The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-05-18
OUR HIL0 LETTER.
DEVELOPMENT ON HAWAII
ISLAND.
The Road Board Moonshne Distilleries
Teachers The Aloha Alma
Fire Department

DlHliNil Ni"iio iSdhlllS nun NllS IMAM
road, is one which should meet with
general approval, as it means the open.
ing up to settlement of further tracts of
fine agricultural land row inaccessible.
yer "a leases have already
been executed and the scene along the
road is one of energetic pioneering
Besides the kona Coffee and Com.
Co. s venture there are several smaller
enterprises in the field, notably of
Miss Lee, who has lately arrived and
who, with a sturdy independence, pro-
cceds to engage in coffee culture. Ry-
croft's plantation in Puma has thus far
been remarkably Successful, and the
company which began operations in
kona under Mr. Mller's management,
already have over hundred acres in
plant, some Of it on rugged black "a,
showing but slightly the presence Of
soil, but thriving with extreme luxuri
ance for all that. Though late to come
around a number of plantation man
ayers have begun to put in coffee in the
forests above the cane limit An in
tense activity is also being manifested
toward a more general development of
small farming products. The new
leases negotiated with the Parker estate
reserve 1000 acres Of the choice Pun
kapu tract in Waimea there is also
reserved a part Of the Honokaia land
in Hamakua, aside from the land
looked on as suitable for cane, while
nearer in are ever 1000 acres of the
land Of KOahe. In the district of Hilo
over 900 acres of land have been
cleared for the crop Of 1894 and 1895
The reopening Of the LaupahoehUe
plantation under the capable manage.
ment of Mr.. MCLennan, has inaugur.
ated a new era of activity in North
FIilo and in Kukaa. Mr. J. H. Rem.
ton, the enterpising new manager OF
the kohala plantation, is bringing under
cultivation a new tract of 200 acres
which has for a long time lain un
productive,
Talking about Kohala, it may moi
be amiss to mention the fact that the
bridge over the Wakaina gulch is un
safe for traffic and should be immedi
ately attended to; while at Multi the
IplankS which cover the fumes under
the road are rotten, SO that a mshaE
may occur at any moment As one OF
the members of the Road Board lives
in the immediate vicinity and
might be one Of the first to meet with
an accident to his corporal well being
this tr endIy advice Is given gratul
touSiy
The same policy of general NEGLECT
and inactivity characterizes the persona
of the HiO Road Board. The new
steel bridge over the Honolii, which
cost the taxpayers close on to $4,000
requires immediate attention. The
threc-qualter men lnterStlceS between
the llOOr plankS have been allowed to
lbeCome choked up, so that there is 2
lrihh,n ,f yro.. or,,,yi,,, hatyea, e,,ar,
'D'o'i W So o'0"'''o Oe'"eo" w.
ling. and the floor ioists and rails s oul,
be tarred. The latter stems should like.
wise be employed on the new Waikiki
bridge, and there is besides a danger
Gus lateral sway which a half day',
labor could correct, lust now tbi,
symposium of engineering talent is EN-
ployed in having the dirt dug ava,
from the sides of the streets and throw
it in the middle which is then covered
with sand 50 that with the first rain,
that fall we may hope to see the pro
cesscs Of erosion which formed the
ridges and valleys of West Maui anc
elsewhere, repeated in our midst, there
by demonstrating that the policy of on
Road Board is an educational one, il
that it endeavors to lead up the publ,
to study and comprehension of geo
logical changes.
"a, Tob,l, in IN. o,,cb If po,o,,
The thirsty now purchase Kanaka samsbu
, The police and the sheriff have hunted in vain
For the hoIihon moonshine is rampan
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and the extremely low price of 50 cent
bottle now renders it possible for tn
poorest and lowli ST horny-tisted son c
/, toll to exhibit to his compatriot of tn
hoc-sIlng ne brigade his palatlal man
sion and polished oak sideboard an
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