The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-08
Inter Island Happenings

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HlLO December 5.-From dear, old
London town to faraway Hilo city
comes a dainty inspiration of an ener-
getic little woman who is preaching
the doctrine of woman suffrage.
Mrs. e. j. Howard is the last per-
son in the world you would take for
a militant suffragette She is not 60
ing to call mass meeting in Hilo
and make all the women folks take
the management of affairs, but if any
body wishes to know anything about
the real insides of equal suffrage, no
doubt Mrs. Howard will inform them.
The little "woman's rights cham
pion arrived in Honolulu last Octo-
Der and soon came to Hilo where she
and her husband Cthey married on
December 22) have rather been in
clined to hide their light under a
bushel 1t was quite by accident that
it was learned that Mrs Howard is no
less a parsonage than Elsa Cross
Thomas whose name appeared in Lon
don papers not so many months ago
as an active suffragette, about the
time London was very much excited
over the work of the women for equal
suffrage. Mr.. e. J. Howard is station
agent at Hakalau Elsa Cross Thomas
enjoys the distinction of once having
interrupted speech by Premier AS
quith, though she doesn't boast of it..
New Building.
Hilo will soon be able to rejoice in
an addition reinforced concrete block.
It will be erected on Front street, op-
posite Mooheau Park, on the lot which
Judge Wise bought from the govern
ment at auction last year, with the
condition that a concrete structure
must be erected thereon.
/ The building will have a frontage of
| 1O9 feet on Front street, and will be
shaped somewhat like a lozenge, the
corner angles departing from the right
angle. The structure will have a
depth of sixty feet, and will be two
stories in height, with a basement.
The finish of the building will be
somewhat like that of the Hackfeld
building, while the design is to be on
the DoTic style. The roof will be OF
corrugated iron sloping back from the
facade. The lower floor will be di
vided into four stores, each having d
twenty-six and a half feet frontage
the remaining frontage being taker
by the stairway leading to the SECOND
story, where there will be offices.
The cost of the main building viii
probably be something like twenty
five thousand dollars. The main store
therein, that in the Hamakua corner
will be occupied by Hata, who will
locate his retail business therein, us
ing his present store on Volcan,
street for wholesale business only.
Costly Road Work.
One of the most scorching report
ever presented the supervisors wal
turned in at last meeting of the boarC
by the special committee consisting
of Supervisors Lyman, Austin ant
Purdy, appointed to visit the Kau
Volcano road to ascertain the doings
and workings of the prisoners ant
cost of construction, and to make rec
concentrations. The committee was
accompanied by County Engineer
Southworth and Belt Road Engineer
Bishop, the latter being specially in.
vited. The committee finds:
That the progress of the work has
been unreasonably slow, and continu.
ing the manner of construction this
section of road 10 miles-can not
be completed before the latter part of
1915.
The cost eXtravagant and unwar-
ranted, requiring an expenditure on
the part of the county alone to COM
plete the whole section of $34,666,
while if we include the sum of $685.
665 that will have been spent by the