The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-10-03
HILO NEWS LETTER.
HOwls OF HiIoites-The New Wharf
ROads-A New Plantation Projected,

Howls OF HiIoites-The New Wharf
ROads-A New Plantation Projected,
etc., etc.
1t seems the new traction engine is
not success, and it did not come to
Hilo in the best of condition. 1t is being
put in order for use and soon can be
used; but its wheels are too narrow for
its work on the new road All who have
gone over the Volcano road express
their great delight with it.
In time we shall certainly look for a
narrow gauge railroad to the Volcano.
Nor do we give up having the rail-
road to bring the sugar here to be sent
direct to San Francisco, and we hope to
see home money build the road
On the 18th inst. at Pepeekeo one of
the lunas had difficulty with a Jap
anese which resulted in seventy one of
the Japanese refusing to work All were
placed under arrest and marched to Hilo
and locked up; large number OF them
were in the rink, but the affair has now
been settled, and labor has been re-
sumed.
The new wharf, although finished, is
not of much use. 1t has no shed over
it nor. any hosting gear. 1t certainly
gives more room in fine weather, but
will be of little benefit until covered in
The landing is as awkward as ever, as
the swell of the surf sweeps past the
wharf steps as before. Until a proper
breakwater is made, Hilo will remain
severely handicapped for want of a
proper boat landing.
Cart roads to intersect the Volcano
road are being projected, and some of
these are in course of construction. One
road, leading toward Keauhou, will
render more available the land down in
Puma; and, little as the fact is at present
known, there are many thousand acres
of good land in the Puma district and
outside the Hilo woods we'll fitted for
cane, coffee and fruit culture. Reliable
authorities state that there are over
20 900 acres of good cane land just out
side the woods and makai of the new
Volcano road, and confirmed reports
state that negotiations are in progress
for the purchase of a portion OF this land
with view of starting a new plantation
thereon. It is pity to see so much fine
and eligible land lying idle, but such is
the fact.
A change is sadly needed in the postal
arrangements. We are only 200 miles
from Honolulu, and there are ten days
between mails; 2,l00 miles from the
coast, and one month between mails.
So far as Hllo is concerned these condi-
tons of the mail service are not in keep
ing with progress in other parts of the
world. Who is to blame? Somebody is.
The Hilo Catholic Mission is about
starting a coffee plantation in Puma.
Rycroft, and also Eldarts, are clearing
and planting theoretically. Sunter's
coffee plantation looks thriving, and in
smaller way other civilizations are
being extended.
Land is offered in easy terms by the
Mission to actual settlers. Those in
charge of the Mission lands are DESTROYS
of seeing the whole under cultivation.
There is no lack of rain, and on the
whole the outlook is most encouraging.
The want of good hotel for our visi-
tors is being more and more felt in Hilo.
1t is natural for districts to howl; but
Hilo has justice in her howl, and it
should not be mistaken.
Rev. E. P Bakers lectures on vari-
GUS places in Palestine are listened to
with marked attention and interest each
Sunday evening at the Foreign Church.
On the 25th inst. he described the oldest
city in Palestine, Hebron and Beth
any. On Sunday, October 9th, there
will be about thirty Japanese baptized
at the Foreign Church.
The following mills have ceased grind
ing, and their output for the season is as
follows; Onomea and Papaikou belong
ing to Onomea Sugar Co.-5,600 tons
Wainaku-5, $50; Pepeekeo-2, 800; Ho-
nomu-1, 700; and Hakalau-5, 300.
J. A. NJ.
Hilo, Sept. Both.