The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-30
new DITCH
At KEANAE
A Village Springs
Up in One
Night.

MAUI. June Zi.-Inree miles fnauka
Of the seaport of Keanae and connected
with it by a good carriage road Is a
brand new village. the headquarters of
the company that is digging the kea-
nae ditch. 1t has sprung up almost in
a single night. not single daugb Of
paint either marring or adjoining the
newness of the lumber. In this village
are several stores. the principal one be-
loaging to the H. C. &c s. Co. Of Ka-
hului. of which Mr. Peterman is man
ager: the Keanae Ditch office Of which
Harry Cooper. the brother of George
Cooper of Hama. is bookkeeper; a small
cottage occupied by Mr.. OShaughnes-
sy. engineer in charge of the ditch. and
family, and scattered about here and
there through the forest are the camps
of 500 Japanese laborers. w. f. Pogue,
manager of the ditch representing the
four plantations. Puunene. Paia, Ha
makuapoko and Kihei. has purchased
a Keanae kuleana and will Immediate
ly erect a residence.
The new ditch when completed to
Kailua. where it will join the old wa
terways, will consist mainly of tun-
neIs. about ten miles of them in all.
There is not only the large eight
foot tunnel for conducting the waters
of the ditch but also many minor ones,
tributaries. which will tap stray water
falls or lead into the main sluice, water
that would otherwise be unattainable.
The boom. boom of blasting powder,
the almost incessant cannonade, brings
to mind a fierce and prolonged naval
engagement.
Lovers of beautiful scenery will be
shocked to view the damage done to
no crr,if no at hn haa nj
Keanae valley. In the midst of the
most tropical and luxuriant vegetation
of the bluff is an immense scar caused
by blasting a roadway which will soon
connect Keanae with the Mckay
Highly road, leading through Nahiku to
Hama.
The principal work at present is the
making of tunnel between the Wal
kamoe and Honomanu valleys, dis
lance of $500 feet.
JAPS KILLED.
Last Sunday while using a pick on
the Honomanu side Japanese labor
err slipped over the precipice and fell
200 feet down the steep slope, break
ing his back and being killed almost in
stantly. A week before another Jap
anese lost his life in a landslide, his
legs being cut off as though by a sur
geon'S knife.
AS an example of Japanese bravery,
during this landslide. while masses of
earth and huge rocks were flying with
tremendous force down the almost per-
pendicular wall of the valley. several
little brown men attempted heroically
to save the life of their friend. They
rushed in lodging the rocks and
brought out their countryman but too
late to save his life.
The wages of a dollar per day has
no charms for either Chinese or Ha-
waiians. only the Jap will attempt the
hazardous work of digging on the side
of a precipice where a single misstep
will hurl a man to his destruction.
Though the Japanese possess brav-
cry most of them lack the ability to
make a contract to perform labor fav-
orable to themselves. The work OF
digging the Keanae ditch is all done by
contracts-all of which have been TAX
en- by Japanese who invariably under
estimate the cost of digging and blast
ing SO many feet of tunnel or ditch :, t
a certain rate per foot. 1t is stated
that all the Japanese contractors so
far have lost money.
The great ditch will be finished In
July, 1904.
LANDING AT HAMA.
BY this weeks Claudine to Honolulu
James Morse and four men return to
Honolulu having completed in the shore
tine of three weeIs a fine ew VIVA, I
al Hama landing.
The wharf measures about sixty feet
by thirty feet and has a shed of CORFU
gated iron over the end toward The
water measuring forty-nine by thirty
light feet.
A wall of solid masonry was also
constructed near the northeast corner
of the landing to protect it against
heavy surf. which In times of storm
has often lifted the platform from it's
foundations.
Hama people are much pleased with
the new structure.
THE FOURTH ON MAUI
The glorious Fourth" on Maui will
be celebrated as follows: In Wailuku,
by horse races In Spreckels' Park, ka-
hului: in Makawao. by a picnic at
"Sunnyside." Paia, polo tournament
and a baseball game. Paia plantation
versus Hamakuapoko. and In Hama
district, by a dance at the landing
either on the night of July Bird or 4th.
The covered wharf will make an ex-
cellent dancing pavilion. inasmuch as
those who have the festivity in charge
intend that the floor shall be covered
with smooth tongue and groove lum-
Der. A luau probably will also be
given by the Hama people.
Weather: Extremely warm.
ED0M TIE