The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-08-21
(ContinVed, from Isl pages

road takes its way over stretch O.
table land, some of it as yet worth
less, and along, by and through ;
beautiful tract of land now divided
into town and villa lots. reminding
+ one of portions of California, ano
known as Pearl City. Pearl City
covers many acres of land, severa
hundred in fact, and offers to the
home-seeker in this tropical cline
building lots of all sizes, shapes
forms, surroundings and environ
ments. He can build his home or
the banks of Pearl Harbor, overlook
ing this lovely little hay with its
clear, blue waters, and famed by
gentle winds and arched by more
than Italian skies. Here he has
shade or sunshine as he may fancy,
the native trees growing to great
perfection. What could be more
lovely and bewitching than home
here? Truly, the over-worked and
tired money-makers of the East, and
West as we'll, could find here haven
of rest, Build for themselves a
beautiful home, the same as we have
in the Garden City; have Jacob Lam
zen & Son to plan it with long and
broad verandas surround themselves
with their own chosen people, have
the natives furnish the music and do
the most of the dancing, particularly
the native dance, and sit and read,
and think, and muse, and speculate,
and build castles in the air. Plenty
of fish and fruit and music, and
happy, pretty maidens dressed in
spotless white; the air filled with
music and ladened with the perfume
of flowers oh, this would be heaven
on earth-an ideal home and resting
place for the over-w orked and weary
laborers of our own land.
Should more elevated spot be de-
sired select your building site farther
up on the rolling hills, commanding
view of the water and the surrounding
country. Looking off to the west
and far away we see hundreds of
acres of waving sugarcane. Here at
Pearl City the company has erected
fine new depot of attractive archi-
lecture, and the pure mountain wa
tiers are brought down in great guam
tlty. The improvements are as yet
slight, as this is all a new country,
never having been utilized for any
purpose until the enterprise of Mr..
Dillingham; and his associates built
their road through it and brought
the waters from the mountains to re-
fresh the sun-dried soil and gladden.
the eye of man with fruits and
grasses and blooming flowers.
Passing on from Pearl City we
soon come to the Eva plantation,
some twenty-five miles from Homo
lulu. This new plantation is one of
the most important results of the
of the railroad, and was
predicted and plainly foreseen by
MIR. Dillingham;. The land where is
now situated this plantation with
nearly one thousand acres in grow
ing cane, was few months ago
barren waste upon which not even
California ground squirrel or jack
rabbit could subsist without cultiva-
ion and irrigation. All nature here
seemed to be Ike many of the inhabi-
.ants-sleepjng sleep that knew no
morning. But the bright morning
If intelligent labor did come, and in
few short days labor, directed by
'killful and far-seeing men, had
l'iven her shafts of steel deep into
he ancient volcanic rock, and from
hese depths flowed vast streams of
'ure, fresh water, transforming this
barren waste into rich and money
Producing sugar plantation. The
waters have been conducted in all
directions and are being utilized with
stonishing results. The company is
ust now completing large mill and
will have it all in running order by
he latter part of the year. Some
SOO,O have been invested by this
and they have only begun.
he Eva plantation is at present the
of the road, but it will not
e long before another section of the
Dad is constructed. When this is
one other and more extensive plan.
atoms will be developed. 1t is the
Id story over again. No one thought
lese la, DIS of any value. The men
no spoke of bringing the water from
few hundred feet below the surface
ld producing millions of tons of
lgarcane, were regarded us cranks,
leorists, and were stunned.
When the Oahu railroad has been
'mpleted and its thousands of acres
land fully developed, the harbor
mewhat improved, we predict that
e company will be one of the rich
t and most powerful on the Islands. {
MS railroad is not being built by
eculators, but is square business
opposition and any money invested
it will not only aid in the develop
ent of the country, but it will sure
bring a generous return as interest !
the capital. Our party was !
eated most courteously by the man
ers of the road. A special car was {
our selvice and lively party of \