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THE HAWAIIAN STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1910.
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DANIEL LOGAN EDITOR
FRIDAY
THE SCHOOLS AND THE COUNTIES.
Governor Frear is reported from Hilo as expressing himself strong
ly onuoscd to placing the public schools in charge of the counties. As
there is no definite proposition of doing that thing, the Governor s views
are not of particular importance just now. It would be unthinkable, as
a matter of course, to transfer the department of education bodily to
the counties, for subdivision among them in county units. Educational
systems throughout the nation arc state institutions, although the main
tenance of public schools falls mainly upon municipalities and counties.
So here in like manner the public school system as a whole should al
ways belong to the Territory, while its purely business details ought to
be handled by the local self-governing subdivisions of the Territory.
Yet such an arrangement must not be attempted by any summary pro
cess of legislation. It demands a well-considered measure for properly
segregating the Territorial and the county functions, which will take ex
pert talent and considerable time to formulate. Still, as the financial
status of the system urgently requires overhauling, the coming session
of the legislature will have an opportunity of paving the way for the ul
timate consummation desired, that of co-ordination between the Terri
tory and the counties in conducting and maintaining the public schools
A properly constituted system will reserve Territorial jurisdiction
over the purely educational part, such as qualifications of teachers grad
ing of schools, courses of study, etc., while giving to city and county gov
ernments the locating of schools, the construction of school houses, the
furnishing of school supplies, and the care and maintenance of school
property generally. In such a system the Territorial authorityboard
of education or whatever it may be called should be scholastic in per
sonnel. Its members should be educationists of a high standard to be
prescribed by law. Municipal and county governments .would handle
the business end of the system in their respective jurisdictions. Sal
aries of teachers should be paid according to schedules fixed by law,
having relation to grade and school attendance, also perhaps to local
conditions. With districts properly defined there might be provision
for a board of trustees, serving without pay, in eacli district to have gen
eral supervision of its school, through which requests for repairs and
improvements, etc., ought to come. The appointment of such trustees
might be made by the board of supervisors subject Jto approval by the
central authority. However, all these details are merely suggestions.
There is no reason, however, why Hawaii should not have a symmetrical
educational system modeled on American lines. Last . legislature au
thorized a commission to investigate the subject of school funds, a re
port of which will be submitted to the coming legislature, llus is only
a part of the school question. At the ensuing session a commission
should be authorized to remodel the system. ...... ,
An advance toward county jurisdiction of schools .was indeed made
by the legislature of 1909, when it gave the maintenance of school houses
and premises into the charge of the county government?, For the most
part this responsibility has been satisfactorily acquitted. . On this island
the school property has been better looked after than cjfjr before. Good
reports of county management have come from the other islands. About
the only complaint of waste of money lias come from the island of Ha
waii, but the blame for blunders committed there resjts. largely upon a
Territorial official who was allowed to incur obligations for the county.
NO WATER MONOPOLIES.
Mr. Mc'Crosson would appear to be personifying an "interest that
must be fought at Washington. The citizens of Hilo have made out a
prima facie case of grave public danger against his Kau ditch bill. Now
suddenly comes word that Mr. McCrosson is trying to have a bill rush
ed through Congress to give him exclusive water rights for fifty years
in the Leilehua military reservation on this island.
If the conservation policy means anything, it should bar all private
water rights of exclusive tenor. In this connection it is surprising to
find Governor Frear coquetting with private schemes for controlling
water. Any water proposition affecting homesteads, since the Terri
tory has adopted a conservation policy, should be under government
ownership. The credit of the Territory is good for constructing the
Kau ditch, if it be in the public interests to have it constructed. It may
have been very well in the past to barter away the water resources of
the islands, but the inauguration of a public conservation policy should
be a guarantee to the people against
THE WORK IT
THE BITULITHIG
BOCK PUT
The plant Imported for the Honolu
lu Bltulithlc Paving & Concrete Co.,
Ltd., has now been erected, and is
In full working order. It Is situated
just beyond the railroad wharves, but
Is not a very Imposing affair.
Two lines of elevators, consisting
of small scoops set at regular Inter
vals on an endless chain, gather the
crushed rock from piles that aro laid
within easy reach, and the material
Is deposited Into two long cylinders
that look like englno boilers. In these
boilers aro rapidly-rovolvlng drums
that are heated by oil burners. These
drums heat tho rook, which is auto
matically passed up by nnother eleva
tor,, which throws them on to screens.
There aro six of these screens or
sieves, and Just as many sizes of rock,
which ranges from what appears to
be extremely coarse sand to pieces
of about an Inch square. From these
sieves tho rock, according to size,
falls into six receptacles ready for an t
SEMI - WEEKLY.
DECEMBER.!), 1010
any more sucn uubines:,
operator who weighs, out the proper
proportions of eacii vaiiety of rocK.
A set of scales is attacned to the bin
in which the rock is thrown, and thua
the component parts are arrived at
with due accuracy. Alter this the bi
tuminous cement is prepared.
This cement is taken from three
large tanks that are alongside of tho
workmen. To look into these caul
drons makes one shudder, for it ap
pears that the black fluid is boiling.
Such, however, is not the case. The
cement is certainly hot, for there 's
a flro under it, but there is not a very
great temperature. The bubbling that
ijooks so alarming is produced by
compressed air escaping from pipes
that are let into tho tanks. This agi
tation is done in order to make thp
two kinds of cement mix, as one grade
is a thick oily substance, while the
other is a hard mass.
When tho cement has been mixed
thoroughly the proportion to be mirt
ed with the crushec rock is ascer
tained by weighing, and then tha
whole conglomeration is placed in a
bin called a mixer. This bin c'ontalna
a number of "arms" that are set Iny
mum inuuon, anu alter tins device
has done its work, a lever is pulled
and tho material Is dropped on to the
waiting wagons beneath. From this
tho final stage is soon reached. The
cement is still hot, and keeps its hoit
for n great length of time. -The road
having been prepared, the cement Is
placed on tho "bed" in strips, and gra
dually cools off. Immediately it has
grown cool it becomes hard,- nnd Is
then ready for use. . j
Tho contractors ctnlm that bltuli
thlc paving "has beon n succesf In
many of the largo cities of .Uio Unit
ed States. It has numerous advan
tages over macadamized, wood-pacd
and asphalt roads. Owing- , to Jtho
amount of crushed rock that is used
imits composition, ,tho bltulithlc pave
ment presents a "face" that makes
for smooth running or vehicles, With
a "biting" surface that eliminates all
danger of skidding, even when it is
wet. As the coniponont parts ara
thoroughly mixed this surface, Is met
with throughout. It is also clalniort
that the wearing qualities aro admir
able, therefore decreasing considera
bly the cost om maintenance; facts no
doubt that influenced tho Supervisors
in arriving at their decision to have
a portion of Fort street paved in thl.i
manner.
The machinery used for preparing
the bltulithlc paving is not extensive
by any means, but it is up-to-date in
every way. It is electrically driven,
and oil fuel is used to heat the cylin
ders containing the revolving drums
which the crushed rock ha3 to pa 13
through. It is necessary m order that
the life of the machine may not bo
curtailed, that portions of It be kept
running after the work of preparing
the paving material has been con
cluded. If the machine were allowed
to cool off suddenly, portions of H.
would shrink and have to toe replaced.
In order, therefore, to obviate this,
the machinery has been so construc
ted that it can be run In sections. Le
vers regulate" various clutches and
thus those parts of the machine that
are finished with, can remain station,
ary while the other pqrtlons are being
cooled off.
The dynamo that drives the ma
chinery, and the pumps that force tho
compressed air and oil through the
tubes, are contained in a small build
ing conveniently placed.
It is anticipated that some actual
work will be done today, when some
exhibition specimens will be turned
out. The actual pavinE of Fort street.
the contractors say, can he begun lust
as soon as they are given permission
to start, for they have everything in
readiness.
Judging by the reports circulate!
concerning this description of pav
ing, it should come into general fa
vor, for it has general utility, econo
my of maintenance and nofi-slippins
qualities to recommend it. j Besides
this it is easier to keep clean than a
macadamized thoroughfare, i
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Cigars and Christmas Cards are
selling at a special rate at the store
next to the Empire Theater.
Fine Job Prlntrng, Star Office.
louses To Bent
UNFURNISHED.
Aiea, 3 B. It ?50.00
Kaimuki 7th, 6 B. It 45.00
Kam. IV ltd. 3 B. It 25.00
Lowers Rd. 3 B. R 30.00
Kam. IV Rd. 4 B. R 25.00
Walplo, 3 B. R 12.00
Bates Street, 4 B. R 50.00
Kam. IV Rd. 2 B. R 15.00
Kinau Street, 3 B. R...., 30.00
Beretania Street, 3 B R.. 30.00
Walalae Road, 2 B. R... 32.50
School Street, 3, B. R.. 40.00
Beretania & Alapai Sts..
4, B. R 37.50
Kinau Street, 3 B. R 32.50
Kinau Street, 6 JJ. R 40.00
Cartwrlght Road, 2 B. R. 18.00
Trent Trust Co.,
LIMITED.
MAS
CANDIES
All Dress Goods
And Finished Goods
Big Cuts In All Lines
CHAN KEE -
SIERRA
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Tho popular Bteamcr Sierra arrived
early this morning from San Fran
cisco after a very pleasant trip across
the Pacific lasting five days and eigh
teen hours The Sierra left tho Cali-
fcrnian capital on December 3rd,
when the storm signals were Hying
i'lid shipping warnings had been is
sued telling of storms which were
Fweepii.g down tho coast and which
threatened outside the Golden Gate.
It was raining heavily In San Frau
c'sco, but tho Sierra left on time and
after getting out of the harbor found
delightful weather In front. For the
first Cay out the conditions were all
that could be desired, but on the sec
ond day tho Sierra ran into heavy
weather. It seemed to the officers
that the steamer was Just in tho tall
end of tho storms which were sweep
ing the coast and while it was a trifle
uiicomfortablo while It lasted tho
Sierra soon ran into good weather
again and thenco to tho end of the trip
the conditions were excellent. The
last three days, according to Purser
1 . C. Smith, were perfect as far as tho
weather was concerned.
The trip over was comparatively a
quiet one, though the passengers were
entertained dally by the ship's band,
i feature of the Sierra being the band
which was recently organized. Last
night, the band played selections until
close upon twelve o'clock. The pas
sengers did not join into the spirit of
tho entertainments as much as is
psual on board tho Sierra, consequent
ly tho concerts which are usually
tpoken of highly were absent this
trip. Among the saloon passengers
on the Sierra were a number of re
turning residents who have been in
the States on visits to their homes.
W. A, Kinney, the well-known at
torney; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lyle, of
trenson and-Lyle; J. F. Soper,
vice-president and manager of the
Hawaiian News Company; A. R. Gur
rey, of Gurrey's 'Ltd.; and E. Faxon
Bishop, President of Brower and Com
pany and Hustace Peck Co., Ltd. were
among tho passengers.
Mr. Gurrey left on the last outward
trip of the Sierra in order to see his
son who was then ill In hospital, but
the day after the Sierra left Honolulu,
Mr. Gurrey's son died.
Mrs. W. J. Dyer ,wirc of the assist
ant manager of the Honolulu Irom
Works, arrived to join her husband
here
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Sutherland, of
St. Louis, were also among the ar
rivals. Mr. Sutherland has a large
shoo factory In St. Louis em
ploying about 3,600 lianas dally.
Mrs. J. W. Cauni, wire of Navy Pay
clerk Caum; and Mrs. A. D. Fairwea
ther, wife of Dr. Fairweather, the
optician, were also arrivals by the
Sierra.
Mrs. E. Savldge, whose child died
just before the Sierra left San Fran
cisco, came over on the Sierra, bring
ing with her the body of her child
for Interment in Honolulu.
The Van family of vaudeville ar
tists, comprising Mr. and Mrs. Van,
Miss Maxime Van and Master Van
also made the trip and will open at
the Novelty Theater.
On the last outward trip tho Chief
Steward and his staff were very much
put out by the vagaries of the wea
ther. In order to fittingly celebrate
Thanksgiving Day the steward work.
ed diligently decorating tho saloon
and the cooks were kept hard at work
preparing a dinner wich was to eclipse
nil other efforts In the culinary art
on board. Everything was in readi
ness when the weather changed and
Thanksgiving Day dawned with sea
sickness and the efforts of tho stew
ard department were wasted. The
Chief declared he was never so mad
lefore In all his life.
The Sierra brought over 2910 tons
of cargo, 285 sacks of mail, twelve
automobiles nd Wells Fargo Ex
press. THREATEN A BOYCOTT .
Dr. King does not promise to admit
Dr. Glover to a Chinese degree in
medicine if he will answer correctly
all these questions, and that may, or
may not, be tho reason that Dr. Glo
ver has refused to answer.
"So we have taken the case to
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PASSENGERS
Washington," says Dr. King, and tho
Surgeon-General will have to tell tho
Chinese Minister what is a fllarln, or
China will close tho door to Ainorlcan
trade just at the time when America
had planned to capturo the Pacific,
commercially speaking.
"Tho boycott; that is it. That la
what China will do," says Dr. King,'
Surgeon of tho Imperial R. N. C. . I
THE POND DAIRY
offers for sale at the rate of $1.00 per quart
absolutely pure
Hawaiian Cream.
from certified healthy cows maintained under
perfectly sanitary conditions.
Telephone 2890 ,
and also for sale by Henry May & Co., C. J. Day & Co.,
and J. M. Levy & Co.
UNION LOCK-THE BEST
POULTRY FENCE MADE.
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Square mesh strong and close rmade in all heights from
12 in. to 84 in. inclusive. Thoroughly protects the little chicks
and safely confines the full grown birds. Can be safely used
next to pasture. No top or bottom rail needed, and can be
tightly stretched the same as stock fences. Thoroughly gal
vanized and lasts for years. The. wires are not mutilated in
weaving. Easy to handle, easy to build and easy to move.
When yo,u want something good in the way of poultry
fencing, try UNION LOOK. For sale by
E. O. Hall & Son, Limited.
Better Buy To-day
Expensive articles as gifts are not' the only-oneff appreciated. It's
the thought that goes with It. We call attention to the niany
things we sell appropriate to the season and. the purpose. It you
have a kind thought for your physician consider the splendid cases
and bags we offer from $2.50 to $16.50.
THERMOS BOTTLES $4.75 to $ 7.00
MANICURE SETS 3.50tO 7JDQ
GILLETTE RAZORS 5.00 to 7.50
FRENCH AND AMERICAN PER- .
FUMES , .50, to 6,50
TOILET WATER 75 to 2.00
HAIR BRUSHE8 ..... 1.00to 5.00
HAIR BRUSHES, MILIT BRUSHES. . .50to 223
SMOKERS' SILVER SET S 4.00 to 7.50
INFANTS' PUFF BOXES 5dto 1.50
TOURIST TOILET 8ETS. 4.00 to 9.00
MEDITERRANEAN BATH SPONGES
IN FANCY BOXES 1.25 to 2.75
RUBBERSET LATHER ARY 3.73 to. 8.00
IMPORTED BAY RUM 1.00 to... 1.75
ALUMINUM SHAVING OTTAGES.. 1.00
GERMAN WEATHER CMUGS .75
The SIERRA will bring us 500 Pounds of HAAS CANDY, some
of it in fancy boxes. We will be pleased to book your order for
whatever you think you can use and deliver at your pleasure.
Benson, Smith & Co., Ltd.
HOTEL AND FORT STREETS.
EXCLUSIVE PATTERNS IN HANDSOME GREYS
English and American Weaves. Made to your order with
and style unequalled.
W. W. AHANA 62 South King Street
Planning He
Remember tbat
HEINZ
Is absolutely pure nnd free from preservatives.
THERE IS THE MINCE MEAT THAT YOU MUST HAVE.
AMONG THE OTHERS IS SOMETHING TO ADD ZEST
TO EVERY COURSE.
Ask Your Grocer
Dr. Glover says that If tho linmlgra.
Hon laws aro wrong, thocaso of Lin
Slice is as good as any other to sottlo
tho point and to this tho Consul
General, Dr. King and Shu Lleng,
Director-General of tho Chick Klang
Railway, agree.
In tho ineantlmo it would bo inter
esting to know what fllariasls Is.
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PHONE 1297.
Cliislinas Dinner?
every one of
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