Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-05-07

verest kind, vessels will lay at anchor with
perfect safety. This and the completion
of branch roads will give this locality
great commercial Importance and the de-
velopement OF the vast agricultural re-
sources of the country. The land in this
section is so valuable that it is all cult
waited close up to the track of the rail-
road that traverses the valley and from
which a splendid view can be had of the
development going on In every direction.
Close by the railroad depot at the Homo
lulu terminus of the railroad to Pearl
kiver is a wharf upon which is an in-
mense wharfhouse with storage capacity
of 20, 900 tons Of sugar in bags. A large
volume of business is here regarded as
transacted. Ocean steamers of the Aus
tralian, China, japanese, Mexican and
San Francisco lines call at the port of
Honolulu, while steam schooners and sail
ing vessels also carry large amounts of
freight With the competition thus af-
forded, shippers are never at the mercy of
INSCRIPTIONS transportation companies
and the planter profits are not all eaten up
in the payment of exhorbitant freight
charges. 1t is this fact which has played
no small part in the universal prosperity
that prevails In this country UNTIL
nearly three years ago, the growth of
Pearl City had been very SLOW
The only means of communication
was by means of small schooners and
steam launches, owing to the shallow en-
trance OF the bar preventing anything but
necessary travel. This part of the island
has many points of attraction for the tour
ist, but the choice between a tiresome car
riage ride on what was then q poor I'M
graded road or an equally uncomfortable
sea trip by small craft presented so many
points of objection that growsh was SLOW.
After the advent of the Oahu railroad in
1890, however all this Was changed new
people came, enterprise of all kinds was
fostered and Pearl City, in common with
the rest of the island, shares a rapid and
substantial growth. One who had not
kept tract of the march of progress would
have difficulty in recognizing the Pear!
City of today by comparison with the town
OF four Or i've years ago. Then dense
thlcket of mlmosa and other growth COW
cred this region, and it required more
than ordinary enterprise for the pioneer
settler to undertake to clear and prepare
the land for cultivation. The task was a
tedious one but the hardy toiler never fall
tered and to say that they have q valley
under the highest cultivation is no more
more than the simplest truth, and one
which has no superior and few, if any,
equals in the world.
The town Of today has spread on every
side, and lands once devoted 10 farming
purposes are now included within the city
and will soon be covered with handsome
residences and other improvements.
What will be one Of the most attractive
features of the town, particularly from the
standpoint of the tourist is broad drive
way which extends from Pearl river to the
seashore. On either side the lands have
b en- divided into tracts which are in the
highest stage OF cultivation. The avenue
will be bordered with shade trees, and a
more charming drive cannot be imagined.
There is constant succession of charming
homes on either side, interspersed with
fruitful orchards and flower gardens re-
splendent with wealth of bloom through
out the twelve months. The avenue, it is
one of the attractions of Pearl CITY which
all loyal Hawaians will swear by. 1t is,
by the way, portion Of The highway lead
ing to Pearl Harbor, and forms a most ap-
propriate introduction to the beautiful
scenery and salubrious climate of that at
tractive locality. 1t is, indeed, a privilege
to be foremost in the van Of those who
claim hand in the upbuiding of a land
so fair. To have spurred by William s
side upon the blooddyed sands OF Hast
ings gave to EngIano's soGs their proud
est patent of nobility. But to subdue the
wilderness, to substitute a green pasture
for brush. to supplant the obnoxious mi
mosa by the richest tropical fruit, and to
erect an al ar for ones household gods in
a region where never yet was heard the
noise of happy children or loving mother
or tender maiden-this is an act more
noble and of more enduring .,ood than the
deeds for which Europe's haughtiest lords
received their patent Of nobility. Nothing
less glorious is the destiny OF the people Of
this young country, and, in my mind S
eye, can look forward TO the time when,
after career of unexampled spiendor and
prosperity, the people of that country will
sic with one another in perpetuatlng in
bronze and marble the memory of the
brave men led by Cook to this march of
supremacy. The laggard and pessimist
will then be unknown and forgotten, while
the men who buiIded the cities, run the
railroads and covered the lands with gold
en- harvests will live in the memory of
grateful posterity.
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