The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-27
H|LO TO HAVE CAR
Service TO WHARF
Federal Building Being Rushed
Armory Held Up and Other
Building Activities

Hilo may soon have transportation
facilities to the Kuhio wharf IL ten.
tatiye plans of the Hilo Traction Com.
pany are contaminated. Attorney o.
5. carlsmith at the last meeting Of the
board Of supervisors said that the com.
pany was considering laying such an
extension Of its tracks from Wainaku
Avenue to the wharf and also up Waia-
nuenue Street past the hospital grounds
Members of the board generally ex.
pressed themselves hs M faS6rhof the
project but that the tracks would have
to be beside the concrete roadway so
as not TO break up the road. The com
pany probably win send an official re.
preventative, to the board to confer
On rights Of way and other details of
trackage. ~ ~ss ..g.. H., h tTs q
Federal Building Rushed
Work on the Hilo federal building
g once more underway and Contrae,
Eor Campbell says that II the materi.
II can be kept up to him he will be
through with the job in two months
or 30 from x the present time The
contractor has been worried lot by
;he non-arrivnl of supplies but, on
he Matsonin recently lot Of very
important materials arrived and the
federal building is once mOfe hive
VI industry .r e.
Campbell viii make search Tor eli.
iizen carpenters in Honolulu, as there
ire not enough in. Hilo. He will also
De bringing from the coast some ex.
gert marble and other workers These
men get very high wages aud their
9ay starts the day they board the
steamer for the Islands. ~.
shortage Of Tiles .s ..s d.,
The bare patch on the roof of the
,uilding is still looming up very prom.
nentlyt II Is fouEd difficult 90 get
he exact type and color of tile that is
needed to complete the roof. In the
PREVIOUS shipments so many hun
lreds of tiles we're broken that there
vas created shortage that has never
been made up yet. The tiles are very
fragile and the slightest bump seems
to break a dozen or so, although they
are packed in barrels. e.. -,
Hilo now has an up.to-date theater,
for, while all the improvements have
not been completed as yet, so many al
terations have been made during the
past three weeks in the Gaiety theater
~ Manager Baker that it is more than a
plain moving picture hall. A ceiling
las been put in, balcony built, bet.
ter ventilation provided for, extra ex-
its cut in and soon there will be new
and comfortable seats, while the lob
by has. been made 100 per cent more
Ittractive. .....
Warehouses Wait Approv.l Z.
Land Commissioner Rivenburgh has
written to the secretary of the Hilo
Board of Trade stating that the plans
or the warehouse sites for Hilo are
till in the hands of the Governor and
hat the chief executives approval is
awaited.
The plans are those that have been
lrawn up by Chairman Forbes Of the
harbor commission and they are said
TO be comprehensive. They will be
sent on to Hilo as soon as the Cove
nor has approved of them and then the
citizens Of this city can discuss the
situation intelligently.
There has been over two years OF
| delay in connection with these plans
and in the meantime molasses tanks
and oil tanks are alleged to be located
on forbidden territory, or are about
to be so located by those people inter
ested in the matter.
Oppose Standard Oil
Decided opposition has developed in
Hilo to the application of the Stand
ard Oil Company for a lease of five
acres on the Hilo waterfront near the
Kuhio wharf as a site for oil tanks
The board of trade favors location OF
the tanks on the other side of the roat
back from the wharf a short distance
The board of supervisors went on rec
ord opposing not only the oil com