The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-23
BY
THE MAN
AROUND
Town
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There probably municipality the world having such
large and rugged in the keeping government as the CITY
and county of Honolulu It's five seats outside of the
capital itself strung along eighty miles of coast line each
having its magistrate and deputy sheriff
to be supported out the municipal treasury There are about
two hundred miles Of streets in the than hundred
miles OF country roads be maintained and the mileage new
thorOughfars yearly increasing highways cross mountain
ranges deep and crooked gues beach qucsands
Metropolitan police and fire departments automatic electrical
alarms for BOTH kept good Maintenance and
supplies Tor school houses worth several hundred thousand
are provided Many public parks kept order public band
maintained Sanitary services dealing treatment of ind
gent SICK the burial of pauper the markets the supervision
Of fish and meat and milk supplies regulation building and
plumbing the disposal of garbage and the maintenance as
all carried by the municipality given to charity and pro-
motion The metropolitan section being increasingly lighted
by the municipal plant only owing the power
toria government For all these municipal property taxed
out oneha OF one per cent this being mOe of the property
collected by the Territorial rest of the municipal
revenue consists OF onehaf of the regular income the
Ohu pu over by the Territory and business license fees
and costs from district courts and various inspection collected
directly by the municipality assessment on abut
ting property for the building betemens in
cases OF widening Strengthening gadereducng old streets
The entire about 100000 year Considering the great
extent of territory settled portions far nart Int all
linked together with good needing high class enp
neerng and expensive work build and considering
the demands expenditures necessary to give the cap of e
Territory respectable among civic ounenance
convenences and comforts it cities anywhere
have proportion to the revenues available ap
Honolulu Notwithstanding the eerIeady iinfomed fault
finders s.
Intelligent judgment depends accurate information and t
is no pest worse than ignorant critic
At golden wedding Honolulu the other dav there were nre
sent ten persons who participated the festvy
the marriage fifty ago are residents of Hawaii and
nearly all OF them have spent their here Most if not all
were poh III heSe islands No doubt
quanance of the couple might from other parts
OF the group In the contingent golden wedding were blondes
as well bunetes Caucasian race The incident discreds
ul a' mas been said about the mcongeniai white peo
pie and particularly blondes tropical countries Pertains Hawaii
can snow more whites of advanced proportion total num-
Der OF such inhabitants than the temperate communities whence
these people their ober sprng nonsnsical theory is
exploded by such showing longevity white set
tiers Hawaii would make and that have had the
ee to PROFOUND in the present prohibition pebc
is that alcoholic stmuns vigorous existence in
opa country Probably every one of the ten at the golden
ung VINO attended the event half century has been lifelong
abaner and doubt those whom they buried who were
not abstaners and lived not long would great multitude
Three there in the bunch oong lives have been
crowded with toll with success in their respecy
spheres One the greatest scholar another the captain of
industry in the islands
1t what unearns much what learned which
makes wise.
Photographer has told newspaper humors who hoped an
'her comet would appear he had
IN Haey This reminds that Haeys worked
ard enough by Hawawaian promoons So far
heard there spot in the world comet was seen in
uch magntence here The biggest jokes subject
we're the expressions of disappointment mainland at the
omes being not quite what had up At least these
walls sounded humorous here where those at it's
when yet the might declared with truth that e
Honolulu mosquito a dragon ay Poor old London
scarcely glimpse the comet at any time when if was worth
eeng Perhaps the best picture of the all the world
as the photograph by japanese postcard Talk
about the celestial scenery Hawaii though how many know
suernal spectacle that afforded by full moon rising from
ocean as viewed from the car terminus at Kamuk?
hing last night the pendOr which conceived Toom
vast disc of FURNISHED gold in broken pic
es OF naming castles forming an unearthy illusion Until
lear the vapo the burning clouds looked like