The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-10

sian wells, thirteen of them flowing
and a large sugar estate viii be es-
| tablished within year. The value of
the rice now produced is heavy and
| the dairy interest is not small.
There was raving over the scenery.
! 1t IS especially impressive and grand
! about Kaena Point, which had been
! pronounced impracticable of passage
| by a railway. The engineering and
| the building are dashing and bold. At
| several points the sea has been chal-
| lenged with solid walls of masODaTy
At one place nearly ton Of dynamite
was used in a single blast The road
| has been carefully constructed and is
we'll baIlasted. There are a couple OF
very sharp curves, several bridges that
almost Overhang the beach and some
cuts that appalled, the projectors. The
scenery includes two natural bridges
at the edge of the water a number Of
caves, the cliffs, the surf plays and
freaks and the barking sands of Ma
kua Mr. Roberts was engineer for
the excursion train and Mr.. Gill con-
ductor The time down to Waianae,
thirty-three miles, was an hour and ten
minutes 1t has been made in an hour.
fifty-five miles, two hours and fifteen
minutes.
The excursion party was furnished
most literally with refreshments on
the special train and there was a din
ner at MOkuleia ranch, with Walter
Dillingham;. the manager, as host. He
was assisted in entertaining by his
guest, G. P. Wilder. The ranch is a
delightful place and the dinner worthy
the name. The features of the menu
were the fruits of the place. These in
cIuded peaches, figs, grapes, water
melons, lines, mangoes, etc. The
peach orchard has quite an area and
the fruit has been sent to market with
profit. Milk is sent in every day. Mr.
Wilder displayed a bottle of Japanese
beetles as the outcome of a mornings
labor in the vineyard. Manager Walter
Dillingham; keeps the ranch in first
class order in all departments Mo
kuleia is the old Casper Silva posses
sion.
There were no less than eleven
speakers at the end Of the meal. Mr..
Whitney was first called upon and
toasted the Dillinghams father and
son. Walter Dillingham; responded in
fathers work could be seen by all
men and that he was endeavoring to
aid the head of the house. The con-
clusiOn was to the Press of Honolulu
and Rev. S. E. Bishop spoke feeIingly
and earnestly of the enterprise and
energy and Intelligence of the man
who had created the railway. DanI
Logan spoke at length of the trials
RI Of NIv inc
G.. Ballentyne of the remarkable re-
suits achieved by the promoter and
builder of the railway and of the fact
that the people could not appreciate
all that had been done by this one
man against countless obstacles and
numerous discouragements. Mr.. Nor
RE commended the enterprise of Mr.
Dillingham; and was enthuiastic over
the showing of the success of fruit
culture. Mr. Vivas said he recognized
that Mr.. Dillingham; had made possible
the career of small farming for mem
bers of the Portuguese colony and had
brought to a good issue a momentous
task. Mr.. Vivas was a clerk in the
law Office of Sanford B. Dole at the
time Mr.. Dillingham; set the railway
movement on foot and overheard many
consultations in regard to the matter.
Mr.. Testa said that the road was a
benefit to the country and had done
much for it. Mr.. Testa offered a toast
to Mr.. Mark Robinson, another Ha-
waiian, and a man who had come for
ward with capital when others were
timid. Luke Chan expressed the ap-
probation of the Chinese of the efforts
of Mr.. Dillingham;. Mr.. Fred. c. Smith
promised the Kahuku extension on
time. Mr. G. P. Wilder spoke of the
difficulties Of carrying on railway
in Hawaii. E. L. Like spoke
highly of the man who built the road
and of the hosts Of the day.
Nearly all the eXcursionists walked
out on the bridge in course Of con-
struction at the end of the line. 1t is
heavy work. There was one slight ac-
cident during the day. This was when
Robt. ShingIe and Thos. G.. BaIlentyne
fell off the goose neck dray used as
a hack between the railway and the
ranch. There was no serious injury.
The driver was cOmical native chap
who made a reverse curve through two
gates with his horses on the run.
Chas. Falk said the man could make
a fortune in the States as a stage
driver.
Those in the party were: Edmund
Norrie, T. G.. BaIlentyne, F. J. Testa
Capt. I. Bray, H. NJ. Whitney, Rev. S.
E. Bishop. L. H. Mesick, P. H. Dodge,
John NJ Vivas, c. Yaknam, c. J. Falk,
DR.. A. H Sinclair, E. l. Like, Luke
Chan, Dan'l Logan, RObt. W. Shingle,
c. G. BalIentyne D. W. KamaIiikane
and Ed. TOwse.
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