The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-14
HOMES ON
H|LO LINE
Residences To be Built
Probably.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Forest TO be Turned Into Ties and
Timber Cane From
KiIohana"
Special Correspondence

OLAA, Hawaii, August 10.-Work on the
H.lo railroad is being pushed along with
out cessation. The telephone line of the
company from Hilo to Olaa is about COM
plete and the track has been laid for
about two miles beyond this point. Super
intendent Lambert thinks from present
inoications a train to Pahoa Will be pos
sitle by October. The establishment, by
him, of stage connection to the volcano
and wayside villages has greatly in
creased the traffic on the road and at the
same time is giving great satisfaction to
residents ana tourists. Daily, instead Of
scmi-weekly. trips are now made and
mails are delivered with regularity that
is really Edenic.
A large number of property owners, in
the Mountain View and mauka sections
see possibility of establishing homes
eng the line now that rapid transit is
assured. Formerly tourists did not reach
the volcanoes until late In, the evening
and thus lost many of the scenic splendors
of the upper drive. Now they leave liilo
at 7:3O a, M by train and the stages of
the Hilo Company land them at the end
of their journey just as the echoes of TIC
lur CHI bell go ringing down the caves of
Kilauea.
AT oLAA STATION.
Three large warehouses, two plantation,
and enc railroad, have been erected
at this point. Lumber Is on the ground
for the Olaa offices. restaurant and
other necessary buildings and In few
weeks quite village will take the place
of baroness and solitude. Those out
posts of civilization. churches. school
houses and saloons have not yet been
considered. but all except the last may
be- looked for in the early future The
arrival and departure of the trains pre-
sent an enlivening scene; teams, coaches,
and freight wagons from all sections, be-
Ing on hand to receive and deliver passeE-
gers and freight, with the usual contin-
gent of wonder-struck natives. to whom
the locomotive Is a spell-binder.
MOVING FORESTS.
The moving OF the forest woods after
cutting was at one time formidable
problem to be met in clearing the upper
iaIds recent contract with the Hilo
railroad has removed this element of con-
sideIation. Contracts have been COM
pleted under which the major portion of
the immense ohia logs will be converted
into railroad ties, bridge and heavy tim
btrs and such as are acceptable delivered.
II is estimated that over 100000 ties Will
be the output. That not suitable for ties
Will either go into the market but more
probably be reserved for mill purposes.
At any rate none will be wasted and all
now has an added value and will form a
large item in plantation assets.
CANE FROM KILoHANA
Peter Lee, at the Halfway House, on
hie tract of thirty acres, is cutting cane
for seed purposes. which runs 50A tons
to the acre, equal to capacity of seven
tens of sugar. The cane is there in full
view, was weighed by Assessor II. j.
Lyman and Peter wants to know where
in the Islands 1t can be beat? IT must be
borne in mind that this cane is only one
year old and experts are asking what
will: 1t yield when at maturity? Close es-
tinates place the probable output at ten
tens and over. The land Is surrounded
by. and Is portion of the same soil as
that of the middle Olaa district, from
which like results are considered fore
gene conclusion. AS fast as cut this cane
firds its home on the land of the big
Plantatio
CONDUCTOR RICHARDSON.
The Hilo Railroad Company has secured
as conductor on its line c. w. Richardson.
Mr. Richardson. although not an old
man. has been railroading long enough TO
be classed as a veteran His field of EN-
plcyment was principally on the NOR,
westerly lines of the Mainland and he Is
as full of border "reminiscences as he Is
portant accession to Superintendent Lam
bert's staff Is A. l.. Williams as freight
manager. This gentleman was for nearl,
twenty years with the Southern Pacifi,
OF California. He is never "over" on
Shorts and bad order" is distress to
him.
HAWAII NOTES.
o. T. shipman. of Mountain View, is
making extensive shipments of hides
now that transportation rates have be-
come within the reach of others than mil |
ionaires
Hackmen at whose mercy tourists have |
been. and under whom residents were IN |
perpetual reign OF terror. have Joined |
the anti-railroad calamity howlers. on.
can ride from Hilo to Olaa now. have |
something left to lunch on, and also |
know Just when and where his journey
ends.
Potatoes and onions are just now com. |
handing fancy prices and beef and NUT. |
ton are, to many, out OF sight.
The sporting element, which seems 10 |
have the heart OF Hilo Just now, com. |
prises some who have a special faoult, |
FOL knowing just where the opium win, |
grows. Several OF these dope fiends''
have been prospecting Olaa, hut kepI |
well of, having received an intlmation |
that the managerial eye was open.
Good, solid night ralns warm, pleasant
days, This Is the standard here now and |
has been for weeks,
The olaa "asaatter" Ia entitled 10 com,
TsDdatlon aaghow. lie Ii going right |
along impTuviaE ha location and eN-
presses an abiding faith In the justice
or HIS unelu Samuel, lie says nothing, |
but the wood IL being sawed,
The Santiago ana noderlek phu, Just
leaving, had heavy earg0aa for olaa and |
the railroad, and the Falls ~ Clyde, nov /
coming In will keep the lTalns moving
this way FiEht along,
Several Ut the olaa employees have In
vested IN land al fah0a ana are prepar
inH 20 build hemea there IN consequence
NJ the railroad eetansinn They spsak
hiHhlf eF the alstreg ~ hame district,
sllh alsIiael Agricultural Republics, The |