Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-11

port OF Ino interior department lOI
1912, devotes more space to Hawaii
than has ever before been done in a
similar document.
The appropriation bill for the city
and county of Honolulu for the cur
rent six months contains 1886, $3.50 for
salaries and general expenses. $3.50
for maintenance of school buildings
and $4,000 for permanent pavements.
The board of supervisors has trimmed
salaries down $1,000.
Judge Whitney yesterday submit
ted a draft OF municipal charter for
Honolulu on the short ballot plan, to
the general committee on that sub
ject appointed by the governor.
It is likely that the Territorial will
take condemnation proceedings to &C
quire the marine railway site for ma
vigation purposes. With the installa-
ton of the floating drydock under
construction by the Inter-Islano
Steam Navigation Co.. lessees of the
railwy from the government, the
railway will not be needed. 1t has
been a great accessory to the mari
time equipment O. Honolulu ever
since it was built thirty years ago.
A legislative steering committee OF
the Republican party has number OF
measures ready to submit to the CON-
ing session OF the legislature. Those
of chief commercial interest are a
publicities commission bill, work
mems compensation bill and bill to
provide for the appointment of bank
examiner.
The Hub Clothing co. has been in
corporated. wit ha capital of $4,000,
]. S. Splitter being president, to con-
duct the established business of j..
Splitter.
BY a deed of trust and an agree
ment, G. Bolte is made trustee OF an
immense landed estate in these ISL
ands and in Micronesia, which Mrs.
Emma De Fries claims by inheritance
from her late father, w. kanoa.
The trust is for five years, unless
sooner terminated at the discretion
of the trustee. who is to receive all
the expense of administration, COM
pensation for his services and, at the
settlement, one-third of the estate IN
lands and money.
A deed from w D. Westervelt to
Lillian H. Hayward. of lot in Beach
Walk tract, Waikiki, is singular in
the building restrictions it contains.
Of % n nFOPpp6-
ings for damages, the purchaser and
her successors in ownership are pro-
hibited from erecting any building
within twenty-five feet of any street,
and from allowing any building on
the premises to he occupied for the
purpose of selling LIQUOR and many
other purposes mentioned. mercantile
and manufacturing, excepting store
with the permission of the neighbOrs.
The lot is 6212 square feet and the
price $1,000.
Local stockholders of the Norris
Midway Oil co. have received notice
of an assessment Of ten cents share
payable Immediately, with notice or
sale of delinquent shares on Febru-
airy 3 The purpose Of the assess
ment is stated to be the completion
of a we'll. which is down 2020 feet
and has been in oil since last April.
al which time it was found necessary
10 close down for lack of funds. The
directors state they feel confident this
small assessment will complete the
we'll and leave the company entirely
out of debt. "eW have advised with
many of the most competent Operat-
ors in che field" they say. and they
all believe We have good producing
we'll when properly Cased and clean
ed out. There are four new wells
drilling with radius Of forty acres
of our property and several COmplet
ed wells which are large producers
of high gravity refining oil. selling
for forty per cent more than does
fuel Oil"
Prices took a downward course on
the New York EXCHANGE yesterday
morning. presumably in sympathy