The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-08

long tenantless. Larger houses are
harder to rent.
Building operations are going ahead
steadily. The Sick Children Is hospital,
being built on Kuakini street, is ready
for roofing; the Mill Institute build.
ing, near the new Kawaiahao Seminary,
in Manoa, is so far advanced that the
period when portion of it will be oc.
cupied has been set; the theater build.
ing going up in the center of the Hotel,
Fort street block is rapidly assuming
shape. This building is to be of re.
inforced concrete and will have seat
ing capacity equal to that of the Or.
! pheum and Opera House combined. 1t
will be fitted with an immense stage, n
sliding roof, special fire fighting APP
| planes and other features that will
make it thoroughly up-to-date. On King
] street, the Harrison block is going up
fast. The new building for the Yoko
hama Specie Bank is practically fin
ished externally and the interior work
is being hurried in order that the new
building may be occupied by the mid,
die of August. This is a handsome
block.
In Manoa, Kaimuki and Kalihi much
building is going on and projected.
Telephone Amalgamation Agreed To.
4 AT special meeting of the sharehold.
ers of the Mutual Telephone company,
on Friday, the plan submitted for the
amalgamation of the company with that
of the Wireless company was discussed
and approved, the vote being unan-
imous. The plan includes the absorp-
ton of the Wireless company under the
Mutual charter. Resolutions were pass,
ed authorizing the amendment of the
charter to increase the capital stock to
81 900 900, to increase the present issue
by 100000, making the stock issued
$4,000 shares of a par value of $780,
600. The Wireless stockholders will
receive the new issue of 100000 for
their holdings.
The meeting also unanimously voted
to take over from C. j. Hutchins the
option for franchise for the ex-
elusive use for the Territory of the
automatic telephone; the lot of land
at the corner of Merchant and Bishop
streets now owned by him and the
option on the adjacent lot owned by
the Peacock estate; also all the en-
cheering and other data and the sub
scriptions for approximately HOO tele-
few months since. Mr.. Hutchins re-
ceives only his actual cash expendi-
lures in connection with the forego-
ing.
AS soon as 1t is definitely decided
whether the present telephone system
is to be retained and improved, or
whether the automatic system is to
be instaled-whlch will depend large
ly upon the report to be made by A.
Gartley-the amount of the bond is
sue to be floated will be decided upon
Il Business Changes.
James w. Bergstrom, formerly al
head of the Bergstrom Music Compa-
NY Is reported to be organizing a new
company to occupy the premises now
being erected on King street, next the
NJ. A. Gunst Co. store.
Dunn's Hat Shop. Limited, is In
process OF Incorporation, to take over
the millinery business of Mrs. r. Dunn
in the X. of p. building. Fort street
The authorized capital is $4,000 div
ided into 600 shares.
Mrs. Taylor, florist, is offering her
business for sale. She will move to
the, Coast for her health.
Immigration moving.
With the Planters Association, OF
members of IT, having accredited
representatives in Porto Rico and the
, Philippines, in search of labor, and
the Territorial Immigration Board
, with an agent on his way to the Por,
tuguese possessions to induce the emf
grafton of laborers to Hawaii, the la
Dor situation should clarity itself with
in the year. A. ]. Campbell, the gov
eminent immigration agent. expects To
arrange for the coming of large
number of Portuguese from the Azores
and to arrange also for their trans
portatlon here via Tehuantepec.
| Another Kerosene Warehouse.
An application has been filed by the
Kaneohe Rice Mil for permission to
establish a new kerosene oil warehouse
at Iwilei. II. Hackfeld & Co. are the
| agents of the Rice Mil Company