Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Wall, Walter E. October 13, 1867 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WALTER E. WALL, Territorial Surveyor. When Walter E. Wall arrived in Honolulu 
with his parents in April, 1880, he saw carts drawn by bullocks hauling 
ballast for sailing vessels, and the waterfront was thronged with Hawaiians on 
horseback. Innumerable changes have taken place since that time in a period of 
progress in which Mr. Wall has been a factor.
  Entering the survey department of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1889, Mr. Wall 
has been associated with that work for more than thirty-five years. He has 
held every responsible position in the government survey department and was 
made surveyor general in 1901 upon the resignation of Prof. W. D. Alexander, 
famous as the author of Alexander’s History of Hawaii. He has been retained in 
that office by each succeeding administration and under his direction the 
large number of highway improvements, subdivisions of public lands and 
cadastral surveys undertaken by the Territory have been carried on for a 
quarter of a century. An important part of Mr. Wall’s efforts have been 
devoted to locating, accounting for and establishing titles to territorial 
lands.
  A prominent athlete as a youth, Mr. Wall is said to have introduced curve 
pitching in baseball to Hawaii. He captained ball teams while attending 
Punahou. He was also a noted marksman, winning trophies awarded by Queen 
Liliuokalani and others. In the late 80’s he was a member of the Honolulu 
Rifles and was one of the organizers of the Honolulu Sharpshooters, serving as 
an officer.
  Born at Yreka, Calif., Oct. 13, 1867, Mr. Wall is the son of the late 
Charles J. and Elizabeth Evans (Miller) Wall. His father came to Hawaii as 
architect in charge of the construction of Iolani Palace, now the executive 
building. Mr. Wall received his education in the public schools of California 
and was graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu. He married Edith Louise 
Dietz, June 22, 1903, and they have five children, Margaret Ruth, Garten 
Evans, Alice Edith, Eugene Elleston and Barbara Louise Wall.
  Mr. Wall is a member of the Commercial Club and vice-president of the Game 
and Fish Association of Hawaii. He was chairman of the poultry division of the 
Territorial fair in 1924.


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