The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-15

blacksmith and prize-fight referee, ha
erected a large horseshoeing shop oil
the bitumen roadway of the avenue
and the song of the anvil goes OF
there rierrily all day. This is tn,
biggest shop of its kind west of Chi
cago," said Eddie yesterday, hi.
sleeves rolled up and beads of perspira
tion moistenng his brow i've got an.
other at Tenth and Bryant streets. ant
both shops are filled with horses al
day.
Carpenters are busy along the ave-
nue.. putting up temporary structures
and teams are moving debris from lots
which are to be utilized at once The
indications Of industry are on all sides
The foundations for a large building
for the White garage were laid before
the fire on the lot bounded by Market
van Ness avenue and Fell street. and
on these temporary one-story frame
structure is being put up rapidly.
The avenue between Ellis and Eddy
streets is not paved, and it is now cut
up like a country road the dust being
very deep and horses having to strain
to pull loads over 1t.
MEN DOING BUSINESS
IN PECULIAR PLACES
| There are signs up on the Hotel Bal
timore, on Van Ness, between O'Far-
rell and Geary, announcing that it is
now open for business" Accent is
placed on the word "open," as all the
windows have been shattered, and the
3 A 4
ice-cream store next to it. though
blackened and showing evidences of
disturbance, is doing a rushing busi-
ness
The greatest display of enterprise yet
noted on the avenue is on the north
! west corner of Post, where the Empo-
rum has leased a mansion and has
some goods on the counters already.
A large sign announces that this i'm
portant concern has $780, 900 worth of
merchandise on the way Two fifty
vara lots will be covered with build
ings in addition to the house already
up, carpenters having already made
considerable progress with this work,
and an attractive front will be put on
the big store.
| Sign painters who make placards
and banners while you wait are nu-
merous on Fillmore street. and none of
them has an idle moment Merchants,
lawyers and other men who want to
put UP announcements on this now
busy thoroughfare are overwhelming
them with orders.
1t is not easy to move along Fill
more street at present, as the side
walks are thronged with people and
the roadway filled with all sorts of
vehicles. A box or a plank is enough
for many a cigar and tobacco dealer
to do business on; an optician who
was burned out has his present stock
displayed on a fence. and various
makeshifts are employed by enterpris-
ing persons of meager means but
strong commercial instincts who are
unable to rent store space and yet are
determined to catch the trade of the
passing crowd.
Fillmore-street prices are still rea-
sonable and competition is lowering
some of them. Oranges were being
sold at three for 10 cents until yester-
day, when a man came along with a
large wagonload which he disposed of
at two for a nickel or a dozen for 30
cents. Soft drinks can be had for 5
cents on almost every block. and
"honeycakes filled with ice cream" are
offered for a nickel.
A great variety of signs are up along
Fillmore street. The spelling Is gener-
I ally according to Webster. but in some
! places there are indications that the
painters dictionary was lost in the
flames.
ATTORNEYS-AT-L ARE
! NOT MUCH NEEDED.
/ Many attorneys-at-law have taken
rooms on and in the neighhorhood of
Fillmore street, but lawyers do not
seem to be needed at this juncture,
and, finding his occupation gone, one
OF them put out his sign as a real es-
tate agent yesterday.
Wagons of many makes, with horses
OF various degrees of energy attached
To them, now are used AS conveyances
To and from the ferry, n charge of 25
cents being made for the ride. Cheap
chairs are placed In them. and they do
not look comfortable.
4 The construction OF stores ON the lot
ON the southeast corner OF Fillmore
N'fN ~ 'Al'NAo was b'khH N'o-
terday, and Baldwin a Howell leased
nearly all OF them In few hours, The
Royal Shoe Company took the corner
store al $500 per month, Robert Atkins
and ID, Jacobs a SON, two others az
5000 each, ANA Lyons the tailor one az
$3.50 per month, A building is also go-
Ing M az the southeast corner ~ Fill-
more ana Post slreels ana Baldwin a
Howell leased tho corner store ln il 90
foheim the tailor tor tsib per month
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cats at tbs northwest eorner of Fill'
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