The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-06-24
NUUANU AVENUE.

ing that some of the peaks reach an al.
titude of $1,000 feet The population
of Honolulu is about 10000, a curious
collection of natives, Americans, Chi.
nese and Europeans. The city has all
or nearly all modern Improvements,
including street cars and telephones.
The telephone is a blessed institution
in a tropical country, and is much es-
teemed by Hawaiians, who are not re-
markable for their energy and their
fondness for Professionalism. The
streets are well laid out and nearly all
macadamized, and kept in condition
that would reflect credit on Commits
sioner Brennan. There are no comic
papers in Honolulu, SO the muddy
street joke is one of the luxuries of the
Hawaiian future. The roads around
the city are available for riding or
driving, and many of the drives are
beautiful in the extreme. The princi-
pal business street is Fort Street.
From cursory glance it will be
observed that there is not that rush
or seething throng that is seen on
Broadway, or Washington Street
in Boston, or State Street in CHI l.
cago or on special sales day in
front of Wananaker's, bat il must be
remem bered that Fort Street is in the
Tropic of Cancer, where people take
life etsily, unless there is monarchy
TO be overthrown, and where it is sell
dom proper to do to-day what can be
put OF until tomorrow,
The beautiful residence portion of
the city is Nuuanu Avenue. Right
here 1t is pertinent to call attention to
the fondness of the Hawaiiaus TO the
letter u. 1t is believed that If this let
ter were dropped out of the language
the entire Hawaiian social, political
and literary fabric would tumb
The glory OF Nuuanu Avenue is its
gorgeous vegetation and foliage as the
glory of New England village is its
stately ms. For miles the visitor
drives through bewildcring bower OF
blossoms and ferns and stately palms,
while on each side peep out the pretty
cottages of the well-to-do residents.
The street leads out to the Nuuanu
precipice. Crossing the Nuuanu
River, the rider goes slowly up the
cliff to the height of thousand feet
On one side is the plain with its sugar
cane plantations; on the other the
Pacific stretches lazily away To the
left is a chain of mountain peaks.
PuDch-bowl mountain is not far dis
tant Punch-bowl is aniextiuct vol
cano, one of many that have been in
the habit of making trouble for the
natives.
One OF the best indications OF hap
piness and prosperity is the condition
of the homes of the people. For this
reason number of views of private
residences have been given. One OF
the most pretentious is that OF Mr..
Claus Spreckels. Mr.. Spreckels is not
q POOR man and his Honolulu estab-
lishment does not burden Kim. In
general the houses in Honolulu, chiefly
OF frame, look like thrifty Yankee
dwellings. Or better still, they NAV
be compared to the corresponding class
OF houses in new and enterprising
Western town. But they have the one
great advantage of tropical veQeta.
ton, and all the year through the
yards are here . bower and there a
labyrinth OF bewildering palms and
ferns and brilliant blossoms. No won
der the indolent islander is attached
to his adopted home no Nuuanu Ave.
nue.