Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-25

to settlers TO be divided into 20 acre
tracts, with the privilege of taking two
| lots adjoining which will practically
allow each owner 40 acres of land
| AS a guarantee of fair dealing to the
settlers the lease to the company will
| be subject to certain conditions. 1t is
stated that the cannery will cost about
one hundred thousand dollars, and the
improvements run up to nearly half
million dollars.
! The Maui Vulcanizing Works, Ltd,
of Wailuku has filed articles OF as
! ISOLATION in the office of the terri
! torial treasurer, showing a capitaliza-
ton of $4,000 with $4,000 maximum
limit. There are about fifty stock
holders among the Portuguese of Wal
luku. A. Enos is named as president,
A. Garcia as vice-president, and +! NJ.
Correa as secretary and treasurer.
The Hawaiian Soda Works. Ltd, has
been incorporated with a capital stock
of $500 in $500 shares of $40 each,
of which 1882 are subscribed. VIII
ham J. Hills, John Iiiils. Charles r.
Frazier, G. S. Hefser and l.. J. War
rem are the incorporators.
| After less than three months in the
position, Hubert K. Bishop has re-
signed as superintendent of public
/ works to take charge of the construc
ton of the tunnel tarough the Koolau
range for the Waiahole Water Co,
Ltd. This work will take three years
to finish, and it's cost is provided for
ty an issue of $2.500,000 of bonds by
the Oahu Sugar Co, which will be the
principal user of the water.
| One of the great events of the week
has been the arrived on Thursday
night of the Hamburg-American ex-
cursion steamer Cleveland with
large number of tourists making the
circuit Of the globe. An interesting
instance of the cerefulness of the man,
lagement to ensure to the voyagers
iall the pleasure obtainabie was the
| detention of the steamship off port
for some time until the moon rose, so
that. the people on board could have
a view of Honolulu by moonlight, -
Hon. Paul Isenberg will leave for the
coast in the Mongolia on Tuesday,
having been urgently summoned there,
in connection with the offer of a
tremendous price, VI. in the millions.
E4or coal land in, Alberta, Canada, IN
which he lately acquired a three
fifIhtt interest An English syndicate
makes the offer, which Mr.. Isenberg
finds too good to refuse. " >.
Senators Shoots and Simmons, inteir-
viewed in Washington. by the Star
Bulletin correspondent, gave strongly
expressed opinions that, the sugar .
tariff would not be removed but. only
reduced and that moderately. ~l
Joseph K. Okolowicz is here from
FCland investigating the desirability
OF lending Polish EN- grants 10 Hawaii
by an emigration society he repre-
sents.
DR.. H. B. Elliot, president of the
HIlo Board of Trade, in his annual re-
port says the time is approaching. II
not arrived, when the incor } >ra'ion OF
the city of Hilo must be considered by
its people.
Notice has been received by local
shareholders of the Engels Copper
Mining Co. of a meeting IN San Fran
cisco on February 10 to consider a
Ii oposal for the transfer Of the COM
.psny's property and an Increase or It's
capital stock from one million to two
million dollars.
Local shareholders of the Norris
Midway Oh Co. are sending G. H. But-
toIph to San Francisco to oppose tue
assessment of ten cents snare on IN"
stock. They are majority OF the
shareholders, $4,000 shares having
been represented at meeting where
this action was taken, and their rea-
soil for the oppos.r1 is that the as
sessment is three times too large.
Harry B. Hall. postal inspector OF
the San Francisco division. has arrlV-
ed to plan improvements in the pos
tai service of the territory
F.E. Carter, representing Armours
great packing interests, is here look
ing over the ground with a view 10
getting share of the large provision
trade of the islands.
Recommendation of the house COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce include maximum approprla-
tions of $4,000 for improving Pearl
Harbor. $4,000 for erecting a light
house at Kauhola Point, Hawan, and
10000 a year in aid of the Oceanic
Steamship Co.'S mail service between
San Francisco and Australia by way
of Hawaii and Samoa.
A draft of bylaws for the propos-
ed Greater Chamber of Commerce mas
been submitted to the commercial bod
les of Honolulu that it is planned to
combine under that name. So far the
chief criticism heard relates to the
size of the dues-$25 entrance and
$3.50 monthly-which some think eX-
cessive. In the plan there are
committees under the fol-