The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-09

tbe Ray to convey passengers to Waiiuku,
a distance of seven miles. from TINS
nlace Kahului, Spreckelsv1lie ana faia
can be reached by train
THE next port to Maalaea is kihei, on
,he onnosite siue Of the bay, brought INTO
existence by new plantation VI nc
I've ON this part of the route magnin-
'ant views are obtained OF Haleakaia,
which rises to a height of 10000 feet, ana
orptains the largest extinct crater IN the
rid This mountain makes up East
,.aui The name Hale-a-ka-a means
House of the Sun and was probably glVHn
because the sun appears to rise out OF
,be crater. The tract of land on the lower
stones of the mountain and on the plain
n, tho base once desert, and now COW
cred with sugar cane, is immense In
this tract are the three plantations, wal
luku. Spreckelsville and kfhei
At the next port, Makena, large snip
nents are generally made of pigs, fowls,
corn. etc. raised by Portuguese and Chi
rese farmers on the higher slopes OF the
mountain. 1t is generally past monlght
when the Kinau has taken the freight
from this port, and as the Hawaii channel
has now to be crossed the best thing the
passenger can do is to take sound sleep
and become unconscious of rolls and
bitches until off Kawalnae-which Mark
Twain phonetic ally wrote 'toe-y-hlgh =
the boat lis again in calm water. Here N
the early morning magnificent panola-
| ma meets your view you come on
deck. The three great mountains of Ha-
wall. tinged with the rising sun, are all
! il sight, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and
| Hualalai The last named being at a
nearer distance, ii is not observable now
much lower its elevation Is than that OF
the other two. Its height is only 5000 feet,
! that Of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea being
IA, OOO These mountains arc seen to the
! in he w
when capped with snow. About breakfast
| time the Kinau may be expected to drop
her anchor at Mahukona, the port for
Kohala a large and prosperous sugar dis
trict, with which it is connected by a
serpentine railway track. Passengers
rnust not expect to find Pullman cars
They are not needed, the distance being
only fifteen miles. Two or three hours
are generally occupied in landing freight
at Mahukona. When again under way
the magnificent cliff scenery of the Ha
makua coast comes into view, the mouth!
of the deep Waimanu and Waipio valley:
are passed, and waterfalls will be seer
pouring into the sea with sheer descen
of 1000 feet. 1t is cliff coast all the way
from here to Hlo broken by a success
SION of deep gulches torn out by the tor
rents that for ages have rushed dow
from the mountain. The rainfall wa
probably at one time greater than ii i
now, but freshetS of terrific force ma.
still be witnessed in these channels. Al
along the Hamakua coast are a series o
landings for the several plantations, bu
with one exception the Kinau does no
, call at them. In all these cases the land
, ing stages on the rocks at a consider
, able elevation above the water. Passen
, gers are landed in the same way tn
: freight. By means of crane a box whic
" i'll contain four persons is lowered int
he boat, and in this they are hoisted o
terra firma. The Kinau has only on
ocular stopping place between Mahukc
, IA and Hilo, Laupahoehoe, at the mout
, 4 deep gulch. where you can land with
cut being suspended in mid-air. Willis
he vessel is at anchor here the big roller
, enable one to experience what is tn
meaning of being rocked in the cradle {
he deep. 1t will be anywhere between
I p. m. and midnight when the lights O
hore tell you that you are in Hilo ba.
1t is worthy of the progress that Hilo
o making that landing here in small boat
n is thing Of the past. A wharf has bee
: constructed at Waiakea at which the K
nau can tie up, and passengers can c
c ashore in p civilized manner, and fin
> hacks to convey them to all parts of II
: Rainy City.