The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-09
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never heard. One near me, with one
majestic horn broken off close to the
quick, stood with his head down, moan
ing like hurt child was glad to
see, however, that the horn, which when
the animal came on b ard had been
hanging by bit of skin, had been
carefully removed, 50 that he had that
much relief
The cattle are not killed uFtli several
days after they reach Honolulu, and
then only two or three at a time, so
that they have ample time to recover
from the i'll effects of the trip before
they are converted into beef for human
Consumpt on. All the other -four, footed
stock on board was asleep and snoring
peacefully, though now and then a
clatter from the hencoops far forward
bespoke trouble in the poultry camp,
but the cattle seemed not to sleep at
all, and certainly their attendants could
not. Turning at last from the sight of
their dumb suffering, | started b *
across deck to my cabin There is no
steerage in the Inter Island steamers.
The steerage passengers are here "deck
passengers" and then accommodations
.-1fsueh word applies to the quarters
assigned them--are on the forward
deck. Of this there was not six inches
avail able space where some man,
woman or child was not lying aisle ep.
There were natives and whites Chinese,
Japanese, negroes all hudded in an
IndisCriminate heap of ill-smelling,
tired, sleepy, comfortless, seasck
wretchedness. The sight was indie.
scribable, and as between the four
legged cattle below and the human
herd above it really seemed to me that
the quadrupeds had the better Of the
trip.
| presume, however, that in thi:
matter, as in every other, all, or nearly
all, depends upon the point of view
Everywhere about the island Of Ha
waii, as upon them all, one sees the
urgent need of little capital and enter
prise to develop the possibilities Of tht
country Save for the small and who'll,
inadequate one at Hllo, there is not
The ships must anchor half mile o
more from shore and all FIRE gl
and passengers are conveyed to an,
from vessels in lighters. Some of thu
landings are perilous in the extreme
as the one at Kukaiau, where Mis-
Stevens, daughter of the American
Minister, SO unfortunately lost her lif,
some time ago.
1t is sight that makes one SILVER,
passenger beeing landed here, anc
since the sad accident referred to, th,
landing is not attempted save in calm
weather. We saw, on the down trip o
the Hall, the boat from which Mis-
Stevens was lost, and which was carried
away by the sea 1t drifted ashor,
above Kealakekua Bay, and lay, bottom
upward, on the beach. All traffic ii
the Islands is just now conducted at
great loss. The Inter Island steamer
on their downward trips bring suga
from Hilo, Maui, Lahaina and the othe
great districts, coffee from Kona, anC
fruit, vegetables and stock fr,m half
dozen important stations all to b.
carried to Honolulu, unloaded, re
loaded and brought back over thu
same route by San Francisco steamers
So all freight from the States is brough
directly past these stations to Honolulu
and then reshippcd, at enormous cost
to the different Island ports. Were
annexation accomplished a great i'm
petus could be given trade between the
two countries, to the lasting benefit o
both, by few judlcious expenditure
for harbor improvements and the en-
couragement of line of steamers t.
and from San Francisco, touching a
way ports ADELINE +. KNAPP.