The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-26
SCIENTISTS ON
HALEAKALA
THERE HAVE BEEN A LARGE
NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE
GREAT MAUI WONDER.

KAHULUI, Maui, July 25.-Old Ha-
leakala nas been exceedingly popular
during the past week, no less than
twenty-six people having visited her
in that time. and all were presented
with as fine view as could have been
possible
On Wednesday and Thursday last
Wren Westcotts party of seven spent
the night at the top as previously re-
ported.
On Friday w. O. Aiken escorted r.
x. Bonnie, chief operator for the Edi-
son Manufacturing Co. in the moving
picture department. and o. H. Swezey
of the Planters Experiment Station
in Honolulu, down into the crater
spending Friday night there on the
I floor of the crater, and returning on
Saturday. Mr.. BONNIE was much inn
pressed with the grandeur and beauty
of the crater and thought that it was
sight that all visitors to Hawaii nei
should see. He took two pictures of
the entire crater with his moving pic
ture machine, and thinks that they will
be a great success. These pictures were
taken from the top of one of the cones
in the crater, the one that the trail
down into the crater passes close by,
and was taken right by the brink of
the little crater in the cone. The wea-
Their was perfect and the crater clear
with few light clouds over some of
! the far peaks. Mr.. Bonine also took
many pictures with his smaller camera,
and altogether feels well repaid for
| his trip. He stated however that the
subject was one that deserved larger
treatment, and he hopes to get back
again at some time in the near flu
ture with a large new panoramic
camera which he is having made for
him by the Eastman Kodak Co., that
will take a picture 10 inches wide and
AZ inches long, and then make some
views of the crater and surrounding
cuntry that will do justice to it. Mr..
BONNIE spent Monday in Kahului and
Waikiki and took the Mauna Loa on
Monday night for Honolulu. Maui
people were much pleased with Mr.
Bonine and did what they could to
make his stay on the island pleasant.
On Sunday last Messrs. j. A Bow
/ nocker and E. E. Somermeier, mem
/ bers of the faculty of the State Uni
versity at Columbus, Ohio in the geo
! logical department, visited the top
! spending Sunday night there and re-
turning Monday. They reported the
view as something great, and the sun
set that they We're favored with as the
finest thing that they had ever seen
and worth any kind of a trip to see.
Tuesday they visited lao Valley and
departed for Hawaii by the Kinau
Tuesday night.
Yesterday morning Messrs. E. H.
Keidel and c. Keidel, Jr., brothers from
4 Baltimore, Maryland went up to the
i top, spent last night there and will re-
turn this afternoon They will visit
Puunene Mill lao Valley and perhaps
Lahaina, and expect to depart forHo-
nolulu by the Kinau Friday night Mr..
e. H. Keidel made rather a dramatic
and an exceedingly disagreeable en-
trance into Maui on Monday night, and
one that the Government should be
ashamed of. He landed on the old
wharf at Maalaea and it was as dark as
Egypt. Taking a dress suit case in
. each hand he started as he supposed
down the wharf when he was sudden
ly precipitated into the water having
walked right off the wharf. The end
of the wharf is wider than the main
part being in the shape of a 7, and
there is neither railing, light or any
thing else to warn stranger or keep
him from walking right off as Mr.
Keidel did. Fortunately Mr.. Keidel
was a good swimmer and soon regain
ed the wharf and his suit cases were
rescued by the boat boys, with little
damage done, but the affair was one
that should never have been allowed
to happen. AS the old wharf is soon
to be abandoned it has been allowed
to. get into most disreputabe shape
but if there is to be much longer de-
lay in putting McGregors Landing into
use something should be done to the
Maalaea wharf to guard against such
accidents.
On Monday quite a large camping
party started out for the trip around
the island going by way of the crater
In consisted of Messrs. George S. Aiker
and Everett S. Dowdle, Misses Gilmore
Rose Peck Kellner and Irene Aiken
and Masters Lowthian Williams and
Frank Lufllin. They spent Monday
night at the top, went into the crater
yesterday, and expect to spend severa
days in the crater. They viii then &c
out by the Kaupo Gap and return
around the island by way of Hani
and Nahiku, spending about ten day!
making the trip.