing and patching, and oiling numerous
streets about town, this department has
been able to macadamize or otherwise
make new roads to the extent of over
two miles, this being the largest month
on record, and is largely due to the
favorable conditions which the depart
ment has met with in the month of
May, such as no rainy days and any
serious breakdowns in the quarries
and steam rollers, and also striking
good lodges of rock in the different
quarries.
Most important work completeds dur
ing month of May, 1906:
Construction Piikoi street concrete
storm drain from Lunallo street to be-
low King street, $500 feet.
Reconstruction Kalia stream bridge.
Oiling Beretania, Hastings, Anapu
nj, College, Dominis, Kalakaua avenue
and Alakea streets to the extent of
1880 feet
No. of feet of streets and roads re-
constructed and macadamized:
Macadamized and drained Punahou
-+r
feet. PaloIo road 800 feet, Wyllie
street $50 feet, Liliha street extension
600 feet, Puunui road roo feet.
Graded and macadamized Kalihi
road 900 feet, Kaluapalena streets 1925
feet, Spencer street $50 feet.
Macadamized Beretania street 1900
feet.
Graded and filled Waialae road 500
feet.
Graded filled, coral dressing. Kala-
kaua avenue 1900 feet
Graded and coral dressing Wailupe
road 800 feet, Foundry lane $40 feet,
Quarantine road 800 feet.
No of miles of streets reconstructed
anr macadamized 2.23 miles.
The quarries which We're in opera
ton to supply material for the above
mentioned streets were: Kaluapalena,
KaliAi, Alewa, Pauoa Makiki, and Ka-
moiliili quarries, and the South street
bunkers, which supplied coral for Ka-
lakaua avenue.
Estimates: In asking for the appro-
priation for running the Road Depart
ment during the month of June, l will
only say that if the work for the
month of June is to be carried on on
the same basis as that of the month
of MAY, the sum of $1S,500 will be-
the amount required. but the depart
ment at present stands ready to either
continue work on last month s basis
or to cut down, so as to be within any
appropriation that may be made by the
Board of Supervisors for the month of
June, 1906.
Yours respectfully,
SAML. JOHNSON.
Road Supervisor County of Oahu.
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PAIL ARCH.

The Pail arch contract is completed
with the exception of about ten yards
of concrete in the mauka spandrel and
parapet and the plastering of face and
parapets. third payment on account
is made this month of $500. An extra
piece of parapet wall "a feet in length
has been built by order of the Road
and Buildings Committee, which will
cost $103.34. The retaining wall above
the arch was completed on the I'd of
the month, its total cost being $745.99
for As yards of concrete in place or
1854 per yard. In this connection
desire to correct report made at your
last meeting giving the cost as 1888
per yard. The figures were not cor
rect, two days time being omitted.
PAIL ROAD.
Two thousand nine hundred seven
ty-seven feet of road has been macad
amized, 1477 feet being finished dur
ing the month. a third payment on
account of contract of $756.9S is made.
Respectfully submitted,
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am authorized to offer to the Terri
tory of Hawaii title in fee to that
certain strip of land situate in Pauoa
Valley, Oahu, running through taro
lands now leased to the Wing Sing
Chong Company. Said strip to be
forty (40) feet in width and five hun
dred twenty (52O) feet, more or less,
in length, required by the Government
for the extension of Pauoa road. Con-
sideration to be one dollar ($10O). it
being understood, however, that the
Government waive all assessments for
betterments, etc, and that the said
road be constructed within six 90
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months from date. The deed to be ex-
ecuted upon completion of the work,
and all costs connected with the trans
fer to be borne by the Government.
The above offer is subject to the
ability on the part of this Estate 10
make satisfactory arrangements with
the present tenant of the land for the
release of the area above referred to.
This latter has been practically adj
justed, however, and we anticipate no
difficulty in this connection.
Very truly yours,
T.. IT. WINANT.
For Secretary.
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Il AdheroS

There is only one paint that VIII
adhere satisfactorily to galvanized
surfaces. That paint is GALVAN-
UNI, which is in general use among
the builders of the mainland. 1t IS
a well-known fact that ordinary
paints as used on wood and steel
do not adhere satisfactorily to gal
vanized surfaces. GALVANUM is
guaranteed to be effective and may
ba used on all galvanized iron work
with the best of results.
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REPORT ON cHAUFFEURs.

II. A. Wilder, Examiner of Chauf-
feurs, reported as follows under date
of June 6;
SIN compliance with instructions
from you l beg leave to submit the
following report for the month ending
May 81, 1906.
E'There have been seventy applica-
tions for chauffeurs' certificates. Two
of these were from applicants who were
not seventeen years of age; these l re-
fused to consider. / have issued two
certificates covering steam, gasoline
and electric cars; five covering steam
and gasoline, five for steam only and
forty-four for gasoline only, making d
total of ffty-six. One applicant for
steam and gasoline was given gaso-
line certificate only.
''There are twelve who have not as
yet presented themselves for examina-
ton -
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A meeting of the Board of Supervi-
sors of Oahu county was held in McIn-
tyre building at ? p. m. yesterday,
Archer, Cox, Lucas, Moore, Paele and
Smith present, Chairman Geo. w.
Smith presiding.
When the board was adjourning at
1920, to meet as court of impeach-
ment at 7:30, Chairman Smith announc-
ed in terms of hearty satisfaction the
fact that the table had been entirely
cleared of all pending business. The
next meeting for regular business, it
was agreed, would be held at the call
of the chair.
Expense bills for May for roads and
bridges, fire department, garbage de-
partment, and public improvements and
electric lights were passed by calls of
roll.
Regarding improvements and lights,
Moore said the committee had kept
within the estimate by. $4O0 and odd.
Good, - the chair remarked.
Moore objected to a bill Of Hawai-
ian Carriage Co. for repairing the bug
gy of s. Peck, the Koolaupoko road
supervisor, amounting to $40.
81 told him not to put that in,
Lucas remarked. Moore said he was
Directing to it now and Lucas added,
as the bill was carried out of the room
by junior clerk, 81 might as well
charge the county for painting my
house. -
A list of the bills passed is printed
below.
Coy offered a report which was
asking that the county engi- |
neer be directed to report on the cost |
of construction of approaches to the
new bridge across the north branch of
stream, for which Wahi-
AVA residents petitioned.
Treasurer Trent s report for May
vas presented. Moore said they had
'ead it in that mornings paper. Clerk
ialauokalani nevertheless rendered the
document in his best style of elocution.
Reports of the County Road Super
yisor and County Road Engineer for
Nay were accepted. They are given in
ull below.
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CONTRACTS.

The Kahauiki culvert is completed
with the exception of the plastering
and the necessary filling and grading;
a third payment of $5240.32 is made
this month.
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GARBAGE SERVICE.

Saml. johnson, County Road Super
visor, presented the following requlsi-
ton:
81 herewith respectfully ask that
tne sum of $1475 be appropriated for
the regular and labor pay rolls, for the
garbage and excavator department, for
the month of June, 1906.
1.-THE estimated expense for material
and supplies for the month of June Will
be about $500, making a total amount
for pay rolls and general expense of
$1975.'
Referred to sanitation committee.
oILING OF STREETS.
A petition from residents of kewalo
street, second precinct, fourth district,
to have that street oiled to prevent the
fving of dust, was referred to the road
committee.
A similar petition from residents of
Makiki street. between Hastings street
and Wilder avenue, was similarly dis
posed of.
Another, that Union street be oiled,
was similarly referred. Chairman
Smith said he would have signed this
petition if it had been presented to
him, as he knew how great the dust
nuisance on Union street was. He also
mentioned that people living along oil
ed streets complained that the oihng
drove fieas and ants off the streets into
their yards.
H. P. Wood. secretary Hawaii Pro
motion Committee, wrote the following
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Amount spent, $1252.55, made up as
follows: Supervisor, So; WaimanaIo,
SI1S. SI93
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Total
RECORD MONTH
FOR ROAD WORK

Following is the report of Road Su-
pervisor Johnson for May:
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WAIALUA.

Work in Waialua has been confined
to the construction and fencing of the
Waialua Honolulu main road with the
following exception:
Clearing Paalau, $13; breaking stone
for crusher, $162.50; freight on crusher
and engine, $31.39; $2O6.89.
Main road: Regarding: Team, $40S;
labor, 1858; 1866.
Fencing: Material, $164.o5; labor,
5000. 25; 1906
Tools and powder, $12.25; road over
seer, SIS; $S7.25.
Total, $1426.44.
The new road is graded from the
lower end to a point just below the
upper reservoir total distance of l
1-2 miles. The major portion of the
fence is in place, but the gaps will not
be closed until the new road has had
a chance to settle.
There remains one mile of the road
vet to grade and L am in hopes it can
be finished this month.
/ would ask that an appropriation of
$1400, be made to carry on the work
in Waialua district.
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SPECIAL REPORTS.

G. FL. Gere, County Engineer, sent in
this report, which was accepted:
81 beg to report that the line of
road as Iald out for the Pauoa extern
sion has been approved by C. S. Hol-
loway, Superintendent of Public Works,
and / am informed that all right of
way for the line as laid out will lie
transferred to the government upon the
completion of the road.
'The said right-ofwar is entirely
through the land of the Bishop Estate,
and of Chas. Booth
Mr.. Gere also reported in writing
- that the new wagon road constructed
by the o. r. & L. Co. on the Waialua
side of Waikakalaua Gulch has been
finished in an acceptable manner. The
new road is a decided improvement on
the old -
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COUNTY ENGINEERS
WORK LAST MONTH

Two reports from G. H. Gere, Coun-
ty Engineer, contained the following
matter.
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BELATED BILLS.

Auditor Bicknell came in and said
that the greatest trouble his office ex-
perieneed was that caused by the late
ness of business men in presenting their
accounts against the county each
month.
Lucas suggested that the remedy for
that was to make the business men
wait thirty days for payment of their
bills. The meeting concurred in the
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OFFER FROM BISHOP ESTATE.

The following letter was read and
referred to the road committee:
June 4th, 1906.
D. Kalauokalani, Jr., Clerk, County of
Oahu, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: On behalf of the Trus-
tees of the Estate of B. P. Bishop, I
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KOOLAUPOKO.

/ 1ASSAa INV.
| Amount spent, $1252.55, made up a
follows: Supervisor, $50; WaimanaIo
| Sis; $193.
Kaneohe Quarry: Labor, $3.50. 80
tool acct, 500; carting, $15.75; Ium
Der, $303.57; $556.52
Ahuimanu road: Labor, $402.
| Stable account: Feed, $12.5S; shoe
| ing, $3.50; $15.0S
| Ineidentals: Repairs to buggy. NOV
ing crusher to Honolulu, telephone and
typewriter, 1886.
Total, $1252. So.
The working in Waimanalo section
consisted of opening across drains
bitches, &c, and re-surfacing rough
places caused by the heavy rain of
April; 2750 feet of the Ahuimanu road
was reconstructed during the month
at the approximate cost of Is cents per
foot. AS the work was nearly com
pleted, work has been pursued with the
expectancy of finishing on the 9th at
an estimated cost of $3.50.
Permission was given the County by
Mr.. Weldon, superintendent of the Ka-
neOhe ranch, to develop quarry about
two miles from the foot of the Pail,
and very good quarry has been devel-
oped. About 500 feet of road has been
constructed to connect the quarry with
the main road.
The face of the rock has been strip
ped and site reserved for placing ma
chinery and bunkers. The lumber for
the bunkers is on the ground, framed
and ready for erection, awaiting the
arrival of bolts.
An agreement has been made with
Lord & Belser to move the crusher
and engine from Honolulu to quarry
site for the agreed price of 800.
L regret to report that one of the
laborers was injured on Saturday, the
I'd inst, through an explosion of pow
der. He was attended to by Dr. Wa
terhouse, who had him removed to the
Queens Hospital Other than brok-
en- arm and few bruises. he is all
right.
70 carry on the work for Koolaupo-
ko for the next month, I would ask
for an appropriation of $3.50, to be
as follows:
Regular pay roll, $135; stable ac-
count, $25; quarry, $3.50; incidentals, |
$50; to complete Ahuimanu road, |
$3.50; to complete Homestead road, |
$500; $3.50.
KOOLAULOA 1 AND 2.
The only work in Koo1auloa has been
the construction of Kaipapau culvert |
and few days labor expended be-
5ween Aiea and Kahuku, removing a
sand bank from the road The bill for
5he latter is not in.
The Kaipapau culvert has cost to
late, $1590.46, made up as follows:
Road dept, Honolulu, 500; Levers &
Jooke, '$32.62; Levers & Cooke, $751;
81; Allen & Robinson, 1859; H. Hack
'eld & Co, $293.01; Theo. H. Davies,
'122.50; Cotton Bros, 1913; j. A.
jrowder, $1,000; Hoffschlaeger, $4; Ka-
nalolo, $44.25; Kuluwaimaka, 1880;
sylvester, 1925; Chun Hin, $40; z.
senkin, $1,000; Kawamoto, SO cents; o.
{. L. Co, $135.S9; Hawn. Stockyards,
10; Lucas Bros, $1093; $159046.
/ am confident this work will be com
leted inside the original estimate of
1000, and ask the Board for an APP
ropriation of $500 to complete the
anne.
The survey for a road through the
'upukea homesteads has practically
cen completed, $4,000 having been
expended thereon during the month.
IS soon as the data can be worked up,
ne same will be presented to the
oard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-09
LOCAL ITEMS.

Deputy Excise Commissioner
George L. Nishols, of Richmond Dor
ough, left yesterday for Albany tc
attend to some business in connec-
ton with the state excise depart
ment.
John Redmond, of City Magistrate
Croalls court in New Brighton, who
has been suffering from blood pois-
oning in his left hand, is rapidly re-
covering.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the house of POI engine in Eureka
place Wood & Brown, the con-
tractors and builders, are doing the
work
B. D. Brown, of Main street, visit
ed friends in Keyport yesterday.
Mrs. Otis Boyd of Amboy avenue,
visited friends in Keyport one day
this week.
Miss Essie Wyckoff, of Manhattan,
is the guest of Mrs. George Creigh-
ton, of Wood avenue.
Joseph Blackburn, of Rosebank,
was in town yesterday.
Michael McCabe is confined to his
home on account of illness.
A meeting of Westtield Lodge NO.
3S5, A. o. L. W., was held last night
in their lodge room in the Fisher
building. Nothing of Importance
was transacted. A report was re-
ceived of two members being on the
sick list.
Mrs. Palmer Copeland, of Johnson
avenue, visited friends in Perth Am
boy yesterday afternoon.
Alonzo Milliken, of the Realty
Trust Company, was New YORK
visitor yesterday.
William Hayes. of Broadway, who
sprained his foot one day last week,
is able to be about again by the use
of crutches.
Thomas Corcoran, of West New
Brighton, was in town yesterday.
Richmond Lodge No. so, knights
of Pythias, will hold meeting to-
night in their lodge rooms in Amboy
avenue
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-09
New York Markets.

FLOCR-Dull and lower TO sell: Mime
sofa patents. &.25d4.50; winter straights,
$3.7Ou3S0: winter extras, s2,750S,25; winter
patents, $3.9Gd4.30
WHEAT-There was moderate de-
WHEAT-An easy opening in wheat ut
low record prices due to weak cables, was
followed by recOVerieS on predictions fot
smaller Argentine shipments today: later.
however, there was reaction under liqui-
dation May, S31s@& 5-l6c.; July, $3.50
Ylsc
CORN Steady on light movement and
bull support: May, 4o72c.
HUrti1R- Creamery, extras. per pound,
aid-1l2c. NIercantile Exchange official
quotauon. extras 2!c) frsts. 24n26c.
seconds l9dz2c.: thirds. l6nlSc,; held. eN-
uas, 2ln22c.; lirsts. 1S@20c,; seconds, l6iad
CHEESE State. fun cream. small and
large, colored and white, fancy, 14al4Ac
good to prime, 13Mnl32lc.; full cream,
common TO fair, llnlSc; light skins fall
made, choice, llAMn%c.: winter made,
best. lOnl0Ac; part skins, prime, SEA
9lgc: ,i fair to good, 6aSc.; fun SKINS 3M4c.
EGGS-St3te, Pennsylvania and nearby.
selected, white, fancy zOn2lc.; choice is
dl9c.. mixed, extra. lie; firsts 15IRc ;
dirties, l901Sc.; checks. 10a12c.; refrigera-
tors, S6l3c.
WOOI.-Steady: domestic fleece. 3503Sc
TALON - Steady city, &C.; country,
LIVE PoULTRY-sprlng chickens. per
pound, lie; fowls: l2lac.; ROSTERS. old,
DRESSED POULTRY - Capons. Phi!a-
delphia per pound. 150z3c; broilers,
pounds per pair and under, Philadelphia.
dry picked. 2Od25c.; New York and Penn
pounds per pair and over, Philadelphia,
dry picked. l6Gt19c. New York and Penn
syivania 10m15c. fowls, Philadelphia. dry
picked, i34l3lac.: old cocks dry picked
white. per dozen, S3M350; mixed, $l.70M2;
dark sl.50; culls, 50HI5c.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-09
SOUTH AMBoy.
HOUSE HUNTERS.
Demand for Residences Here Is
The IrcPpaSp.

Demand for Residences Here Is On
The Increase.
House hunters have been so mum
rous in this borough the past week
Aat those owning houses have start
d in raising rents. Of course the
ncn who are to work on the new
lridge are all anxious to reside here
nd can find but very few vacant
1ouses. so those owning houses,
ven though they have good tenants
occupying them, cannot resist the
opportunity this rush for houses af-
ords them for raising rents and up
yoes the rent, although wages are
10 higher than before and some of
he tenants are trying hard TO make
,nds meet as il is. We know of one
'arty who hired building at very
ow figures and who would not take
he place on any other terms. They
et their own house at a fair rental,
ut they are now asking more rent
or it since the demand has been so
reat for houses II the shoe was
IN the other foot, to use an old but
expressive saying, they would soon
'ebel. If the houses had modern
improvements it would not be so in
onsistent, but very few OF them
ave any except city water and very
lany haven't even that.
Give us some modern houses and
len talk of higher rents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-09
CARTERET.
LOCAL ITEMS.

Miss Kate Glynn visited Elizabeth
( Wednesday.
George Bracher left Wednesday
for Albany, where he expects to re-
main for several days.
Mrs. c. Il. Chase made business
trip to Elizabeth Wednesday.
Thomas Slugg was in Perth Am
boy Wednesday, and visited Eliza
beth on his return home.
Mrs. James Burns is entertaining
two young ladies from out of town.
Mrs. Bowling, Mrs. Little and
Mrs. Harrington spent Wednesday
in Newark
Mrs. j. c. Brighman and Mrs. 5.
C. C. Harris visited Mrs. Uriah Har-
ris. of Elizabeth, Tuesday.
Mrs. William Rapp and Mrs. VIII
liam Shyke were visitors in Eliza
beth Wednesday.
The Morgan Bros. arc repairing
their two family house on the Blaz-
ing Star road. papering ana painting
all through.
August Lander who has been on
the sick list so long, is still unable
to be around.
Charles jenkins is making his
paint SHOP, WBltH SloOu Ol lht p'NN
of his mothers lots, into a six room
dwelling He expects to bring his
family from Staten Island here. as
soon as completed.
Miss Fannie Johnston will spend
Saturday and Sunday at her home in
Trenton.
Miss Potter will visit her brother
in Elizabeth from Friday until Mon
day.
Mr.. John Casey, of Somerville
road. supervisor for the Central Rail
road of New Jersey. spent Wednes-
dav visiting friends in town.
T. l.. Slugg and John DeboW were
doing business in neighboring towns
Thursday. including Perth Amboy,
South Amboy and South River.
Robert Humphrey is about to
open plumbing shop in South Car
teret.
Spring must be near for two organ
grinders were on our streets We'd
nesday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-09
SOUTH AMBoY.
BIG CHANGES
| AT THE DOCKS
|. R. R. Officials To Carry Out
the Plans As Announced ES-
CluSiveIy in the News.

1t Will be remembered that some
lime ago the Perth Amboy EVENING
NEWS published the story exclusive
~ concerning the erection of machin-
.bry for handling coal on the p. Il. R.,
Docks in this borough and created the
fgreatest excitement imaginable
8 throughout the state, as well as in
This borough Even the New York
reporters were out here and the eX-
eitement lasted for a long time.
Some of the working men in the
borough were worried about it. while
others called it fake and laughed
about it, Notwithstanding they were
Fold it was obtained from the very
best authority A short time ago we
Stated in the South Amboy columns
that without doubt something great
|was going to be done by the P. r. r.
Company and it was thought the
something great was the installing of
the machinery on the docks, and to-
day the following story is told:
The p. r. r. Company's civil en-
gineer and some of the officials were
in town looking over the P. r, r.
docks yesterday and it is said by
those who claim to know, that the P.
r. r. Company are contemplating
building the machinery for the un-
loading of cars on the Westmoreland
pier. 1t is said that the pier will
be torn down, rebuilt and made about
three hundred feet longer than the
present pier. If this is so it will
do away with the gangs of men that
are employed at the present time
cars, but will give employ
men to the men as coal trimmers, as
the machine is not able to trim soft
coal The preceding is being talked
over among all the gang bosses, chute
tenders, etc., on the docks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-09
AT THE AUCTION.

A large number of our citizens
TENDED the auction sale on the
,onson farm, recently purchased by
ohm OFT, yesterday, and consider
bic of the article sold came to this
own. Whitehead Brown, of Cheese
uake. was the auctioneer and as
is we'll known in this borough,
reat many went Just to hear
White" auction off the goods.
White" had bottle in his pocket
| his pocket with a label on and
hich he said was a prescription OF
doctor and every time he made a
ale he had to take dose OF the
ledicine. Of course there was great
IN for the buyer, etc, hearing his
Deeches and jokes. There was FUN
90, hearing the farmers bidding
gainst each other Some of the ar
lcles brought as much as new ones
'ould. All who took a day off and
'ent from the various towns felt re-
aid and enjoyed the day thoroughly.