Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-26
news NOTES FROM H|LO- many
IMPROVEMENTS Being PLANNED

HlLO, Aug. 25.-Within the next
week or ten days the county will start
repairs on Front street. between Hilo
and Waiakca, which is now In very
bad condition, according to state
ment made Tuesday by Road Super
visor Kohala. In speaking OF the
matter he stated that he wished to
start the work as soon as possible, on
account of the bad condition of the
road, which has the heaviest traffic
of any street on the island. but that
nothing could be done at the present
time, until the work being done by
the Hilo water department Is com
pleted.
Telephone Work Delayed.
II will probably be at least three
months before the Hiio Telephone
Company will have installed its new
switchboard in the building built for
that purpose on King street. The
arrival of the new manager, who will
take the position made vacant
through the death of the late II. f.
Richards, Is expected about the first
of September and work Is at present
practically at Il standstill. awaiting
his advent, as IL is possible that he
| may decide on some changes from
| the present plans and 70 rthis rea-
son Il is thought that 1t Is best for
T, the work not to go ahead.
1 t,ae,a NAis> Quite nna Lob
Judge w. s. Wise has resigned
from the position as boundary com
mission for this district, to which
he was appointed about a month ago
by Governor Frear, and the position
Is again vacant. 1t seems that the
appointment of Wise came as CON-
| plete surprise, the first information
on the subject coming to him as the
result of wireless message receiv-
ed by the Herald. He failed to see
where he could profit by holding the
position, which has no salary and al
so has always turned out to be po
sition of the most thankless charac-
ter
Fight at Camp.
The Pepeekco mauka camp was the
occasion of considerable excitement
last Tuesday night, when Porto Ri
can named Ramon Martinez, evident
i ly somewhat derangcd as the result
, of excessive use of liquor. ran amucl
and frightened the laborers in tina
, section badly. He was armed will
two cane knives, but was placed un
|; der arrest before he did any persona
: injury to the workmcn.
Blanchard's Tracks.
AS the result of the visit of Foo
Commissioner Blanchard to this city
+ twelve Oriental storekeepers wer,
9 placed under arrest yesterday. charg
: ed with selling poisonous drugs with
, out having Il pharmacists license. TIL
4 samples obtained were most Japancs
: medicines containing opium, strych
+ nine and other posons and accordin
10 Mr. Blanchard enough poisonOli
= drugs could be obtained in Hilo store
: that have no right to sell them, t
y XIII regiment of soldiers.
[ As was predicted several week
ago the Honolulu Iron Work
: has bought the lease and build
: ing of the old pineapple cannery a
Waiakea. An up-to-date plant wit
: fun equipment for plantation worl
; will be installed.
- d. Howard Hitchcock, the Honolul
3, artist, has been spending sewers
l. weeks at the Volcano and In Puni
making sketches from which to pain
returned to Honolulu by the last Ma
d una Kea.
: County Engineer Southworth ha
i prepared maps and plans for the re
clamation of the low land betwe,