The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-29
FOR LAHA|NA
The Ancient Capital is
Not Declining.
Comments on Population and DeveI'
opment--CaIIs Local Scribe to
Account for Errors.

Editor Advertiser:-In the Weekly
Star" Of December 18th appears an
editorial emitted "A Change Desira-
BILE" wherein the writer seems anxious
to have both court terms OF the cond
Circuit held in Waikiki. The writer
is open TO considerable criticism for
this. He first refers TO Kaanapai as
sparsely settled district-in the next
few lines he speaks OF Honokowai and
Oiowalu as two small districts. He
next says, the matter Is more easily
understood il anyone will study the
map Of the Island and the popu alton
figures according to the last census"
1t does not appear to me as though
the writer of that article had ever
studied the map of Maui TO any great
extent. When he refers to Kaanapali,
Honokowai and Olowalu as districts
his ignorance of the political divisions
of the Island of Maui becomes appar-
ent for there Is only one district on
the west side OF Maui, and that is the
Lahaina district
/ He tries to impress his readers with
his knowledge of what LAhaina was
away back in the fiftieH He says towns
or villages have their period OF de-
velopment as all other human affairs,
Lahaina budded, lowered and faded
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Where he got his census figures from
| do not know but | know there is
close on 1000 abebodied men employ
ed by the Pioneer hIill Co alone that
would leave three to 400 men,
women and children in other parts OF
the district according 10 his figures
2,39S last census, and here | mean 10
show how Lahaina has faded.
came to Lahaina in December, 1893
the taxes collected that year was over
seven thousand dollars, tins year. 1893
the taxes amount to over 100000. The
output of sugar IN 1898 was a little over
200 tons at the Pioneer Mill Co., and
In 1900 will show at least 10000 tons.
The Lahaina Gomez and Fruit Co. have
planted since 1893, 900 coffee trees;
Honolua Ranch Co, l13,G0O trees. The
coffee from both places ranks amongss
the best on the Islands.
Six years ago Lahaina DOasted of
half dozen brakes owned by private
parties; today she has nine hacks for
public hire and some fifteen vehicles
for private use, besides numerous other
carts and wagons belonging to bust
ness firms and stores. This year over
thirty steamers a month called at her
port and daily steamer service be-
tween Lahaina and Lanai will be es-
tablished before new year.
The need OF keeping Lahaina as a
judicial center becomes more apparent
day by day. When Maunalei Sugar Co.
LanaD, Kaunakakai and Kamalo mo
iokaD, and Kaanapah are fully de-
veloped, the court business OF these
places all belongs TO the second circuit,
not to speak OF the immense stretch OF
land owned by II. p. Baldwin at Homo
lua, in the district of Lahaina, which
is expected to be planted in cane and
fully developed within tine next five
years. These lands alone would yield
from forty TO fifty thousand tons Of
sugar year,
will admit that there are few di-
lapidated shanties along the ely froIt
that should be torn down, but 1t Is the
same with many other places, not eS-
cepting Wailuku. How the writer Ut
that article can figure out that Laha-
ina Is decaying ! can not understand,
LAHAINAITE.