The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-26

ceeded to his relief. In the meantime,
the water had risen SO much that de-
briS and logs were washing in at the
lower windows and threatening to de-
molsh the house. Mr.. Waldeyer start
ed down stream along some hlgh
ground, catching at the trees to pre-
vent being carried too fast. Finally
he reached a point opposite where sew
eral natives stood on the opposite
bank of the stream with lantern
They waded partly across the raging
torrent, and then formed chain of
their hands, enabling one of them to
reach out near the middle of the
stream. Mr.. Waldeyer approached as
near as possible, and making a spring,
succeeded in grasping the outstretched
hand of native, and was safely
hauled across to shallow water He
waded out and started for Wailuku,
meeting his anxious friends half way
to town.
MAKAWAO.
The storm has done much damage to
the Kula corn crop. A month ago the
prospects were that an enormous crop
of corn would be raised and that corn
would be cheap. Some damage was
done to the crop by rains early in Oc-
tober, but much was still left. The
Kona, however, has almost destroyed
the Kula corn crop. Corn on the lower
lands was already ripe, and on the
higher land was ripening. Much of the
corn was washed completely out of the
ground, and carried away by the rush
of water. In other places it was sim
ply Frustrated and covered with mud
and gravel.
A large number of eucalyptus trees
were blown down in Makawao. The
potato crop is also damaged by the
storm. The blight, which is pronounc-
ed by some observant residents of
Makawao as simply mildew caused
by too much moisture, still continues
it's ravages. Makawao is also afflicted
with another pest-little red ants. The
ground is simply honeycombed by
them. Mr.. E. H. Bailey, of Makawao,
states that he noticed that one of his
young peach trees had fallen and upon
examination he found that the reason
was that the ants had so honeycOmbed
the ground around it that the roots
had no support.
j STORM NOTES.
While a crew of the Kahului Rail-
road hands were repairing the track
the other day, after the big storm, in
digging into the sand near the track,
they unearthed forty-four tins OF
opium Visions of unlimited wealth
began to dance before their eyes, but
on further examination it was found
that the opium had been buried so long
tents were entirely spoiled. There is
no clue as to how long or by whom
the opium was cached.
The winds in Wailuku played havoc
with the magnificent hedge of cedars
in front of Judge Kalua's residence
some of them being blown down en-
tirely and others partially uprooted II
was too bad, as this was by far the
handsomest hedge in town, and alway.
attracted the admiration of visitors
Over 100 telephone poles were blowr
down by the storm on Maui BY Sat
urday night, however, the lines were
working again on all parts of the Is
! land except a small portion of Kula
Mr.. Carley and his force deserve credit
for their successful efforts in repairins
the lines so quickly. The loss to the
company by the storm is about $780,
The beach at the mouth of the lac
river is strewn for a considerable dis
tance with ripe cane washed down by
the flood. Manager Wells estimate.
that the total damage to the plantation
Will not fall far short of $4,000.
The kona has played havoc with the
banana and papaya crops on Maui, bu
, good Will come out of evil if everyone
VIII set at work to repair the damage
land not stop till every available spo
is reset to these succulent dainties. A
present, not one-half the needed sllp
, ply is raised on the Island, and i
should be the duty of everyone to dc
: his share in doubling the amount o.
these fruits raised
As piece of engineering skill. tn,
laying of the pipe for the Wailuk,
: water works was quite creditable, bu
, 1t was fatal blunder to lay it so ex
posed as 1t was t. the action of Ia,
river. This was a mistake which i
.5Wlll cost thousands of dollars to rec
ti1y and in relaying the pipe. it shoulc
De laid above high water mark to ;
point very near where it is to take th
water from the stream. And if neces
sary TO cross the river as the frs
crossing does now, the pipe should b
llmOedded in cement from high waAe