The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-06-28

slTeady. and ai~sys viii b, the fzirest
and pretiiesz Tezi1e1ce district II all
HOaosulu-
They named this beautiful trzes Pa
sc Heights because Of TIE marvellous
Tlev of the mighty Pacific to 5e seen
from every lot on the heIghts The
most zkIlifal engineers aud landscape
gardeners 20 BE- secured IN TIE Pacific
we're engaged 80 plat and lay o1t on
these heights model subgrbzn homes
The hills comprising Pacific Heights
nave 2 gradual szcelt from The city 70
. height * So feet above sea level
although ma8y citizens wanted loss on
tie heights as soon as they learned
hat tie company proposed doing
zone were sold antil long after ali de-
tails had been settled and the work Of
Improvement vas yell under wzy.
With the many Improvements OF the
city came the organization Of q rapid
transit company. which Is constructing
81 electric street railroad that wiiI
reach al Of the older resident sections
d the city a. veil as the business dis
tricf. The men who planned Pacific
Heights did not desire to make their
-teantiful addition 70 Honolulu so ex-
clusiye that uone but the most wealthy
could reside there. Accordingly. they
planned 20 construct an electric street
railroad 70 connect With the rapid tran
sit Line al the junction o. Fort and
JBGd streets. a magnificent drive was
opened winding around the hills,
EH.ch touches every block Of lots On
some one side. This drive was named
kaiulani avenue in honor OF the late
Princess KaiuIani- This drive has been
aid cut with as much care as a rail-
road grade, and has cost as much per
mile as IL costs 10 build railroads in
mountainous districts The avenue has
a uniform grade throughout its two
miles OF length OF about@ per cent, the
highest grade az any point being but
az per cent Leading of from kaiu-
Iani avenue are other drives and lanes
reaching every lot on the heights
All these avenues and lanes are
rayed with crushed rock from the
mountains, which, when rolled and set
tied. is as smooth as any asphaltum
pavement, without the bright reflection
Il the suns rays, so Objectionable in
asphaltum pavements in tropical eoUn-
tries. The electric car line follows Kali
ulani avenue throughout its length 20
the very crest OF the heights. but in
such way as 10 in no manner inter-
fere with the driveway.
The beauties of Pacific Heights he
gin to unfold themselves almost from
Inc start up Kaiulani avenue. where it
joins Fort and Judd streets, till one
reaches the crest where the new hotel
planned by the company is TO be erect
ed Winding around the hill on the
Pauoa valley side one gradually rises
over that rich valley looking down
upon taro patches, banana fields, pine
apple orchards, small coffee planta
lions. with here and there beautiful
towering trees such as are seen in
great profusion in no other spot in the
world outside of Hawaii.
AS your carriage goes on up this
driveway the grandest view of the city,
bay and ocean imaginable unfolds it
self. For years residents of Honolulu
have been won't to climb Punchbowl
hill, across Pauoa valley to the east
from Pacific Heights. TO look down
upon the city and bay. A little over
half way up Pacific Heights one looks
down upon the top Of Punchbowl. and
70 the north of il out TO Diamond Head.
and still on beyond that over the bay,
49, Ss2~ssssssSsS1 Nsead and E-ol.ss
Head. Going a little higher and the
view extends to the ocean beyond Koko