The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-09-17

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

SIDE-wALKs.-A gradual improvement in side
walks in Honolulu is taking place, though very little
can be said in their praise, for there never was n
town of its size where worse walks were to be met.
Any improvement is therefore worth noticing. Mr..
Rawson led of in laying down a brick sidewalk;
and Messrs. Hackfeld and Hoffman, have followed.
Hard brick is no doubt the most durable and easiest
walk that can be furnished here. A very good walk
has Just been laid down on Capt. Shows premises
corner of Fort and Merchant streets. We hope to
see some system introduced so that the height,
breadth and level of sidewalks viii be more uniform.
As they now are, in many streets they are a foot
higher on one side of the street than the other, and
frequently the same irregularity exists on the same
side CO the road. a good smooth, level walk does not
require half the labor in travelling over it that a
rough, irregular one does. A person can walk three
miles on the smooth hag-stone sidewalks of New
York with less efforts than oAr a mile of rough
ground. But we don't look for any Improvement
until we have a street commissioner, whose duty it
may be to regulate such matters.
LIHUE PLANTAr1ox.-It is gratifying to hear that
the prospects of this sugar plantation are now very
encouraging. The plan of i~rrigating the cane proves
to be even more successful and less expensive than
was anticipated. The water is brought a distance of
Z illlCo III nANCbOSs bhO eA~ supply AS hNH5ht W ~
exhaustless and abundant. A correspondent writes
to.us that he went over the plantation and found the
cane as fine as any he has seen on these islands. Some
of the joints measure eight inches in length, and fire.
quently three and a quarter joints measure twenty
four inches. There is every prospect now that the
yield will be at least three hundred tons of sugar,
which, with present prices, must bring a handsome
return to the company. Last year the crop was a
.oso1 c,,r,-o nu.,r 20 H. J,nr~hf xrhf.l, rpaxofia1
thrO ghout the group; but the plantation viii in fn-
ture be exempted from this drawback, with which the
company has contended since its organization in 1850.
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RAscALITY.-Some malicious persons, supposed to
be natives, set fire to a stack OF wheat on Tuesday
night last at Makawao, just as it was ready to be
threshed, destroying about 700 bushels and very
nearly consuming the t~hreshins machine which had
Just been placed alongside. The grain belonged to
the Cooper boys, whom everybody that has visited
Makawao will remember as among the most industri-
Gus farmers in the place. The stack, we understand,
comprised their years earnings, and the loss comes
very severely on them. The persons engaged in the
act of setting the property on fire. we trust. will be
detected and sentenced for the longest term the stat
utes allow. 1t is hard enough for the farmers to have
to contend with worms, weevils, and rain, without
having to submit to the revengeful acts Of midnight
rascals. -
PoTAToEs.-Last winter and spring there was much
complaint from shipmasters owing TO their having to
wait so long for their supplies of Irish potatoes This
ought not to be. There is no limit to the quantity of
potatoes that can be raised in Kula, East Maui, and
Kohala, Hawaii. And it is a business that wiz pay,
if conducted properly and Systematically. Mr.. An
thon brought down a bag of large white potatoes
grown on his farm on East Maui, some of which he
has left with us. And if such potatoes could be re-
lied on here, there would be twice the number disposed
of to whalers. There is no vegetable they can take
to sea that serves their purpose 50 well as potatoes
Here is a chance for some one to make a good pay
ing business. -
The COFFEE CRoP IN KoNA-wel informed for
eigners in the district of Kona, Hawaii, are of the
opinion that the coffee crop this year will not exceed
one-third of the quantity gathered in former years
One gentleman, whose crop last year amounted to
10000 pounds, estimates the present years yield at
5000 pounds only. Oranges also viii be less pIenti-
full than last year. At the same time, ali other kinds
of produce, as potatoes, taro, corn, beans, &C., are
unusually thrifty, owing TO the frequent rainy
weather which has been experienced for several
months in that comparatively dry climate. This lat
ter fact is by some adduced as a cause of the decrease
in the coffee crop.
bPnovED SrocK-The schooner Marin took up
to Maui on Monday two young bulls belonging to
Prince Lot. They are of the Durham and Devon
breed, perhaps two years old, and are to be placed on
the Princes farm on East Msui. These bulls were
bred from stock imported by r. Motif, Esq, at Ka-
huku, and are among the finest stock we have here.
KuKUI Ou--This domestic product is receiving
more attention as it well deserves. We notice that a
considerable quantity is made on this island by ma
ties, which is purchased by Cinnamon Anything
that tends to throw light on its properties as a mer-
charitable article or aid in its manufacture. will be
read with interest. In anoaher column we publish a
communication on the subject from DR.. Prick.
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