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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
4
The Hilo Tribune dated Friday January 1 1904 lists local notices published by Avery L. Haworth, editor. It notes postal handling of the issue as second class matter and identifies Hilo Hawaii as the publication place.
The last Legislature appropriated 3000 dollars for improving Hilo park under the Department of Public Works. Funds run January 1, 1904 to July 1, 1905. Protests urged against cutting the project amid economy. Hilo’s waterfront needs a tidy park to boost appearance and civic pride. Readers urged to write Superintendent Holloway and Governor Carter. Also notes on Tax County Act case, Waiakea Mission work, naval fleet food fears, and Dowie’s islands visit.
Our Revenue Cutter Honolulu Dec 28 The bill to authorize construction of a first class vessel for the revenue cutter service with Honolulu headquarters is gaining momentum in Congress Senator Perkins of California introduced the measure December 10 proposing a 225000 appropriation The Senate Committee on Commerce reviewed the report favorably and Perkins drafted the document already submitted to the committee
Governor Carter seeks businesslike economy in Territory departments to reduce expenses and avoid tax hikes. The piece discusses salary cuts, staffing reductions, and cooperation from political workers, plus a land lease dispute in Hilo involving John Baker and various lessees and sublessees and injunctive actions over removed park buildings.
Desha in Honolulu relays Admiral Evans's remark that Pearl Harbor cannot accommodate battleships or cruisers and that Hilo harbor is the only natural harbor in the Islands. Desha and Governor Carter weigh the cost of making Hilo Harbor a safe home for a squadron, with Carter noting Taft may tour the islands in January en route home from the Philippines.
Bluefield bananas ordered by Director Jared G Smith for the Territorial Board of Agricultural arrived Friday on the Alameda. Many plants are in bad condition and are being thoroughly overhauled by Territorial entomologists. Five hundred cuttings shipped. number fit for planting unknown. None to be given away. will be cultivated for later distribution.
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