Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

J. W. Robertson a Co. The size OF the
sheet was increased to IL by II inches and
printed on both sides. This sheet was Is
sued daily and delivered gratis" until
March 18th. On the goth announcement was
made that a subscription price of twenty
five cents a month would be charged.
The people liked the Bulletin. The
Advertiser, then published as a slow going
weekly said nasty things of the Blu letin
and helped II along by evil comment. The
Advertisers first notice OF the Blu letin
however was rather favorable because 1t
was apparently thought that daily could
not live and the little sheet would not
amount to anything anyway. On Feb. 18th,
1882, the following notice appeared in the
Advertiser:
"Messers J. w. Robertson a Co. have
commenced the publication of their Daily
Dulleti n in printed form. The first num-
Der of this important addition to our list of
local newspapers made its first appearance
on the list. The proprieters confine them
selves they were wont to do In their
written bulletin to the statement of facts
without comment The Daily Bulletin
gives full shipping news to the hour of pub
LEGATION and brief accounts Of local news"
After March goth the Bulletin thrived.
The 20 cent charge was gladly paid by an
increasing number of subscribers. The Ad.
vertiser people began to look up and take
notice. On the 22nd of April the Advertiser
published the announcement of a daily
edition and commented as follows ON the
daily newspapers Of the city:
The scheme of daily issue of news from
the press has long been entertained In Homo.
lnln In Mr. fad
with the San Francisco Call tried the ex.
pertinent of daily in this city and issued
the Honolulu Daily Herald. But the bust.
ness interest of the country were too much
depressed at the time; there was not then
established frequency of communication
with the outer world to warrant the supper,
of a daily In the islands; and the proprietor
and editor being an entire stranger I'm the
country the Honolulu Daily Herald had hut
q short and sickly existence, and soon died
out"
The Daily Pacific Commercial Advertiser
appeared on May l, 1882.
The b lletin promptly met its com.
petitor by raising on April Gath to the place
of full fedged four page paper with Henry
Sheldon as the editor.
The first Blu lletin press was a Golden
Jobber and was loaned to Mr.. Robertson by
Walter Hill, then the superintendent of the
boys reform school. J. G. Clevior was in
charge Of the printing ana publishing depart.
ment. Jack Rees, a Hawaiian known as the
Hawaiian Mast" was in charge of the book.
bindery department.
The first type settlers ON the Bulletin
Albert McGurn, William McGum Hiram
Kaaha, George Norton and Wallie Davis.
The carrier boys were A. G. NJ. Robertson
and Arthur Brickwood. They delivered the
paper while on their way to school.
The Bulletin progressed and took a
very active place In community affairs. Dur
ing the course of the year the paper grew to
demand so much attention that Mr.. Robert.
son consented to part with II for con.
sideraton and In the month of January 1883
the paper passed to the proprietorship of
Walter HILL G. Carson Kenyon became the
editor and J. G. CleyiOr manager. Later In
the year Chas. X. auckland, now of the
Hawaii Herald became the editor and con.
tinued In that position until May of 1884
when he went over to the Advertiser. Mr..
auckland was followed by Daniel Logan.
II was during Mr.. Logans connection with
the paper that II was Incorporated. The
first Independent Office of the Bulletin
was on Queen street. After the paper was
incorporated new home was built for It
on Merchant street, the Blu @ tin build.
ing" next to the present Associated Garage.
The political upheaval of 1898 put the
Bulletin in hard straits. Prejudices ran
high and the b ulletin had "royalist"
tendencies When the editor got In pinch
his former friends went back on him and
left him in the lurch. b. l.. Finney man
Of much energy was the manager.
In 1895 the mortgage held against the
Bulletin was foreclosed and the plant
sold. Not so the Bul letin. Mr. Finney
was a man of great resource and he was
ably assisted by George Paris then Manager
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