The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-05
To OPEN MORE
LANDS At OLAA
HilO to Have Building ReguIa-
tiOns---NeWs of Big
Island.

mand for homesteads, and Sub-lan
Agent George Williams has receive
applications for lots at Puma, Kaiwil
and OIaa
On Monday Mr.. Williams went t
Olaa to reappraise more than twent
/ lots that had been originally ohere
at the time of the establishment of tn
/ Olaa plantation There was a boom i
land then, but many Of the lots hav
since been abandoned, and the new APP
praisement, made by Williams and JOIN
Bohnenberg, viii show reductions from
$12 to So an acre. The land is gooC
agricultural land, some available 1ol
cane, while some is good only for pas
turage, and it runs in lots of from
thirty to forty acres.
The new appraisements viii be sent
to Honolulu, and, after they are APP
proved, it is probable that the Olaa
lots will be advertised as open for set.
Element.
TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENT
At a meeting of the Hilo and Ha
waii Telephone and Telegraph Compa-
ny, held on Tuesday, it was decided to
continue making improvements on the
line to Ookala. as already projected
and begun, and to continue with i'm
prOvements being made in the city ser
vice. Manager Richards was also di-
rected to look for suitable site that
could be purchased by the company
for the erection of its own building.
Last year there were 20 miles of poles
and % miles of new wire erected. An
other metal circuit is in use between
Hilo and Laupahoehoe The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: John A. Scott, president; E. E..
richards, treasurer; H. Wears. secre-
tary; c. C. Kennedy, w. H, Shipman,
II. V. Patten, Chas. Furneaux, w. S.
Terry and F. S. Lyman, trustees.
BOARD OF TRADE.
The eighty-third meeting of the
Board of Trade of HfIo was held at
the Board of Trade rooms on Monday,
July 20. Present: John A. Scott, in
the chair: E. N. Holmes, A Lindsay.
E. E. Richards, d. S. Bowman, DR..
Hayes and c. Castendyk.
The secretary, H. Wears, read a
communication from Acting Governor
Atkinson, suggesting the construction
Of an auto road from the Volcano
House to the crater of Halemaumau.
On motion of DR.. Hayes, seconded
by r. E. Richards, the project was en-
1orsed, and it was decided to ask the
supervisors of the County of Hawaii
to act in compliance with Mr.. Atkin-
sons suggestions.
A communication was read from A.
4. Gurrey, secretary of the Honolulu
Board of Fire Underwriters, in refer.
ance to the fire risks of HiIo. On mo-
ton of H. Wears, seconded by DR..
hayes, the following committee of five
was appointed by the chair to draft
an ordinance for building regulations
and for the appointment of fire mar
shall: ]. A. Scott, C. Castendyk. E. f.
Richards, D. S. Bowman and H. VII
ears.
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
Business conditions on the Island of
Hawaii are improving. Goods are
moving and bills are being paid with
more promptness than has been known
for long time past
~AA~eA - AAc1AAs ocllCoIIldIl LOT NJ. BDIl-
fps & Co, came here overland from
AaWaihae, doing business at all stop
'lng places. He says: Business is
better than it has been for years. I
10 not remember for a long time see
ng buyers more willing or stocks
smaller. Shelves are getting empty,
people have been buying, and l know
nat we have been selling more this
rear, than for a long time. It is the
ame with the other large houses.
Eheir men are doing better. CoIlec- |
Ions are first rate. Storekeepers are |
laying up well, far better than they !
lave done for long while. They are |
lot asking for extensions as they used |
o do, and they are increasing their |
BUSINESS, not going out of it,
Z. n. Holmes left on the ENTERPRISE |
or San Francisco, expecting to return |
ia Honolulu in about six weeks, with |
1rs. Holmes, who is now on the Coast. |
The Hilo merchant has not been away
or nearly two years, and the main |
'bject of this present trip is to Law
n stock of new goods. His experi- |
nee, this year, is that there has been
big Improvement in business, the |
olume of sales being larger and col |
actiOns more prompt.
THE COUNTERFEITERS.
Captain Fetter had the pleasure. on |
fonday, of sending a wireless message
0 United States Marshal Hendry. in
orming him of the capture of Kim |
Song Chuen, the ringleader Of the
ang of counterfeiters who have re-
emily been operating on Hawaii and
iaui with spurious ten dollar pieces.
he harshal promptly replied that he
7ould leave for Hawaii on the Kinau
nd he arrived here on Wednesday.
eturning to Honolulu with his mon