The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-31

'-Where VIII We 60 on sunday
said my erstwhile travelling companion,
there are so many delightful valleys
TO be seen IN the vicinity Of Honolulu
that it is difficult 10 decide which to see
first" I suggested that We take an
excursion on the new branch Of the
Oahu Railway to Wahiawa, view the
great dam in Kaukonahua guIch and
then walk over the divide 10 Waianae.
He is little leery OF me and afraid
1 might lead him into undertaking jour
| neys which might prove from their
length and hardship to be punishments
rather than pleasure SO / took down
the map OF the Island OF Oahu and
with a scale showed him that the dis
tanee from the dam site Of the Wahia-
wa Colony to Waianae Station was but
twelve miles. There is nothing ike a
map to convince a man. He knows II IS
compiled from accurate surveys SO
We determined TO spend the Sabbath
day in walking through the pineapple
fields of Wahiawa and on across the
grassy plains OF Leilehua.
On the way down TO the train Prof.
Scott asked if I was out on another
walk and l told him of our plans. He
said, 81 wish you would invite me
some of these times as 1 would dearly
like TO see the country on foot He
would have come with US but was on
his way 10 Tantalus.
We took the 9:15 a. m. train and at
Waipahu transferred To the branch line
running up Hanohano gulch until Il
turns into Kipapa ravine. The pros
pect from either side is uninviting but
we did not fail to recognize the engi-
neering feat of building a track IN
such rayine. Gradually we assembled
until we were out on the mesa when
the passengers ran from side to side to
devour the grand vistas TO be obtained
from the cars. The Koolau range of
mountains On the right covered with
verdure and the kaala range on the
left with its bare spurs and ravines
flied with the silvery leaved kukuis
and the reds wherever the TURK IS
broken was scenery to delight the ar
fist As the bridge across the Kau-
konahna stream was not finished we
were compelled to alight on the prairie
From this spot the immense fields OF
well~cnltivated pineapples stretch ont
on either hard until in the din per
speetive the rows appear TO come to-
gether. The wealth of tropical prod
ucts is impressed on one when he gazes
on these rich fields. Large, mellow
looking pines nod their heads in pro-
fusion along these apparently inter
minable rows. The question which pre-
SCENTS itself is. how viii the owners be
able to gather and preserve so enor-
nous a cropa There should be no trou-
bic in marketing the product, as IN the
attractive forms in which they are pat
up they look very inviting, and the
reputation which pineapples have for
healthfulness and also the knowledge
of their curative properties for many
diseases is becoming so well known OF
course they viii meet great opposition
in the market from the abundant and
delicious northern fruits but the e1-
opisite aroma and flavor of the pine
can not be duplicated in any of the
fruits OF the north
THE wAHIAWA DAM
We noticed the steady rise OF the
water in Kaukonahua guleh, caused by
the dam and from the great extent OF
the watershed which these two ravines
drain it can be only short time until
the capacity of the dam viii be tested |
The elevation here, about goo feet, pro
duees a most exhilarating effect, de- |
6ghtful change for the residents OF
Honolulu and so easy Of access that
when accommodations are completed
+bora Is no doubt Wahiawa win be /
greatly patronized-
Securing luscious looking pine. to !
add to our lunch, we took up our jour
nex across the grassy mesa, our ob1ee- I.
tive point being distant farmhouse
surrounding growth Of trees