The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-08-29
A TRIP TO wA1ALuA.
At Hale,wa, Ocean House, Among
Oanefields, Dust and Accessible
Stocks.

StOckH.
A large number of people went
over the road on Sunday last in
the train which left town in the
morning. 1t is a very enjoyable
journey AMI all admitted the won
derful scenery through which the
Iron horse of the century carries
its load of happy humanity.
AT Waialua the train stops at
two places, one near the center of
the little village which soon will
become town, and another in
front of the magnificent hotel
known as Haleiwa, and now the
fashionable resort of tourists and
the bon ton of the Islands.
Colonel Iaukea is sparing no er-
forts in improving the premises of
the Hotel and identifying it's sur
roundings. 1t is a lovely place
and the guests are enthusiastic in
their praises of the management.
Nearly every room is occupied by
visitors and even the transient
guest finds a good table, plenty of
refreshments and a most cour-
teous treatment.
Not far from Haleiwa is another
Hotel which has been named
Ocean House. The name is very
appropriate because there the
best bathing in the land is to be
obtained and the visitors can OBJ
tain the full benefit of the balmy
and invigorating breezes of Wal
alua. Mr.. Charles David who has
a host of friends in Honolulu and
the Islands is the manager, and
he can justly feel proud at the
manner in which his hotel has
been erected and is conducted.
The bathrooms are ample and
gotten up in a style not seen here
before. There are stalls for,
horses, a carriage house, and a
house for David's game chickens.
A cool and pleasant dining room
is a feature in the new building,
and upstairs there are several
cOzy bedrooms. Ocean House
will be a favorite place for excur-
sionists and the charges are very
moderate indeed.
Those who have visited Waia-
lua few years ago will hardly
know the place. The growth of
the sleepy and picturesque vil-S
lage is simply wonderful. Kama
ainas visiting last Sunday were
'1ost" and had missed their bear
ings of the days gone by.
The new plantation is in very
good condition. The difference
between the old and new cane is
Il marvel even to the layman.
The head luna Mr.. III. III. Plemer
showed the writer the wonderful
improvements and said smiling,
at is nothing compared with
what will be done" The Mokule-
ia lands are partly planted and
nearly all of the rest is plowed.
The great pumping plants are
working constantly and the 'pro-
fessionals" are wondering wheth-
er the Reeler or the Worthington
pumps are the best. If The In
dependent dares to offer an opin.
ion it will back the Worthington
every time.
At Mokuleia the writer met Mr..
II. w. Gay and took a ride into
the mountains with the we'll
known rancher.
A correspondent to a local pa
per claimed few days ago that
the forests on the Waialua noun
tains were dying out owing to the
cattle.
Mr.. Gay asked in regard to his.
views on the matter laughed and
said that the clever correspond
ent about forestry did not know
what he was writing about. From
Mr.. Gays long and careful
observation of the condition
of the lands in the district
he could simply say that the
forests in the Waialua mountains
have not suffered from the cattle.