The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-30
KAHULU| TO
Be RESORT
Plans For An Island
Newport.
RAILROAD To Be PUSHED
New Hotel on an Ocean Pier--Boat
Club to be Organized and
Yacht Brought Down.

WAILUKU. Maui. July 2S-The News
says: II the plague came to Kahului as
blessing in disguise. the change in own
less prove an undisguised blessing. New
blood has been infused into. the manage
ment Of affairs. and progress is now the
watchword.
Mr.. James T. Taylor. the civil engineer
to whose energy and ability wailuku and
kahului are indebted for the completion
of their water system. is now engaged in
making new survey of the railroad ana
depot system at Kahului, with view of
entirely remodeling them and better
adapting them to the comfort and con-
venience of the travelling public and ship
pers OF freight. The passenger cars OF
the company are now in the repair shops
where they are being properly fitted for
passenger traffic.
The two wharves are to be enlarged
coal cars will be added, so that freight
blockades will be thing of the past. New
depots, round houses and car shops are to
be constructed. possibly on the burnt dis
trict, IL the company acquires the con-
troll of that property.
All present mornings will be exchanged
for iron buoys with new chains and an
chors. AS soon as repairs are effected
and new buildings constructed Mr.. Tay-
lor will begin the survey of the new line
OF road. mentioned in a recent issue of
the News. Cyrus Green, Esq, has the
contract for the construction of the new
Paia depot which viii be built just below
the Paia mill.
tel in Kahului. to be built near the
wharf. This will be a large and roomy
building, modern in style. and comfort
ably fitted up. There will be a lower and
upper balcony extending around three
sides of the hotel, and the side next the
sea will extend out into the water, sup
ported on piles.
Trees are to be planted around the
building. and when ready for occupancy
Il will make a lovely little seaside resort
with delightful bathing facilities. A boat
club Is being organized, a nice boating
club house and bath houses will be built
and a yacht is 10 be brought from the
Coast. No more shanties are to be built
at Kahului. hut neat and commodious
| Camp Wood will be kept as "a home
for the laborers, and special camp boss
will be employed to keep this portion OF
Kahului in perfect sanitary condition.
Superintendent Filler, of the Kahulu
Railroad Co., is enthusiastically In favor
Of these improvements. and with his
characteristic energy viii push these en-
terprises. undertaken by his company
until Kahulu becomes what it should be
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and bathing resort. on the Islands.
LANAI INDUSTRY.
A new industry has been developed OF
Lanai which is going to make its pro
moters rich men, if persevered in. An
il is a little thing. too-simply the raising
OF vegetables for the Honolulu market
Honolulu Is not the only market tina
such an industry will eventually reach
and with the really superb quality of veg
etables raised there, a new and perma
nent industry has been developed. Sue
cess TO the enterprise.
CITRUS CULTURE.
VIII citrus culture. pay on the Islands
Well rather. There is at I.ahaina a lin
orchard Of not more than four or fly
acres, which has for two or three year
past yielded it's owners from 800 to 81
lper month regularly. And yet bme
lemons and oranges are shipped hei
f-cm the Coast.
NEGRO LABOR.
An agent has gone to Louisiana avov
!. eoly TO bring three thousand negroes
the Islands. While this may be the 81
luton to the labor problem, still we wou
\ rather see them tried some of IL
y other Islands before bringing any
them to Maui.
. HALEAKALA HONOLULANS.
IL Is getting TO be quite the fad
wealthy HonOluluites TO build SUNNI
residences along the northern slope
Ialeakala. The climate of that regit
Is cool and braeing. and the view bo
seward and landward is enchanting.
JAPANESE AT WORK.
Labor troubles are Frightening up wo
derfully on the big plantation at Spree
elsville. The Japanese, tired of loafin
are returning to work by the score, b
there Is stil a shortage of labor, own
to which fact the mills are only runnln
for the most part, in the day time. Plan
ing is being pushed forward rapidly al
all concerned feel that it will be but
short time until the labor difficulties "