The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-17

available, the expenditure of which
will give to each island of the group
macadamized belt road with the
necessary feeders, enabling us to say
that Hawaii's roads are among the
very best
Agricultural Development.
Good roads are a necessary factor
i'm the development of agricultural in
dustries, and now that the Territory
lis planning to assist the small pro
Queer by opening up central distrib-
,uting point and creating market for
our agricultural products, / feel that
the small farmer now has a chance,
and the outlook for diversified indus
tries in Hawaii is more encouraging
than ever before.
! Sugar will, of course, continue to be
the princiI al output. The crop Of
! 191O-19t1, estimated at over $4,000
tons, was one of the largest and most
/ valuable ever produced in the islands,
/ the result of thorough cultivation and
careful management.
| Pineapples have displaced rice in
its long-held position as second in
value on our list of products.
Coffee not only holds it's own, but
the output is gradually increasing
Tobacco has within the past year
passed out of the experimental stage
and may now be looked upon as an
established industry, with the bright
est prospects possible.
Cotton, owing to the long and valua-
bic staple produced here, also has a
bright future, which is particularly
fortunate, as this is crop suited to
; the man with but one acre of ground
as well as the company with hun
dreds of acres and unlimited capital.
Irrigation.
Now that experts in the employ of
/ the federal government and private
parties are making exhaustive stud
les of our watersheds, the rainfall,
dependable runoff, ETC., we may eX-
pect to see within the. near future
the inn ounding of additional large
supplies of water and the opening up
of many thousands of acres of fertile
land which now lies idle, 49,.
Building.
The opening up of new additions on
! cur beautiful hill slopes has resulted
in an unusual amount of building
Residences, large and small, are go
ing up in every direction. Downtown
number of large and modern bust
= ness blocks have been erected. AID
ditions have also been made to oul
pineapple canneries, and today we car
? lay claim to the largest fruit canning
: plant in the world.
t Another big develop ment which, be
: ing in an out-of-the-way place, is no
= often seen, is going on at the plan
= of the Standard Oil Company which i
= busily erecting huge tanks for holding
l additional supplies Of gasoline, kero
+ sene and distillate. The management
: of this great enterprise, believing tina
! the time is near at hand when gaso
l. line and distillate will supplant Goa
+ and crude oil on all steamers, are get
= ting ready to carry the enormous sup
/ ply that will eventually be needed b,
1 the hundreds of steamships whicl
t will make Honolulu port of call upol
/ the opening of the Panama Canal.
l. As soon as these improvements ar
completed, Honolulu will be made tn
j distributing point for the Hawaiian
d Islands and Oceanica instead Of Sal
o Francisco, as at the present TIL
d manufacturing of cans and cases vii
e also be carried on here in building
= now being erected for that purpose.
If Sanitary Conditions.
II The recent APP ointment by the GOV
ernor of the Territory of an active
able sanitary commission means niue
It for the future healthfulness Of tn
K port The members of this cOmmi!
e sion hold daily sessions in the room
a. of the Chamber and are APPARENT
IA determined that Honolulu shall cor
Ie tinue to be known as the healtniee
al port in the Pacific.
nj Military Occupation of Oahu.
e. The amount of work accomplished
s. under way and in prospect by author
at ity of the federal government,
st something stupendous, involving tn
H. expenditure of many millions of do
Ia lars, the building of different arm
ne posts and huge Notifications whic
will eventually be occupied by a fore
Of at least ten thousand men.
i'd In addition to what the arm
ar authorities are doing, the secretary
k, the navy is pushing work at Pea