The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-25
What Was Seen On a Tour Of 10.
speclivl Of Pacific Heights.
NOW nv. OesKY BUILDS ROADS
Exciusivs Water Works. Electric
L'sht system. Electric Railway
and o her Corverlences.

There are quite number of people
in this city who think they know all
there is to be learned about road build
ing. but even such might get a pointer
or two by taking trip over the road
that c. s. Desky has about completed
to Pacific Heights, by which name he
designates what he is determined shall
be the future Mob Hill of this city.
II has gotten to be pretty well I'M
derstood here that what Mr.. Desky un-
dertakes will surely be accomplished.
And he is gentleman who does not
allow any grass to grow under his feet
when he starts in to do anything. as
witness what he has done in the way
of road building in the last three
months.
Accepting an invitation to a drive
yesterday over the new road behind a
spanking big team that cost Mr.. Desky
over $500. and which he only received
from California about three weeks ago.
an Advertiser representative was
shown many things in the course of the
afternoon that opened his eyes to the
great work now being carried on in
opening up the Pacific Heights proper
ty. In the first place 1t must be I'M
derstood that this property embraces
some 400 acres formerly owned by the
Booth estate and that Mr.. Desky paid
in the neighborhood of 100000 for It.
II, LID a.
viding the Nuuanu and Pauoa valleys
and the land on either side of it ex-
tending from the PauOa stream on one
side to the Nuuanu stream on the 9TH
er. About eighty acres of the highest
portion of the land is suitable for res
idence property, and comprises charm
ing knobs. undulating pasture lands
and gentle slopes of easy descent. Here
are found beyond question the most
beautiful views to be obtained any
where on the Island. At attitudes
ranging from 400 to 700 feet, according
to location, most beautiful panoramas
unfold themselves to view. The pref
ty city of Honolulu and its still more
beautiful environs lay beneath. the ia
O patches and rice fields of the PauOa
valley are stretched almost at ones
feet like a carpet. One actually looks
down into PunchbOwl, not at 1t, while
the beautiful villas OF Waikiki can be
picked out with the naked eye, with
the bold, rugged outlines of Diamond
Head and the silvery sea as a back
ground. Away of in the other direc-
ton are the Eva and Oahu plantations
looking like evergreen glades in the
brilliant verdancy of their cane fields;
the silvery threadlike streams and
quiescent lakes that distinguish Pearl
harbOr, with the Waianae mountains
half hidden in their own shadowy
depths and BARRIERS Point thrown out
in bold relief against the broad Paci-
fic. Truly magnificent view and one
Of which the eye can never tire.
The road which Mr.. Desky has had
constructed to reach his property
leaves the Government road at a point
near the Booth homestead. For the
first three or four hundred feet there
is a seven and one-half per cent grade
but afterward the grade Is uniform
six per cent for the entire distance to
the top of the ridge-two miles and a
quarter. The greater portion of this
road. especially at the lower end, IL
blasted out Of solid rock, thousands OF
tons Of which have been used in con.
structing rock walls and entertainments
and in forming a solid roadbed. Sc
even Is the grade and SO easy the as.
cent that teams can 80 to the summit
ut trOt.
1T has cost me about $4,000 to
build this road" said Mr.. Desky, while
on the way up, land 1t will take an.
other 5000 to finish it. All this work
has been done inside of three months
At the rate the Government is putting
the Nuuanu valley road through 1,
would take them three years to dc
what have done In three months, and
you will notice that this road Is wide
enough for three teams to be driven
abreast. There is no shoddy work
about this road; it Is built on the old
Roman system-built to last. have
had as high as eighty-five men on this
work almost constantly and my pay
rolls for the last two months have av-
eraged $500 per day exclusive of tools
powder and fuse. No. there has beer
no contract work done here. Time IL
money with me, and my experience IL
that ! can get more work done In 9
shorter time II keep the superintend
ence OF II in my own hands. In an
other month the road will be finished
macadamized and rolled for the entire
distance, and Honolulu people viii
have scenic road of even more beau
ty than that OF the Pail, which has no
cost them cent
How are lots selling, Mr.. Desky?'
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