The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-16
IS FOR H|LO AND HAWAII
FORMER HONOLULU MAN AN EN-
THUSIAST ON SECOND CITY"
Coffee Certain-Culture to Be Extend
ed-Water Power Unlimited-Plenty
of Land-Transit Plans.


of Land-Transit Plans.
Gardner X. Wilder, member of the
leading law firm of Hilo and editor of
the Tribune newspaper of that place,
is more enthusiastic over the Hawaii
capital on his present trip to Homo
lulu than ever before. He is located
permanently there now, with varied
interests aside from his professional
practice. Mr.. Wilder, who is a son of
w. c. Wilder, had excellent prospects
in this city when he went to Hilo
more than year ago, but has never
had a thought of returning to this
place, in which he had his legal train
ing, and where his future included
the very finest possibilities. With
though he says it is happy thing
that the progress of the Second City"
and the development of the big island
will be of material benefit to Honolulu
| anu 10 Une entlTe group.
COFFEE.
To a Star representative Mr.. Wilder
first spoke of coffee. The famous
Olaa and Puma districts are immed-
lately tributary to Hilo. That place
is their buying and selling and ship
ping point and it is there that the
coffee princes will in time have their
mansions and castles overlooking ro-
mantle Hilo bay and surroundings.
In twenty-three miles along the
road through Olaa to the Kilauea vol
cano there are now 1000 acres of
growing coffee as against 1900 less
than two months ago. 1t is almost
a rush, almost stampede. Men are
coming from every boat looking for
men of means who invest on the con-
siderations of straight business
proposition, Others propose to estab-
lish and build up homes and estates.
Success seems certain for both classes.
The man of limited means. can easily
support himself on a few acres I'm that
fertile region and can at waiting sea-
sons perhaps find employment in Hilo,
on the larger groves, or on the sugar
plantations.
All the blight there was in either
Olaas or Puma is gone and thanks to
the science of Professor Koebele, can
never give trouble or uneasiness. Even
the red spider, which appeared only
in small area, was easily driven out.
A SUCCESS.
There is no sun drying of coffee in
the districts adjacent to Hilo. This
is a crude method and besides there is
too much rain to permit it. Putting in
the drying machinery has been follow
ed by the introduction of all the ap
pliances known to modern growth o
coffee and the groves under discussion
are equipped as well as any in thu
world. An enormous amount of ma
chinery has been imported in the pas
two years and with better roads NOR
will be brought in. The coffee i
picked in the winter months and sen
: to market in the early spring. In tn
9 spring of 1897 the first consderabl
exports of Olaa coffee will be made
Enough is made certain by what ha
!, already matured and by the appear
). ance of the groves to insure excellen
= Olaa crops. Successful coffee cultur
= i'm Puma is an old, old story. 1t
= easily shown that there is ample bas
:, for the claim that in a very few yeal
coffee in these islands will be a clos
second to sugar. One single projc'
that is now well formulated will op,
,e up 10000 more acres of coffee land
g Olaa and there are thousands sui
L. able for the production of the bern
"a yet available in Puma.
~ WATER POWER
Water power that is in sight, th
has been tested and that mas he,
TX partly measured, is to play an il
ID portant figure in the future Of Iii
es and surrounding country, The WI
M luku river alone could generate d
H. power to fulfill the requirements
81 an electric tram around Iiawa
IA There is IA constant, certain and
~ variable heavy horse power at iai
=, how Falls, within one mile of Iii
u The river mentioned goes into the :
m at the town. Resides there are 9th
A. streams and almost countless wat'