The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01

HONOLULU, L. OSL. @fs 1Vvos
Dear Unknown Friend:
! I am going. to write and tell you
something about the volcanoes on the
: Hawaiian Islands. There are a great
many volcanoes on the islands. One
of the largest ones is on Hawaii; Ii is
called Mauna Loa, which is active at
present The crater of Mauna Loa is
called Mokraweoweo. 1t is about four
teen thousand feet high.
| I viii tell you about my trip to the
crater of Haleakala, which is on the
island OF Maui. I stopped at one of
the seaports which is called Kihei, and
Travelled on horseback 1t was thirty
five miles from the seaport. 1t took our
party from five o'clock in the morning
until twelve o'clock noon to get to the
halfway house. We stayed there over
night and started next morning early.
1t took us three hours to reach the
crater, which was not active, and has
not been in the memory of man. 1t
was very cold and the water we had
all turned into ice. We had hard time
climbing down into the crater. We
had to leave our hoI ses when We
got half way down. have a lot
of moss which I gathered when I
was up there. 1t grows on the
banks and at the bottom of the crater.
There are many different kinds of
moses; I will send you some that I
gathered, SO that you may see what
IL looks like. I have a few specimens
of lava that I will send you also. There
are many different finds of berries
which grow wild there. The crater of
Haleakala is a beautiful one. I took
some snap shots. but they did not turn
out Well. We enjoyed our trip very.
much. 1 cannot think of any more,
SO I will close. With best wishes to
you, remain, yours truly.
BESSIE BOYD,
1894 L, Emma Place, Honolulu, T. H
Here are a few of the answers re-
ceived from cities in the United States:
West Duluth. Mfnn., Dec. IA, 1903.
Logan Scroggy:
Dear Friend:-I received your letter
with great pleasure. L am pupil Of
the sixth grade. Your description of
the eruption of the volcano was very
interesting. I am going to tell you how
coke is made and what it is made in.
Coke is used for heating purposes. 1t
is mixed in with limestone and put in
a blast furnace with iron ore to make
it melt. Coke is used instead of coal,
because it gives more heat. A blast
furnace is a large furnace used for
melting iron ore.
Coke is made by process of heat
ing. The coal that is made into coke
comes from Ohio. It takes a certain
kind of coal to be made into coke. It
is sent up the Great Lakes on coal
barges to Duluth, where it is un1oaded
at the ccke-ovens. The coke-ovens are
massive structures of steel, brick and
mortar. The inside is like a box OF
steel, which they can pull out or close
whenever they want to. There are
fifty ovens in all, and each oven holds
eight tons. The ovens of heated coal
are discharged and filed in three min
utes. The coal is first dumped into
the ovens, then sealed alright. 1t is
started either by gas or coke. Some
men start it with coke and some with
gas. 1t is kept afire for a day; then
it is dumped into quencher. where
upon it becomes porous; then it is
ready for use.
Trusting I may have the pleasure of
hearing from you again, I remain.
Yours sincerely,
OSCAR ENGBERG,
West Duluth MINI.
,5811 Ramsay st.