The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-14

Ookala-Z0 at 10.
Waimea-10 at 80
Hon. B. 4 Ms at 24.50.
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar-50I
at 104.75; 35 at l04.50
Hilo K. R. 6s-$50o at 81.
McBryde 6s-S5000 at 9425; $4,000
at o.
Pacific S. NJ 6s-s5o. 900 at I02:
Haiku 6s-$2500 at 100.50.
Paia 6s-$1500 at 100.50.
Dividends Declared.
Dividends announced on Wednesday
were: Paauhau, 20 cents a share; Wal
luku, y per cent; Hutchinson, 20
cents a share.
Land Question and Homeseekers.
From various mainlands points, dur
ing the week, have come many inquir-
| les concerning the public lands of the
Territory from prospective homeseekers.
These inquiries have come to the Gov
| ernor, to the Land Commissioner, the
| Promotion Committee and to private
| persons, and are the result of the pub
LEFTY given Hawaii at present in the
mainland periodicals. Commissioner
|
among landseekers is great.
This week number of land seekers
have called upon the Governor for in
formation regarding land, while other
| parties are either in the Islands looking
for suitable locations or on their way
here from the mainland. AS full and
| explicit information has been given
| those here and sent TO those inquiring
by mail as can be given, which, in view
of the nature of the land laws, can not
| be described as definite. The interest
| in Hawaii is widespread at the present
| time, however, and many of those in
| quiring for land or home sites have
capital. A significant thing in connee-
ton with the inquiries for land is the
fact that one of the callers upon the
| Governor is at present a member of
| the Fifth Cavalry band, soon to get his
| discharge. Between now and the end
| of the year one hundred and fifty of
| the men of the Twentieth Infantry will
| have served out their term of enlist
| ment, while from the Marine Corps,
| the Engineers and Cavalry there will
be steady freeing of young men from
the service, men in the prime of their
young manhood, the class of settlers
to whom inducements should be ex
tended by the government.
A sale of government lots was held
during the week at Waimea, Hawaii
and out of seventy offered by the Land
Commissioner ffty-six were sold at the
upset price.
In the city there is steady demand
for real estate, with the price gradu-
oil 20 oil
most an unknown quantity.
/ Plantation to Suspend.
1t has been announced that the Puako
plantation, on Hawaii, will probably
be wound up after the present crop is
taken off. The cultivation of the lands
in cane has not been profitable. Man
ager Kinds, of Puako, is now in Homo
lulu on business connected with the
plantation. The stock is not listed
here.
Labor Situation.
While the reports from the different
plantations continue to the effect that
the attempt to create friction between
the field hands and arrangements have
produced no appreciate effect, the
the Honolulu center At the present
time the efforts are being directed Il
setting one class of japanese against
the other on the plantations, the field
hands against the iunas and inter
prefers, the language employed to in
cite the laborers being extreme. The
Territorial grand jury, which began tC
take evidence in the matter, has made
no report. although the Nippu Jill, the
organ of the agitators. has certainls
been guilty of publishing obscene mat
ter, if not matter to incite violence.
, Early in the week it was reported
;. that the agitators intended to preeipi
tate strikes on some of the smaller
, plantations on the Island of Hawaii a
, a means of impressing the planters will
the seriousness of their intentions il
the matter of higher wages.
, Secretary Tsuchiya, of the Japanes
| Consular staff, who returned this weel
from tour of the o5l4er islands, report
! satisfactory state of affairs on all tn
. plantations.
, Pearl Harbor Contract.
The bids for the construction of tn
Pearl Harbor drydock were opene'
!, yesterday in Washington, the loves
bidder being the Pacific Coast Con
tracing Company, of San Francisco, o
which Captain Matson is a principa
stakeholder. The Honolulu bidders
the f. ]. Lord Construction Company
: were next low, out of eight bidding
| firms The figures given by the sue
cessful firm were $2,37l 200.
The Associated Press message re
i ceived yesterday afternoon announce
that c. NJ Leeeh, of Boston, had I'm
; derbid all competitors by nearly a mil
lion dollars, bat in reply to 9uer.
> from this paper, the news was cable
; that the San Francisco firm was tn
lowest responsible" bidder.
II is probable that the construction
: work on this big contract will be CON
F.; menced as soon as possible.
Shipping.
/ Five steamships have made port dun
+ ing the week and two sailing vessels
: The Tenyo Maru spent over day i
!. port. en- route to San Francisco iron
+: the Orient: the Asia arrived from tn
. | Coast Laiue, the apIy- American uaSseU