The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-29

desire to make the trip. The vessel |
will not be chartered unless there are !
at least 200 tickets sold. The maximum
Is 30O although the steamer that will
be engaged has a capacity of 700, as
it is the intention to make the trip en-
ioyable in every respect for those
who go.
The vessel is lighted throughout with
electricity and it has all the most
modern Improvements for comfort and
safety.
Observation-Disclosures
down through a long crack, passing
along the Kau side Of this hill, and
then sends out all of its branches from
the same spot, which l located from
several known points, also my angle
of elevation makes this spot about the
same altitude as shown by the contour
on the Hawaii map. The accounts in
the papers are very much mixed in re
the flows. The facts as 1 can get them
are as follows: Telephone commune
cation between Kau and Kona was cut
off at a. m. Sunday morning, January
! 18th, showing that the main Kahuku
! branch crossed about this time, no one
was present to see it, but Sunday even
| ing of the same day all OF Kau was
up to see a small branch cross the
road This branch is about $50 feet
wide, and stopped about $50 feet below
the road, between this branch and the
main flow about 300 feet of the govern
ment road is left The main flow does
mot seem more than 1900 feet wide,
I, q of
about 200 feet in width at the govern
ment road. TIE Kau people being cut
off from the Kona side knew nothing
of the Manuka flow, but from the
steamer parties and Kona accounts
this flow crossed the government road
after noon of Tuesday, January 18th.
None of the flows have reached the sea
yet.
| We returned Monday, reaching the
| ten miles from the Volcano House it
became dark, and we first noted the
| brilliant reflection from Kilauea, as we
passed the site of my old volcano camp.
the whole sky towards the crater was
| lit up with the glow, which was an old
fashioned Kilauea glow, something
! which had not been able to see from
the camp before. during this last out
break of Kilauea. After supper 7 went
! into the crater, and found Has inau-
mau in great activity. immense vol
umes of lava seemed to be wening up
from below in a constant rush forming
q great lake of lava on the whole bot
| tom of the pit. The new activity be-
| To ~
judge on Monday night, January 21st,
that It had raised the whole bottom Of
! the pit considerably over fifty feet
above where it was three weeks ago,
when by triangulation I found it 600
feet deep.
The action I'm Halemaumau at pres
ent is the best since the drop out Of
1894, and from all reports is keeping
steadily up since I was there. All Of
the outbreaks heretofore in Halemau-
mau since 1894 have been very sp,,nmo-
die, with a sudden outburst Of lava
and glow that would last for a little
while, and then darken up, and again
break out about every half hour. hour,
or two hours; but this present action
! is steady, and the pit constantly lit
up by the great rush of lava, ana the
sky over head is brilliantly lit up. 1t
/ has all of the appearance of having
come back to stay, as Of old.
Yours sincerely,
E D. BALDWIN.
P. Slope to reach Honolulu soon
! from Maui
p. S.-Friday, January 25th-Mr Por-
ter of the Volcano Stables telephoned
this morning that the activity in Hale
maumau was still on the increase and
that last night was the best yet
e. ID. B.