The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-17
COMMERCIAL NEWS
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pany, who spent some time here. has
been favorable and that Mr. Grange
is coming to complete all arrangements
for going ahead at once with the In
stallation of the automatic system.
The Military Invasion.
The past week has been an important
one from the fact that the troops to be
stationed at Leilehua and large addi-
tional force Of Marines, altogether prae-
tically a thousand men, have arrived
and settled down as a part of the per-
manent population of Oahu. The pres
ence of these men in and about the city
has already had stimulating effect up.
on business in all lines. The troopers
of the Fifth Cavalry are now in their
temporary quarters at Wahiawa, while
the Marines have gone into camp at
Camp Very.
Tourist Travel increasing.
There is every indication that this
winter and the coming spring are going
to be the best tourist seasons in Ra-
waii s history. At the present time the
larger hotels are full of guests and the
| various boarding houses in the city
have difficulty in handling the business
being given them. The Hawaiian Hotel
which had been closed during the last
months of the past year, has again been
! brought into service and sixty visitors
| have been provided with rooms there.
Secretary Wood, of the Promotion
leCommittee, announces greatly increased
| interest in Hawaii in the mainland and
| each arriving passenger steamer comes
crowded with passengers, many for this
| point.
The New Matson Liner,
Detailed information concerning the
new liner contracted for by the Matsor
| Navigation company, for the San Fran
Honolulu run, shows that she is
!, to be a thoroughly up-to-date vessel
with good passenger accommodation ant
a speed of fifteen knots.
The new japanese liner, the Chiyt
Maru. arrived at this port yesterday
on her maiden voyage, having had {
most satisfactory trip from Yokohama
and fulfilling so far the hopes of he
builders and owners.
Steamship Arrivals.
The steamship arrivals for the weel
include seven of all classes from thu
Coast and one from the Orient. TIT
S. S. Pleiades, chartered by the Amer
| lean Hawaiian. arrived on her first visi
to Honolulu on Thursday, coming from
| Seattle This vessel is to be kept on tn
Honolulu-San Francisco run from nov
on The Virginian was the other All
vessel to make port during the week
The Lurline, Alameda and Siberia repre-
scented the other merchant marine ar
rivals. while the q. S. n. T. Buffalo ant
the U. S. A. f. Thomas brought the ar
irving troops. The T. K. K. Chiyo Mari
made no attempt to break any of tn
exciting records on her initial run, al
though she is supposed by her builder
to be faster than her sistership, TIL
Tenyo Maru.
Agitation Among japanese.
The attempts on the part Of a rims
of professional agitators to fomen
| labor trouble on the plantations b,
creating dissatisfaction among the Jap
anese laborers are apparently growing
more violent There is little respons
on the part of the laborers to the urg
ings of the agitators and trouble seem
unlikely So far none of the plantation
managers have reported any evidence
of unsettled conditions among their la
| borers and on the surface, at least: the
seeds of discomfort are being sowp il
unfavorable ground. In some respects
however, the agitators have overstepped
the bounds allowed by law. especially
in openly advocating violence against
| the planters and the conservative Jap
anese, and some steps may be taken to
| check them.
/ Public Lands
Governor Frear, who has returned