The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-12-09

Or BOARD STEAMER KLAUEA,
A, So nacenher l. lS74

Al Sea, December l, lS74-
yoyaging among the islands must always
be, what it always has been, even under the
most favorable circumstances, very disagree
able. But steam has so many advantages over
sail, that, especially during the season when
variable winds prevail, it viii generally be
preferred as the least of two evils, even should
the steamer be crowded, as IT was on the trip
to Hilo last week, so that most Oh the male
cabin passengers had to take HobsOn's choice,
in selecting resting place, between the deck,
the transom-and the cabin floor, the latter be-
ing if not the least disagreeable, certainly the
safest. And this leads to the subject of a new
steamer, which every one who voyages around
the group sees the increasing necessity OF, not
only to accommodate the increase OF travel,
but to provide for the time, not very far of,
when the Kilauea must be laid mp to receive
extensive repairs. Since she was rebuilt IN
ls6s-7O, she has been running some FIVE years
with very little interruption, and probably has
done more and harder work in that time than
any vessel of her capacity in any other coun-
try, where steamers are more frequently re6t-
ted and overhauled She will be laid up, IN
January next, learn, for an overhauling, as
her rigging as well as machinery requires at
tention. The question of a new steamer be-
comes of more pressing Importance as each
month passes, and whenever the means can be
provided, her construction should be at once
commenced.
To return to the voyage-We reached Laha-
ina at daylight the morning after leaving Homo
lulu. The effect of the late Kona storm was
visible along the shore on the trees, the leaves
of which were blasted by the sea spray, pre-
senting the appearance of having been scorch-
ed by fire. 1t was singular sight, extending
for miles in each direction from the anchorage.
Otherwise, the town shows no material change
the same dilapidated look of crumbling
adobe walls and old dwellings. And yet,
there is everywhere to be seen, the evidences
of thrift in the green cane fields and patches
growing in every direction. l am told that
the Pioneer Mill will turn out the coming year
the largest sugar crop ever manufactured by
one mill at these islands-amountng to about
fifteen hundred tons or S,OUO,O0O pounds. A
visit to this mill will satisfy any one that its
capacity is ample to turn out twelve tons
day, or over seven millions of pounds per an
mum, if the cane and juice are supplied for it.
The mill building is probably the most com
pact and complete of any sugar establishment
on the islands, since the purchase of the ma
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Among the improvements noticeable are a
set of three steam clarifying pans, through
which all the cane juice passes and is concen-
trated before it enters the vacuum pan. These
pans where manufactured in Scotland from de-
signs made by the proprietors, and fully meet
their expectations, as the simplest and most
expeditions method of making sugar yet
known. By this improvement forty CHARTERS
can be boiled down each day, turning out about
twelve tons of sugar. The success OF this
fine establishment is owing chiefly to the fact
that both the proprietors are Woodworking,
practical men, who, from the very commence
ment of their enterprise, have performed a
large part of the work connected with the con-
StrnCtlOn OF inc DullulliBS anu hhaSAiiiSAJ "AAN
its supervision with their own hands Ever
to this day, one of them frequently acts as the
only sugar boiler of the establishment. Witt
such thrift and industry as is shown In the
Pioneer Mill, combined with good Judgment
more of our sugar establishments would have
proved successful than have.
The steamers stay at this port, on the NJ
trip, is very short, and soon after seven O'Clock
she was heading for the bay, where she agail
encountered a strong wind, such as frequentl.
is met here. In passing the old "mOuntaii
road between Lahaina and Wailuku, tn
break-neck facilities of which have so oftei
been described, l cannot refrain from allud
ing to the construction of the " shore lin
road" which has already been built from Mac
gregor's Landing to Maalaea Bay, some tw
miles, and which for the remaining four or fv
miles might be constructed for the sum whic
the present mountain road costs the govern
ment every five years. A good turnpike roa
from Lahaina to Maalaea along the shore vii
I be one of the most desirable public improve
ments now needed on Maui, and would great
facilitate transportation and travel between tn
: two sections of Maui. More anon. H.M.W.