The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1905-01-28

and shipping to the coast of Maui
pineapples is only the entering
wedge to the vast export which will
one day be to the credit of the Is
land. 1t is proven even now that
the pineapples industry is a sue
cess on Maui and has an Unsuitable
market to be supplied, from Califor-
mia to Canada. Only a beginning
has been made so far in this indus
try, but there is promise of a large
increase in canned pines in the
future, that will occupy thousands
of our now idle acres. Hawaiian
coffee will yet have it's day, and
those who persevere and live up to
their faith in this industry will yet
be richly rewarded. The fact that
5000 punches of bananas left Hilo
in one shipment is a hint of what
Maui will and can 50 well do in
the future, in the banana trade
There are numerous suitable areas
for tobacco on Maui, and all that
is needed is intelligent and ener-
getic efforts rightly directed. Rub
Der is at presentan almost demon
strated success, and if it proves as
good as present indications promise,
vast rubber groves will extend a.
long the coast from Huelo to Hama,
yielding every year rich revenues
to the theic fortunate owners. ST.
sal, vanilla, cacao and other minor
senitropic products are simply
waiting till the right man comes
along and tries the right way in
the right place. These are not
visionary ideas, but are embryotic
realities TO be developed by the
coming man."
Maui is peculiarly blessed with
a generous surface water supply
which is being largely availed of
by the construction of monster
canals from the wet belts to the
dry regions. Three such canals
are now in actual or potential ex-
istence, and the annual wealth
they will yield to their owners is
almost incalculable during the long
years yet to follow. But it is well
known that of the vast rainfall on
Maui only very small percentage
of the water is conserved, the hulk
of it escaping underground to the
sea. To tap these underground
flows and divert their liquid wealth
to our fat lands is a matter of
prime Importance, and it has al
ready been demonstrated that this
can easily and cheaply be done by
running underground tunnels to
tap water veins. To day the Val
luku Plantation is driving four of
these experimental tunnels, one in
one Waikapu and two
in lao Valley, and the results even
with the first beginning of these
tunnels is SO encouraging that they
will be pushed with vigor. Hun
dreds of such tunnels will yet be
run, and vast supplies Of fresh
sweet, pure mountain water will be
released from its hidden caverns
throughout the Island, and be pour
ed in revivifying streams over our
arid but fertile plains, enabling the
plantations to dispense with pump
ing brackish water to their cane
lands. The Pioneer Plantation at
Iahaina is also having tunnels run
in the mountains back of the plan
tation in the rain belt, and has
been so far rewarded with millions
of gallons daily of fresh, gravity
water for irrigating purposes.
Mossbacks may grumble and
''knocker' may whine, but for all
that a great day is coming to Maui.
Sources of wealth now undreamed
Of will be called into existence by
energy and push, and
will pour their streams of gold in
10 the pockets of the far-seing and
pioneers and lead