Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-09

tide below sea and shore. island r.,
and mountains, with a volumuaors
and fervid sun, formed a piet,.Al
natural beauty and ENCHANTING -
that filled me with inexpressabla daI-gF
all objection would be immediatalv 4
PEELED and an amlcable settlement Us
Pearl River IS a. completely land-o,keJs.
is possible for such body OF water. NJ
main per ion of the anchorage gro,,,5-4.
shut in from the ocean by ranir.,ta
which, as it were, Tops over the enfrs
so that it il impossible for the gaga..
storm from the ocean to moro III
ruffie its surface, So situate is the ba,lsal
and its entrance that full riggad sb;o
will be able after the removal az tba.-Pi
reef to sail directly to their wbar-ss :
safety and without the intervaufior y
tug or pilot During storms Of tba
verest kind vessels will lay at anchor Hi
perfect safety. This and tie comnat;ol-
Of branch roads will give this .oaaj;e-
great commercial importance and f9e A.
velopement Of the vast agricultural !.
sources of the country The land IA N.
section is so valuable that IT. is an cnlT
waited close up to the track of the rsJ
road that traverses the valley ana fra,,
which a splendid view can be had Of III
development going on IN every direction
Close by the railroad depot al the H6ro
lulu terminus of the railroad 10 Pa,
Kiver is a wharf uDon which is An IN.
mense wharfhousc with a storage eapariry
of 20, 900 tons Of sugar in bags. A srg.
volume of business Is here regarded N
transacted. Ocean steamers OF the AM,
tralian, China, Japanese, Mexican AMI
San Francisco lines call at the mort q
Honolulu, while st am schoonerS and sail.
ing vessels also carry large amounts a
freight. With the competition thus al
forded, shippers are never at the mercy Of
unscrupulous transportation companies
and the planter profits are not all eaten IN
in the payment of exhorbitaut freight
charges. 1t is this fact which has payad
no small part in the universal prosperity
that prevails in this country Ug6
nearly three years ago, the growth If
Pearl City had been very SLOW
The only means of communicate
was by means of small schoouers and
steam launches, owing to the shallow en-.
trance of the bar preventing anything IN,
necessary travel. This part of the island
has many points of attraction for the tour
list, but the choice between tiresome c4r
rlage ride on what was then poor I'm.
graded road or an equally uncomfortable
sea trip by small craft presented so maay
points of objection that growth was slow
After the advent of the Oahu railroad h
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 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 five years ago. Then q dense
thicket of mimosG and other growth Gov.
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 ia
tedious one but the hardy toiler never ta.
tered and TO say that they have a valley
under the highest cultivation is no more
more than the simplest truth, and one
which has no superior and few if any
eqnals in the world,
The town of today has spread on every.
side, and lands once devoted TO 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 a 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 Tie avenue
will be bordered with shade trees and
more charming drive cannot be imagined
There is a constant succession Of charming
homes on either side, lnterspersed with
fruitful orchards ard flower gardens re.
splendent with wealth of bloom through.
out the twelve months The avenue, it Is
needless to say, when completed, will be
one Of the attractions of Pearl City which
all loyal Hawaiars will swear by. Ills
by the way. a portion Of the highway lead
ing to Pearl Harbor, aud forms a most ap
propriate introduction to the beautiful
scenery and salubrIous CLIMATE OF tnat 81
tractive locality. 1t is, indeed privilege
to be foremost in the van Of those VINO
claim a hand in the upbuildIng OF a land
so fair. To have spurred hy William
side upon the blood dyed sands OF Hast.
ings gave to Engl3nd's sons their proud.
est patent Of nobility. But to subdue the
wilderness, to substitute a green pasture
for brush. to supplant the obnoxious mn
mosa by the richest tropical fruit, and g
erect IN altar for ones household gods %
q region where never vet was heard tae
noise Of happy children or loving mother
or tender maiden-this is an act more
noble and of more .nduring ,ood than tls
deeds for which Elrope's haughtlest lords
received their patent If nobility. NoJ9in!i
less glorious is the destiny Of the peopIeGj
this young country and, in my MINI
eve, | can lock forward to the TIME When
after a career Of unexampled spiendor ana lla.
prosperity, the people of chat country RiH
sic with one another in perpetuaunS I'd
bronze and marble the memory ot tA3
brave men led by Cook to this MARCH q
supremacy. The IaggGl and pesslmilss'
will then be unknown and forgotten, Nl!is
the men who bui'led the cities rue l \,
railroads and covered the lands wlta E2i1'
en- harvests VIII live in the memory ot =
grateful postpritv.
Young America Il Practical
4 Lewiston father took his bright eyel
boy Of ten years to see the.sheli mounds y
Damariscotta a few day ago and ends"
vored to impress a lesson on the young
ster
my son said he see how orierl