The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-17

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done for Hawaii at the national capital.
Our additional needs include an early
appropriation for local harbor dredg-
ing, as well as appropriation for har-
Dor work at HiIo and Kahului and some
port on the Island of Kauai.
We should also continue our effort
to secure a revenue cutter to be sta
toned here permanently.
Regarding appropriations for mill
tary work, there is no doubt that they
will be forthcoming as rapidIv as
needed
helped in his work by the congressman,
who having visited Hawaii as the
Territory guests. famiiarized them
selves with conditions here and thus
were able to give intelligent consid-
GRAFTON to the different propositions
submitted to them and I would, at this
time. most earnestly advise the cham
Der to recommend a further liberal ap-
preparation for the same purpose when
our territorial legislature convenes
again.
Investments
There are many openings for the
placing of our unused capital in Ha-
waii. We have a number of invest,
ments that are carefully managed and
pay gooS dividends, and it is pleasing
to know that our people are now real
ling that it is safer to place their
savings here rather than outside Of
he Islands and thus help build up new
industries and assist in developing the
Territory generally.
Finances.
Some method should be devised for
securing a larger general fund to be at
the disposal Of the chamber of com
merce with which to meet special emer-
gencies. provide for the entertainment
of distinguished guests, etc. Perhaps,
however. this matter might be left over
pending reorganization of our CONNER
cial bodies.
Territorial Matters.
Hawaii has been most fortunate in
having for its governors, men of such
standing and ability as Hon. Sanford B.
Dole. Hon George r. Carter, and Hon.
w. F. Frear; men absolutely unselfish,
who have devoted their best energies to
the upbuilding of Hawaii. The princi
pal foundation of prosperity of any
community is good government, and
that we enjoy in the fullest degree pos
sible. One of the most important pieces
of work accomplished by Governor Frear
has been the revision of our formerly
cumbersome and unsatisfactory land
laws, making it possible for the home
builder to secure foothold in Hawaii.
Railways.
We have to thank James B. Castle for
the continued extension of the Koolau
Railway. which will eventually pierce
the mountains back of US and be built
into the city.
The prosperity of the Oahu railway
with its branches to Wahiawa and Pearl
Harbor is a matter of congratulation in
that it has encouraged our energetic
citizen and veteran railway builder, B.
F. Dillingham;, to take up the Hllo-Ha-
makua Railway, on the Island of Ha-
wall, which he is pushing through with
his accustomed diligence. This railway
has now some fortyseven miles of main
and branch lines. Rapid progress IS
being made on the extension to Haka-
lau, a distance of fourteen miles from
Hilo, and the amount needed to extend
this branch from Hakalau to Paauilo,
twenty-four miles further, has been Sc
cured. The work, which is now well un-
der way, will, it is believed, be com
pleted within two years time.
The Hilo Railroad Company has ap-
piled for territorial government per-
nit to construct wharves in Hilo har-
Dor, which, if granted, will result in the
early betterment Of wharfage accommo-
dation at that important point.
The Kauai Railway is being gradual
lIv extended from Eleele and will eventu
ally prove a decided factor in the fur
Their development of that beautiful and
fertile island.
Irrigation.
1t is not so very long since that
l.irrigation of cane lands was practically
confined to those parts of the Island of
Oahu, which are in the arteslan belt.
Within the past two years, however,
thanks to the foresight and energy of
James T. McCrosson and his associates,
the district of Kohala, on the Island of
Hawaii, has been given a splendid sup
ply of water, making possible the cul-
tivation of many thousands of acres of
land hitherto used for pasturage, on ac-
count OF the Shall rdlhldli III tHdI pau
of the island and now that this work is
completed, another ditch is being built
at large cost to supply the Hamakua
district, which viii add very largely to
the wealth Of the big island.
One of the latest large irrigation
projects on foot contemplates piercing
the Koolau mountains and bringing the
unused water of the rainy windward
slope of Oahu to the lee side of the
island, where it will serve to add many
more tons of sugar to Oahu 5 output.
The Island of Lanai, with its thou
sands of acres of fertile soil, is now in
;he hands of a body of progressive men,
| supplied with ample capital, who are
preparing to bore for artesian water and
plant sea island cotton and sugar beets
on a large scale.
| Telephones and Telegraph.
During the past year, the Honolulu
telephone company has spent large sums
of money in perfeeting its plant. Cables
were laid in cement-lined conduits
through the principal business streets;
| a new building erected solely for tele-
phone purposes and the entire system