The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-13
HOMES ON
H|L0 LINE
Residences To be Built
Probably.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Forest to be Turned Into Ties anl
Timber Cane From
Kilohana..
Special Correspondence

OLAA, Hawaii, August 10-Work on the
out cessation. The telephone line of the
from Hilo to Olaa is about COM
plete and the track has been laid for
about two miles beyond this point. Super
intendent Lambert thinks from present
train to Pahoa will be pos
sihle by October. The establishment, by
him, of stage connection to the volcano
and wayside villages has greatly in
creased the traffic on the road and at the
same time is giving great satisfaction to
residents and tourists. Daily, instead Of
scmi-weekly, trips are now made and
mails are delivered with regularity that
is really Edenic.
A large number of property owners. in
the Mountain View and mauka sections.
see a possibility of establishing homes
along the line now that rapid transit is
assured. Formerly tourists did not reach
the volcanoes until late in the evening
and thus lost many of the scenic splendors
of the upper drive. Now they leave Hilo
at 7:30 a. m. by train and the stages of
the Hilo Company land them at the end
of their journey just as the echoes of tao
lur CHI bell go ringing down the caves of
kilauea.
AT OLAA STATION.
Three large warehouses. two plantation.
and one railroad, have been erected
at this point. Lumber is on the ground
for the Olaa offices, restaurant and
other necessary buildings and In few
weeks quite a village will take the place
of baroness and solitude. Those out
posts of civilization, churches, school
houses ana saloons have not yet been
considered, but all except the last may
be looked for In the early future. The
arrival and departure of the trains pre-
sent an enlivening scene; teams. coaches
and freight wagons from all sections, be-
ing on hand to receive and deliver passen-
gers and freight, with the usual contin-
gent of wonder-struck natives, to whom
the locomotive is spell-binder.
MOVING FORESTS.
The moving of the forest woods after
cutting was at one time formidable
problem to be met in clearing the upper
laLds. A recent contract with the Hills
railroad has removed this element Of con-
alteration. Contracts have been com
pleted under which the major portion OF
the immense ohia logs will be converted
into railroad ties, bridge and heavy tim
bers and such as are acceptable delivered
II is estimated that over 100000 ties will
lbe the output. That not suitable for ties
will either go into the market, but more
pre- baby be reserved for mill purposes
At any rate none will be wasted and al
now has an added value and will form s
large item in plantation assets.
e CANE FROM KILOHANA
II Peter Lee, at the Halfway House, OIL
ihis tract of thirty acres, is cutting can'
flor seed purposes, which runs 50% ton.
Ito the acre, equal to a capacity of sever
items of sugar. The cane Is there In full
view, was weighed by Assessor H.
! Lyman and Peter wants to know wher
| In the Islands 1t can be beat? 1t must b
borne in mind that this cane is only on
year old and experts are asking wha
will. 1t yield when at maturity? Close es
Inmates place the probable output at tie
| tens and over. The land is surrounde
| by and is portion of the same soil a
that of the middle Olaa district, fror
which like results are considered a fore
gone conclusion. AS fast as cut this can
| finds its home on the land of the "Bi
Plantation"
CONDUCTOR RICHARDSON.
The Hi1o Railroad Company has secure
as conductor on its line G. w. Richardson
Mr.. Richardson, although not an oil
man, has been railroading long enough t
be classed as a veteran. His field of en-
ployment was principally on the NOR
westerly lines of the Mainland and he
as full of border "reminiscences as he
of the work of his craft. Another i'm