The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-19

for Hawaii.
The Chilean Government has under
construction nearly 1900 miles of rail
way, the cost of which will be about
$75,0O0,000.
amount of heavy trucking and draying
which is done on that thoroughfare, in
Guiding especially carriage of hay, grain,
structural iron and iron pipe all of
which traffic will be greatly increased
when Bishop street is extended to the
harbor.
Disturbing influence.
In looking about for rooms for the
temporary quarters of the federal court
in its change from the Judiciary build
ing to another place, both Judge Dole
and Judge Clemens made particular
study of the effect of street cars and
found that the passing of cars is n
very disturbing influence, even though
the ear line is as much as a block away
and even though the place in question
is upon the second or third floor.
! It's effect may be observed in sew
eral lodge rooms in town and>may be
noticed also in rooms on the Bishop
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pany building and other buildings ad.
jaeent to the Mahuka site.
That the merchants of Honolulu will
appreciate the strong point made by
Judge Dole and others in regard ia
this matter is certain. Many of them
will remember the experience they had
when the chamber of commerce was
established on the top floor of the
I.,,sldsnor rNh.a x,,,ofra 81 arf
were splendidly fitted up in every way
and it was hoped that the chamber
1 would have a handsome and permanent
home in those quarters.
What happenedf It was not Ions
before they had to move to the Stan
genwald building and for precisely tn,
same reason that Judge Dole empha
} sizes now in pointing out his objec
tions to the Mahuka stein word
the street cars made so much nois,
that the transaction of business wa
] rendered exceedingly difficult, if no
practically impossible,
Noises Drown Voices.
When heavy dray, loaded witt
iron humping up and down, passed tn
Hackfeld building it was almost i'm
/, possible to hear the speakers; bu
while a street car was going by th
words were almost entirely inaudiblC
Many of the churches in the cit,
experience the same difficulty. Thi
was pointed out some time ago in tn
case of the Christian Church on Ala
kea street, near King street, the men
bers of which have been considerin
, change to another site solely on az
l count of the noise. The interferes 5
considerably with the devotions that
change is considered desirable.
!. Many other instances could be quo
!. ed in this regard but sufficient ha
!. been said on the subject to show ho'
' very important is the point made b
I Judge Dole. 1t is one which shoul
: be taken into very deep consideration
t by the public meeting this afternoon
Petitions in Demand.
r Meanwhile the campaign to secur
Z the real public feeling in regard 20 III
b civic center idea went merrily on yei
t terday. The petitions for changin
the federal building from the Mahuk
: site to the Irwin or some other desirabl
a site at the civic center of Honolulu
: were being circulated and signed b
nearly all who understood the propos
tion.
A new departure was made yesterda
when the petitions were placed
! Chinatown, where it was shown tina
: there was a nearly unanimous feelin
!. in favor of the civic center idea anon
. the voters in that section of the cit
: and the petitions were quickly filed ii
Attorney A. L. @. Atkinson was bus
for the most part Of yesterday in eoul
, and reported that while a great nun
8 Der of signatures had come in he coul
Q not tell how many as there had bee
8 no time to count them. He believe
n there will be considerably more tina
a the five thousand first sought and thi
there viii be over six thousand by I'll
0 time the petitions are closed.
In fact 1t is thought that the pet
= tions would be closed today except *
3 tho fact that there 10 to be a mai
. meeting at which both sides are
be heard, and beeauBe of the Request
n which continue to come in from voluI
I teers anxious to sign and eireulai
1. them. Among the names taken fro
!. ono ~ these petitions yesterday wei
Z the following;
|. Edgar Wood, princIpal of The Norm
4 School, Cyrus +. Green, John +. Bol
!. ler, John 8. Walker, Alfred D. Coope
chairman Of the Republican cent?
o eommitteoi Thomas Hollinger, Andre
!. a. hoaehiil, Hawaiian Stock Yarl
], Company, BY y. II. Lewis W. W. Blal
q dell, George II. Wright, n. j Harriso
3 Thomas Watson, George HafIasg, MAJ
y zel Enoa william y. Forrest and l
q X. Low