The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14
mlu REVISITED.
Nam Volcano Road Via
HilO.
.sse Plantation - The III
.,,,ps-Orange Trees in
the Forest.
..,eai. on the Crown L"nds-A
Haekman's Eloquenee.
REVISITED.
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,,;.ts who have spent few days
u s.a generally leave with unequi-
p '..@rpts. unless perchance it has
q nod TO rain very hard, which it
lines does; but generally the
sunshine and rainbows rap
allow each other and blend so
tfnIIv, that they only add to the
I: ..tions of this ideal tropical home
>onIv Hilo of Hawaii. But the
sat for starting has arrived, and
les sotJv at the hour, Wilson's best
and coach, are at the hotel gate,
h for passengers bound to the
m. ~ .ua Pele,n as it is called by
- a', weather is simply perfect, not
land to be seen, and the entire
Units Of the two great mountains
- and Kea, stand out against the
! XIV. tempting picture for an
Jet, Notwithstanding the pro-
IN. signs of fair weather, our
.gbIe host cautions us to be ready
shower or two, and keep our
,c,ats within handy reach. We
:5on on the road, down Rainbow
u. turning into Front, and again
tm-o the Volcano road, over which
coach speeds too rapidly to allow
Y take in all the changing scenes
fit past on either side-the
,ly-kept flower gardens and arbor-
Tsrandas, with new varieties of
7srs and rare vines, which make
pnvirOns of this little village so
active to strangers. In less time
nit takes to write it, we dash over
); Waiakea bridge and stream, with
pretty basin, fringed with lilies
brushes, and covered with ducks
boats and bathing nymphs, and
m reach and pass the sugar mill of
same name, that during the past
rturned out over 5000 tons of the
! hest sugar, too choice to be melted
AFgin the refiners pans of San Fran
&c.
vAIAKEA SUGAR PLANTATION.
Passing this mill without stopping
examine how such choice sugar is
sdq the rich cane fields open in
Hal, on either side of the road, and
lend in all directions for miles,
3 reyer the soil is sufficient to grow
cane. The fields are very broken,
g appear in spots, owing to the
XIV lava lodges. Still the cane is
ndant and of a bright yellow,
4gs very straight, and yields the
.est Of sugar, owing to the extra
mary fertility Of the soil. No one,
saw this land before it was
nted with cane, would have be-
red it possible to find it sufficiently
/ soil to furnish crops for one of
best and most successful planta-
in the kingdom. Yet so it has
.ed to be. It is owned princi-
by Mr.. A. Young and T. H.
lies & Co., and is under the eff
management of Mr.. c. G. Ken
SWAMPS.
1p new road to the Volcano enters
woods four miles from Hilo, a
he to the left or seward from the
road, and preserves an even grade
q it energies from them at the same
Ice where the old road did, near the
2ter of cocoanut trees. From this
Pint it takes q sharp turn to the
!lt of the old road, across what is
Down as the "ti swamp where
merly the boys were, during heavy
Pins, almost impossible for man or
asst The present new road is eX-
lent so far, all the way out from
Flo, and our team went over it on a
s l trOt. The view from this new
ld across the swamp is one which
ill attract the attention of tourists.
r miles each way, a grove OF IL
ants and ferns extends as far as the
can reach, and furnishes a novel
1mre sight, to be seen nowhere
g so favorably, on this group or in
other country.
Near the outer edge of the Hilo
est and before entering the " ii
amp is the locality where Mr..
inter has planted some fifteen acres
coffee trees, some of which are in
lom and fruit, all looking in a
Athy and prosperous condition.
ley are planted in among the large
81 list trees, and can be seen from the
d in riding past. One would ma
ally think that they had too much
-de but this does not seem to affect
$n injuriously at all, for they were
cred with berries, and no sign OF
.ht
a HACKMAN'S VIEWS.
5at to return to the road, which,
aough it had rained a day or two
'Ious, was in good condition, and
PEARS to have been well constructed
ne two years ago under the super
%on of Mr.. James Marlin. Our
HeT was eloquent in his praises OF
great change which had been &C
IS 4.pHshed by Il vigorous admins
rao9 of the Government, which has
.aeq I an almost impossible road into
@G ID carriage way. 81 don't know
o Ihurston ISL said he, "but they
4 NE he is the man who put this
a through, and I'd like to see him
H. hold and finish it. Pill vote fol
S TI every time; and, if [ had a thous'
- votes, he would have every one
|em. If he'll run for the LegisIa'
r,' a al HilO will vote for him solid
H. yet they will. I tell you the mar
s aJ goes to work and makes such
& tb;& this in such swampy country
/ h TIls, he's the kind of a teller tina
nj, 5iackmen hang on to. They make
ld fIess for us and for the country
I'M NC hack there in Honolulu fol
btp' CatTrty, and I know them feller
oB No. t4Iere'll stand by Thurston a.
6r 9 las @ ne makes such roads as thu
egD %em'" This was more than wa
69s . Ell from an entire stranger il
how nt T woods, who probably did no