The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-18

the material is not alongside when !
they are working, they give it up
and refuse TO cart from distance.
Hurry up your cantoniers; anything
for change--we can't be worse off
here.
i found along the coast bitter
feeling against those who had been
the means of defeating the Hilo
Steamship subsidy bill. People
here can understand why Honolulu
should buck against them, but they
did not think that some OF their own
people were opposed TO it. They
| have since found the true inwardness
! OF the matter, aud that is, the man
ayers OF two OF our leading planta-
tions hold tWo.thirds of the shares
in the several SchoOners running here
from san Francisco. They have
done everything in their power to
| opposed ii. 1t shows bad state Of
affairs when the merchants here and
Others for thar matter are n, the
mercy Of these planters. II the
steamer hauls of it leaves the
merchants III a piiikia, as they all
agreed TO give their freight to the
steamer. The steamer may keep on
running, subsidy or no subsidy. ITS
to be hoped.
Grinding is over Oh all the planta-
tions along the coast. The crops
have been large. A great change
has taken place along the coast the
last ten years. There is one con-
tinuOus line OF sugar cane from Pau.
kaa to Laupahoehoe, and about oil
the land that can he planted has
been put in cane. A large amount
of rain has fallen. Hakalau Guich
is Dante's Inferno! Why the Gov.
eminent mas allowed the plantation
company here 10 keep their railroad
track down the middle of the Gov
crnment road is beyond the compre-
hension OF man. / started down the
pail, but soon found myself and
saddle on the horses neck, and con-
Guided il would he wise plan te
dismOunt and walk. But such g
: walk, We Gods! IL this state OF
affairs existed in any other country
, ! you would soon see vigilance com.
mittee organized and a few choice
spirits dangling in space. j found
after getting down that the ascent
on the other side was just as bad
if not worse, but at last succeeded
and after rest proceeded on my
tramp to Mauna Loa-another terror
managed to get out safe after tn,
loss of one horse shoe.
This district is sparsely settled
Nothing but cane as far as the eye
can see. 1t was dark when l ar
rived at Laupahoehoe Gulch. Their,
being no hotel in the place | tool
pot luck with Chinaman who keep!
store. After a nights rest, be
gan 10 look around me. They tel
: me this is the jumping off place
for the Island of Hawaii. | believ,
them, for more desoate spot yol
cannot find outside of Honokaa.
There was time when Laupa
= hoehoe was a great shipping por
: for pull, hides, cocoanuts and okole
hao, and parties refer to twent'
years ago and tell yon how the Leg
islature tried TO introduce waite
: pipes from the hill into the gulch
e and how the people kicked agans
/. it as encroaching upon their peroga
tive. There is shanty here the.
call courthouse, away off on tn
Ii rocks near the entrance to the har
r Dor. Sometimes the sea breaks il
c and drives the judge, witnesses
Z penal code, and other work of art
high and dry inland. What's tn
matter with Laupahoehoe that he
member don't ask the Legislator
for an appropriation for new court
& house.
d The deputy sheriff here is joll
ic good fellow who attends to his bu
70 mess right up to the handle, whe
there is any to do; the balance I
~ the time he kills in reading Coul
IN Tolston's latest, and milking razo
of backed COW.
De After leaving Lanpahoehoe yc
q. come to u new country, good roat
- and bridges. The plantations lot
VI so different from those in the Hi
is district. Here everything is in a
ed ple-pie order, no broken down gat
re and fences, dilapidated houses, al
70 half starved cattle, but new ord
y of things, making you think OF yo
OF country farms back East. AT He
1t. ner's plantation the crops are loo
es ing fine. Gates, fences, and hous
ma in fine condition, making this o