History of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Honolulu, hon-o-loo'loo, a city of the Hawaii Archipelago, the capital of the republic of Hawaii, is situated on the S.W. side of the island of Oahu, on a good harbor. Lat. 21° 18' 12" N.; Lon. 157° 50' 30" W. It is a well-built, attractive town, containing the government buildings, public library, hospital, custom-house, college, ladies' seminary, several substantial churches, jail, insane asylum, reform school, large warehouses, stone wharves, iron-works, and factories for doors, ice, sash, blinds, &c. It is the seat of an Anglican bishop and of a Catholic vicar apostolic. Most of the houses have gardens filled with rich tropical vegetation. One Hawaiian and several English newspapers are here published. Pop. in 1884, 20,487; in 1890, 22,907.

Honolulu, hon-o-loo'loo, a city, capital and principal port of the Hawaiian Islands, on a good harbor of the 8. coast of Oahu. Lat. 21° 18' 12" N. ; Lon. 157° 50' 3«" W. The surrounding country is a narrow volcanic plain, about 9 miles in length, and generally barren. The city is regularly laid out, with clean streets, fine public squares, and tropical gardens, and has a pleasant and healthful climate. It contains the extensive and handsome government buildings, a (former) palace of the king, schools and colleges, public library, museum, theatre, quarantine and general hospitals, large warehouses, banks, street-railways, electric lights, wharves (with landing facilities for the largest vessels), foundries, ship-yards, and manufactories of iron, carriages, ice, etc. It is the seat of an Anglican bishop and of a Roman Catholic vicar apostolic. Newspapers and magazines are published here in the Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, and various European languages. Pop. in 1890, 22,907; in 1900,...