The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-29
HONOLULU In
ENCYCLOPEDIA

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males, 1860 were females; about 10, 900
were Hawaiians, $4,000 We're Asiatics,
and about 5000 were Portuguese. Ho-
nolulu is served by the Oahu Railway,
| by electric lines to the principal SUBJ
urbs, and by steamship lines to San
! Francisco, Seattle, Tacoma, Manila,
Victoria, Sydney and South American,
Chinese, Japanese and New England
ports. The business section and the
older residence quarters occupy low
ground but many of the newer resi-
dences are built on the sides of neigh
boring hills and mountains of which
there are several from 500 to 1000 feet
in height. The Punchbowl behind the
city, a hill rising about 500 feet above
the sea, Diamond Head, rock about
1900 feet in height, miles to the s. E.,
and the Nuuanu Pail, lofty and pic
turesque precipice 6 miles up the val
ley are especially known for their com
manding views. In front of the city is
the small harbor we'll protected from
all winds except those from the s.; in
and after 1892 the Hawaiian govern
ment deepened its entrance from 81
feet to 80 feet. Ten miles to the w. is
the much more spacious Pearl Harbor,
the bar at the entrance Of which was
in 1906 being removed by the United
States government. The streets of EIo-
nolulu are wide, are macadamized with
crushed or broken lava, and are lined
with palms and other ornamental trees
The business houses are mostly of
brick or stone and range from two to
six stories in height. About most of
the residences there are tropical trees,
flor Oh, he nd nj ic
the most common material of which
the residences are built; large por-
ton of these residences are one-story
cottages; broad verandas are common;
and of the more pretentious residences
the lanai, semi-outdoor drawingroom
with Conservatives adjoining, is not
able feature. In one section, China
town. the houses have been built, by
the Chinese, like those in China
Throughout the city there is a marked
absence of poverty and squalor. The
government buildings are extensive and
have a pleasing appearance; that of
the executive, in a beautiful park, was
formerly the royal palace and still con-
tains many relics of royalty. Facing
the judiciary building is an heroic stat
ue in bronze of Kamehameha the |
Great. In the w. section of the city is |
the Bishop Museum, fine stone build |
ing on a commanding site containing a |
large collection of Hawaiian and Poly |
nesian relics and curios. Four miles |
E. of the business center, at the foot |
of Diamond Head, is Waikiki sea beach, |
noted for it's surf-boating, and Kapio- |
lani Park, a pleasant resort. Honolulu |
has also two other parks, several fine |
public squares, several hospitals, a |
maternity home, the Lunalilo Home |
for aged Hawaiians, an asylum for the |
insane, several schools of high rank |
both public and private, a library con-
tanning $4,000 volumes and the collec- |
tions of the Hawaiian Historical Sccfe- |
ty, a number of benevolent, literary, |
social, and political societies, and an |
art league, and is the seat of both an |
Anglican and Roman Catholic bishop
ric. There are various journals and
periodicals, five languages being repre- I
sented. The chief industries are trade !
the city's fishmarket with fish of Gu
rious colors is an interesting sight
the manufacture of machinery and
rice milling, and ship build
ing. The waterworks are owned and
operated by the Territorial govern
ment. The harbor was discovered in
1894; the city was founded in 1916, and
In 1920 it was made the capital Of the
archipelago.