The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-04-25
Activity IN Plantation Work and
Road Building.
New Wharvss-Sohoone at kihei
With Freisht-Luna Attacked
BY Chinese.
Especial CorrespondenceD

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MAUI, April 22-Hlna district seem
20 be full OF activity recently. Con
tractor McClenan has just completed
a new landing for the port of Hama. i
is twice the width of the old one and
longer There will now be plenty OF
room to handle steamer freight. Near
the landing is a donkey engine, used IN
hauling the new Hama plantation scow
10 and from from vessels. unloading
and in loading in the harbor.
Nahixu, now boasting of two stores,
a restaurant, a church, a school house,
etc, Is also full OF life.
The firm of Whitehouse & Wilson
have many laborers engaged upon gov
ernment work.
A mile and half of the road lead
ing mauka from the landing into the
homestead lots, Is already complete,
everything except the top dressing. II
will be fine thoroughfare when fully
finished. Its length extending noun
tainward will be two and a half miles.
There are also many laborers en-
ployed in making preparations for the
new landing. The Old one, which con
sisted OF nothing more than pile oil
rocks jutting out into the sea and a
derrick. will be abandoned and new
one on the opposite side OF The littie
cove will be constructed. Messrs
Whitehouse & Wilson are now cutting
deeply into the bank for the purpose
Of making road leading around the
hay from the old landing to the new
which road also joins the new two and
a half mile homestead road now III
course OF construction.
Apropos of this deep cut a Japanesf
luna about month ago lost his iii'
by the caving in Of the bank. He dis
regarded the instructions of his super
iors and thus met his death.
The Keanae school has been ClOset
recently on account of the prevalence
of grip and measles.
The HamJa school children hav
also been afflicted with measles an
chicken-poX. The school was closed
few days on account of SO much sick
mess jus; prior 70 Easter.
Mr. and Mrs. Bolte have been a
Manager Gjerdrum's, Hama, during tn
week
Normal Instructor r. II. Gibson
visiting the Hama school. He arrive
on the 20th.
Geo. Groves, Of Honolulu, Is 70 sur
erintend the building of the last 81
and a half miles of the new govern
ment road from Nahiku. He Is in tn
employment Of w. A. Mckay.
Contractor McClenan will frame tn
twenty-five bridges which the Gov
ernment will construct between Nahi
ku and Hama in connection with tn
new road.
Hamoa took off 20l7 tons this season
Hamoa Plantation has recently sold Il
old mill to the Kona Sugar Co.
Senator Albert Hooking has beef
comparing Kihei with Nahiku durini
the week.
Rev. Harris. of Honolulu, Is visiting
lara.
During Saturday the 18th. four Man
churiaE laborers at Walhee attacked
Head Luna W. G. Ogg with sticks o
cane. lie was badly SCRATCHED and hi.
clothing was torn. Wednesday, tn
l9th, they were sentenced 10 twent!
days Imprisonment by Judge Mckay
of Wailuku.
During the evening of the 2Sth. tn,
birthdays of Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Scott
of Wailuku. which occur on the 27tl
and 2Sth respectively, will be celebrat
ed by dancing party In the cour
house.
To-day Mr.. and Mrs. l.. VOn Tempsk!
accompany their mother 10 Honolulu
Mrs. Won Tempsky Is going TO New
Zealand.
During Wednesday. the l9Jh. thi
schooner Defender arrived in Kihei
twenty-one days from San Francisco
She brought pipe railroad ties, etc.
Today the schooner Mary Dodge vii
sail from Kahului to Hama with car
20 Of merchandise. Two other vessel
are expected in Hama from Honolul,
TO take sugar.
The schooner Ida Mckay, havln
discharged her cargo of lumber at Ka
hului, cleared yesterday, the 2lst, 10
Gray's HarbOr.
Weather-Pleasant, with occasiona
showers.