The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-06
RAGING SEA
At KAHULU|.
Personal, Shipping and
Political !tems---A
Poor Bridge.

MAUI. Dec. 3.-An unusual heavy
surf kept rolling landward in upon
Kuhului all last Saturday. Every
comber seemed huge enough to en-
gulf the village, in truth some of the
great rollers washed out the Kahului-
Waikiki road and dashed in the pas
ture beyond.
The waterfront .donned a Sunday
like aspect. The donkey-engine was
silent the lighters and the tug Leslie
Baldwin were moored out, and the
crowd of laborers excepting n few
stragglers who watched the waves
wash in and splash up between the
planks and sometimes upon the land
ing itself. There was no work possi-
BILE for longshoremen
The steamer Claudine heaved up and
not dare to venture out of the harbor
in fact an announcement was posted
at the letter office that the steamer
would take mail and pas engers at
Maalaea bay. The big steam-freighter
Nevadan was most timid and anchored
seemingly in mid-Pacific, four miles
in bee-line from the wharf
The breakers were more appalling i'm
height and force early in the morning
when many fish were washed on shors
and quickly captured by the urchns
of the village.
These heavy seas were the pre-
cursor of a fierce Kona storm which
continued all through the next day,
Sunday. The strong gale blew down
trees here and there and strewed the
ground with strips of bark, leaves ana
branches.
The rainfall during Sunday varied
from 1859 inch to 2 inches
NOTES.
The plains of Central Maui are COW
cred with purple bloom, the beautiful
tassels of the cane.
Miss Snow who has been the most
efficient principal of Maunaolu Sem
mary, Paia, for two years past. has
rendered her resignation to the trus-
tees to take effect in April, 1905. She
will return to the Hampton school,
Virginia.
Miss Rice, now teaching in Alaska,
will return to Maui next September
and resume her old position as teacher
in Maunaolu Seminary.
Harry w. Baldwin has resigned his
position with the Union Oil Co. at Ka-
hului and will soon return to Califor-
MIA. David r. Fleming will succeed
him at Kahului
For week past the Makawao Road
Board has been repairing the stone
walls which support the roadways
leading from both sides of the gulch to
the new cement bridge at Kahului,
Makawao. 1t Is stated that the walls
were not strongly built and easily sue
cumbed to the wear and tear OCCASION
ed by the passing of oXcarts over the
roadbed. The cement arch of the
bridge and the stone wall approaches
We're finished by Wilson & Duggan.
Tuesday the oil vessel Argyll enter
ed at the port Of Kahului and imme-
diately departed for Kihei. She will
probably depart from Kahului today.
The steamer Nevadan after much
difficulty finished unloading cargo and
departed for the coast on Thursday.
Inspector Chas. e. King has been
visiting schools in Makawao district
during the past week.
Today at l p. m. grand luau is to
be given on the Kealahou school prem
ises by the Ninth Republican Precinct
Club, rejoicing over the recent Repub-
lican victory. All Kula irrespective of
party will attend and speeches win be
made by the newly-elected legislators
who have been invited to be present.
Weather: Kona wind blowing
strong today and has blown more or
less all the week