The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-28
TRIP TO EAST MAUI.
How to Get There, and What One
Sees in the District.
Death of Little Child Caused by
Native Malpractice.


agree with the writer in saying that
every care is taken by those in charge
of the vessels to make travelling from
one island to the other as pleasant as
possible. On board the Lehua last
week, for example, although the YES
sci was filled to overlooking with
Japanese going to Kahului and other
points on Maui, and the decks in
every part were covered with them,
pains were taken to run the steamer
at moderate rate of speed in order
that the decks might be as dry as pos
sible. And to still further guard
against the wet, canvas screens were
rugged above the bulwarks, so that
the space between the main and hur-
ricane decks was turned into a COM
Portable open saloon. Of course, there
were those who were seasick, but
even they had every facility afforded
them for being as sick as they chose
without feeling that they were in
cOmmOding any one.
Leaving Honolulu at D. M. of the
2lst instant the Lehua reached Ka-
hului, Maui, by noon of the next day,
beating the Mokolii by some four
hours-that is, the MokoIii left some
three hours ahead Of the Lehua, and
arrived at Kahului an hour behind
the latter vessel.
The arrangements for disembarking
the passengers and freight at Ka-
hului are very good. There
is provided couple of large
scows decked over, and these scows
are hauled to and from the steamers by
an endless rope attached to a power
full donkey engine on the wharf, and
running over series of pulleys and
blocks on the vessels and wharf.
Each scow will carry $50 people at
time, or 200 sacks of sugar, and the
loading and unloading of a vessel is
accomplished rapidly and safely. On
the wharf tracks are laid so that the
engine and cars of the KahuIui and
Waikiki Railway Company can re-
ceive and deliver freight from and to
the scoWs.
From the beach to either Wailuku,
on West Maui, or Spreckelsville and
Paia,o on the eastern part of the island,
the trains run with a regularity that
depends upon the needs of the mo-
ment. We left KahuIui for Paia as
soon as one of our number could get
his baggage from the Lehua. Mr..
Lowrey, who is the general manager
at the beach, saw us safely off, and
we were at Paia in short time. Our
arrival there was signalized by the
away of horse attached to
an original "one-horse shay" 1t COL !
apsed before our eyes, the animal
off with the harness, leaving
,he driver sitting on a confused heap
If spokes, broken framework and |
'ther gear.
All along the road from Spreckels-
Vile to Paia, and for many a mile be-
yond, the land is green with rank
growing sugar cane. The fields are
lensely packed with the thick-stand-
ng plants, and every square rod of
valuable land that can be reached by
water is cultivated. There is one area
lear the pretty little church at Paia
which, about three years ago, was one
+ the most arid locking tracts of
and on the island. It was so appar
ntly useless that part of it was given
the church and the rest was put up
lots of 20 or 80 acres each and sold
auction at from ST. to So per acre.
afterwards it was resold at a little adj
ance on these figures, planted with
ane, irrigated, and now is yielding at
ne rate of five and six tons of sugar
} the acre.
From this point, as far up as the
ne of the Haiku water ditch, the
1untry is covered with cane. There
Fan abundance of water supplied by ,
lie Haiku and Spreckels' bitches to ,
eep the cane growing steadily and
Ipidly from the time it is planted {
It'll it is ripe, and the plantations I
Hamakuapoko, Paia, Grove RI -Ich I
I'd Spreckelsville are all in splendid t
der, and yield very heavy crops of /
gar to the acre. q
Mr.. Fred Smith, who manages 3
rove Ranch, invited your cores i
'ndent to visit him, and through n
e kindness of a gentleman at Paia, a
40 furnished horse and wagon. Fl
e ranch was reached in time to en- Il
a pleasant evening and a good il
gifts rest. There was music in the a
ening; the piano, a violin, and a fl
uple of guitars being skilIfuIIy "
aged upon by Messrs. Ashley, Nc ii
an and couple of young Hawaii W
8. In the morning there was an IL
'pection of some fine horse stock, W
d afterwards the writersrode I'D to in
: saw mill in the woods, where Mr.. D,
rrin Andrews gets out about all I'll
} beautiful koa wood that is used st
furniture and decorative purposes to
these islands. cI
he saw mill is located in the forest eli