Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-03-28
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bad heard IN Honolulu some things In dia.
pttisc II the Kohhla Railway liul my ride
ovcf 1t convinced me that injustice had b,cn
done II except In two particulars route " line
and redmasy ofguleh curves.
iam assured that the planters along The
line htr responsible for the lor,uun fc,tinF
that locomotive sparks would sc, hfc to cane
field, and thereby also eniang,r the mills Itl
" pity the sobrf second thought II the div
tdcl bad not been exercised sooner Evory
one zee, the disadvantage now lhal It is too
late, II the road ran above the mills and near
enough to side track all tho uul going sugar
and incoming supplies, The freight aud
passenger need, II the district would have
been well served aud, probably the p'sscn
ger traffic alone would have gone far towards
paying the running expense, " the road
As to the curves Longer bridges over many
uf the gulrhcs would have shortened the line
somewhat, AMI would have prevented wear "
rails and Of rolling stock.
| Apart from criticism made, the roads Gems Ia
have been well surveyed and well con,imotcd |
| II is splcndidly ballasled and the train, run
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operated with efficiency and economy sup |
rrintcndent Wight and the employees under
him arc prompt, courteous and obliging
The subject Of iteights generally AS the sub
Jet affects kohnla will well repay careful
consideration by railway, steamship and
packet owners and by tho planters and mill
| men interested.
II was i3iio Of the post meridian tAlahu
konan clocl) when clnmborcd onto bale OF
fellng or bagging, OF something similar In box
car No 10 OF Through freight train. A
4 good place lof outlook and, at times, iof To-
connective smoke and mos, admirably adapted
for sun bathing, The wind fortunately, nc.
eomodated itself 50 admirably to the sinuosi'
ties Of the line and the sun, graciouSly,
abatcd the fury Of its beams, so that the ride
was a delightful experience from post to
finish"
The first point Of interest is jus, beyond the
pile Of rocks, within pistol sho, Of the landing.
where tradition says the Mahukonan chiefs
used to build signal fires to call or to answer
their friends OF allies on Kiholo Point, Kona, OF
I along the southern coast OF Maui. We pass 1t
! and, moment, later wind snakc.likc along a
! beautifully constructed compound curve and
past bluff that Conductor Williams calls
= Pigeon Point. Here we cross a trcsllc and
, below in rocky cove the green water is
\ smooth rs a mill pond aud clear as slightly
4 tinted glass, the sea MOSES on the stones
being plainly vizible two hundred feet away
4 Iiacna Village is jus, below, south and west
c of and almos, beside, Upolo Point, the moth.
Q mos, headland Of Hawaii. Looking back one
p sees most of the crinkled coas, line in the long
n broken curve from Upolo to Kiholo. Due
Is north the wrinklcd on, line Of llalcakala, with
IS kahoolawe on its southwestern quarter and
, the Alcnuhaha Channel broad band OF un-
d stable silver between us and them.
n Ilaena, at this distance is pretty hamlet,
built beside miniature bay. a grove OF
d 'cathcry cocoa palms sets OFF the ncat.loolking
o dwelling houses and the church and school.
II They all look clean and comfortable, and there
d is semblancc OF thrift and prosperity about
is the place
1, do well not to risk spelling the illusion by
,c a visit, am told Hacna's thrift and energy
70 are as deusivc as its whitewash-On dit. II is
Is fishing village. ] have told you already that
=. fish abound. You know tina, the heart Of ko.
IS hala is only few miles away When tell
10 you that fresh fish is high priced luxury in
/ Kohala, need tell you nothing more about
e. Iiaena. As the train passes, one has a sudden
!. glimpse OF Mauna Kea, beautiful while il lasts
Mt Glorious this open.car riding, One sees
4. broad effects, panoramas, not mere glmps,
&c VIEWS seen iurtively through slide 1t is {
ne rocky country this (; but i, is becoming less so
a One each side are little stone walled ENCLOSURES
4. some Of them seem to be half an acre or less
Sc others are much larger few may be ten acrt
C. plots perhaps. care they pasture paddocks ?
in | ask. ''No. They are the od-time home
Il, seads Of the Mahukonans built before tn
es srst Kamehamehas time when all thes
N. rocks had people Twin on em. Those pen
o, were house lots, and swee, potato patches, ant
or dry taro fields" So said Conductor Williams
~ So says Rev. Elias Bond OF Kohala So say
II. pretty authentic history. Even in 1906
lie hogs were sold "by the iathom" and there wer
~ thousands in the district. Now there is not
re human being TO hundred acres in all thi
ed dreary landscape. "Could anything be mourn
NO fuller ?"
IA. But | was wrong to call this landscap
lis "dreary." 1t is not. Far and near is beauty
he Mono,onous, yet grandly monotonous tn
NO almost waveless sea and the line of cloud
&c, when sky and ocean meet. Very striking yo
en- Haleakala, blouse of the Sun |" Among IN
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