The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-23
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year, Immediately get enthused over our
city, and want 10 buy property; but
just as soon MS they make an investi.
cation. aud find that they will have
absolutely no protection from an unde-
sirable neighborhood. they change their
minds. IL is like this; The man who
buys a summer or winter home wants
TO feel sure that when he leaves to
return the following year, that he will
not find his house surrounded with dirty
shacks.
"Not very long ago ! had the pleas.
ure Of showing some improved property
to a very prominent real estate man Of
Portland, Oregon, and when / pointed
out beautiful home for sale on Nun.
anu avenue, he observed the neighbor
hood and said. Il find no objection to
the property and Improvements. They
are beautiful and the price IS reason
able. The climate is ideal, and I would
| like to live here, but do not like the
neighborhood. ] expect to live here
only few months of every year, and
during that time l do not care to have
my children mingling with those of Jap
laborers or playing around a Chinese
laundry located in front of my lawn
and under the very shade of my palm
trees / could not reply to this argu-
ment with the fact staring me in the
face, so ] simply diverted his attention
to unimproved property in the Ocean
View Tract at Kaimuki. / mention this
as only one of many instances in order
to show you where the real estate bust
ness of Honolulu is drifting Unless
we get together and resolve to put
stop to these shacks and other unde-
sirable buildings obstructing the beauty
and comfort of our homes, we will never
be able to bring Honolulu to the high
standard of an American city.
81 am very optimistic about Homo
lulu s future, and sincerely believe that
with a little energy and the proper eff
fort we can make her the place of
midpacifc homes for the lovers of rest
and beauty. We have a climate suit.
able for both winter and summer homes,
and our geographical position gives us
the whole world to draw from. While
our resources indicate a great deal for
the industrial and agricultural future
of the Islands, yet we do not necessa-
rily have to depend upon these for an
American movement to Honolulu. We
do not need factories that will make our
city smoky and bring more laborers
among us, nor do we need anything like
fashionable resort to attract people.
Our climate and scenery are all the
assets we need. The refined and
wealthy people of the world today are
seeking quiet, restful and healthful
places to live, rather than noisy cities
or exciting fashionable resorts. Our
wonderful climate and our charming
scenery, which have been highly recon-
mended by all the leading men of the
world, are what the people want, and
1t is up to us 20 introduce the property
upon the market and tell them about it.
There is nothing to prevent the bust.
ness men of New York, Chicago and
otl err large American cities from own.
| ing their summer and winter homes in
Honolulu, just rs they now haveD them
on the coast OF Florida and in the diff.
ferent parts of Europe. We can very
easily divert them to Honolulu if we
| only try. The increased transportation
facilities and the opening of the Pana-
ma Canal will revolutionize the Pacific
traffic and benefit Honolulu Is residen.
tial property more than anything else.
Our promotion committee is doing good
work in bringing tourists to the Islands,
and why not the real estate men get to-
gether and bring them here to live1
You would be surprised to know what
can be accomplished with the proper
effort, During the past twelve months
the Kaimuki Land Company, with prac
tically no efforts to solicit outside bust
ness, has sold about $4,000 worth of
Ocean View property TO parties on the
mainland who intend building their win
ter homes here. There are thousands of
people today who will come to Honolulu
and build anything from $4,000 home
to 100000 villa, if we can only show
them that the climate and conditions
are favorable for their health. We will
not he doing justice to ourselves or the
people who live here unless we reach
out for a better class of business and
offer our property to people of means,
who will make desirable citizens and
build beautiful homes instead of shacks.
1t is my opinion that if we can get "a
movement started on the mainland for
the building of homes in Hawaii there
will be no end to the amoant of bust
ness that we can do. We have the ad-
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