The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-31

My attention has been called to the
deplorable condition of Alakea street,
from the water front to Merchant
street; on the Eva side the walk is a
disgrace to this city. On the COM
pletion of the new wharf, Alakea
street will be a popular thoroughfare.
l hope Colonel Sam" will look into
this matter and compel the property
owners to put the sidewalk in proper
condition.
l have a friend who lives in the Ma
lIiki district and my friend is very
sore and has Joined the Advertisers
gang of knockers and is after How
lands scalp. All this because J. Has
tings persists in allowing silt and rub
bish to run into the Mallil1i reservoir.
instead of diverting same into the ditch
For some time the water served to Ma
kiki residents has been = disgrace and
menace to health; the color of the
fluid is more amber than Archie
Young's boycotted beer. l am in
formed that Rowland, to save a few
dollars in pumping expenses, allows
the Makiki freshets to fill the reser-
voir and the result is a fierce one. to
say the least. The water department
is money-making one and its patrons
are entitled to decent treatment. All
Of which is respectfully submitted to
T. Holloway, Esq, with a hope that
he will have to take a mud bath and
then he will know how to sympathize
with my Makiki friend
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In Honolulu Nevada and other min
ing stocks are on the toboggan; dis
like to say this because my friends,
who took flier in the get-rich-quick
business, will charge me with knock
ing, but nothing could be farther from
the truth. My readers would gasp with
establishment if they could gain but an
inkling of the amount of local money
that has been put into worthless min
| ing stocks. Some Honolulu people are
to blame for the big loss; from friends
in the mining camps stocks were sent
to be sold in this city; the local sellers
let their friends in the ground floor
with the resulting loss of good money
have one man in view as / write; he
returned from the goldfelds with a
good thing; his friends clamored for
blocks of stock at 15c. the share. The
stock was to be listed, would soon go
up in price, and then one could sen
out at a big profit. This was year
ago. The stock has not been listed;
has dwindled in price and now the In
dams are clamoring for their money,
so much so, that my friend can not
approach his Office during business
hours, for fear of being held up. A
sane man, who buys mining stock,
ought to take his medicine, submit.
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Why should these mining, and oil,
and other stock-sellers come here for
money anyhow? The banks of New
York and other big financial centers
| are fairly loaded with money ready
for investment in any legitimate prop
osition on the Mainland. Money is all
the time seeking investment 1t would
seem, prima facie, iehat any Mainland
| proposition which somes to far-off Ha-
wall to raise money to float its stock
has something the matter with It,
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The boycott of the Primo beer by the
hotels controlled by the Youngs' is the
event of the week, according to my
judgment. 1 wonder how long the
ban will last. Some of my friends who
frequent the hotel bars say that there
is big demand for the local hop pro-
duct, but in the words of my friend
| Doyle nothing doing" when you want
suds at the Young, Hawaiian and Moa-
ma. Now, l wonder if that genial
youth, Archie Young, has not over
reached when he tries to get at Bart
lett through the brewery. The boy
colt is a two-edged sword; the friends
and stockholders of the brewery are
to fight back, so l am informed. The
boycott is one of the curses of Hawaii;
it is constantly resorted to by people
who can afford to be generous. My ex-
perience in Honolulu teaches me that
if dependent man runs afoul of some
of the ruling element he gets it's good
through boycotting and other methods
equally as bad. Local newspapers
have been "boycotted" from time to
time, but newspapers have an effective
way of defending themselves, and in
the end the "boycotters" are glad to
withdraw their pin-headed opposition.
| Honolulu can get along without boy