The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-05

This property has been on the market
q good many times. and about nine
| or ten years ago was sold. but Col.
Norris refused to ratify the sale. The
price at which negotiations are now
Ringing is said to be 100000.
LINE FAMINE AVERTED.
The arrival of 1000 barrels of lime
by the Moana Friday from British
Columbia relieved the market of a
shortage of lime which was beginning
TO be very severely felt.
Work on the battery back of Dia-
nlond Head is delayed on account of
lack of sand. which must be obtained
from crushed rock, which is not COM
ing according to plans. Preparations
are being made for second crusher
to overcome the delay.
FEDERAL WORK.
Bids for the construction of the Hilo
hreakwater were opened by Captain
Otwen. the United States Engineer.
this week. There were four bids, two
by local concerts and two by San
Francisco concerns. Each of the lat
ter was much higher than the bids of
IFthe local contractors. The latter were
G. II. Mayer of Honolulu, Offering as
sureties w. H. Hoogs and ]. j. Bel
ser; and D. E. Metzger of Hilo, offer
ing as sureties B. F. Dillingham; and
NJ. P. Robinson. Metzger's bid was
$2.4S IL per ton for rock in place and
slS9 for rock delivered at the work
Mayors bid was s210 for rock in place
and $3.50 for rock delivered at the
work, Captain Orwell has not yet de-
cided which of these bids, if either, he
will recommend for acceptance to the
War Department.
PUBLIC LANDS.
The Land Commissioner will sell on
Monday leases of the rice lands in
Kappa which have been for many
years leased to Hee Fat. Hee Fat is
expected to bid, but there are also
expected to be other bidders.
Two tracts of cane lands at kappa
kuea and Kawainui, in Hilo. of 30
and 1923 acres. respectively, are also /
to be sold on Monday for the usual
rental term of five years. The upset
price on the first of these is 1868. and /
the other $3.50 per annum.
Secretary E. A Mott-Smith spent a 1
part of last week on Maui looking /
over the lands proposed to be ex-
changed by the Government with the
Baldwin interests. The. exchange is of
sugar lands for lands suitable for
pineapple and other diversified agri-
culture.
Contracts amounting to 100000 have
been let by the Public Works De-
partment since November of last
year. This does not include the rou-
tine work done by the department, but
takes in the contract of $11S,000 for
the completion of the Nuuanu dam,
the balance being for wharves land
ings, sheds, schoolhouses and so forth.
PINEAPPLE LANDS.
The Mccormick pineapple tract at
Wahiawa was offered at auction yes
terday by James f. Morgan and four
of the lots into which the tract has
been subdivided We're sold to Max
Kuhn at $2C0 per acre. These lots
were numbered 6. Z, 8 and 9.
BUSINESS CHANGES.
The Hawaiian Electric Company has
decided to double it's present plant,
and expects TO have the increased
capacity ready for service by the be-
ginning of the Christmas holiday trade
next winter. The nominal capacity of
the new machine will be 1925 h. p. at
full load, but these machines are ca
pable of a very heavy overload, and
the maximum capacity will be 100
h. p.
The Associated Garage, which was
organized about eighteen months ago,
passed into the control of e. O. Hall
& Son during the week. This house
acquired outstanding interests, and
will now fully control it,
The landlords are getting together
GA an idea of keeping a directory Of
tricky tenants, people who pay a
months rent in advance and never
pay anything else, who are slow pay
ers, get behind, or who ask for the
key to house for inspection and then
move in without any arrangements
with the landlord.
The Wireless Telegraph Company
will soon hold a meeting to complete
arrangements for site on this island
for a power plant and aerial surface
for a 1ong-distance wireless station. 1t
is planned to eventually have two
long-distance stations in this Terri
tory, the other being at Hilo.
PUBLIC MATTERS.
A cabled inquiry from Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte to District Attorney
Breckons for a statement of the need
for a second United States District
Judge has given rise to a strong belief
that the request for such a judge will
be granted.
Cabled advices from friends of Ha-
wall on the mainland received during
the past week have greatly strength
ened the hope for favorable action by
Congress on the Pearl Harbor Bill.
Governor Frear on Monday received
a United States Treasury warrant for
$50, 0G0 the amount of the Federal
subsidy for the College of Agriculture