The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-03
IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED BY
VISITING MONTERREY BANKER.
Stairway Built ON Side of Mountain to
Mr.. Greene Will Contribute.

I
ing a few weeks in Honolulu. has come
forward with suggestion which, IT
adopted. viii add another popular
pleasure resort to the many for which
the island metropolis is already noted.
Mr.. Greene proposes nothing more or
less than to cut series of steps and
landings in the side of old Punchbowl,
provide rustic seats on the landings
and at the summit and to transform
the crown of the hill into a public
park, as nearly as possible. -\fter
/ studying the ground carefully. Mr..
Hreehe hgureS OUT mat the work can
he done Tor 5000, or even less II the
/ Government prisoners are employed
IN the work. 10 snow ms interest III
the matter. he agrees to start pop
ular subscription with check Tor S2o.
and asks The star to take the matter
up and issue call for subscriptions.
Mr.. Greene is perfectly at nome IN
discussing public improvements of tins
kind. His home, Monterey. mas
world wide reputation for its beauh-
| full drives, parks and other pubic
| pleasure grounds. and it was largely
through his efforts that it is so. His
own residence and the surrounding
grounds are one of the sights even
in picturesque Monterey. 1t is not
then an idle fancy that has led Mr..
Greene to suggest the improvement of
Punchbowl. His trained eye sought
it out at once as the elevation easicst
of access from which a sweeping view
of the city and its surroundings can
be obtained, and he saw at glance
that it only needs to be brough- with
in popular walking distance to make
it the favorite stamping groun! OF tire
public.
81 heard of Punchbowl," said Mr.
Greene last evening, almost before |
heard of Honolulu. The grandeur of
the view from the rim of the old crater
was picturesquely described to me
more than once, but it made no dis
tinct impression on me until had
climbed up there myself. | 10 not
think that there is a view more truly
grand on earth. Since | have ;hmpei
up two or three times, impressed more
: each time with the beauty OF he pan
oramic scene spread before mc--the
pretty city with its waving palms
nesting at my feet, the bold outline
of damon Head on ny left, sllhouet-
ted against the blue waters OF the
grand old ocean, thrashing Itself INTO
foam against the reef and the distant
islands. Stretched away in the rear
and the beautiful valleys OF the inte,-
Tor, with their plantations and pa III
groves. and beyond the cloud capped
Pail, Tantalus and the other rugged
peaks of the mountain range.
1T is worth the climb, even with
three and onehalf miles of dusty road
to travel, for while one gets the view
from the summit, he is famed by such
a cooling ocean breeze as does not
reach the valley. But all that long
dusty tramp could be avoided If one
could only travel straight up the
mountain side. just now it is dang
erous, for the sloping lava bed IS
ragged and slippery, and false STEP
might mean a bad fall.
, Il have tramped over the ground
frequently, and l have come to the con
clusion that stairway up the noun
tain side would not only lessen the DIS
tance very materially, and bring the
summit within reach of the public
, but would make Punchbowl one OF the
most famous spots on the earth. Tn,
plan is entirely feasible. Steps say
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