The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-01
REVISITED.
rs Environs, P1anta-
,ools, Churches, Etc.
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,ocb to Hilo, along the
coast, the usual route of
U.s. Is very picturesque with
' '.sI verdure, bold bluffs or
@?l. .h.rIess ravines and shining
But at this season OF the
% the cane is in full bloom,
'D' .r seems as if it were
~ d1Il reddish hue as far as
an see from the sea to the
e This belt of sugar cane COM
tbe north point of Hawaii,
robala District, in an almost
I,r. field to HilO Bay and even
miles beyond. There are
,fvty thousand acres of cane
in this stretch of seventy,fye
;, nd each year the area seems to
.,,.ed by the addition of new
rcIaimed from forest or the
Glo grass.
!. the gem of Hawaii the
..,oical-looking village of the
a. neat cottages almost hidden
.rnriant growth of trees, vines
,rors The town seems to have
ceilings than it had two years
AHA larger population-especi-
m the Waiakea road, where
INV new cottages occupied by
~ and Portuguese. The decrease
.T1iians is as perceptible as the
~ of Chinese, japanese and
,mqse. The latter are very pro-
ri their children are seen at
tnrn. The japanese women
HI 70 be more prolific than in
avn country, and almost every
..jcouple, who before had none,
ave their babies to tend. These
breign elements are to furnish
!, part of the future population
avail, but so changed by inter-
>sge as to lose their identity, and
,Sught in our schools will all
I'd an English-speaking con-
sate race, different from any to
gDd elsewhere, and perhaps a
d IabOrers better adapted to the
yOf sugar, rice, coffee and other
aItural industries than their par
we're.
Tween Waiakea and Laupahoe-
j i IS estimated that there are
k.tv.fve thousand acres planted to
half of which is cropped each
averaging not far from three
70 the acre. In the Olden times,
1 be cane of this district was hauled
B: mills in carts, now very little is
aprted in this way; most of it be-
silmed, sometimes q distance of
or five miles. These water
I: are an immense saving in cane
kzOrtatiOn, indeed, it would be
aimpOssible to do this transpor-
lwith carts and oxen as former
deep and almost impossible
3s have to be crossed. One of
fumes, crossing the Hanare
bis about 1000 feet long and 156
slgh. Another, just completed
s. the Kawainui Gulch, is 600
ing and 1S5 feet high, the high
li finest work of its kind to be
ion the islands. 1t is located
l the PepeekeO and Onomea
Ind if located near Honolulu
be pointed out to tourists as a
of skill worthy of inspection.
1t these fumes, which are to
crossing nearly every gulch in
lilo district, the transportation
Z to the distant mills would be
Sble.
mes for conveying cane were in
2ed in HilO district by Judge
tn some twenty years ago, though
Fare said to have been used previ-
for Tuning wood. At first they
EanOvelty, and only served fOr
distances. Plantation hands
boys would construct q kind OF
out of rushes or trash, and seated
i ride down in the fiume. A
B is told of a prominent Honolulu
Tent who was spending his vaca-
in HilO, volunteering to join in
Dating tOboggan sport of riding
he tiume, and being quite corpu-
be scud down in the fiume like
AdOwn a snowbank, and might
Fmet serious injury, had not the
lereached a spot where it became
ny level, and his speed was fortu-
Fly checked. He was terribly
Taand never volunteered a repeti-
.oi the daring sport.
AOng the new buildings erected
PRESENT year in Hilo, the two
SSI1otewOrthy are the Union Pub
SlOOl and the Protestant Portu-
Church. The school building
,hnest in the Kingdom, having
iOont $4,000. 1t has two stories,
SIX large rooms, designed AND
~Sned for the accommodation Of
Elolars. The scholars range in
nom four to fifteen years, anG
NC very thorough primary edu.
~ without charge. They are o.
Auonalities, and some of them
much readiness in acquiring the
English, which is the only
sage taught.
V Hllo Boarding School, under
engagement of Mr.. and Mrs
Y mas undergone a great change
: man two years. 1t is q manua
Nnool, numbering about fifty
~,s! who are taught farming anC
rali Lei industries of variou:
st,.; Inc land connected with this
S soa Ten acres Of taro, five acre.
eIr rs,laS, i've acres of coffee, one o
s,oa all show most eXtraordin
5uTt1. The scholars raise nearly
S, T lood required for their use, an(
~5i RS surplus. A most ingenious
n i be AaS been invented and set Il
9s DI'e by Mr.. Terry. It is a mil
In oa taro and make it into poi
Id t ial turn out about a ton a day
d t5 hue !neIp of only three boys t.
sf ne mill, which is driven b.
,l,.i sU%er' 1t is one of the fines
&bro mug Il machines ever seen here
and nd ~ - steamed, the skin scrapeC