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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-07
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
with name and address Of purchase
SEPTEMBER Q

BROADWAY. y g. 90 u n Of 18th 81 45xlOO;
Jacob " Michel 70 Aiehe. tlea- Ls.ale 6 mort
gage Co mtg $500. Sept II, 500, address.
22s East 6lst 81
DEy ST. So. 25rss. YIN shnlsbe-. r., 70 20
ward 7 Searles; sept ! 81. address. Winchan.
View Hampshire.
Woif Nader mtg $4,000. all liens z part
sept s; 81 address. 1919 5lst 81. Brooklyn y Y.
LUDLOW ST. a. 22zs7 Bent Palarszy ct al
70 Bertram Realty O.; an liens (mtg $4,000
s.. address - Broadway
ST NICHOLAS AVE. 10. 1sxlOo. Cathartne
0 Elara 20 thas Borst mtg $4,000; sept .,
800. address, Utica y
SOUTH ST. Do s. 81 q OF jefferson 81. 32x65
JscOb Nashrrrn referee. OBJ YIN Smith, june
- 1896 10000
SAND PROPERTY Wm d smith 70 Edward
- Kelly Sept q si0"' address. Goshen. Y.
II AVE 1860. cor iOTst 90, 25x100. Jas
4 Foley. REF. t8 Tredk j. Klein, sept e. S32,55O
address ~ West listh IT,
ID AVE. o. cor tooth r.. 25xl00. James A
Foley. RI to same. Sept @: $1,000.
.aD AVE. " COZ i2egh 81; 75zloo. Thos J
ceYer mtg $4,000. an title. aug .. Sc. 266 e..
SAME PROPERTY Thos j Mullen et al. by
sdE. % same. ODD title mtg $1,000 Aug 81.
81 753 80 address lt East llth 81.
Cd AVE W s. 90 % OF oath st. 40x70.
SlI-5o
SAME PROPERTY Eliza 4 Arnold 70 same.
June 80. 500. address. iGf East 53d 81
9TH ST. $40 East a7x77 Jacob " Michel et
aI 20 Aiicns. Real Estate a. Mcrtgage 90, Aug
-. 500. address. DIS East 6lst ST.
10TH ST. AZ 90 414 East 4Oz82 JOS O.
Encel o. al ~ Katie Levy. july -. ST. ad
dress. IS West 1871 st.
aqTH ST 400 East. stv brk. 2sE9e Leon
srlo carlo 10 Mariana Cicero. p pare. all tuf
0ntg $1,000. 500. address. ia@ West Broad
waF
61sT sT .2s East q sty Drh. 2OX1OO. Jacob
"a Michel et al to Michel Real Estate and
Mortgagc 20. Aus %. 500. address. 22s East
Gfsf g.
sfsT ST. s. 2s5 o. " OF "a ave 2o1l0o
ON sr b E. 200 ft OF lst ave. 3t1ll: l2sth
rf s. ISL n of Park ave. zIA99. IiItn ~
, = 9T5 p g. Of Sd ave. 1OOXl00' Edward p
Rsichel 10 IAeob 81 Michel ed ai. Ion part
Ell ,itle. 800. address. DIS East 6ist 81
a4TH ST b. 60 n Of West End ave
fsy64 s3tn ST. s. So n ~ Wesi End ave
5sx0A iaue IN bed Of Jauncey lane IN rear OF
1870 l0ss -, Charles BoEst 20 Cath
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MECHANICS, LIENS.

SOUTH l4TH AVE. 1s4 Albert sor.chsr-i azt
Donate Grippe. owner and contractor, S7O0.
list ST. T r. 100 4 W Of 81 ave 55yl2o.
Iamo CiccRrone agr Charles Bro-Eerreu Inc
owner and contractor. Sf55 10.
AUDUBON AVE. W g. whole front between
18th ana issrr SIS. 1856 8x75 J Rosenolum s.
Co agt HuidaLa Realty Co. owner and contrac
tor; s37s %
MORNINGsIDE DRIVE. 50 20 20. Phillip
Leserman u. agr Stevenson Construction 90.
owner and contractor S4,4IT
EAST END AVE. 70 cor 18Th II. I02xI48.
Philip Leserman. IT, agt Stevenson Construction
Co. owner and contractor. SCI 90
RIVERSIDE DRIVE. % 2 cor l4eth 80. I0ox
10 /: Crane 60 agt Feldman Construction Co.
owner. Reliance Heating Coz. Owner and con
tractor. 81 .24s 80.
FREMONT AVE r. g. 100 % ot Jerome ave.
5OxlOO John LIIdle Cut stone 90 a-- Han Con-
structlon Co. owner and contractor $500
9Th ST. 10 and i21 West. Frederick Il
Bates agt MArg0lies CONSTRUCTION 70. owner
Blue Grass Cafe Co. iessees. $3.50.
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SATISFIED MECHANICS LIENS.

wADswoRTH AVE, z cor l75ta st. Jacob
Il Welbelovky agt Heroert gongan Construction
60 e. al. aug l. 1911. S4.lso =
9TH ST. r. s. 200 Il ". OF 10Th ave, Church
p Gates a Co agt Lawrence CARLY 81 al March
20 1911. 500
SAME PROPERTY; Olof Valley sE James
Garvey et al. April y. 1911; fls2 a.
NARNICN AVE " cor 18TH e.. Osxar An
derson agt g. x Realty Co - al, Aug l0 1911.
$50.
SOUTHERN BOULEVARD. r W cor 1929 81.
SANDS Il Barnett. Inc agt CCrrie a. E1zZanl
81 al. Aug 4. 1911, ST75
SAME PROPERTY. Candee. Smith 4 Row
land % agt same. Aug 10. 1911. SI475
SAME PROPERTY. Church J. Gates & 90
agt same. Aug s. 1911: Sl.lso g.
SAME PROPERTY. 8 Bernstein agt same.
Aug O. 1911; 1882
SAME PROPERTY. John Boil 60 agt same.
Aug 9. 1871. S4ol 30.
WISE AVE. o e. 30 n n o. 1924 50. Charles
ghapr0 agt Nelson Black Construction 20 %
al. sept :. 1911 S2fi 20.
MARNuON AVE, cor 18Th ST. Savoy
class a. act O. IS Realty 90 RI al. Aug 81.
1911. $3.50.
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RECORDED LEASES.
with name and address o. lessee.
SEPTEMBER a

EAST BROADWAY. 10 vacant lot. Albert T
HaEer trustee. al % Samuel Kaufman; p
yrs from Sept J. 1911 81 OPS address, 1873 West
fisth e.
HOUSTON ST. 4ss East all: William Weiss
20 James Mccormick: 2 us from May a.
1911. 81 coo. address. 4sS East Houston 81.
LENCX AVE 500 20 SO TWO sly oldEs
McKinley Realty and Construction Co 70 Joseph
shenk. vrs from NAV I. 1871 s21 600. address,
20 West iO7th a.
PARK AVE. Z cor o. Gouverreur pl. store
srd basement Louis Green % Frederick schoen-
masker: 10 yrs from sept T. 1871 1912 20 SS40
address. 545 Eas, s7th 81.
9Th AVE 742 store and basement Improved
Realty and Holding CO 70 Nathan J Weiss. "A
yrs NOS from Ccf T. 1911. S7.5Oo. address 742
eth ave.
nth ST 10 East all. Amanda A II TAYLOR
70 Brentwood Realty CO. % yrs = NOS from
June /. 1911. s. O0c. address. ia Liberty 81
10TH ST. 225 East all Annie Kopk and
aro 70 Frank Vcdola. Q Yrs from Sept 4 1911
e 100. address POI East iO9rr e.
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NEW BUILDING PLANS.

9TH AVE. w cor Or 1dth Ft. Tor D sty
ana baaerr4rt store go sxlO0. Duvaeu Fr1s.
200 5th ave. owners u rrumhaprr 200 5th
.i.s architec.. soC0 600
THE BRONX
NTH ST Do p 5o.34 n a. Washington
.,. a. .tv brk tenmt 5OAsJ. Eltar Realty Ds.
4G5 Fast 174th 81 owners, Harold j. YOUNG.
81 west I25t1 st. architect cost $4,000.
AMT-NDsON AVE r. 225 10 3 ~ Randall
ave . sty and attic frame dWs. 2uXJ2 Chris
Tevland $50 Washington ave owner, Thomas
a. Peterson wilcox 81. architect. cost 1000.
KINGsBHlDGE AVE W cor m 23ist b.
+ sty brk church i11ss ID rector warden
md yagfrv of mo Church ~ the Mediator.
Eev Joh1 Campbell on premises rector own
.rs. Vaughan 4 Greibel zoo Roadway.
architectsi cost. siJoup
MURDOCH AVE. e. 3, 100 n 81 Randall
ave: 2 sly frame dws. 20K2i; Joseph Andsr-
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LOAN ON THEATRE PROPERTY.

The Title Guarantee and trust ConlpahS
loaned yesterday 70 the FoX-f1aH f'eaLlE
Conpary = first mortgage or $oO'V" on 'lle
store and theatre property on the mort.
SIDE Of oliver Place and the west slde OF
Webster avenue. The mortgage u lo'
three wears AZ per cent.
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SATISFIED MORTGAGES.
Uim name and address Of lenders attorney
eETTElBER g.
NhNffaTTAer

LEMON AVE. a. - 10 n Do Of MN st ok
100. June ~. 1915 samuel Winters 10 Frederic
o. p Foster. $1,000. attorney. T DE Foster
IS Wall 30
MANHATTAN AVE. @ 81. u d ft Of 18th
So 363xs7 April O. 1857 Joseph Lemelson 20
the Bowcry Savings Bank. So O00. attorneys
strong g. CadRHlIder a. val. ST.
MADISON AVE cor Gsth 81. -. llX95
gsth 81. 81. So n p OF Madison ave. 75xloJ II.
oct a. 1853. Isaac Mayer % Louisa Minturn .
So. ZOO, attorney. Frederic de L Foster -
wall st.
WEST END AVE. lss. z5zlOO. Feb rs. 1906:
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AuiAroas LEASE BUILDING.

Moisant international AViators nave
leased from Stuard Hirschman 1aCIoIE
building al Thompson and F1ske avenues,
tust outside Ions Island CITY ana VIII
remove their plant from Manhattan.
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LIS PENDENS.

RIDGE ST. 81. Mahnde weinberg agt Never
Chapowsb,y ct a. foreclosure Of Mtg ATTORNEY
T Schlltheis.
CHISHOLM ST " s. i446 = OF Freeman
81. 25-0xll52: Richard n Moran AFT ChArles y
Gooddelc e. al foreclosure OF mtg; attorney D
WILLIAMSON
COLLEGE AVE. e. 100 4 OF SoncoIu
et al foreclosure OF mtg, attorney, , Nii!i@fh-
son.
BATHGATE AVE s. 1873 q OF Kingsoriage
road 2Jxg8; Alexander McC-inche agt Charies
Izmirlan ct al foreclosure OF mtg, attorney
L Morehouse
VALENTINE AVE. " g. $50 Il Of Travers
81, 75xl70. Samuel Master est Laura Z Lesson
et al (forecloslre OF mtg: attorney, L Hulse.
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aannK1 w SALES.

Gantzka & Co. have sold for the Asams
Realty and Development Company 10 NJ.
CaIlaghan. the two story two family brick
house. No rs 61st street
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SEED PRICES.

Toledo. sept cLovERsEED - Prime.
sIi 40 October Sil = peeemoeT' 81 30 49,
reierlld $40 40gSlO 20. = @. 81 % q $40 o5.
aTsrEF i,r,1e $40 80. December. $40 81:
49, si0 ~ TIMOTHN-Prme, 81 80;
saptsuper s6s2S December, Sd SO, March.
81 vIa.
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ALTERATIONS.

THE BRONX. .,,
10th ST s. cor OF 80 ave. sly oIlos
stores 5sx8s: Charles Levy. 2ll4 50 as ss
owner. Moore & Landsiede l4sth 81 anu "u
ave architects; cost $1,000
r,oTrAN-D AVE. $. rs n OF 2l4th 81.
2 stv frame store aud dwg 2bx5i.42' TeFsIuo
al Geneva On pre- misses. owner; " Dei oIsu-
do. 4Oi fremont ave. architect; cost S'oO'
CRIMsfT%s AVE n cor OF I41st ST . s,y
brick stores anl tcnmt 2Tx11. Commonwestn
Realty Co. Jacob II Rubin. 5S4 WINS ava nS
president. owners; 7 Howell 80 ave ~
1f9th st. architect. cost. SfoO.
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SON Bracken ave owner; carr
East 42d 81. architect cost s5ooe
SETON AVE. 5 $50 It 8 OF Randall ave.
. sty and attic frame dwg. 2OxoU = Iahes
Anderson. Bracker ave. owner. Gar. 400
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BUILDING LOAN CONTRACTS.

WATSON AVE, SIS lO5 2 " OF olmstead avs
iOOxl0s.l; Central Mortgage Co loans Ceciloer
Realty 60. SIS. coo.
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Furnished hy r Thomas Reinhardt. No. 90
Broad street. New York. No. 81 Devonshir-
street Boston. and SO. 10 King street west
Toronto. Canada
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STOCKS IN OTHER CITIES.
BOSTON STOCKS.
Asked
Of ~
Bid Asked

FURNISHED by Charles Head 4 Co.. No. IL Broad
street New York;
LAND STOCKS.
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Bic. Asked Bd.Asked'
Boston L. "a 10
MISCELLANEOUS.
Am Ag Chem 81 90 Chic 6 7 u. ifi
10 pref. .l03 1O3 = Edison III C0.2SO -
Am Pneum.. 81 Geo Ry & FL lol
do pref 12i. 12A do pref. % -,
Am Z A T. 1881 1854 Mass Electric ~ 1914
An Wool pf So. 80 DO pref. - ss
Am Zine. .3a 3A Mass Cas-. va So
west Il & = 1884, II 10 pref .... 81 9s
40 nraf gjis % SWIFT A. Co .102tz 1929
Nfeyiran Tel Mergen Limo. go 30
New Eng Tl+J l454 United Shoe. ~. - y
Cumber Tel152H do pref. y - =
chic SIX Y I64 165 United Fruit.1s4 ls5
RAILROADS
ros & Alb. 90 221 b V z d. so SO
3 / Maine. 1913 2 To- Ny Nh H.l35n - =
Bos Elev....1c7is II p " L - Ry.. - =
Bos 4 " q I3-e.
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pHlLEDEL pHIE STOCKS.

Furnished by Charles = Barney & Co. No. y
Broad street New York and No. 10 South
f-l street phNadeiphiat
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lnrnE AucrIoN Market.

The following real estate sales were re-
corded yesterday or the Real Estate TX
change salesrooms Nos "a sud IS Vesey
street
By Bryan To- Kennedy
9th ST. 3O7 and 500 West S, 100 4 " %, 81
vesr T,r5 ave 50xloO5. g sly tra-ne tenrlt a hc
,-scanr- SOFA 10 Edwa~d volharr FOR $lsloo'
also
sru 8. y West. p 81 2sO6 ~ % ST. aye.
~ Ives ii: sly brk tenmt. adjourned sine ole
BY Herbert A. Sherman
On Ay-r, Ie4s n e cor OF iOOth 81 1901 and
so31- e 11x10O. 9 sly ork tenmt and stores sold
10 The plaintiff Tor $4,000
BY Joseph p. Day.
ID AVE. 1860. = cor OF 1o1st ST 300. % =, u
xtoO; 3 s-v brk tsnut and stores. sold 70 ne
uiaintir for S3357O.
BY D PhGnix Tngraham.
12srH ST, 24e East. =. rs = " o. % ave.
2sxes i: sly hrk tsurnt sold 20 the plainrT
% $40 600
The following was recorded az The Bronx
Exchange. 1856 Third avenue:
Bv Samuel Marx.
HULL AVE, 3Os1. on map sose. s, 100 . $
o. woodlawu rd. 25Z1G0 2 str frame dwg sold
20 the plaintiff FOR 81 654
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TIE PRIVATE SALES MARKET.


LEXINGTON AvENUE-John j. Cody sole
- -ha Henri Schiller estate 20 the Ance ltea Y
For,nary william w. Mclaughlin president,
re southeast corner Of lexington avenue an1
SEE street three five story ia houses ana -l'
---ee story and basement dwelling house re
rronA--v Is known az Nos l2Tl. 1913 and L-,o
fsz-1--or avenue and No. 142 East soth street
80 7--1frIes q frontage Of 1Z24 feet IN rne
sve-ue ana 50 feet iC The street ~ ha2 oeen
~ m rossasei1r of the Schiller family for over
thirty wears.
p4TH sTREE--Ea-I & calhoun have SOLD 70
q ,iien- Tor Investment No. 272 70 276 west e4th
.--est -hree FIVE story structures. or q plot 4'A
50 fAet $500
--or7rcE. AvENrE-Chariss z. Cathis has
- -Le s1----ess- corner OF COLLEGE avenue ano
-rs+b s--eet a 0ior coov1o0 feet for g. p Dill
berger.
raNrDA STREET.-THE Manila Corrpany has
--i- - so Manila street Two family mouse
~. io+ c5,1O0 feet The huver will occupy.
r7oNEYyvEI.I AvENUE-John A. Warch mas
.-r4 s,- Mrs william NcCo1srty ne northwest
.---a~ ~ HONEYWELL avenue and West stree. a a
-Ir+ eeys5 feet 40 Philip Kaufman VINO wiz
--s-- d 1--WE story apartment house.
Startling AvEN-E-Johu A Warch has
-~.4 ~ Prr.r kaufman 40 2llc starliAs ave-
-.- . no fanilv house on Tor 2lIsO reeI
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BOSTON cURR STOCKS.

Interest to Re- added
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BONDS
BALTIMORE STOCKS.

Furnished by Van schaick 6 Co.. No.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26

Especial Correspondence of the Starr
HILO, July 24.-Among those who
left Hilo by the Claudine on Monday
were Mr.. S. 7. Starrett of Los An
geles and DR.. Victor Clarke, the Ter
Titorial superintendent of immigra-
ton, who have been travelling COM
pletely around this island investigat-
ing the chances for diversified indus
tries. Mr.. Starrett sees a good chance
here for the small man who will raise
vegetables and who will take care of
his work to such an extent that he
can ship onions and sweet potatoes to
the markets on the Coast before the
crop from Southern California and
Texas has reached the market. He
states that as far as freight rates go,
the Hawaiian Islands have the best of
Southern California, where they are
writing in the grip of the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
In speaking of the matter last Sun
Gay Mr.. Starrett said:
Freights Are Low
eve have just completed a tour of
this island and start back to Homo
lulu tomorrow, taking in Maui on the
way. Your island is so different from
the others that l have visited that it
seems strange in such a short dis
lance. l imagine that onions and
sweet potatoes should do very well in
Parts OF Hawaii, above the sugar belt,
and that they should be good paying
crop for the growers. What about
freight rates? Why, l consider your
rates exceptionally low, and you can
deliver onions and sweet potatoes in
San Francisco or Seattle just as cheap
or cheaper than we can. From this
island. for instance, you can get a
rate of $3.50 per ton to Honolulu, in
three-ton lots; you can get a rate of
$3.50 % San Francisco making a total
OF Sc Or you can ship to Seattle for
81 pei ton more. Compare this with
the So which we have to pay from Los
Angeles to San Francisco and to the
$17 which We have to pay to Seattle,
and you will see that you are well Off
Eyes, these rates that l have men,
toned for Southern California are by
rail, and l consider them very high.
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BID OPENED FOR FORT
ARMSTRONG CHANNEL AND
CONCRETE PILES ARE BEING MADE

There was only one bid yesterday
in the office of the Chief Engineer
army officer of this military district
for the dredging of the channel off
from the anticipated wharf at Fort
Armstrong, to the main channel of
Honolulu harbor
Major William P. Wooten, Corps of
Engineers, as chief engineer officer
on the commanding generals staff of
this military district, has this work in
charge.
The bid for the dredging was that
of the Hawaiian Dredging Company,
represented by Walter Dillingham;,
who offered to dredge to an average
depth of twenty to twenty-five feet
at seventy-three (73) cents per square
yard of surface measurement.
There are approximately forty
thousand square yards to be. dredged
and at a cost of seventy-three cents
per square yard the figures of the
bid result in a total of $4,000 for the
dredging of the channel
An appropriation of thirty-five thou
sand dollars, a rough estimate furn-
ished the Government by engineers,
will leave a balance.
After the contract is awarded
dredging must begin in six weeks.
Two months is given in which to com
plete the channel digging
The bid of the Hawaiian Dredging
Company will be sent to the War De-
partment at Washington, D. D., for
final action and award. This should
not delay the beginning of this work
more than a month longer.
Concrete Piles.
| Stephen f. Burbank, civil engineer
and assistant to the chief army Off
Ger of the engineer corps, will use his
valuable invention of reinforced con-
crete piles in the erection of a wharf
The wharf will be constructed entire
ly of concrete, the piles, floor and all.
Mr. Burbank is experimenting the
making of these wharf piles at Fort
Armstrong, so that after the chan
mel has been dredged the wharf can
be built.
/ There will be one hundred and six
teen reinforced concrete piles used
for the wharf. These piles, as origin
ated by Mr.. Burbank, are nodded
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
A RECORD
AT OLAA

Especial Correspondence of the Starr
HILO, Hawaii, July 23.-For the
first time in the history of Olaa plan
tation there seems to be a bright out
look ahead, and the Hilo people who
are holding Olaa stock are naturally
pleased as a result The crop for the
present season will run over 23,500
tons, large part of which will come
in under the higher sugar prices of the
last few weeks, and in addition to
this, the crop for the coming year. ac-
cording to the best of authority, bids
fair to exceed that of the present sea-
son.
Careful attention to fertilizing work
is given as the cause for the better
crops. For some time past Olaa has
been employing a special field chem
list, whose sole duty has been the
working on and experimenting with
fertilizers in the fields of growing
cane. 1t is stated that not only a
great chemical change in fertilizer has
been made as the result, but that the
methods of distribution have also
been completely changed The new
fertilization has been a great success,
according to one high in authority in
Olaa circles, and has resulted in bring
ing the produce up from two and a
half and three and a half tons per
acre to five tons per acre in many
cases. With a plantation the size Of
Olaa, this naturally must make a con-
siderable difference.
A, NJ. Novel;, secretary of the Sugar
Factors, who recently visited Olaa
was greatly surprised at the improve
ment made and upon his return to this
city stated that he expected thai
within two or three years the planta
ton would be a paying one. While
Mr. Nowell's opinion came from
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
SAN FRANCISCO INVESTIGATION
OF OPIUM SMUGGLING RING

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-The
seizure yesterday on board the steam
ship China of seventy tins of opium,
valued at $3.50, concealed in the hold,
is accepted as prima facie evidence
that, despite the enormous seizures
of contraband opium made at this port
since Chief Wilkie assumed charge
of the special agents of the Treasury,
the smugglers have not been deferred
by fear of pecuniary losses from con-
tinuing the practice that has proved so
profitable in the past. Inspectors
, Huffaker and Toland, who made the
seizure yesterday, continued the search
till dark, after which Customs Sur
veyor Mckinley ordered a strong
guard of inspectors to be placed on
the vessel.
Some time ago Chief Wilkie sent
some of his cleverest secret service
men to the Orient and to the Hawaiian
islands to ferret out the smuggling
ring. United States Secret Service
Operative Harry M. Motif was sent to
Honolulu, where he remained for six
weeks. The detectives haunted the
vessels and took note of all that went
on board.
This business-like method of going
after smugglers bore good fruit, and
resulted in several seizures amounting
in value to more than 100000 within
the past year, and in the knowledge
of the fact that the smuggling ring
had been sending opium into this port
for years concealed in water butts and
other unsupported hiding places on
board passenger steamers from the
Orient. AS a blind the cunning ring
had left small quantities of the drug
concealed in places sure to be search
ed by the customs inspectors, so as to
lull the authorities into the belief that
that was all the opium on board.
Discover The Hiding Place.
The discovery of the safe and .ane
water butt hiding place was made by
Chief Wilkes men in China. They
found that there and in Honolulu Chi
nese and whites of good business
standing were engaged in the practice,
tempted by the large rewards and the
facility with which the drug could be
brought into the United States. After
watching the loading of the steamers
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26

The resignation of Road Supervisor
Wilder was presented to the supervis-
ors last night by Mayor Fern, together
with a very torrid letter expressing
his views of the attitude of the super
yisors. Earlier in the day the super
Visors had received a letter from
Wilder stating that he intended to re-
sign and announcing his willingness
to accept the position offered him in
the city and county engineers office
if the salary were made 5000 a month
instead of S175, as offered. The may
or's letter was as follows:
Gentlemen beg to hand you
herewith the resignation of Mr. E. c..
Wilder as road supervisor of the dis
trict of Honolulu, and | would recon-
mend that it be accepted to take eff
feet July 81, 1911.
in asking Mr. Wilder to tender his
resignation, l do so believing that
legally there was nothing in the way
of his retaining his position and l am
of the same opinion at this time, how
ever it has been clearly demonstrated
that the majority of the board of sup
ervisors are determined to rule or
ruin, and | do not wish to be a party
to such a policy or jeopardize the pub
lie service while a case is being con
tested before our courts.
81 have gone more than half way to
settle this matter and have tried to
assist the board in inaugurating that
much talked of efficient administra-
ton of affairs
( when | appointed Mr.. Wilder l be.
lieved him to be capable and efficient,
and non-partisan as to his political af-
filiations, and think you must hon
estly admit that he has made good.
If YOU are honest in your statements
that you desire an economical eff
cent administration of affairs in the
road department. you would do well
as a first step to retain Mr.. Wilder in
his position.
"You desire full sway for the re-