The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-23
STREETS or HONOLULU
IN THE EARLY FORTlES
by cosuAs D. GILMAN in rmum', Annual.

paradise joined the good ship ulouccst ~
from Boston. with the privilege Of
working my passage TO Honolulu. We
had on board a large reinforcement OF
missionaries Of the a H. G. =. NJ. on
their way 20 the islands, among them
the Rev. Mr. Daniel Dole and wife, the
father OF the present Governor and the
first principal OF Punahou School (now
oahu College,. Mr.. Rice. whose Wild
owed lady still lives TO see the great
changes wrought by her companions;
the Rev. j. u. Paris and wife, who il
at present represented by her son. q
senator. and her daughter a pocttss
Rev. Elias Bond and wife, and others
After a pleasant but uneventful voy-
age. the ship rounded Diamond Head
just at sunset, giving us our first
glimpse Of the tropic scenery back OF
the city OF Honolulu. but too late t.
enter the port before night. so the ship
was laid "off and on" until the morn
ing, when the early hours saw us
standing in for the entrance TO the
port. Half way between Diamond
Head and the harbor the pilot boat met
us, the first revelation to the many on
board OF the Hawaiian, In his native
simplicity. / might almost say for in
the freshness of the breeze and the
flying spray the men had DOTTED their
foreign garments and their brown
skins glistened with the water which
few over them and their whale boat.
can recall. even at this distant time,
the profound impression made upon
two of the missionary ladies, one of
whom was Mrs. Dole by their first
sight of the natives among whom they
were t. pass their lives. 1t was with
an evident feeling of depression that
they retired to their cabin. Not the
least unique figure was that of the
pilot himself, Mr.. Stephen Reynolds,
who with his broad brimmed Panama
hat and white cotton shirt. with an
ample collar, and a pair of nankeen
trousers without suspenders, endeav-
oring to keep his balance in the I'M
steady boat until he was safely along
side and on board
The anchor down and the sails
furled, the passengers made ready for
landing. A large sixteen cared boat
belonging to the governor had been OBJ
tanned to take the missionary party on
shore. My position as sailor gave me
the place of bow oar in Capt. Easter
brooks gig, manned by five men. We
had as our passengers. the Captain
and the supercargo. Mr.. William Ioon-
err. of the firm of Brlnsmade Iadd &,
Co. who was afterwards Anerican
consul 1t was n long mil ana a
steady race between the two boa+s as
to which should be the first To reach
the shore. The bovs I'm tbe qig were
successful and had tba n,aosnra n,
throwing nv how oar onto tha rttla
landing Mace M the foot oa Nuuanr
street thus winning .ha raca
What is now known as Queen street
was then only q natbwov o1oro ~
waters edge. the water coming nm
most Of rho way betua., ,,,bot ora 80,
Nuuanu ana Kaahumonu streets
Along the mauka side of the street IVA
a collection of straw bousas with
lanais. There was not n frame build-
ing at this time in this distance he
tween the two streets. One tho Eva
side of Nuuanu street stood tho huild-
ing occupied bv b. |. &, Co. in which
was also the consuls office where 7
wa. to be domesticated nc the voung.
est clerk in the establishment and
which was my business home for many
years. Besides nv duties az c,art 7
performed some services for tha coneuI
Makai of the store was small wharf
built by b. l.. & Co. STANDING orr into
deep water so that n vessel could load
alongside or discharge it's cargo Wi
on in the direction of Eva there were
the premises of the old Manini family
ana beyond them the Nuuanu stream
Coming back to Nuuanu street and
passing mauka, | had INV frs plimnse
of the Hawaiian maiden. She wa
coming down the street barefootea
and with only a mumu for n garment
do not doubt that she was as curious
to see the strange white HOY as he was
to see her.
On the left hand side of the street
stood the store of the old gentleman.
familiarly known as "old Grimes" an
American who had been for many
years a resident OF the place. His
store was filled with a varied assert
ment of goods for trading with the ma
tives. His wife was a native woman.
and she had a brother whose name
was Manuahi, who was permitted ia
be a salesman behind the counter