The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

| had been accepted by the road board
although the conditions of the contracts
had not been fulfilled.
The travellers found piles of surfac-
! ing material in the middle of the road I;
and pick axes, crowbars and shovels
were scattered along the road for five
miles. There is urgent need OF an ap-
| preparation for completing the surfac-
| ing of the road, as the money already
spent Is of little value until the road
| Is surfaced. Carriages can get through,
but the road is not fit for carriages,
and will not be until il is completed,
which can be done at small expense
1t will soon be possible for the first time
to drive from Kailua all around to Ko-
hala.
There is capital little hotel at Wal
mea kept by a man named Akona, and
the travellers found it positive oasis
in a desert. The table was excellent;
the proprietor served up broiled chick
ems In a style quite worthy OF Delmo-
| nico. Everything was clean and well
ordered, and people who journey in
that region will find this Inn one of
the very few in which they will really
be made comfortable. How 1t came to
be there Is a mystery.
In order to avoid the steamer trip
along the windward side of Hawaii
| people can now secure teams which will
| take them from Kawaihae overland TO
Hilo. Travellers by this route go via
Waimea and through Hamakua, stop
ping at Waimea and Laupahoehoe. At
| kohala there have been abundant
showers. and the mills are grinding at
| full blast. The cane through Hilo, Ha-
II m tg i'm nrNy
well. The party was held up at Ko-
hala five days by the uncertain move
ments of the inter-island steamers, and
finally went from Mahukona to Maui,
landing at Kihei. The cane at the lat
ter plantation is in fine condition.
Nine hundred and twenty-five acres of
IL are already planted. The shaft for
the new pump at the 300 feet level, be-
ing constructed by the Risdon Iron
Works, is down 225 feet. This station
will furnish water for part of the second
and the whole OF the third crop.
Messrs. Hedeman and Castle remain
ed over a week to consult Lowry and
Baldwin about settling the details OF
the new Hawaiian Commercial mill
This will have a capacity of 500 tons
of sugar per day, and will be the larg-
est mill in the world grinding cane SUI
gar They have already begun work on
the foundations OF the new mill which
Is to take off the crop OF 1902 At Olaa
the cane Is already under way for the
crop OF 1902.
Mr.. Thurston was able to give a good
deal OF welcome information about Ki.
hei. The land has been found to hold
water so well that IL is taking mucr
less than was anticipated to the acre
and less than was planned and calcu.
lated for when the present pumpine
plants we're ordered. The one in opera.
ton and the one being Installed were
calculated TO supply water for the frs
and second crops: but the land require;
so much less than was expected tha
the present indications are that the two
pumping plants will take care OF three
instead OF two crops. The water from
the present wells Is abundant and o
good quality. There has been scarce
any change in the quality of the watel
in sixteen months pumping. Thirty
1--WE acres of cane were left over from
planting; this lot will be ground a
SpreCkelsville soon. 1t Is in fine con
dition, and Is expected to yield ten ton!
OF sugar to the acre, although IL wa!
not planted until December and Jan
, uary six months after the regular tim,
for planting.
When the plantation was first start
ed "a considerable percentage of thu
land was not reckoned as cane land be
cause IL was rocky. Except for a few
knobs of inconsiderable area; how
ever, all the rocky land on the planta
ton will be planted up by means o
trenches. The stone has been found L
be loose. and to lie entirely on the sur
face. The expense of clearing the LAM
will be about fifteen dollars an acre
and all the stone can be removed event
ually.
The clearing away OF the rocks ant
the steam blowing will proceed so tina
: the planting will be well under wa.
I In June. The planting to be put II
h this summer will be 1900 acres. Tn
Q grinding of the crop now in the groun'
\ will begin in December.