The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-02-12
RECORDS or LAND
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go to the encampment ordered by Col
Soper for period of five days be
ginning with February 20.
County Clerk Sam Pua has receive,
a reply from Surveyor Wall to the let
ter recently written by him at the re
quest of the Hilo Board of Trade, re
garding maps and records which tn,
Territorial bureau was asked to leav,
in Hilo. These are records which hav,
been in Surveyor Baldwin's office, bu
have been sent to Honolulu. The repl,
does not definitely refuse to allow tn
records to remain here, but apparent,
means the same thing. 1t says tina
when the county or the legislature pro
vides for county engineer of Hawaii
or establishes survey office, the Ter
ritorial survey department will do all
it can to supply complete records fol-
such office or department. There are
duplicates of the records in Honolulu
but the copies are very necessary to
Hilo business men.
Leon Peralto. driver of Volcano
stables wagon, fell from his wagon on
a rough bit of road near Papaikou on
Wednesday, causing fracture of his
left leg and painful bruises. He was
taken to the hospital for treatment.
A statement showing the cost of run
ming the county during the year 1906
was prepared by Auditor Mcguire for
this months meeting of the Board of
Supervisors 1t showed total ex-
penditure during the twelve months of
$1S9, 6s1.5S, of which about $4,000 went
for road work, over $4,000 for the
police, nearly $4,000 to purchase prop
erty, about $4,000 for the band and
$1400 for parks.
The claim Of Honolulu Iron Works
Co., Ltd, on its contract to supply
road machinery, which the Board of
Supervisors repudiated, was referred
by the casting vote of the chairman to
the finance committee. When the pres
emit Board took office there was no
money to pay for the machinery, and
the County Act prohibits a county
board from mourning any debt. For
this reason this contract made by the
previous board is held to be illegal.
Plans were agreed upon during the
recent visit of George Lycurgus and
R. w. Single to the Volcano house for
improvements in the place.
Eighteen rooms are to be added, in an
extension of the building towards the
sulphur beds, and a new diningroom
s tdcbe put in. The diningroom will be
! projection from the front of the
louse, and will command direct view
# the crater. The kitchen will be en-
arged and fireplace will be put in
he diningroom, instead of the stove
low used. Other improvements which
we're decided upon are the erection of
club room and construction of ten
lis court and bowling alley near the
ouse.
Fourteen months hard labor is the
ggregate of sentences received by Kim
loon Sun, Korean, on charges of en-
gross cheat and larceny.
Tim Moon has been quite conspicu-
us figure on the streets and has had
equation as a CRATER before. He was
loudly dressed young Korean, who
imposed on ignorant countrymen in
arious ways. Judge Hapai found him
Utility of embezzlement on one count
nd sentenced him to six months i'm
risonment. Another six months was
dded on gross cheat charge and on
tuesday, morning the Korean decided
take his medicine when he appeared
Or larceny. He pleaded guilty and
Judge Hapai sentenced him to two
onths.
N. Nakamura, Japanese who has
aveled nearly all over the world, was 5
a arrival by the Claudine Sunday. He t
studying many countries and in Q
nds to publish book of travels on
5 return home. Nakamura has been :
aveling since 1901. He is now ex- t
oring Hawaii.
Mrs. Mary Emma Stewart, sister
Daniel Porter of Hilo and who had :
any other relatives in the islands, X"
ed recently at Yonkers, New York, l
here her husband is building con-
actor. Her age was n years. \
James Croll has resigned as engineer G.
Olaa and accepted position in Il
nth America, where he is to install "
sugar mill. He will make visit :,
his home in. Scotland before starting te
: his new position, and expects to W
urn here in couple of years or Of
al
Mauna Kea is again a grand sight, Il
tn a large white cap of snow this
elk. There was considerable thunder r
Tuesday afternoon, and when the
ather cleared the usual heavy fall
snow was noticeable NJ