The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-07-31
KAHULU| To
Be RESORT
Plans For An island
Newport.
RAILROAD TO Be PUSHED
New Hotel on an Ocean Boat
Club to be Organized and
Yacht Brought Down.

wAILUKU, Maui, July 2s.-Thc News
says: If the plague came to Kahului as
a blessing in disguise, the change in own
erbhip of the Kahului Railroad Will no
less prove an un0isguised 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 Waikiki 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 a 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
three new scows and eight self-dumping
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, If the company acquires the con-
troll of that property.
All present moorings Will be exchanged
for iron buoys with new chains and an
chors. As soon as repairs are effected
and new buildings constructed. Mr.. Tay-
Ior 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 will be built just below
the Paia mill.
Plans are being drawn for a new no.
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 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
1t will make lovely little seaside resort,
with delightful bathing facilities. boat
club IL being organized a nice boating
club house and bath houses will be built,
and yacht is to be brought from the
Coast. No more shanties are to be built
at Kahului, but neat and commodious
cottages will be erected as needed.
Camp Wood will be kept as 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 Kahulul
Railroad Co., is enthusiastically In favor
of these improvements. and with his
characteristic energy will push these en-
until Kahului becomes what 1t should be,
the most delightful little sea port town
and bathing resort on the Islands.
LANAI INDUSTRY.
new industry has been developed on
Lanai which is going to make its pro-
moters rich men, II persevered in. And
it Is a little thing, too-simply the raising
of vegetables for the Honolulu market.
Honolulu Ia not the only market that
such an industry will eventually reach
and with the really superb quality of veg
afn 81 n
nent industry has been developed. Sue
ceas to the enterprise.
CITRUS CULTURE.
VIII citrus culture pay on the Islands?
Well. rather. There is at Lahaina lime
orchard of not more than four or five
acres, which has for two or three years
past yielded its owners from 800 to s4OC
per month regularly. And yet lines,
lemons and oranges are shipped here
f-rn the Coast.
NEGRO LABOR.
An agent has gone to Louisiana avow-
edly to bring three thousand negroes to
the Islands. Whine this may be the So
luton to the labor problem. still We would
rather see them tried on some of the
other Islands before bringing any OF
them to Maui
HALEAKALA HoNoLULANs.
II is getting to be quite the fad of
wealthy Honoluluites to build summer
residences along the northern slope of
Haleakala- The climate of that region
Is cool and bracing, and the view both
seaward and landward is enchanting.
JAPANESE AT WORK.
Labor troubles are Frightening up Won
derfully on the big plantation at Spreck-
elsville. The Japanese. tired of loaiing
are returning to work by the score, but
there is still shortage of labor, owing
to which fact the mills are only running
for the most part. In the day time. Plant
ing is being pushed forward rapidly and
all concerned feel that 1t will be but a
short time until the labor difficulties will
be entirely and satisfactorily adjusted