Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-07
Special Correspondence
NAALEnu PLANTATION, Knu, Hawaii.

NAALEnU PLANTATION, Kan, Hawai-,
December 18th, 1881.
fhkrn CAV" comprehensive account Of this plan.
'ation sine" when little change has taken place. A
n"t of pondcroun triple effects with other now and
improved machinery for tho mill are ut HOnoapo,
ANA viii poon lbs In position. Notwithstanding tis
protrnctcd ,ronth, which has seriously inpedcd
operations upon other plantations IN the district
hhr furnished enough ~ keep the ionoapO mill
supplied with cane. The sources of its water su ppl
n upon the summit Of the higheHt hill In the
| hcighborlood, being some half dozen perennial
and nearly ice cold springs gushing IN crystal
streams from minute croyiccn In solid rock. When
the royal party wan here IL visited Theses springs of
which tho Queen drank from u banana leaf,
npr'hkled some upon her bend for good luck, and
carried away several bottles full A reservoir near
ny resolves surplus water in order that of the
precious fluid may be lost. When dirninutiou of
the main supply In felt this IN utilized This vast
receptacle wna badly cracked by the recent earth.
quake. Rcptirs ON tho cement Of it's inner aurface
resemble tracks upon white paper made by swarm
oi HES dipped III ink niagniiicd several thouaand
dinhelor1. II will soon bo ready for use again.
rido over thin plantation IN like riding through
vast li,iidscnpc garden where tho eye ut single
glance ttkon IN orange lime, mango banana, null
Derry ana RnaVa ravinch cane covered hills with
ditnplei dalcB, vast tracts of farm land woods tall
waving grass, towering. shrubbery, and STOW
enshrouded Maunn I.oa flashing the bright sun
beams from its lofty dome in dazzling splendor.
The cane TX OF superior quality being thoroughly
cultivated, nature being allowed to perform the
lrrigating, aud M II rule she does her duty sui
icicntly well without falling into those exccases
she IL guilty OF IN liilo and Hamakua Districts
flumes thread the plantation, and flash the cane
10 INC NM nta comparatively inDgnicant expense.
Oh ChfiBtIDhs morning some excitement wrB
derived from the burning Of large tract Of waste,
whence cane had last been removed. The fierce
parthing Winds which have prevailed famed some
observation-disclosures cmbcrs into flame and in
stnnty field after field ignitcd. For time it gp.
pearcd that many acres OF valuable cane would be
destroyed, and that Wniohinu would be involved
IN the common dcsoaiion Managers John Buck
and II. II. Hopkc, with Chas. Arnold j. A. Scott,
H. Center, u. W. g. Jones' and others, rushed 10
the scene OF confngration. There wns hurryiug
am general confusion among the excited throng,
while The ianes Tapped up dry cane stalks leaves
ana rubbish with fearful rapidity in ts appalling
Hight. II vain IL sought to fire. "a path In ad-
vance and thus head IL OH. Finally the canyon
north Of Waiohinn was reached. IL not arrested
here, that pretty little town would lie in ruins
presently, and hope OF saving tho cane beyond
might be abandoned, for no farther obstacle lay
IN the way of the fire. At this point Mr.. Buck
secured concerted action, and directed the water
to be turned from the Anme above The manner
OF No doing was novel and INGENIOUS, and being
thoroughly effective, saved the day. Delighted
natives and South Sea- Islanders, men and women,
threw oil their Sunday go-to-meetin'" clothes
and jumped into the iiume, where they squatted
down IN Indian flo shouting geefully while the
water new and about them in thin sheets and
me spray covering but not concealing their we'll
hlRh nude forms, and poured down the hill side
saturating II thoroughly and dampening the ardor
OF tho flames, which slowly diminished, but stub
oorhiy feIuseu 10 die TIL Monday night, when the
last vestiges expired in thrice welcome shower,
continued intermittingy during Yesterday, last
night and to-day. Apart from burning portion
OF the Hume, and sin9eing little cane, no harm
done by the fire.
Great improvements have taken place in Homo
apo, ana others of yet greater magnitude in
prospect. The narrow channel from the harbor to
the landing has been widened and deepened since
the untimely death of the late Mr.. Hutchinson
aud line wharf of solid masonry has been erected
from the rock excavated 1t IL proposed to farther
increase the channels width, and erect u break.
water Mt some distance from the wharf within
which vessels may lie in safety. The tramway
originally laid for Hilea plantation use being now
nearly monopolized by the incessant requirements
OF Honoapo's new mill, necesstatesa double track
soon u be laid. II in expected Honoapo will ere
long DO q port OF entry. The amount Of trfiac
being quite large and plantation requirements
constantly increasing, Honoapo liz beginning to
assert her commercial importance, while the road
thence 70 the volcano IL preferable 10 that from
Hilo because Of its freedom from rain. Beside
the new mill, Honoapo has several stores, post
Office, church, day school, restaurant and lodg-
ing houses, etc.
Hilea il also the scene of much improvement
which 10 being steadily prosecuted. II il connected
with llonOapo by the finest road upon the island,
which, by the way, Ii saying very little in its favor.
However, II 10 macsdamized, broad, even, firm,
and on an easy regular grade suitable for locomo-
tive trafhc though such conveyance II yet unneces-
sary. whatever future requirements may be. Chas.
Spencer: Manager Of Hilsa, Who laid this road, il
occupied upon another extending from its Hilea
terminus 70 kalaiki the homo Of Capt. N. O. Haley,