The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-19

H1Io, Sept. 7th.-While Other
districts on this island have beer
complaining OF dry weather and con
sequent short crops Hilo has broken
all previous records and harvested
the largest crop ever ground by It's
mills; the total output of sugar from
Waiakes to Ookala, aggregsting
about 31.5O0 tons, and still larger
crops are estimated for next year,
The weather has certainly been
favorable for the past fifteen months,
plenty Of sun as well as rain; but the
sugar companies have gradually in
creased their plants and orders for
fertilizers until now the available
land within the limits of the planta-
tions Excepting Laupahoehoe Sugar
Company, which has only resumed
planting during the past six months)
is all in cultivation, and the stand of
cane secured is truly remarkable for
these old lands. The Hilo planter is
welded to his fertilizer and would
no more think of planting a field
without its use than he wonld of
sowing his seed-cane broadcast and
expect results. With its use he can
plant the same land year after year
and produce good crops from soil
that was supposed to be exhausted
ten years ago. Younger sugar dis
tricts could learn some useful lessons
in experience by using fertilizers be-
fore their lands are worn out.
Our beautiful bay has assumed
more practical and business like ap-
pearance during the past few days.
On Sunday morning the Sd inst, the
S. S. Kinau swung to anchor at her
usual place in the harbor, with the
brig Lurlinein the offing, which
by noon entered port with a full
cargo of general merchandise for
Hilo stores and plantation supplies,
sixteen days from San Francisco.
No passengers. On Tuesday the
bark Amelia, Ward, master, came to
anchor twenty-one days from Puget |
Sound, with cargo of 10000 feet of !
lumber, consigned to G. E. Richard |
SON; and yesterday the steamer Ha-
vail arrived and will take freight from |
he Lurline for Hakalau.
The Hilo wharf is being fitted up
With a new landing stage and steps
or passengers, on the seward side.
This will be a great improvement
md insure dry and easy landing
when the sea is not too rough; at
present the boats ground before
eaching the inside steps when the
ide is low, and passengers are often
compelled to climb up the perpen-
ocular steps at the front of the
7harf
We trust the superintendent of
,ublic works will come again soon,
long-needed improvements follow
lis departure so quickly.
a lunch was given at the foreign
hurch parlors Tuesday noon by the
aides of the church in honor of the
listing pastors and their wives, /
which was well attended, and the
ountiful supply of good things dis
osed OF in a manner which should
ave grstifed the donstors.
Rev. and Mrs. Ostrom return to
lohsla by this steamer having "done
ne volcano" and all the sights about
OWN. Rev. and Mrs. Soares also
lsited the volcano last week,
Peter Lee, manager of the Volcano
ouse, is in town, and will make a
ying trip to Honolulu to place his
hildren in school; he reports the !
olcano as very active"
A number of our lady school
saehers returned by this steamer
,om vacation trips to the other isl
nds. Miss Harriet F. Coan and
ephew from Molokai, Miss Nc
-owan from Maui, Miss Anna Rose
nd Miss Weight from Oahu.
Miss Anderson and Miss Frasier !
Maui are here and will visit the
1lcano next week.
Our young people are leaving US
considerable force to be gone for 3
le next nine months attending the
'hools on Oahu and Maui. !
MIR. and Mrs. Terry returned from
le Worlds Fair and travelling in
e eastern states last week by the !
Gamer Clsudine.