The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-12
PICTURESQUE PiIF|t
HEIGHTS RAILWAY.
Work on It Being Rush
ed With Vigor and
Success.
INSTALLATION Of TIE Plant.
THE ENGINES OF THE MOST
IMPROVED PATTERN ARE
NOW IN PLACE.
The Track Now Fully Ballasted
Beyond the Nuuanu Turn
Above the Booth
Residence.

The readers Of The Republican who
desire TO have pleasant outing today
cannot spend few hours to better adj
vantage than to take trip to Pacific
Heights, and witness the many inn
proyements, which seem endless, now
going on there Work in making final
preparations for the installation Of the
electric railway is being pushed with
true Deskyes9ue vigor. In the hand
some power house the boiler is nearly
bricked up, the engines, of the most
improved pattern. are in place and the
steam fittings all finished. Within
week fires will be started In the fur
naces and the machinery thoroughly
tested.
The power house is 50x50 feet, an or
namental turret surrounding it.
The track is now fully ballasted be-
yond the Nuuanu turn above the Booth
residence. The roadbed is substantial
and built to resist the elements and
the encroachment of time for many
years TO come The rails are heavy and
of the best of steel. Money nor in
eenuity have not been spared to make
the electrical Improvements to corre-
spond with the many others made on
the Heights. There are eighty-four la
borers at work making excavations Tor
poles and laying the track. The road
bed is built on one side Of the serpen-
tine driveway, which permits two car
riages and a car to pass abreast OF
each other.
Two weeks ago today the ship An
drew WEIGH left San Francisco Tor
this port. She should arrive before
next Thursday. On her are the cars
for the road. The cars are all set mp
and ready to be placed on the roadbed.
Thex are of the latest type of electrical
vehicles and were especially designed
from plans furnished by Mr.. Desky
for this tropical climate. The cars will
be running by the first Of September.
Five cents will be the fare. The last
car to ascend the Heights nightly will
be at 1870.
Since the Heights have undergone
so many changing transformations
Mr.. Desky has had many inquiries from
people of moderate means about resi-
dence property. The prices asked for
property ON the Heights, while ex-
tremeiy reasonable, have precluded
these people from making investments
| in the most beautiful and picturesque
section of Honolulu.
To obviate this difficulty and to give
all an opportunity to live where the
air is pure, the drainage unsurpassed
the scenery constantly changing pam
| Drama of kaleidoscope coloring and
situation. Mr.. Desky will shortly plat
twenty acres of land just beyond the
first turn in Pauoa valley. The tract
is beautifully situated. 1t receives the
cool northerly breezes. 1t is in prox-
unity to the electric railway. Lots In
the tract will be placed within the
reach Of those of moderate means, VINO
want a charming place OF residence
and one that they can call home.
Frank e. Nichols handsome resi-
dence on the summit is nearly complet
ed. It Is unique in design and com
mands a view of wide range and grea
variety.
1t is due to the indomitable energ!
and perseverance Of Mr.. c. S. Desky
| CQaC the l1OSt SCSniS SPSt oAA 1919 ASAsAAA>
has been made easily accessible. 4
mountain. rugged in natural grandeur
a maze of brush and coarse grass, be
strewn with rocks vomited from tn
bowels of the earth by volcanic forces
has been suhjugated. And this subju
cation has been accomplished withou
the tearing down of the grandeur o
natures primitive majesty.
All this has been done IN the fac
of prejudice. obstacles and an apposi
ton which seemingly was insurmount
able. When many other wealthy mel
of Honolulu were organizing wildca
sugar schemes, MIR. c. S. Desky wa
battling with mountain.
He has won victory He ha
stormed and captured the Heights
which for all time viii be monumen
to his memory and viii stamp him a
hon Az