The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-01-13
OUT IN kAlMUkl.
Plllill Up q Slllrlal Tract
For Residslcss
BACK Of OlAlAowo MEAD
Has the Prime R.auisnss IN a
Marked Desree water
sys,.m-ks~ streets.

One Of she very noticeable real cs-
tate whirls has for Ia center the new
kaimuki tract. on the Wsialae road
and the kapahulu drive. u Is reached
from either directly out Beretania
streets or through kspiolsni Park, and
Is on one OF the lines OF the new Ho.
nolulu Rapid Transit Company This
whirl of activity amounts to almost a
cyclone. all to the benefit OF the pur-
chasers and Gear. Lansing a Co. the
owners who are represented In trans
actions by Mr.. Minton.
Mauka of Diamond Head, for dis
lance of three or four miles is a high
ridge that vernacular biologists call a
hog back" At the most elevated point
on this ridge Is the debris OF Telegraph
Hill tKaimuki. In the olden days
vessels coming from the north were
signalled to the city from Kaimuki by
a semaphore system, clear and effec-
tive. The town end OF the line was q
building on Kahumanu street, then oc-
cupied as sail loft.
The Kaimuki tract slopes from a
stone wall on either side OF the old
Telegraph Hill station clear down to
the Kapahulu Drive, sometimes called
the White Road. II Is like boulevard
from the park. The Waialae Road, ex-
tension Of Beretania street, Is another
OF the perfect roads OF the new era
Both thoroughfares are wide and have
shade trees.
When the Kaimuki tract was taken
hold OF by the realty men IL was COW
cred with 'antana, had a considerable
amount of surface rock and several ex-
tenslve deposits of stone, heayed up by
volcanic fires. The loose rock and the
lantana are disappearing. The deposits
are being worked as quarries, some OF
the stone having gone into foundations
for the Judd and other new buildings
about town. That there Is q good view
from this land IL, OF course, accepted at
once. On the upper levels or the
bench one may see into the crater OF
Diamond Head, may see Koko heads,
may see Honolulu, Eva district, with
the growing cane and the Waianae
mountains. The breeze from PalOlo
valley Is never falling. The drainage
Is natural.
Water supply was a problem at first
but was solved by brains and money"
Two artesian wells have been driven
and they flow more than G, 200, 900 gal
Ions of fine water daily. Main pipes
will be within the reach OF every lot
In the tract. The pumping plant IL
about to be shipped from the coast.
The reservoir will be located near Tel
egraph Hill.
Streets are being made through the
plot now. A couple Of hundred men
are engaged in the work and they work
with a Will. The streets are lined or
banked with stone that Is to be used
in the future in macadamizing, as a
stone crusher and roller are to come
into the task of making the suburb the
very best in every way. A good many
Chinese laboners are used and II Is
deeply interesting to watch them op-
crate. They strike a surface rock that
is too large for the gang Of eight to
handle. A piece Of giant powder di-
vides the aggregate OF weight. There
is pole and heavy piece of cable for
each pair OF men and four of the sets
can perform an almost incredible
task Of moving a mass of stone. The
Chinese do not rush at their work.
They do not shout or play in any man
ner. They keep "everlastingly at It,"
and accomplish simply wonders.
Kaimuki has attracted a number OF
local investors, such men as DR.. And
rews, A. +. Cooke, Z. A. Mott Smith,
Mr.. Dickey and others, having been
early purchasers. Harold M. Sewall,
the Special Agent Of the United States,
has large area Of the land. Mr.. Cooke
has an entire block. Two residences are
now under way on the tract. Many will
be built so soon as the water pipes are
laid. At present the lots are being
sold at moderate prices and on easy
terms, as Mr.. Minton insists. 1t Is Mr..
Minton also who suggests that inev-
itably there must soon be an increase
In the value Of the land as building
sites.
Gear, Lansing & Co. bought the Kai-
muki tract from Paul Isenberg. to
whom 1t had been sold years ago By
the late DR.. Trosseau.