Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL

seasons crop, and S29,b74 in excess
OF the very large crop OF the year
before.
William Williamson. a member of
last Legislature and running for the
next, has just returned from CaIifor-
MIA with the latest ideas on ROAD
building.
DR.. NOrgaard, the territorial veter-
marian. reports tuberculosis among
dairy herds on Oahu almost entirely
eradicated, and urges action to eX-
tend the work of testing cattle to the
other islands.
1t has been decided by the board
of agriculture that dogs shall not be
imported into the territory excepting
through Honolulu, also that no sub
against rabies shall be allowed at any
military post.
There will be no further increase
in the price Of lumber, from that
made in July, unless another raise
is made on the Pacific coast.
Honolulu Construction and Dray-
ing Co, Ltd, has procured lease
of lanu at Kakaako for the purpose
of erecting buildings thereon to
house its animals and vehicles.
Honolulu Lava Brick Co., Ltd, will
hold a special meeting on Monday to
consider the issuance of $4,000 OF
bonds, the proceeds Of which are in
tended to retire the Indebtedness OF
the company. A fine quality of brick
Is being made by the company, which
is taken fast as it can be supplied,
besides which the works are turn
ing out concrete pipes and piers that
are in great favor with contractors.
A special meeting of the Mutual
Telephone Co, Ltd, will be held on
Friday next to consider matters re-
latfng to the capital stock. There are
5000 shares of the stock, par value
$40 share, in the treasury, the is
suance of which would bring the paid
I'D capital up to 100000. Instead of
declaring a stock dividend, it is pro-
posed to empower the directors 10
buy the stock of another corporation.
II is surmised that the corporation
meant is the Marconi Wireless COM
pany which Is erecting a powerful sta
lions here to connect Hawaii with
the world circuit of that company.
A beautiful sample of tobacco, or
the 1912 crop of the Kona Tobacco
Co, Ltd, is on view at H. Hackfeld
e. Co. ..o.1. The leaf is smooth as
silk and large enough to make six or
eight cigar wrappers. Part OF this
years crop, with all OF the 1911 crop
was destroyed in the late fire.
o.
ceiyed the army contract to supply
$4,000 pounds of roasted coffee to
the forces in the Philippines, under
bidding San Francisco merchants but
securing a fair price.
Retail prices of beef Will be In
creased in Honolulu next month. The
reason given is that system OF cut
ting the meat, copied from San Fran
cisco. has been introduced at the
slaughter house which throws great
deal of waste material on the retail
ers. More than half Of the local sup
ply next month viii consist of frozen
beef from Australia. The long pre-
vailing drought throughout the is
lands has seriously affected the meat
supply anyway.
The supreme court has affirmed
the validity of the revolving FUND
act for the reclamation of insanitary
lands.
Shipments of sugar by the Sugar
Factory company to the end of Sep
TENDER amounted to. 472,726 tonS
The shipping of the old crop will be
completed early in November.
rL1 h,Iildin0 I'M of the Kai-
muki suburbs is illustrated by the
registration of voters, which mas in
creased in the past two years from
254 to 403, gain Of 149.
In an address on sanitation roads
this week. A. F. Judd said Honolulu
should prepare for a population of
10000 fifteen years hence.
At the 10th annual meeting Of the
Hawaiian Chemists Association a
paper was read by R. S. Norris on
sugar house laboratory apparatus and
it's use.
Hawaii has received a large amount
of attention from the press OF New
York, and of a favorable character,
for it's exhibit at the international
rubber exhibition lately held in that
metropolis. Wilbur Anderson, the
representative of Hawaii there, did a
large amount of promotion work
while in attendance.
Waiohinu, Hawaii is going to have
water works constructed out of the
loan fund, at an expense of $4,000.
Prof S. Shiga, who lately MADE a
lecture ture in California and spent
some time in Honolulu, has asked for
Hawaiian promotion literature to
distribute in Japan.
Kekaha Sugar Co., at a meeting on
Monday, declared a stock dividend OF
S71h per cent. which increases the
capital stock from 100000 to $780,
600.
The trade of Hawaii with the U. S.
mainland, including only domestic
products on either side, increased
$10,454,665 in the seven months end
ed July Sugar and pineappies are
mainly the items in increased exports.
Products of Hawaii to the amount of
$36 ,366.4O3 were shipped.
A popular utilization was held on
Maui this week on the occasion of