The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-16

Although all the street railways com
pany had to do was to pay fair renta
and permit other lines to use the quite
track should competing line some tim
in the future wish to reach the ferry
they refused TO move, knowing full we
that the public had to travel, and n
matter what the discomforts the
would travel, and the other branehe
would get the money. That is the sit
uation at present. The car with its tw
old horses joys up and down San Fran
cisco s main thoroughfare on two ex
elusive tracks, and many times during
time than the electric cars on accOun
of the blockade on the two inner tracks
| The whole affair, however, has led t,
| the reopening of the Clay and Sacra
mento cable line for the first time sine,
the fire, giving a direct line from thu
| ferry to the Western Addition. TIL,
line has been reversed, however, so tina
| the ears run up past the Fairmont Hote
| for the convenience of guests from thai
big hotel who are coming from the
| ferry.
THE WOMEN OF THE FLEET.
Honolulu may look forward to an in
flux of the women of the fleet within
the near future. A large number of
the wives and families of the officers of
the Atlantic fleet are preparing to leave
for the Orient and the Philippines, and
many of them have announced their in
tention to stop over one steamer at
Honolulu that they may be there dur
ing the stay of the feet. Up to the
present time most of the officers fami-
lies have been travelling up and down
the Coast from San Diego to Portland,
moving from town to town according
to the movements of the fleet Most of
them are gradually coming back to San
Francisco now, and within two weeks
all those who are going across the
ocean will be here and busying them
selves with final preparations. While
some of them will go on the regular
steamers, as many as possible will go
on the first transport leaving for Homo
lulu before the departure of the fleet
from San Francisco. Among those who
will probably stop off at Honolulu are
Mrs w. H. W. Switzerland and her two
daughters, Captain Switzerland COM
handing the battleship New Jersey of
the second division; Mrs. Charles NJ
Thomas, wife of Admiral Thomas. and
Mrs. Frank Castleman, wife of Lieu
tenant Frank Cast1eman.
THE BASEBALL WORLD.
Baseball fans around the city are
looking forward with considerable in
terest to the arrival on the Coast of
!" Dick'' Reuter-, it having been an
nouced here that the husky player from
the Islands had been sent his transpor-
tation, and was due here at any time.
Ihere Is considerable OF the Mis-
souri," spirit shown in regard to Reu-
ter, and in spite of tales which have
reached here as to his ability, he will
not be received with the same joyous
welcome given to Barney Joy upon his
arrival at the Coast. If he makes good,
he will be given a reception which will
make Honolulu fade from his memory;
but if he doesn't make good. or if he
doesn t more than fill expectations, he
might just as well stay at home. The
public held to Joy for considerable
time, but Barney was too cratic to-
suit the 'dyed-in- the-wool' fan, and
when his idea of his worth grew in in
verse proportion to the goods he was
delivering, the Coast League grew tired
of him. 1t is going to be hard row
to hoe, therefore, for the next player
who comes from the Islands, and before
the fan cracks his voice in ecstasy over
a new man from the Pacific Isles that
man has got to "spread himself, and
then live up to his best efforts.