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DAILY PACIFIC COMMERCIAL. ADVERTISER, MAY 14, 1892
13n 3iitljoritn
SEALED TENDERS
Will b received at the Office of the
Road Supervisor in the Kapuaiwa Build
in until May loth, at 12 o'clock noon,
for famishing to the Honolulu Road
I'.oar J at the Government Stables, Hono
lulu, the following items of Feed for six
months from that date:
Hay, best California, Wheat, per ton
of 2,000 lbs.
Oats, best California, per ton, 2,000 lbs.
Oats, best New Zealand, pr ton, 2,000
lbs.
Bran, ier ton 2,000 lbs.
Barley, whole, per ton, 2,000 lbs.
Barley, rolled, per ton, 2,000 lbs.
All bid must be endorsed "Tender for
Feed, Honolulu Road Board."
All feed as furnished will be subject to
the inspection and approval of the Road
Supervisor of Honolulu, and the tender
must be for actual weights, subject to
verification also by the Road Supervisor.
The Road Board do not bind them
selves to accept, the lowest or any bid.
By order of the Honolulu Road Board.
W. H. CUMMINGS,
Road Supervisor.
Honolulu, May 13, 1892.
3072-St
TENDERS WANTED.
Tenders will be received at the Attorney-General's
Office till 12 o'clock
noon on THURSDAY, the 19th day of
May, 1892, for furnishing the Oahu Pri
son lor six months beginning Wednesday,
the first day of June, 18!2, with the
fallowing supplies at such times and in
such quantities as may be required.
The Marshal, or such other officer as
he may designate will make the requisi
tions, and all supplies will be subject to
his inspection and approval. The
amounts set opposite certain items in
the Schedule are the approximate re
quirements for the six months, but all the
supplies are to be furnished as required
by the Marshal.
Bids will be accepted either for the
whole list or a part.
The Contractor will be required to fur
nish suitable bond for the faithful per
formance of his contract.
All Tenders must be distinc tly marked
"Tenders for Supplies, Oahu Prison,"
and must be sealed .
The Attorney-Generai does not bind
himself to accept the lowest or any
bid.
W. AUSTIN WHITING,
Attorney-General.
Attorney-General's Office, Mav 9th, A.
D. 1802.
SCUEDI I.E.
Poi, per lb. (10,(X)0 lbs. more or less per
month.)
Fresh Meat, per lb.
Hard Bread Medium, per lb. (bet 4 and
".000 11)3. per month.)
Bread, fresh loaves, per loaf.
Salmon, (red) G to 7 bbls. per month.
Tea, p?r lb. (about 000 lbs.)
Coffee, per lb. (Kona in bean) about
300 lbs.
Beans, per lb. (white or red.)
Potatoes, per lb.
Onions, per lot.
Rice No. 1 . (average 0 bags per month.)
Bar Soap, (brown) per lh.
Sugar No. 2, per lb.
Milk, per quart.
Straw Hats, (small) per do,:., :; d .., per
month.
Blue Denim, per yard.
Brown Denim, per yard.
Canvas No. 1, per yard.
Blankets, per pair (small.)
Kerosene Oil, per case, 5 cases per
month.
Galvanized Iron Buckets, per do. 13
and 14 in.
Tin Dinner Pails, per doz. (double and
single.)
Brooms, (yard) per doz.
Lime, per bbl. 1 to 2 bbls. per month.
Cement, per bbl. 1 to 2 bbls. per month.
Shoes, (Brogans) 3 doz. pair, (small) per
month.
Hay, (California) per ton.
Oats, (New Zealand) per ton.
Sole Leather.
3000 -td
NEW GOODS TO THE
PACIFIC HARDWARE Co., Ld.
Picture Mouldings. A new lot of
Mouldings of the latest patterns
direct from the factory ex "Mari
posa." If you want a picture framed
in the latest style call on the nnder
signed. The fact that the Vacuum Oils will
save more than their cost over any
other oils is an established fact. The
United States Navy have made this
the STANDARD. As also some of
the largest manufactures of machin
ery in England.
Reliable Goods at reasonable
prices at the
PACIFIC HARDWARE CO.,
Fort Street.
The AdertUer (! larger
amount oj .eading matter, and
more news to ct larger number oj
bona fide subscribers than any
other daily paper in the Kingdom.
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THE DAILY
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER
SIX-PAGE KDITION
Be J irnt an. I fear not;
Let all the eudg thou alm'at at be
Thy Country's, thy Ood'i, and Troth's.
SATURDAY,
MAY 14, 1892.
The well-known Hawaiian story
of Leilehua has been woven into
blank verse by Mr. Ewart, the Scot
tish bard and contributor to this
paper, and may be found on the
fourth page of to-day's issue. It is
one of the pretty legends, which
Hawaiians delight to rehearse in
their own peculiar style, of the
days of Kamehameha the Great,
when the land, it is said, was
blessed with peace and abundance.
Our edition to-day consists of
eighty quires (or four reams) of
paper, or 1920 sheets. A portion
of this includes the supplement or
inset half-sheet ; but the fact that
the Advertiser has reached a
daily consumption of four reams,
or about twelve hundred reams a
year, furnishes the most convinc
ing proof that the public fully en
dorse it as the leading journal of
the kingdom. It has become, and
will be maintained, a strictly inde
pendent, outspoken and impartial
paper on all political, social and
religious questions, giving the local,
island and foreign news of interest.
and voicing the public mind, so far
as it can be ascertained.
THE ARTESIAN WELLS AND THE
HONOLULU WATER SUPPLY.
Thirteen years ago there were no
artesian wells on these Islands.
There are now 184 on Oahu alone,
besides a number on Kauai. The
subject of well boring was exten
sively discussed by the Hawaiian
Gazette in 1876, that paper tak
ing the ground that the Govern
ment should take steps to ascer
tain the feasibility of artesian Avells
in this country. Skepticism was
general at that period, but the
efforts of the Gazette resulted in
the passing of an appropriation of
$10,000, which, however, was never
spent, as the then Minister had a
theory which collided with the
artesian well theory. To Mr. Jas.
Campbell belongs the credit of
boring the first flowing well, at
Honouliuli, in 1879. This was fol
lowed by a well bored for Mr.
Marques near Punahou, since which
time nearly two hundred have
been bored, representing an aggre
gate capital of $475,000. Although
one or two wells have suffered some
diminution in their flow, it may
be said that in general there are
no indications of any failure of the
water. The 184 wells are chiefly
8-inch, although there are some
smaller, and a goodly number with
a 10-inch mouth. We have no fig
ures on the total flow of these wells,
but it is probably safe to say that
their total capacity is far above
150,000,000 gallons per day. The
wells at Ewa plantation alone can
furnish about double the regular
water supply of a city like San
Francisco. It is impossible to over
estimate the value of the property
which this island of Oahu possesses
in its wells.
The question of the water supply
for Honolulu is one with which
the next Legislature must deal.
The idea of suffering from
a water famine, when all
around us pure water enough
is running unused into the sea to
supply the wants of a world
metropolis, is ridiculous but not
funny. The sight of the pumps at
Ewa Plantation, lifting water from
the depths to pour it upon the vast
barrenness of Honouliuli, making
it to blossom and be fruitful, has
caused the scales to drop from
many eyes. It seems to be the
general opinion that wells and a
pump will furnish a simple cure
for the ills that have beset us.
Four eight-inch wells would fur-
nish a supply of water ample for
the dryest season, and Mr. J. A.
McCandless of McCandless Bros., to
whom one may refer as an expert
in these matters, thinks that the
expense of a storage reservoir need
not be incurred, as the pumping
can be done directly into the
mains. This is the case in many
places in the West, where the
Central Pumping Station can
give such a strong " head,"
that fire-engines are not needed,
all the pressure required for
a powerful stream being found
directly in the mains.
We believe that the plan to sup
plement the existing reservoir sys
tem with a pumping plant will be
found not only the surest but the
cheapest solution to the problem of
the Honolulu water supply, and, as
such, it may be commended to the
careful consideration of the Legis
lature and the public.
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not HO Id ourselves respousi
statements wade, or opinion express-.
correspondents.
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One of the Seventy.
Mister Editur : As wun of the
fortunate individuals who hav bin
immortalized bi the Kommershal
Rekord, I simpathize with those ov
our fello sitizens who hav not been
likewize distinguished ; some of
whom thare ar, dowtless, who need
it more than I du and sum others
ov the gloryfied 70. I for wun
haled with satisfakshun the propo
sishun ov a riter in ure paper, tu
get up a sekkond seriz ov the
Rekord, in which a large number
of conspikuous sitizens, inkluding
a lot of kernels and majers, sum
bishops, a hoi raft of doctors of
divinity and medisin, a few gigan
tic intelleks, several men of welth
and a missellaneous assortment ov
good felloes, pedagogs, firemen,
famous advocates, sosiety men,
doods and nabobs in general who
hav bin unakkountably left out of
the previous number, may have
their portraits and obituariz pub
lished to an admiring werld. To
help on so desirable an enterprize,
altho' I cannot contribute enny
munny, owing to the McKinly bill
and other bills, yet being sumthing
of a liter, I wad cheerfully rite tu
or 3 of the autobiografiz.
Wun ov the Immortals.
There is Need of Reform.
Mr. Editor : In any part of the
world tow boats and pilots are at
the beck and call of vessels, not
vice versa. A ship comes in after
a certain hour in the evening, and
lo ! she can not enter the harbor
for want of a tow-boat. Supposing
that during the night a southerly
storm arose, say a kona ; what
then? Who is to blame? The
master, who came up to the en
trance of the harbor, or the people
who in this place have the only
right to tow him in?
A short time ago there might
have been a good many dollars
saved if the tow-boat had been on
hand for the dredger, but, forsooth,
they must wait for the engineer
and a shovel engineer at that to
come and take charge. There is
no reflection cast on Captain Rice ;
he is always on hand, but, unlike
any part of the world outside of
here, the tow-boat is run that
does not mean by the throttle valve
not from the bridge or the pilot
house, but from a shovel engineer's
department.
It is time we had a change. If
the Government, with such en
gineering, cannot run a tow-boat,
it is time they gave an enterprising
private firm a chance.
Unite, Gentlemen, Unite.
That Ladies' lunch.
Mr. Editor : In your issue of
to-day I notice that the ladies of
the Central Union Church, in their
advertisement, are running strong
opposition to the licensed restaur
ant keepers of our town. Of this
fact there can be no doubt, for
what hungry citizen of our metro
polis can resist the alluring temp
tation of a "fish chowder" after
being consigned to the regulation
dish of beef steak, mutton chop,
etc., from time immemorial. See
ing, therefore, the church is about
to monopolize the restaurant busi
ness, and the church to become (to
use a vulgarism) a public hash
house ; for the sake of interested
parties who have each year to pay
a license to trade and traflic in the
necessaries of life, I would enquire,
have the ladies of Central Union
Church taken out a licence and en
abled themselves to enrich the
coffers of the sanctuary without
themselves coming under the pale
of the Jaw 7
Thanking you for the valuable
space occupied in your paper.
Yours, etc.,
A Much Aggrieved Restaurant
Keeper. May 12. 1892.
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The Daily Advertiser is deliver
ed by carriers for 50 cents a month.
Ring up Telephones S8. Now is
the time to subscribe.
Hawaiian Hardware Co,, I'd,
Monday, May g, i8g2.
EASE BALL, SATURDAY.
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A few days ago. mention
was made editorially, in this
paper, regarding the Beef
Trust, and reflection cast upon
the hides, horns, etc. As to
the hides,, many of them are
shipped to the United States
and, after passing through
various stages of manufacture
are returned to the Islands.
The boots you wear, the har
ness you use in driving and
the belts used to run the pres
ses which print this paper
were perhaps, on the backs
of animals the Beef Trust
once held an interest in.
We have harness leather
and we have belting. Just
where the hides were grown
we cannot say, but we can
guarantee it to be equal to
any ever sold in this market
perhaps a little better.
The process of making belt
ing is interesting to anyone
and a word or two here will
not be out of place.
In the first place only the
best hides are purchased and
sent to the tannery where sup
erior oak bark is used in the
tanning process. The belly
being removed the first step
is to cut the shoulder from the
hide or "butt" as it is termed.
The butt is then examined
to ascertain what particular
width of belt may be cut from
it. For the largest, or belts
used in electrical machines,only
those parts are employed
which have the center line cor
responding to the lines of the
back bone. Following this
comes the currying process;
the men, by means of long
knives remove every particle
of flesh from the hides. Next
comes the scouring which is
done by means of a large
stone rubbed over the surface
while a stream of water pours
over it. Then the hide is placed
in a sliding frame attached by
chains to a windlass and by a
multiplication of gears a tre
mendous tension can be ap
plied to the piece. After this
the leather is coated with
grease and thoroughly rubbed
in. As the preliminary work
has now been accomplished
belt making commences.
The pieces are selected ac
cording to the width and cut
in strips and passed to the
scarlinor machine which slices
off a wedge shaped piece at
the end of each strip where it
is to be lapped in the belt.
The process of joining the
strips is then begun. The laps
are covered with cement and
pressure is applied at the
points of junction by means of
the presses which in operation
and general design are simi
lar to those used in copying
letters. The smaller belts are
strengthened at the laps by
rivets or staples. Belts
used in electrical machinery
are put together without any
form of metalic fastening.
The cement is selected with
the utmost care and applied
hot-with a brush and pressure
is applied by hydraulic presses.
In a belt 48 inches wide made
for an electrical company every
1 8 inches of its entire length
represented the choicest part
of a single large hide.
As stated, one of the g;reat
objects in the manufacture is
to remove the stretch in the
belt although the effort is not
carried so far that elasticity is
gone. snouia mat quality
be gone the belt no longer
hugs the pulley tight, nor will
it do its work satisfactorily.
Imagine the care exercised in
this respect in the manufacture
of a belt 46 inches wide 158
feet long and weighing 2730
lbs. the heaviest belt in the
world.
When the belts have pass
ed through the various stages
mentioned above they are
placed in the store room where
time seasons them. Then the
choicest of them from 3 to 1 2
inches wide single and dou
ble, are selected and shipped
to us.
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE CO, L'D,
(Opp. Spreckels' Block),
FORT STREET.
(Bfoicrol
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Introduced
and
Used the
Which are Superior to Any Other.
WE ARE PSKPAUI 1 TO FURNISH
PLAIN, SWEET.
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IN A.3M Y STYLE OF BOTTLES
At the Lowest Figures !
Proprietors of thb
Genuine Tahiti Lemonade and
Bailey's Sarsaparilla and Iron.
ONLY ONE QUALITY THE BEST!
The Most Approved Systems
Your Orders Solicited.
Factory.
Factory, 23 Nuuanu Street
BENSON, SMITH & CO..
AGENTS.
3064 1426
Dainty Shoes For Dainty Feet.
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It'll pay you handsomely to buy a pair of our Misses' and Children's
Dongola Kid and Kangaroo Shoes. Just as sure as you wear them long
enough to wear them out, and you'll have to wear them long to do it.
you'll come back for another pair. If you want to know what comfort
in footwear really means, these are the shoes for you. They'll fit as
snugly as an easy fitting glove and there are plenty of gloves not half
so becoming. As to the price, $1.75, sizes up to 10 ; and $2.00 for sizes
up to 134. If they are not worth It and a little more, no Shoes have
ever been worth what you paid for them. You certainly would not
blame us if we asked a larger figure.
THE MANUFACTURERS' SHOE CO.,
2961 -q Wholesale and Retail Shoe Dealer.
PACIFIC HARDWARE CO., LU
The CYCLONE does the most work, requires less can-, lias run
three months without oil and continued in good order. Practically
indestructible. The saving in repairs and oil over other machines will
pay the cost of the mill. Consult users of the Cyclone if you wish to
know what it will do.
2804 1423-q PACIFIC HARDWARE CO., (LU)
riiiiUTtisenicnts.
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BOTTLES.
III! CREAM SIM
and Crab Apple Cider
of Filtration and Aeration in use at onr
WHY
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KENT ?
If you own lot (clear)
1 will Build you House at
any figure desired.
Vou do not have to belong
to a Building Association
when you can get money to
build on better terms than
they offer you.
$25,000 has be en placed in
my hands by a local capi
talist for investment.
I Will furnish plans. sjeci-
HcationB, etc. for any design
of a home you may wish.
Regarding the payment of
the money Advanced, the
terms are most LIBERAL.
For further particulars
call at my office,
ISO FORT ST.
J. L MEYER,
Carpenter and Builder.
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NEW MODEL
RESTAURANT !
Bethel Street, Near Post Office.
Meals
Steak. Ham ami Kkh
Fish and Bgga, any stylo....
25c
:.'5e.
U5c.
Chick on, Turkey and Duck Dinners, Thurs
days and Sundays.
Wu n Lurch Tea, Ocffefc or Ginger
Ale.
With Bmeakpam or Dnorat Tea,
Coffee or Chocolate.
21 Meals lor $4.50 !
5070 lw 08 DOS SUING.
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Clearance Sale !
For one Month.
OUR LARGE STOCK OF
Boots and Shoes,
Ribbons, Dressgoods,
Corsets, Lacecaps,
Velvets, Shirts,
Collars, Men's Hats,
Children's Dresses.
Table Covers, Etc.
Will be sold out GREATLY BE
LOW COST.
Great Bahrain's in BOOTS
AND SHOES.
A. G. SUVA & CO.,
Hotel Street, between Kurt and Nuuanu.
3067-2w
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A RCHITECTS.
Designs in Stone, Brick, Iron or Wood
Modern, Cheap & Artistic Cottages
a Specialty !
Plans, Specification, Contracts Drawn
and Estimates complete for every des
cription of Building. Also, thorough
superintendence of construction.
Buildings Appraised and Lots Sur
veved.
Office: Room No. 9. Spreckels'
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