The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-12
HAPPY HILO.
PLENTY OF RAIN AND TONS
OF SUGAR.
Being Made at the
Steamer notwithstanding
News Notes-PersonaI
Items, etc.

hILoI sept ftn.-N nile otner
districts on this island have been
comp aiming of dry weather and con-
sequent short crops Hilo has broken
all previous records and harvested
the largest crop ever ground by it
mills; the total output of sugar from
Waiakea to OJkala, sggregating
about 81 500 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 we'll as rain; but the
sugar C mpanies have gradually in
crea- ed their plants and orders for
fertilizers until now The available
land within the limits of the plauta-
lions Excepting L4upahoehoe 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 Htlo 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 bs 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 a
more practical and business like ap-
pparance during the past few days
On Sunday morning the 81 inst the
). S. Kinau swung to anchor at her
usual place in thu harbor. with the
brig Lurlinein the offing, which
by noon entered port with a full
cargo of general meI chandise for
Hilo stores and plantation supplies,
sixteen days from San Francisco
No passengers On Tuesday the
bark Amelia, Ward, master, came to
anchor twenty-oue days from Puget
s Dund, with cargo of $50 600 feet OF
lumber, consigned to g. E Richard
son; and yesterday the steamer Ha
wall arrived and will take freight from
the Lnrline FIR Hakalau.
The Hilo wharf is being fitted up
with Il new landing stage aud steps
for passengers, on The seward side.
This will be great improvement
and insure dry and easy landing
when the SEA Is not too rough; IL
present the boats ground before
reaching the inside steps when the
tide is low, and passengers are OfIen
compelled to climb up the perpen-
'iicniar steps at the front OF the
wharf.
We trust the superintendent of
pnblic works will come again soon,
If long uee,led improvements follow
his departure so quickly.
A lunch was gwen at the foreign
church parlors uesday noon by the
ladies Of the church ir honor of the
visiting pastors and their wives,
which was Well attended, and the
buuntiful supply of good things dis
posed of in mauuer which should
have grattie the douators.
R-v. and Mrs Ostrom return to
Kuhala by this steamer having done
the volcano" and all the sig1ts about
town. Rev aud Mrs. S Jares also
visited the volcano last week
Peter Lee, mabager of the Volcano
hOnsP, Is In town, and will make a
flying trip To Honolulu to place his
children in school; be reports the
volcano as very &C i've"
4 number of our lady school
teachers returned by this steamer
from vacation trips to the other isl
ands. Miss Harriet T. Coan and
nephew from Molokai, Miss Nc
q IVAN from Maui, Miss Anua Rose
and Miss Weight from Oahu.
Miss Anderson aud Miss Frasier
OF Maui are here aud Will visit the
volcano next week.
Oar young people are leaving US
In considerable force to be gone for
the next nine months attending the
schools on Oahu aud Maui.
Mr/and Mrs. Terry returned from
the Worlds Fair and travelling in
theteasteru states last week by the
steamer G andine.