The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27

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called Mermaid pool and has dc. |
creased in depth from the tradition
ary figure of 40 feet to present
one Of 10 feet. From this point
glimpse of Princess Liliuokalani's
Waikiki residence is obtained across
q Chinese plantation. At the juno
tion of the Moiliili road, that, by the
way, being splendid-looking thor
oughfare Of coral rock, the vehicle
right wheels into Leahi avenue run
ming past Hon. Cecil Browns hand
some park residence, Mr.. ii. j.
Nolte's beautiful retreat well-known
as the Casino property, and Mr..
II. j. Agnew's lot containing the
large stables for his racing stock.
Thence the drive swerves into Cleg-
horn avenue to the east of the track,
named after the enthusiastic Presi-
dent of the Park Association. This
is lined ON both sides with ironwood
of very uniform growth and trimmed
to height of about seven feet. The
road is smooth, hard, and in
every respect one of the most
attractive sections of driveway in
the park. Toward the track
are seen many young cocoanut
trees, and the avenue leads into the
extensive kiawe groves on the sea-
ward side of the park. On the left
of the route Mr.. McCallum indicates
splendid place for military en-
campment, being a sequestered area
of five acres as level as a billiard
table and free from scrub. A diver
sion is made through a very shady
road to the quarries overlooked by
Diamond Head, whence the park
road material has been eNcaNated.
Here are series Of tunnels, one Of
them said to be a hundred feet III
length, which the Secretary face
tiously suggested might at \ moder-
ate outlay be metamorphosed into
very respectable archaeological at
fractions" equipped with a grotto
and garnished with prehistoric re-
mains. Another avenue, probably
the only one well-known to the gen
eral public, leads from the track
entrance to the starting point of this
tour, whence several avenues run to
the main road and the bridge, AL be-
| ing lined with the ever-present iron
wood in various stages of develop
| ment.
Besides those mentioned previous
! ly herein, there are magnificent es-
tates of park stockholders stretched
along the beach. Beginning at
Diamond Head is the princely resi-
dence of Hon. James Campbell.
Next is the Park Beach Hotel pro-
perty (now advertised for lease by
W. G. Irwin & Co. }, then Mr.. Allan
Herbert's beautiful place, Hon. w.
G. Irwin's seaside mansion, Dr..
Wight's retreat, and Mr.. E. S.
Cunha's charming villa at the
bridge. If lot could be obtained
between any of these giving access
of the public to the beach, nothing
could be better designed to popu-
larize the park.
The Kapiolani Park Association
was chartered as private corpora
tion in 1876, the late Capt. Makee
being its chief promoter and first
President, who that year with the
assistance of some of his coadjutor;
laid out the plan. The present of
ticers are as follows: Hon. A. S
Cleghorn, President; Hon. W. G
Irwin, Treasurer; Mr.. w. M. Gif
fard, Secretary; and Messrs. Jas
Campbell, W. G. Irwin, T. r
Walker, +. S. Cunha, A. S. Cleg
horn, II. r. Macfarlane, II. J
Agnew, Tom May, II. j. Nolte
Cecil Brown, and W. M. Giffard
Directors. The President ant
Treasurer form the Executive.
For the public spirit of the mem
bers of the corporation from tn
start, in giving the city such
splendid resort for recreation, tn
appreciation of the public shown i
! legislative appropriations has bee
. only moderate. Perhaps the requ
site lberallty for making the best c
the very favorable conditions of
. firstclass park may be promoted b
the foregoing description of wins
has thuS far hpen arcnmDIishel