The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-11
PUULOA As
NEW RESORT
Will Be Made a
Model Seaside
Town.

elusive seaside resort, If the plans
u of the Dowsett Estate Company
Ltd, are successfully carried out as
is the present prospect. There have
been laid out beach frontages extend
ing for two miles along the ocean, and
plans are being made for the carrying
of passengers almost to the doors OF
the cottages, which 1t is planned very
soon shall line "A broad boulevard.
The carrying out of the present plan
of the Dowsett company is following
an idea which was kept i'm the back
ground only by the uncertainty due tC
the fact that the United States govern
ment waited so long before indicating
at what point it planned to place its
naval station. AS soon as the suits fu,
The condemnation of the plot on the
east loch showed just what land would
be needed in the business of the Navy
Department. the company put in mo.
ton its machinery to develop the old
DoWsett estate property. This includes
two miles of ocean frontage on the
Eva side of the entrance to Pearl Har-
Dor, and the channel front all along the
entrance to the lochs. This includes
what is said to be the finest bathing
beach along the Kona side of the ISL
and
The first steps taken were those look
ing to the laying out of the lots. 1t
was decided that these should be 200
by 100 feet, approximately the curva-
ture OF the shore making anything like
absolute straight lines impossible Fol-
lowing the modern method the lots on
the ocean were made to run from low
water mark, and to extend inshore to
II boulevard. which runs parallel to the
water line. This boulevard is to be 100
feet wide, and will be improved by the
planting of trees, and it is planned to
have along ii a tram line for the trans
portation of the residents tn and from
the ferry, which will connect with the
Waikiki side of the channel.
On the mauka side of the boulevard
there is also a line of lots which are
200 by 100 feet, and these two rows of
cottage sites are all that will be placed
on the market at this time. The laying
out of the town site was begun inside
the harbor line, at the point of the old
salt marsh, and from this down to the
bell tower, or taking in some thirty
lots. the company has reserved all the
residence sites, so as to accommodate
The probable traffic which, may come to
the west side of the harbor entrance.
There will be no immediate develop
ment Of any industries along this front
age, but it will be simply reserved for
a future sale.
Since the laying out of the plots of
ground was the first thing to be done,
the next was the development of wa
ter OF which there is not an adequate
supply on the property at the present
time. For this purpose contracts have
been made with l.. f. Pinkham and a
Well-borinS outfit has been shipped by
schooner. which will be used in the
prospecting for artesian water. The
first we'll will be put down along the
edge Of the old marsh a few hundred
yards from the channel line. This will
be followed by other prospects should
the supply found at that point not be
sufficient to provide water for the ex-
pected population.
To form an estimate which would be
placed upon the lots as laid out sam
pie sale was held last week at which
the only possible bidders were the heirs
of the Dowsett property. An upset
auction was for choice of the lots. The
sum named as the value of the lots
was $3.50, There were ten lots sold
and the average price was $3.50. This
was before there had been any move
made which would guarantee water or
transportation. What the price to be
set will be when these advantages
have been found and provided, is not
yet known to the managers of the prop
erty, but it is said that nothing more
will be done as to offering the lots to
the buying public until all the prelin-
inaries have been arranged. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be plans made
for water transportation along the
boulevard and complete ferry system
very soon, and then the improvement
of the suburb will be commenced. At
the present time the lands are cover
I'd with algaroba trees.
The distance of the new resort is
eight miles, and across the entrance to
the harbor, from the city. The road
runs right past Moanalua, and across
the country to a point where there now
is a suitable boat landing. On the Eva
side there is another landing right
above the shark pen. The drive from
the city to the harbor entrance has
been made in an hour and a quarter
recently, without any effort This
makes the new town OF convenient ac-
cess, and with any kind of transporta-
ton facilities the ride should be made
in little more than twenty minutes.
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