The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-21

| later than appointed, the steamer w al
manalo slid out of her berth and along
side Mr.. Bush's famous New York yacht
! Coronet in the stream. From the yacht
| there embarked on the steamer Mr.. and
Mrs. r. T. Bush and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
| w. P. Denslow, Dr. Abbott and Mr..
Martin, joining a shore party consisting
| of Rev. DR.. Lowell Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. F. Dillingham; and two children, Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Brown and Miss
! Humphries, also representative of this
paper ignoring Neptune's lessons of a
recent trip to Kauai.
| After a smooth trip of four hours, the
| morning breath of the waters being very
| refreshing, the whole company were
safely landed at Waianae plantation. A
! short walk brought them to Hon. H. A e..
| Widemann's mansion, where a hOspi-
table edict from that gentleman pre-
| coded them by telephone, which Mr..
August Ahrens, the manager, was pre-
pared to execute and did so with an off
hand COrdiality of his own. The visitors
were delighted with the beauties of this
typical Hawaiian rural home, its broad
and long verandas, profuse curtaining of
vines, and wealth of aromatic foliage
and bloom, all behind a grove of ma
jeStic cOcOanuts. They only regretted
that his public duties prevented the
owner from adding his genial presence
to their number and receiving their
thanks for the honOrs so we'll dispensed
by his able deputy. Having refreshed
themselves with having of faces and
hands in pure water, the company sat
down to an abundant breakfast, that
was all the more relished from the
knowledge that nearly everything in the
bill of fare was the product of the plan
tation, including excellent coffee and
sugar, tender chicken and freSh-caught
akule fish.
Immediately after the meal, there
being no time to spare, a rapid inspec-
ton was made of the mill, now in the
resting season. This being completed
under the lead of Mr.. Ahrens, lOcOmo-
tive and train of seated cane cars were
found in waiting on the main track, and
the party were soon merrily rolling
through the divisions named Waianae
and Lualualei, the latter, Just under the
shadow of the Waianae mountains, con-
tanning the more advanced growth of
cane. Thence back the tram ratified
through the fertile valleys, past the mill
and on to the verge of Makaha valley
containing the most northern division of
the plantation. The prickly growths on
the sides of the track made it inadvisa-
BILE to proceed farther than point from
which fair view of the fruitful expanse
could be obtained.
The whole plantation comprises an
area OF about 5000 acres all told. There
are some $50 acres under cultivation, off
which 2,300 tons of sugar have been pro-
duCed the past season, a portion of the
JriAl hn iuh Of CT
tons to the acre. Mr.. Bush, who some
years ago visited plantations in Cuba,
said that he never saw anything APP
preaching to the Waianae mill in extent
and perfection OF equipment, or to this
plantation in the luXuriance of cane
growing at Lualualei. 1t was an agree
able revelation to Mrs. Bush that there
was no counterpart in Hawaiian sugar
mill to the sight witnessed in Cuba, of
plantation laborers (let alone the fact
that they were black slaves) mixing the
mOlasses with their feet.
About the middle of the afternoon the
company again went on board the Wal
manalO, that forthwith steamed home
ward by way of Pearl Harbor A brisk
sOuthwesterly breeze had succeeded the
mornings calm, making a rather active
sea in rounding Barber's POint-sO much
SO that the younger members of the party
gave truce to their diversions, being
soon engaged in making wry faces, as
were some of the elder ones, at anv
monsters of the deep which might be |
lurking round the sides of the vessel. |
However, the agony was not for long, |
the steamer shortly striking off at a |
tangent for Pearl Harbor, the approach |
to which was comparatively smooth. |
The WaimanalO crossed the bar and |
penetrated mile or two, literally out of |
sight of ocean, up the broad and deep |
east arm OF the magnificent haven Only |
the lateness of the hour prevented farther |
exploration, including a trip up the west |
arm or round one or more of the emerald |
clad isles. All the visitors uttered ex- |
pressiOns OF amazement at the grand |
scene disclosed from every point of view |
reached. There were the immense ris-
ing plain In front, stretching forward out |
OF sight over the summit and across for |
an unbroken mile or two from the Wal |
amaze foothills; the surprisingly beauti- |
full peninsula, islands and borders of the |
harbor, and, last but not least, the vast |
maritime capacity of the landlocked |
waters beneath. Mr.. Bush declared that |
he had seen no harbor in the world to |
with it, excepting perhaps that
of New York itself
HOmeward the gallant little boat |
throbbed her way, as she ran out beyond |
the reef favoring the company with the
view of sunset in the ocean horizon.
Through a choppy sea she safely carried
her satisfied passengers into the smooth
passage and harbor. The Coronet party
were safely transferred to their noble
craft, bidding their friends goodnight at
half-past seven, with the most hearty
assurances that they had spent an ex-
tremely pleasant day. When the steamer
touched the wharf the venerable DIR.
Smith was the first to spring lightly and
upon solid ground, fact at
once attesting his wondrous juvenility of
spirit and the rejuvenating virtue of an
excursion on the bright Pacific.