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<br />the Legislature- mandated Master Plan.
<br />Housing in Hilo City appears to be nearly adequate as
<br />a recent offer by. the Hawaii housing Authority to con -
<br />struct a. low -cost. housing unit in the City, although ac-
<br />ceptable to . the. Board of Supervisors, was opposed by
<br />the Chamber: of. Commerce of Hilo City on the grounds
<br />that it was not. needed: More recently, as of the time of
<br />this writing,. the .Chamber of Commerce had withdrawn
<br />its objection and a special study was under way to deter -
<br />mine the need of'such a unit.
<br />The city was divided into' the following Use Districts,
<br />I:rindustrial Districts,
<br />..2. Noxious Industry. Districts.
<br />3.Business Districts.
<br />4.: Hotel and Apartment :Districts.
<br />5. Residence Districts, single. and multiple family
<br />dwellings. .
<br />6. ' Residence Districts, single - family dwellings
<br />A: preliminary release of the U. S.''Bureau of the Census'
<br />states that in 1940 there were 4,900" dwelling units:; in the
<br />City.
<br />PUBLIC WORKS... - The .public improvements. in Hilo
<br />City include the water supply system and the sewer sys-
<br />tem described' above,; about 98 miles of roads and. streets
<br />mostly.surfaced;.an airport .:a.. harbor -with a.2- mile:.break -.
<br />water, and three piers with a total area of 2731546;square:
<br />feet. Also there are :many:public buildings'. of which the
<br />following are: the most important..posto ffice, . customs
<br />'house :(under : construction), tax office, .armory, public`
<br />library, health building, . county office building, fire sta=
<br />tion, police station and numerous others including schools,
<br />hospitals; parks; garages, etc.
<br />TRANSPORTATION. -- The Port ° of Hilo. .been.. . de -':
<br />veloped to accommodate large ocean going vessels. In .
<br />the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, the numt)er of .trans -
<br />Pacific vessels that called: at Hilo .was 200 which brought.
<br />.in 206;440 tons of cargo and 482 passengers', and .took out
<br />263,576 tons .of cargo'': and 482 passengers.a These were
<br />almost entirely cargo vessels.as passenger ,vessels usually
<br />make .. calls. only. at Honolulu. These data do not" include
<br />rater- island sailings nor the':numerous calis;'of naval ves
<br />Regular steamship, service to other Island Ports .is pro
<br />vided . by the ':Interisland :. Steam : Navigation Company.
<br />with three sailmgs per week during'; the summer months
<br />acid two sailings pe.r.',We.ek for the :remainder of the. year.
<br />The U: S. Army operates a :small transport for military,
<br />personnel between Honolulu "and ;Hilo with.. one sailing
<br />per week.
<br />Hilo :is served by.. the Hawaii Consolidated Railway,
<br />Limited , with: =shops and headquarters at'.Hilo, whi.d)I In
<br />1939 hauled 439,193. tons of freight and 26,9.79. passengers,b ::
<br />the bulk of :which traffic. was to or from Hilo.
<br />Hilo`has.no street -car or bus system operating under.. a'
<br />franchise. Intra -city transportation is provided by taxi=
<br />cabs and a large fleet of small busses,. frequently 'called
<br />"sampans " Many'of them.. are owner - operated and: nearly''
<br />all of.. them. render non - scheduled' service. There are '.
<br />scheduled bus services from.. Hilo •to other towns and
<br />villages on Hawaii.
<br />Hilo Airport, which` is within the, urban.:area; contains
<br />233 acres of. land. Service to'and from Honolulu'is daily
<br />by the Inter=Island Airways, Limited. Growth `:of this
<br />service is indicated by the following traffic data
<br />1938 .1940
<br />Express carried -pounds .. 54,465 46;038
<br />Excess- baggage enrried, pauuda. 10i400 22,011
<br />Number of, passengers ' 6,555 11,175
<br />COBEWLTNICATION. —The: Hawai Telephone System of
<br />the Mutual. Telephone. Company. ; has. its. main. plant in
<br />Hilo. In 1940.: the City area. ;.was. served by 697 .business
<br />q Annual Report of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1939.
<br />, ; Public ':Iitilities.Commission' Exhibit . "b'," Schedule No. 7.
<br />r Front Interdslaad Airways; Limited.'
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<br />and 1,098 residence telephones and 18 private exchanges
<br />There are in the city seven transmitting radio stations.
<br />One is operated by the Mutual Telephone Company and
<br />transmits by radio telegraph and radio phone. It is the
<br />only one used commercially for sending. messages. KHBC
<br />is a' broadcasting station. The other five stations are
<br />operated, for.. special purposes by: Civil Aeronautics
<br />.Authority, Inter - Island Airways, U. S. Navy, Hawaii
<br />National Guard and the Police Department.
<br />Postal receipts for the year. 1938. were $72,057.85.° There
<br />1s .a daily airmiiil..service between Hilo. and Honolulu.
<br />Ships carry mail at. least three times weekly to or from
<br />Hilo. The postrriaster`'reports the following annual busi-
<br />ness
<br />1930 : 1940
<br />Number of:money orders issued .......... 18,050 26,121
<br />.Gross receipts from We of pastage stamps...... $42,612 $82,733
<br />Value of money orders issued... . . . $253,005 $406,125
<br />r®WEIL -- Within the urban area of Hilo are three com-
<br />panies generating electricity for domestic and commercial
<br />use. One: of these, the Hilo: Electric Light Company, is a
<br />public utility utith a system which 'extends along: the
<br />Hamakua Coast and ::also . up to the National Park. In
<br />1937 this company. had three. generating plants using
<br />steam, water anti diesel 'power with an installed capacity
<br />of.5,489 KW.9 In addition; those parts of Hilo which are
<br />plantation properties are served. bys private plants of the
<br />yfTaiake.a..MM Company and Hilo Sugar Company.
<br />PUBLI. C. .T. ILITIES. In addition to :the public utilities
<br />described above .there is in Hilo the: Hilo . Gm Company:
<br />Development of .the. City is indicated :.by the following
<br />statistics.: of the.Cornpany:
<br />1917n 1939
<br />Miles of distributing mains. 14.87 43,601
<br />Gras generated 'in cubic feet, per year 2,894,800 59,762;0001
<br />Number of: consumers ........... 609 2,898,
<br />INDUSTRY: -- In thee First and Second. Fire Districts are
<br />the following businesses:lc
<br />Banks ..... 2
<br />Factories: sausage, Mattress, poi.:.......... 8
<br />Garages . ..........I .................... 24
<br />Hotels 4
<br />. Laundries .. 13
<br />Offices ` 55,
<br />Restaurants:.. ............. 23.
<br />Shops: barber, shoemaker, etc ............... 63 .
<br />Stores ..... 119.
<br />Theaters 7
<br />warehouses 11
<br />Included within the city limits are parts of two sugar
<br />plantations and.; their mills which in 1939 manufactured
<br />45,032 tons of sugar.' The only wall -board factory in
<br />the Territory is located here. In 1940 it manufactured
<br />69;250,000: square; feet of wall- board: valued at $1,363,000
<br />as compared with 31,105,000 square feet, and $7961404 in
<br />1935.1'.: The Hilo Iron Works with a plant investment of
<br />$2503000. did.a gross :business. of .$625,000 in 1940.1 There
<br />is a fleet,: of :sampans: with:. headquarters in Hilo which
<br />m;1940 totaled 56: boats; :employed..186 crew, members and
<br />caught .34607647' pounds of fish valued at $238,598.13.0
<br />Several of'the large Honolulu business firms have estab-
<br />fished wholesale:: houses in Hilo:. Four Iarge oil companies
<br />have. established.: storage and ` distributing facilities here.
<br />'This development of :the .City, results from the fact that
<br />practically the entire Hamakua Coast. ' and I'i.ina' District
<br />are commercially tributary to the City of Hilo.
<br />d` Mutual.Telephone Compp an y . '
<br />c Market Data, Hilo 7 rihune Heralds..
<br />r.Mr D. A. .Devine.:, letter :ta director of February 10,,1941. .
<br />g Ter:'torim Planuing Board, First Progress itepart; page 297.
<br />it Territorial PlannSng Board; First Progress'Report; page 307.
<br />I Hilo Gas ::.Company,'Advertisement in Hilo': Tribune Herald, - Decem-
<br />her 30, 1940 page:: 43
<br />1'Public Utilibie ,
<br />s QOmmISSion, Exhibit ` F," Schedule:Ne; 19.
<br />%william'::J. Kimi, Aesistant;Building.Inspector, County of Hawaii, by
<br />letter dated May 16, 1940.
<br />,.Manual of Hawaiian Semirities, 1940.
<br />Annual Reports,' Hawaiian Cane' Produets Company.
<br />n Annual Report, 1940,
<br />Irwin H. Filson; Director, Division of Fish and fame, Board of
<br />Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry.
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