The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-10-19
THIRD EXCURSION TO PEARL
CITY.

Promptly at twenty minutes past noon
last Saturday, FIVE cars loaded with
guests Of the 0. r. & L. Co. glided out Of
the Honolulu station, and in less than
half an hour they were busily engaged
in demolishing an ample and delicious
lunch in the pavilion at Remond Grove,
twelve miles from town. That is quicker
than it could have been done few years
ago-thanks to our enterprising railway.
It was perfect day; one that only Ha-
waii can produce. In other lands there
are lovely days, but they lack a certain
something, which here is seductive and
alluring. The large company at the
Grove appreciated it. Every one, when
lunch was put aside with lingering re-
Rret that there was "no more room in
side," strolled about admiring the beau
tiful scene. The trees on far distant
Kaala stood out sharp and distinct
against the brilliant blue of the sky.
But a warning whistle called the
pleasure seekers to other scenes, and in
few minutes the train stopped again
opposite the old Ford place on the PENN
sula. Every one got out, and with their
fans in their hands the crowd started for
the waters edge on the eastern shore
What a charming spot! Under the
gentle bluff the wavelets rippled with a
suggestion of cool air and heathful
breezes. How the water sparkled, and
of in the distance shimmered against
the Halawa shores, three miles away.
Looking around, one is impressed with
the thought that this must have been an
island away off in the ages before the
railway came down and made live and
enterprising modern resort of it. And
what splendid site for the future bust
ness center of Pearl Harbor, and perhaps
of the mid-ocean of the North Pacific.
This old island slopes off in all directions
from the central ridge up where the rail-
way now lies. Lowella avenue must be
at the highest point. The largest sheets
OF open water in the lagoon surround this
IS the broad and deep east loch. On the
west and northwest lies the Waiawa
bay. Only a little way off from the
waters edge, south, southwest and west
the water is deep enough for the largest
merchant steamers or other vessels. 1t
is land-locked haven; no wharf will
ever be swept away by storms. It will
not be very long, as history makes, be-
fore the change will come. Those who
buy lots now will wish their foresight
had only been more clear and they had
bought more, for the space is limited.
There are only few hundred acres
available here. Till the business DAYS
come trooping along no more charm
ing spot can be found for
delightful and quiet seaside resort.
Facing the east and southeast are some
most beautiful sites; indeed every spot
on this shore is perfect, for the land is
quite high, sloping down to the waters
edge, affOrding perfect drainage and a
lovely view, and here the strong cool
trade wind has a fair sweep. But while
looking about and dreaming of the
future the rest of the company have
walked on towards the south point,
80 the dreamers and practical lot BUYERS
hurry on. What fine view of the bay,
Ford's Island, the Waipio peninsula,
the mountains and hundred other
interesting things can be seen from the
point! Every one will surely want to get
lots there, and that is going 10 be the
business point too in the near future.
Just here too on the west side of Lehua
avenue there is prospect that fine
sanitarium will soon be erected by a
foreign company. Inquiries looking to
that end have come from America and the
.. r. & L. always alive and with wise
sagacity have promptly offered a fine
location. But where does all of this
water come from, flooding the ground
aud keeping the grass green in these
days of drought? 1t is the abundant
overflow from the two artesian wells
sunk here few years ago by Aki to irri-
gate rice plantation, but alas, the
wells were poorly cased and the water
was and is so brackish that rice will not
grow and the enterprise was abandoned. |
But the wells come as a welcome legacy
to the railway for the water keeps the |
grass fresh and sweet. And now the |
train is in sight again and the delighted |
company begin to stroll towards it
Suddenly magnificent stream of water
leaps into the air! How it roars-fftv, |
sixty, yes surely seventy feet high it |
rises! Where can it come from? No |
artesian pressure could produce stream |
like that; SO it does not come from the |
wells near by. No it comes from the |
water works away off above the depot in |
Pearl City. The reservoir is a hundred |
feet above sea level, and that is why |
this beautiful stream spouts SO high, |
The reservoir is lined with asphaltum.
so the water is clean and sweet, no mud |
there. The water comes out of the |
mountains several miles away, in a |
fiume erected by the railway company
sometime ago. A large pipe leads from
the reservoir to the end of the PENN |
sula. When the mountain water runs |
low, if it ever does, no scarcity will |
ensue, for fine artesian well sunk by |
the 0. r. & L. some distance mauka of |
the station, near the Grove, furnishes
an inexhaustible supply of the purest |
and sweetest water. A thirty foot wind
mill will raise 10, 900 gallons an hour to
the reservoir. Ifthat is not enough fine
Blake pump now owned by the Com
pany will easily pump 100000 gallons a
day into this reservoir. No water famine |
in store for Pearl City, surely. The water
is of the purest; it will be furnished at |
city rates to all purchasers of lots. 1t is
under consideration also to re-pipe the |
two Aki wells to see If that NAV not ex-
clude the salt water. The warning sig
nal blew, everyone regretfully left the |
train, and in less than half an hour all |
were safely landed at the Honolulu sta
ton, with thanks to the 0. r. & L. Co.
for jolly outing and chance to get en-
laTged views of what we have at our
very doors. The excursion company ST.
lently resolved, every man of them
woman too perhaps, to be present at the
great sale OF lots to be held Wednesday,
the 21st instant, at II o'clock, noon.
inst as we leave the station the Pearl |