The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-08-16
The EDITOR. Holiday.
NaHvKosA AND rHn HAvAnAs nArnoAD.

Anything more unprumising in appearanS
IA IA for railway depot than Mahukoua It woul
h be really hard to find. Nothing but bare Law
be rocks, with little patches Of Garth showing Be
~ tween, upon which an aitcnuatcd veEctsiio
rs scraped sort Of struggling existence, As th
!, :. Litelils fairly few towards The coast, we ha
m run over the channel in 81 hours, enc fairl
NJ wondered where the harbor was Nearing
however, We ran out OF the rough channel int
10 smooth water, and the boats soon carried n
alongside the wharves. The remark had beef
n made, as We approached, ''Well, Wilder, vol
4 must have been bold man to have started a
this place \ short time after landing, i
was, You arc a mighty smart man, an cner.
= Setlc man, TO have made your landing ana
" your depot in the fine shape you have W.
e saw far more Of the energy and pluck after
= wards, far greater difficulties overcome. The
y landing is, outside Of Honolulu by far the best
4 on the Islands. The boats run in between two
wharves, on either Of which passengers and
freight can be landed. These wharves have
Q been constructed at cost Of $1,000, aud arc
I built SO s,rongly-the uprights being bedded
in the solid rock, into which some 200 holos
had to be drilled-ihat they are practically
!, immOyable, no matter how high q sea may be
. on. From the wharvcs, slight incline takes
, yOn over into
THE DEPOT.
, This is a building 50 feet long ty 40 feet
broad. The cars run right IN. Though Of so
large 4 size, it is found insufficient for the
: quantities Of freight that have to be stored,
aud Mr.. Wilder proposes 10 blast out large
space At the southern end, in order to get level
ground enough TO build an addition The
moving Of freight from the wharvcs to the
depot is all done by steam, little donkey en-
ginC winding the goods up an inclined plano
as rapidly as they can DO pitched in the car.
| There Is no pulling and hauling, fewer hands
are employed and the freight is better handled.
To the north Of the depot, along the track
are the coal shed, where 900 tons Of coal are
stored, the lumber yard, which will some day
rival the Honolulu lumber yards, the store,
where there is fine assortment Of goods, pro-
visions Of all sorts, butter, hams, -four, timed
fruits, syrup, bacon, all imported direct from
the Coast and selling al even less than Homo
lulu prices. Beyond the store is the storehouse
where large reserve stock Of goods is kept.
| Further up the track is more lumber and the
engine house, where the iron horse is carefully
stabbed aud well groomed, j e., thoroughly |
cleaned till every bit Of metal fairly shines |
again.
! But We have by no means exhausted MANU- |
kona yet; on the slope just above the depot |
is i restaurant Kept by Cinnamon, ino roomy |
building where strangers can get meal when |
| landing from the steamer, also the white en-
ployces board AZ the expense Of the company. 4
Thirty men were having their dinner tho day
we landed, fine hearty fellows some Of them
were. Clustered around the restaurant are the
mems quarters, comfortable enough South Of
the depot, on some rising ground, is tho house
Of the General Superintendent, Mr. c. L. Wight,
son-iu-law Of Mr.. Wilder. This is a pleasant,
roomy dwelling, overlooking the whole settle
ment, conveniently near the works and COM
handing fine sea view, with clear cut sill
houette Of distant Ualeakala and loom Of
haholawe TO break the monot0ny. Such
spot 10 see sunsets from, gold and crimson, pur
pie and blue, in ever varying tints, being tho
usual colors Of the evening picture. What
made the house more pleasant, too, was the
genial hospitality Of the host and hostess
Such 10 Mahukona, busy place, growing
rapidly, gathering around it people from all
directions; barren and desolatc as it lie, energy,
pluck and taste will make ont Of il pleasant :
residence as well as an important terminus.
The great need is water; this has all to be +.
brought in tanks from pipe led down to the :
track from the Star Mills, u miles distant. =
There are large receivers at the depot, which I
supply drinking water for the men and water J
-
works are a melancholy monument 10 an un-
ayailing effort We went 10 look at the hole !
where S., 900 had been sunk distance Of sos :
feet without any result. Now that the govern !
ment have an appropriation for artesiau well !,
experiments, it would be wise II they were to
take this well in hand and by sinking some few d
hundred feet deeper, settle tho question Of The
Of wells on this part Of the Ha- .,
,vaii coast With an abundant supply Of water, y
might be made to blosssm like !.
rose, The evening tic Likelits arrived, the y
irst train ran through TO Kohala station; there !
was large muster Of passengers, among whom =
were many Chinese. There WAS much hustle, II
md yet excellent ordor, in getting Of the train.
Four carriages one first class and three second ID
lass, were provided, and all were full; there !"
vas also baggage car. shrill, sharp whistle, y
lucior Gilfilan, and as tAbQ2I1 -, from Ccn= T. T.
ancied oneself anywhere butin Hawaii. q
rHE II. Il. II. eI
Ii was mot Mahukona itself that had led US W
o pay visit to Hawaii, however, the rail- k
way was the thing VIC wanted % sec, and on e'
Thursday the President, Mr.. Wilder. kindly g
,ut on a special car for The accommodation Of II
lis friends, aud at $40 D. IN. away VIC started. III
The passenger cars are very comfortable: 81
lie first-cass cars VIII seat twcnty-iour per- 81
ous: the seats arc cane, The windows plate ea
lass, pretty gold beading ornaments the ca
oof: there arc venetian blinds to keep out tie pi
uu: altogether they are admirably suited to ca
he climate The second class cars are as tn
Try and comfortable as the first class, the
ally difference being 10 q little less Ornamen- e
alton aud the seals being made Of wooden al
lats On caquiring VIC found the prices ran is
follows; "a class, LIST station 81, "a station Of
i 2j, Sd station SI.jO lth station Sl.Tj, 9th ha
rf.s1 f.ffHfIr
ach Of these rates. lo
We may at once soy that Is the most crooked an
inc in tic world: our complniou who had va
one up from Reno 10 Virginia city and had III
lways thought that was ono Of bis strahgcst on
abroad experience, declared Tie Reno line co
hilds play To this: the rails curl and twist br
d aud out, now round q sharp corner; now fc'
vet deep gulch swinging round, 50 that The th
iud carriage can shake hands with the loco an
lotivc aud chat the engineer there Is only no
tic straight piecc u hlf mi.e throughout in
le the whole twenty nl
There must have been some dishelrlcuing wa
,ork when Mr.. Wilder first broke ground for =
is track. At the very outset be had 10 build
long embankmont, and then blast through
&c solid rock al the point. Ills men were all
,w hands then, and he had 10 dive III at once: ~,
nat be did not give up ~ the outset shows ~
hat grit be had
Tie road at first winds along close to The
"a shore, where some steep cuts have had to
, made: the cars move smoothly with little sdI
lling: Il il on this section that tho half iss
lie straight comes, and Engineer Bartlett let r
At the hi,iaa aud made her Is along. Very ars
-etty It looked, as 5kimming along the line. ii, q
&c country back Of rs opened, and VIC saw 4
&c slopes Of the three great mountains come has
10 sight Away al sea wac q little feet Of y rl,
ihing smacks, their white snils ileeking the Gel
nc Of the ocean. The five miles letwecn Slnl
ahukoua aud Honoipu Station were covered
% minutes. The stations are r0omy store r.,
,u, os, where goods can DO safely placed in -.
large of the station master, until the tram is IU
ads 10 carry them % Leaving Honipu the
aractcr Of the country changed, and We ia
me into a grassy region, covered with cattle,
rises and mules. There is no feuce ON either L
le of the track. bot the company have an Brit
Tangcmcnt TO pay for any animals that may and
run over. The festive COW seems 20 prefer Boa
C track 10 any other part Of the pasture, ori
ID 10 spite Of the most awe inspiring shricks in
ON the engine, persisteutly remain till the ~
ny last minute: 90 enquiriug SOW with
Ter Of small porkcIs has also given tue Gu
ucer some trouble however with care acct
nis are rare, only tive deaths are reported,
Il one Of these w;s au obstinate Old bipi -
ho deliberately jumped from a bank in front
the engine, aud was Immediately smashed:
C FIRST instance Of suicide IN this manner AZ
1 on record.
Going into Hawi or Kinds station VIC d
gung round a curve q 60 feet radius, which u