The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-21

, to lag In the path Of progress. Long
before the telephone came into general
use elsewhere IL was operating here,
and Its system now covers not only
the capital city. but all the Islands OF
the group. All the Islands OF the group
are connected with Honolulu by WIRE
less telegraph. and Honolulu with the
world by cable. An electric car sys-
TEN Of the most modern kind gives the
city rapid transit, and the greater part
of the island behind II In served by a
railroad. Two electric lighting plants
and one gas plant exist, there are
three ice factories, two iron foundries
three daily newspapers I'm English, re-
ceiving Associated Press cablegrams
twice day, and about twenty-five
publications. The banks number seven,
three being Asiatic branch establish
ments. There Is a stock and bond ex-
change, various trust companies. a paid
fire department. a growing system of
waterworks. and well drilled police and
militia, backed by garrison of regular
infantry and marines. Honolulu is
governed by county supervisors. A
place of education. religion and refine
ment, Honolulu has twenty-four church
edifices, college doing really useful
4,2S9 pupils and private schools serv-
ing the intellectual needs of 3.11O, the
attendance being wonderfully mixed as
to race; . public library and museum.
historical society, four social clubs,
one being of university derivation; the
Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. w. C. A.; Young
Mems Institute, two cathedrals.
branches of all the principal secret
fraternities six or more charitable
societies, two opera houses and two
well-endowed hospitals and the list of
material and ethical belongings of Ho-
nolulu might be considerably lengthen-
ed IL space permitted. The dominant
white population of the city is of very
high class. 1t has it's foundation in
New England missionary stock. but to
it's solidity and it's polish many other
strains than those represented in the
American religious pioneers have con-
trtbuted. Commerce and the profess
sions have winnowed the civilized
world to give of their best to Hawaii
and this despite the Importantly of
wider fields. 1t Is natural that the
great capitals should claim the ablest
men, but the health-seeking Impulse is
one that often takes from the Metro
polls its choicest spirits to enrich the
smaller places where nature is benevo-
lent. There is no better society any
where than that which is dominant in
Southern California and in Hawaii. 1t
is largely college-bred: it has shown
itself to possess the right ideals of
civic duty; it has a taste for great
things in commerce and in all other
forms of legitimate industry; 1t nour-
ishes self-respect and a wholesome
patriotism. Good lawyers and preach
ers, skilful physicians and surgeons,
authors, painters and musicians, scien-
lists and poets, captains Of industry, are
found in any place which gives them
an honest hope of longer life and use
fulness Distant, therefore. as Homo
lulu is from the centers of civilization
its group of islands being farthest from
other lands of any in the world-it still
does its part in passing on the lighted
torch. In the labor of enlightenment
1t not only receives but 1t confers, and
1t possesses and is rearing a race
worthy of the best traditions of the
from which 1t sprang.
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.