The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-19

Recently recorded transactions are
the following: Release from Trent
Trust Co., Ltd, to Alice Johnston, lot
Pacific Heights. $500; deed from Alice
Johnston and husband On. Co. to W.
H. Baird, lot Pacific Heights. $1,000;
deed from Fannie o. Frazier and hus-
band &C. RI 20 Frederick @. Miller.
property at Makiki and Dominis
streets, s225 and mortgage $4,000; deed
from Godfrey Brown to Sylvester P.
Correa. property School street, $500;
release from Aug. Dreier to William a.
Whiting, property Hassinger street,
$4,000; deed from Francis Marques and
wife to John R. Beecher, land at Mo-
kauea. Honolulu, $1,000: lease from
Bishop estate to Pearl City Fruit Co.,
Ltd. land with water right at Waia-
wa. Eva, Oahu, q - years at 500 a
year for ten years and 5000 a year for
remainder of ten; deed from Ten ,Chong
and wife to Makiki japanese School
trustees. lot Kulaokahua Plains, Homo
lulu, $500: deed from Joaquin Silva
and wife to V A. Carvalho. lard at
Waikaumalo- Maulua. n. Hilo, $1,000;
deed from H Van Gieson and wife to
]. Alfred Magoon, 1886 square feet of
land. Alakea street, $1,000; deed from
Emil Wilhelm to J. H. Craig, property
at Young and Keeaumoku streets, ST.
ssS: release from Bishop & Co. to ]. ].
Sullivan ct al, property at Hotel and
Union streets and Dowsett avenue,
$4,000: mortgage from j. J. Sullivan
and wife, property last mentioned, ST.
800; lease from Queens Hospital to
Hawi Mill and Plantation Co., Ltd,
land in Kohala, ten years at s1g5S
year: lease. from A. V. Gear to E. Colt
Hebron, pieces land Beach road, Ho-'
nolulu. 40 years at $3.50.
SOME PUBLIC MATTERS.
A cablegram from Washington states
that President Roosevelt, in his mes
sage to Congress, will urge the i'm
provement of Pearl Harbor as naval
station and a commercial port.
Among the estimates of General
Mackenzie. chief engineer of the Army,
are the following items: Seacoast for
tifications and batteries at Honolulu
and Pearl Harbor. s1.11000; harbor i'm
provements at Honolulu, 100000, and
ct Hilo. 100000 Pearl Harbor and
Honolulu are also included in items
shared BY the Philippines and Guam
for electric plants, torpedo structures
and searchlights, amounting TO over
one million dollars.
The Chamber of Commerce has APP
pointed H. P Wood, its secretary and
that of the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee. to assist Delegate Kalanianaole
in presenting the necessity of Pearl
Harbor improvements TO Congress.
Governor Frear. representing the
Chamber of Commerce. has been as
signed a place at the Transmississippi
Congress at Muskogee. Oklahoma, to
address that body upon resolutions
urging Pearl Harbor improvement and
a visit of the Pacific squadron to Ho-
nolulu. The session will be November
10 to %. inclusive.
A reservoir to hold 100000 gallons of
water is being constructed at Fort
Shafter, Honolulu, Fred. Harrison of
this city having the contract.
The Chamber of Commerce by reso-
luton supports the movement to have
salaries of officers under Federal pay
increased as follows: Governor, from
$1,000 to $4,000; Secretary, from $1,000
to $1,000: Chief Justice. from $500 to
$500: Associate Justices. from $500 to
$1,000 each: Circuit Judges. from $4,000
to $4,000 each: L. S. District Judge. |
from $4,000 to $1,000. The Chamber also
endorses the bill of Congressman DAYS. |
of Minnesota 10 provide aid for techni-
cal education in agriculture, mechanic |
arts and home economics in high |
shoots.
Land Commissioner Pratt is prepar- |
ing to open the lands OF Kalaheo, Ka-
uai. at present leased to McBry6e plan
tation. in homesteads of five to eight !
acres. Members of the Legislature
are communicating with the Commits |
sioner with the object OF placing set
tiers on the Kappa, Kauai, lands. On
the application of Gay & Robinson the
lease of the Island of Lehua. contain
ing z77 acres, will shortly be offered
for sale at an upset rental of s25 a
year. The applicants state that Jap
anese use the islet as a base of preda-
tory descents upon their sheep ranch
on the Island Of Niihap. also that