Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-29

or seaweed along the coast Of Lover
California
r Bermo Bercetche, . deputy o:
the legislature OF the province Of Bue
nos Aires. has recently returned from
Italy where he has been interested in
the formation OF company with .
capital Of three million francs (s57s.'
000) for dealing In the expor. OF cat
tie on the hoof from Argentina to
Italy.
Town-planning and town-improye
Inent schemes are having much vogue
in England ct present
The city OF Birmingham. England,
is considering an Increase OF its cleo
trio lighting facilities at q cost OF al.
most $4,000, 900, the money to be
expended as needed to meet the de-
Eland for electric current
A sanitary engineering firm has
made a proposal to the prefecture OF
Rio de Janeiro for the construction OF
furnaces in which to cremate the city
sweepings. 1t undertakes to put up
q 300-ton crematorium in twelve
months az a cost Of 100000 and 9TH
ers for 100 tons at 100000 each.
Gnayaqail. Ecuador, has received
bids for erecting q new municipal
building-a two-stery reinforced con-
crete structure to cost approximately
$4,000 United States currency.
The Pan-American Railway work in
Uruguay is being rapidly advanced.
At last accounts It was expected that
trains would be running between Du-
ranzo and Trinidad this month.
To join all the towns Of Albay pro-
vince, Philippine Islands, in network
OF wires conveying electric current
for lighting and domestic purposes is
the work planned by number Of Fill
Pine capitalists in that province.
Municipal ownership of utilities was
a success in the city of Walsall, G..
B., last year so far as the gas de-
partment and street railways were
concerned, hut the electric supply de-
partment made deficiency Of 49,
751 Excessive consumption, increas-
ed price and poor quality Of coal are
the causes given for the deficit, to-
gether with inefficient working Of the
plant and increase in thu capital
charge.
A cold storage plant with the latest
improvements is to supersede the
present refrigerating chambers of the
Hawaiian Electric Co. II will be In
stalled in o new three-story building
of concrete, the storage rooms to be
lined with prepared cork. Within four
months the improvement Is promised
to be completed.
Theodore Hoffman, electrician Of
the Alexander Young hotel. has APP
piled to the legislature for charter
to erect and operate an electric light
and power plant in Honolulu. It viii
compete with the pioneer corporation
in that business, which ct present en-
Joys q monopoly.
Announcement is made that the d.
rectors of the Rapid Transit Company
have declared dividend Of 81 a
share, or 2 per cent, on the common
stock payable March 81. As this is
the first quarterly divideHd Of this
year, it signifies that the company Is
rising its dividend from per cent IS
hitherto to per cent. This is the
limit, for above 5 per cent the COM
panY would have to pay the profit to
the territory.
DIR. E. L. Hutchinson has bought
five acres OF land on Palolo Heights
at an elevation Of 700 feet. upon
which he intends to build mountain
homes for sale or rent A residence
section up there will face Tantalus
and be somewhat in rivalry with that
long established eyre. A Frank Cooke
owns more than thirty acres on Palolo
Heights. 1t is said that the trail and
mountain club intends shortly to con-
struct trail from Palolo ridge to the
crater and the fails.
w. w. Dimond & Co., Ltd, will
have an oriental department after tax
ing possession of the rest Of the Won
Holt building from what they have
long been occupying. It will front on
The alley leading from King street to
the postoffice.
Having had experience in dealing
with Filipines while immigration
agent in their country for the Hawai-
ian planters, O. A. Steven is using this
here in trying to get the
Filipinos living in town to unite for
the promotion of industry, thrift and
responsibility among themselves. On
afternoon Mr.. Steven held a
conference with ESQ of them. most Of
them Visayans and nearly all of them
understanding plain English.
An interesting development of the
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