The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-01
LET THE OLD
E|sHMARkET CO

Editor Advertiser: Anent the dis
cuSSion az proS and cons q the Fish
market site. let Us calmly consider the
situation Who knows Hartman
knows his p-edneciiOa 70 the Wander
innt iGsz-in other words. the pub
he exc. Honolulu has q tishnarSel
building. or structure, cali IL what YOU
iplssss. that is NOT kept busy, il has
never worked overtime since il was
erected. and as Tar as 1 am able n
ilsaru through the pnelic prints. IL is
more than the occasional field OF labor
for the crSpSts-> We are in need 0.
additional shipping facilities. more es-
pecisny passenger steamers, snd we
are dong our utmost 70 ssS better
service. The Promotion Committee and
he uo-s progressive business men sce
especially active in this respect With
one exception. The Pacific Mail Com
p&ny rms four o. the largest steamers
between America snd ma Orient
That company, through its attorney.
has applied for two acres OF ground
near ths Waterfront, for which il is
willing 20 pay ssa.e0s- The deal is OPP
posed by : certain element in the COM
upniCy Q, Ihs ground that the prop
cry should < retained and ineorpor-
a-sd IN he PARK project advanced by
M Nulterd Robinson Another ele-
nsnt believes that me government
should hold al waterfront property.
SIN another element objects for the
reason that the place may be turned
into 3 coal shed
Honolulu : rot shy on psrk-the
whole city IS : beautiful park. snd ever
VIII remain S@bur, unfortunately,
there are some shSckS on prop
private Individuals. that VIII always
Flshmzrksr. and they belong 10
erIy n the vicinity OF the
Dc an eyeSore and make the approach
- The park- which IS the city. rather
unpleasant WITH the gateway sug-
EeStsd by NJ Robinson, these insight
L things would remain the same, SO
thar the beauty would De even more
u2ued than by the erection OF any
thing 50 bad IS L e0aI shed And
ChsSs same conditions are maintained
for several minutes ride after you
leave the waterfront
L i folly 70 speak Of the FIshner,
property whsn u Is god hundred
fesz away from the front If The prop
cry Is SID . The Pacific Mail OF any
other corporation the frontage On the
bay would MT De deCrea SD ~ iOtA
Tns zrg1Usnt which points with fear
% the establishment OF & eoaI yard
: weak indeed Surely he coaI on q
Pacific Mail property would not appear
any b-aeksr II the eye q the tourist
than that Of Uncle sam only q snort
1iS-G1ce away have never heard
any seri1us cdnrIzIuts about that
SIZED perhaps because II Is the clean
81 property n the immediate local
ily. excepting Eous- But II the vision
Of = coal Pile looming I'D before the
eyes Of the eS-hsIicaIIIy inclined tOlts
EEsn ngIOriousLy. Ier The sale Dc con-
upon the purchasers Planting
iro1s01d q other Ornamental trees.
something that vii not spread too
much along The outer boundary Of
the BOOK ms would surely shut
from view r1s alleged gloomy aspect (
q Z Pile Of coal and might sppease 1
the wrath Of those who land greater I
ali 70 TIE establishment OF certain j
parts Of the city than 10 progress and /
couDzrCe- To make II still more 70 4
The liking If those individuals, It .
might be nominated in the bond that j
Post No Bis signs shall o. placed /
u The fe1ce
The Pacific Mail Company, while
d-ns6cng itself- has helped 10 bring
Hon1lulu- and keep Honolulu. before
The public One hundred thousand dol
izS Per zmuu Is the appropriation I
used by the company for advertising
aid Eo10iulu Is mentioned wherever
TIE advertising Il seen That publicity 4
< what @e want and IN the event Of 4
M Hartman using his prerozzdve By
Up EOloIuiu We would not be
II the map Scop-ovsr privileges
would q CIT cut and We would loze
-hs many hundred tourists Who come
here and rna1 Eun one 70 three
weeks before coud1ufnz thsir. voyage
70 th@ OEis1t- Every one Of the pas
zs1grs Eho cone hare for z week
-ezrs - much 70 the city and IL seems
70 II thac Il would be only showing
Tie Right spirit far ux 10 r=cfprcczts,
1=et th= Pacific Mail folks half way
rst1=E than enrzg01ize them The sug-f
g=stI11 kat The company buy private
lzndz L : god on= but Ehe<e are TIE
Euirzbl= lands 70 IL hzd2 There Il
c11e within reason u sdzpted 10 thet
purpose f9r which the FIshuzrEet lot
Z intended
have been informed that II l. al
roz-Ep Ehs-hsr O. 1ot the Pacific
Mall VII conu1Es on the EonoIuIul
rTl - : business proposition Il Isl
advanced that better results could be
cs-zI1=d for ras shzr=hoI6srs BIZ dfs-t
cs11rt1Ui1g Il Il occrz u nz that ;Eiz
Z : 1zttsr f1- s=rinas Consideration byl
-1= CHAMBER q Ccmerce, The Promo
rt91 Committee and the Merchants. 4
We Cannot zEord 70 sit
hack and say PshzE- We czunOtI
z1S-d q take Z chz1c= II dealing win 4
-11z u1s-- We uuz- zc- upou II and 4
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