The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-30
WHAT OUR VISITORS
DID AND SAW
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t1tb. the vessel was running along the Il
East coast of the Garden Island, and il
Inv 1880 a. m. a landing had been made a
at Hanalei, on the north coast where g
breakfast was served at the country S
home of A. S. Wilcox, and a delightful a
two hours spent before again boarding f
the boat. and continuing on around t
the north and west sides of the island,
mast the magnificent scenery of Ma a
Pail. and the mysterious barking sands
TO Eleele, where the party again land I
ed. and boarding a train of cars on the /
nIantation railroad, of the McBryde 6
pIantatfon crossed some ten miles of
beautiful country, to Koloa, where
carriages were waiting for the drive of
70 miles further to Lihue. At every
stop-Eleele, Koloa and other points,
the citizens had prepared great ar
ray of refreshments, and displayed
elaborate decorations.
! At Lihue entertainment was furnish
ed at the home of Mr.. w. II. Rice
where the party arrived about o'clock
and here later an elaborate luau was
served. This was the first experience
of any Of the visitors with Hawaiian
dishes, and great deal of fun and
amusement was had out of the meal
After the dinner, a reception of an hour
at the town hall, attended by large
crowd, closed the event of the day, and
the party. tired, but in the best of
spirits again boarded the Kinau at Ha-
namaulu, and a start was made back to
Honolulu, which was reached about s
O'Clock Sunday morning, after a smooth
run.
Sunday the party was left to their
own devices, and the following day,
Monday the 18th, they were taken in
coaches on a visit of inspection to the
various schools in and about Honolulu.
At every schools visited, the pupils
gave some kind of an exhibition, and
: at noon time, luncheon was served at
the Normal School, prepared and serv-
ed by the domestic science department
of the school,
Tuesday morning, the men of the
i. party under the direction of Captain
Orwell of the U. S. A. engineer corps
and other officers in charge of public
works here, visited the harbor of Ho.
olulu, and the problem of harbor inn
49, provenent and channel lights explain
ed to them, and visit made to the U
Quarantine station, where an ms
m pection was made, and the needs anC
Importance of this safeguard to tn
health of both the Territory and tn
mainland, were fully Recognized b,
everybody.
Tho same evening the party starte
for their ten days visit to Maui an
Die Hawaii Most of the ladies of tn
rarity left at o'clock on the new S. )
Mexican, as guests of the owners, an
the rest of the party sailed about
- O'clock on the Claudine. Both branci
es of the party arrived at Kahului carr
Wednesday morning the 18th. Nearl
all the automobiles on Maui were pr
into service for the use of the part!
They were then taken in charge [
the Waikiki Committee, who had a
ranged for their entertainment durir
Wednesday. A portion of the party r
NAMED at Kahului for breakfast viii
many came to Waikiki, the party b
ing assigned to different members
the committee
At 10 o'clock on Wednesday the par
met at the Waikiki mill where tn
were shown the workings of this nc
sugar factory which commenced ope
atoms only this year. They were tn
driven in hacks and autos to the pub
school
Hack after hack lined up and we
quickly driven to lao Valley where t
Subcommittee for Waikiki had g
ranged an excellent lunch to satis
the appetites of the Congressional pa
ty Acting Governor Atkinson was
ways with the party, and always
the alert making arrangements
transportation, etc, although very N
terial assistance was rendered him
all times by the different committe
After lunch the party explored I
beauties of lao Valley, or in OIL
words, the Yosemite of the Hawaii
group"
On Thursday morning the plantatio
. of Central Maui were shown the Wis
- ors, this including a visit to Plume
Mill, which is the largest sugar mar
Its. factory in the world. The party tn
proceeded to Paia by train, where IL
were turned by the Waikiki ST.
copmittee to the Makawao sub-co
mittee. A trip to the largest extiI
edi- crater in the world was the next
the program. At Paia the party W
met with automobiles, vehicles, ell
and after sundry visits, Olinda "
reached.
70 At ? a. m. Friday morning the pal
IOI started from Olinda for the crater, Il
nished with a guide. Nearly everyC
in the body took advantage of this