The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-18
ON A NEW TRACT
Visit to Late Land Purchase Of
a Local Firm.
GEAR, LANSING & co. HAVE 1T
A Nicely Situated Piece Of 400
ACres-Plans of Owners-Flag
Raising-Stone Ouarries.

| Newspaper representatives were tax
en- yesterday for an outing and a view
of the latest land purchase of Gear
Lansing & Co. The party included
A. V. Gear, Theo. F. Lansing, Mr.
MintOn, who is now interested with
the firm, Fred. H. Harrison and Pho
tographer Weatherwax. A. Garten-
burg was also a visitor The drive
was taken down Waikiki avenue
through the park and out on the Ka-
| pahulu and WaiaIae roads.
1n4s tract of land has an area OF
| 400 acres and is most favorable stu
ated for residential purposes. 1t is be-
ing subdivided by Surveyor Loeben-
stein and will soon be placed upon the
market. The lots will of two sizes
5Ox10O and 75x2OO The small ones
will be about $75 apiece and the large
one from 5000 up.
Paul Isenberg sold the lana lately
to Gear, Lansing & Co. The place
y
the late DR.. TrOuseau. The principal
corner is at the junction of the Ka-
pahulu and Walalae roads. There is
a frontage of 800 feet on the Kapahulu
road and of more than a mile on the
" aialae road. The boundary towards
Waialae is the old stone fence which
runs along the top of Telegraph hill.
The Diamond Head boundary is near
the maUka foot of that landmark. The
whole tract slopes gently from Tele-
graph Hill towards town. Waialae
road is merely extension of Beretania
street. 1t is the plan of the owners of
the property to build through it two
broad avenues-easta and west and north
and south. 1t is proposed to have wide
streets and to reserve a park place and
school and church premises. The cleo
trio street car line will tap the property
on the Kapahulu road.
Breezes for the tract come from Pa
lolo valley and from the valleys ma
uka of Waialae The movement of air
is constant. The tract is primarily
a scenic selection. From the higher
points are afforded views of Koko
Heads, Waialae, the sea, crater of
Diamond Head, Punchbowl, the harbor
and the town, Island of MoIokai, Pearl
LOchs and Waikiki. All that can be-
shut off from the lower levels, is the
Waialae vista. The panorama from
any spot on the 400 acres is beautiful
and impressive. Nearly all the stones
are in central deposits that are now
being quarried. The soil is rich and
there is an assurance Of water. At one
place on the tract is a basin that will
most likely be selected as the site for
the water works reservoir for the new
Waikiki system. For several hundred
feet LON the line that marks the Wal
alae boundary the sea view of that
side is preserved and it is very attrac-
tive. A number of pictures were made
by Mr. " eatherwax, who with other
equipment. had Mr.. Williams pano-
ramic camera.
The American flag was planted on
the highest place at Telegraph hill by
Mr.. Harrison and three cheers were
given.
Some of the gentlemen interested in
this tract are figuring a few months
ahead. One of the calculations is that
Waialae is to furnish some beach for
new Honolulu and that the traffic will
of course be on the road that skirts
the holding mauka. 1t is the purpose
of the owners to encourage building
in every possible way.
Mr.. Harrison is operating two quar-
ries on the tract and is taking out an
immense amount of stone for the Judd
block and other buildings. At one
quarry there is the largest derrick OF
the kind in the country, having a
sixty-foOt mast The stone is Of the
very best quality of the native article,
being of the close grain and solid blue
color. 1t is very like granite in the
working and takes a fine finish
Where the excavations have been