The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-12-06

At Waianae two wells have been bored to depth
Of respectively $50 and 1000 feet without obtain
| ing flowing water. Mr. Richardson. the snteruris
| ing manager Of the Waianae Plantation. ha
started 9 third we'll and intends 10 bore the 100
foot well still deeper.
A location has been selected BY Surveyor Mon
sarrat for the artesian well at Makua, Waianae
for which the late Legislature appropriated 5000
And the residents Of Makua have been assured by
the Minister of Interior that he will proceed a
once with the work Of boring this we'll
Flowing water has recently been obtained from
an artesian well at Mokuleia near Waialua. This
is the fifth well which has been bored in this
locality Three Of them are affording bountiful
streams OF water, and two have proved failures.
The water Is used for irricatinr rice zelda A
fine crop is now maturing, and a very extensive
additional area Of land is now being prepared BY
the industrious Cinnamon for both corn and rice.
The rice fields of the Island are now maturing a
crop which promise better than ordinary results.
The rice BIRDS those little pests SO destructive to
nee crops, are evidently diminishing; not merely
from the systematic persecution of the planters
but owing to the ravages of the mynah birds who
seem to take delight IN destroying the nests and
eggs Of other feathered tribes.
The cane crops of the Island are promising well,
particularly those of Kaneohe, waialua and Wal
anae. The Kaneohe mill has commenced grinding
its new crop which is estimated at 400 tons. This
plantation has about 200 acres Of young cane on
new soil which forbodes we'll for the crop of 1888
The Waianae mill will commence grinding in
January on crop which it is estimated will reach
1000 tons.
The Board of Eduoation have Just COMPLETED a
large and we'll arranged school house for the Eng
lish school at kaneohe. The districts of Koolau.
l0a and Waialua have already been provided with
these two schools are we'll managed and in a
very hourishing condition, they having an ACRE
gate attendance of over go pupils. The Board
will probably establish an English school AT
Waianae where there is a. hourishing community
and many Portuguese children.
The roads around the Island show that consid-
cradle labor has been iudiciously expended on
them during the past year, and they are generally
IN falr ordes, except the coast road from Waialua
. Maianae, and the road down the Nuuanu pail |
his latter road still continues in wretched condi-
ion, notwithstanding the liberal appropriation of
he Legislature for II, and the big promises Of our
Ministry. The coast road from Waialua to Wal
mae was In former years kept in good order hut /
lothing has been done to it during the past 20 i
ears, and 1t IS now mere trail which the rains
u each succeeding winter are rendering worse and
sorse; SO that ere long it viii become almost i'm
ms route and portion of ii is n mail route.
HAWAII.
The three masted schooner Course, Capt Colby
rived at Hilo on Sunday Nov. 18th, 30 days from
,nget Sound, with cargo of lumber for estate W.
Reed.
At a meeting of the Directors Of the Hilo Tele-
raph and Telephone Co. held on Saturday, Nov.
18th, the line was accepted from the contracts as
ompleted and In good order from Waiakea to o.
ala. Mr.. Beckwith was chosen superintendent of
he line for the next six months.
literary and musical entertainment for the
eneft of the Hilo Book Association was held at
le Court House Hilo on Saturday evening Nov. |
tn. In spite Of the extreme rainy weather and
uddy roads, there was good attendance of
9TH foreigners and natives In fact every reserved
at was taken. The programme of the evening q
as varied and attractive consisting of Vocal and
Music, TableauI, Rotations and
FANATIC representations, all by home talent. A I
petition of the performance was called for which
ok place on Saturday evening. The result, finan-
ally -amounting to upwards of hundred and a
envy dollars net, was decidedly satisfactory to
We learn from Laupahoehoe that the heavy a
ms which bad lately prevailed throughout the s
10 district eliminated on thu 18th inst, when b
me OF the streams rose very rapidly and to a =
eat height. At Kaiwilahilahi, where Messrs W. X
dgate d Co. are erecting new sugar works be-
v the cliffs, stream which formerly fell over
Diun tnere mas Deen diverted Tor some distance
the construction of an artificial channel in
Ter to increase the safety of the fat land at the
1t of the rocks. Though the new channel had o
,cessfully withstood some very heavy freshets, o
hnal burst of rain, bringing down rocks and =,
es, gradually weakened the banks, and at last II
aned new course to the edge of the cliff, where
torrent of water, rocks and debris fell over F,
shing from their places the steam-boilers which RI
l been placed in position below, and rolling -.
m into the sea with great violence. II was not "
known how many CT them could be recovered Al
probably they would be much injured. The
mage may be from $4,000 10 $4,000. The Be
ole remainder, constituting Of course by far the Al
alter part, of this valuable new machinery was 70
safety, although a rumor had travelled towards As
o that 1t also had been washed away. The wharf
landing at Kaiwilahilahi were unchanged BY
heavy surf, which had been running along the
st.