The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-16
ny WALTER Il. LAMDurIl.

William H. Seward. Secretary OF
State, after his tour to the Enr East in
1859, remarked that the Pacific Ocean
would yet be the Mediterranean OF the
future. He. of course. meant by that
the gathering OF great populations
around Its shores and the commerce
which would grow up between the ma
tions which are found upon the shores
OF this great body OF water.
AS one travels toward the Pacific
Coast. It Is with growing conviction
day by day that man Is steadily coming
into his riGhtful dominion over nature.
We are reminded of the fact by the
tremendous engineering feats In grid
\ ling the Rockies with steel rails. in
building great causeWuy across the
northern arm OF Salt Lake, and in
/ piercing the eternal SHOWS OF the Ser-
ras with forty-two miles OF snowsheds,
which ward off the impending ava
lanche and make 1t possible for the
tourist and the passenger to reach his
destination on schedule time and in
/ perfect safety. One hardly knows
whether to admire most the audac!ty
Aof Hartman In bridging the lake or in
curbins the surging tide OF the Colo
RADIO. which threatened to create a great
inland sea.
( The rebuilding OF poor, bllstered
i carth-shaken San Francisco is but an
other illustration of the unconquer-
able determination which characterizes
n the American, who surmounts every
\ obstacle. whether It be the piercing CT
Van lsthmus between the Atlantic and
the Pacific by canal or the rehabili-
tation OF ruined city with scarcely
the loss of day. What IIerculcan
undertaking! The engineers have cal
sculated that the brick required to re.
build the city, placed one upon the
other. wound reach from the earth to
the moon. and the cement for floors,
walks and reinforced concrete would
make Is pavement from San Francisco
to Chicago nine feet wide and thirteen
Inches thick. These figures may be
startling but everything in California
is written large. IT is fact that
scores of cement factories haze sprung
UP all along the Coast and oven these
pre unable to meet tho demand. a
large order for Portland cement has
been filled in Japan. and one firm In
Toxic has declined to have an order
for cement placed with 1t. replying tina,
Its output for moro than year has
already been promised contractors II
the city beyond the Golden Gate.
How is 1t that more Americans d.
not visit Hawaii. the paradise OF TIL,
Pacific? After six days delightful
travel on the great steamship Magno
lila, we approach Diamond Head, hea
the music Of the surf ro;:1lg in upol
the beach of Waikiki, and catch tn
fragrance OF the flowers blooming ii
the almost enchantisl grounds of TIL
beautiful homes and villas Of Homo
lulu.
We approach the wharf and ar
rheercd by tho face Of an old friend
Mr.. Hunter II. Spindle, Of Harrison
burg Va, who, with his mother an
brother. are the guests OF that prime
of hospitality, the Hon. James b. Cos
tie, whose magnificent residence rest
30 BEAUTIFULLY amid the trees and sub
tropical plants OF this lovely islam
shore as 1t stretches on toward the on
or tho promitory. Mr. Powell Spindl
engineered the electric Midway whic
threads tho streets Of Honolulu with
splendid system of tracks and connec
tions, and UP to his recent illness wa
engaged in the construction of rail
road on the other side of the islant
These enterprises and many other
4 which look to the development of til
resources OF Hawaii, have been planne
and financed TO a large extent by ou
host, with whom we lunched where W
could hear the ripple OF the waves a
most beneath our feot, and look OF
from his palatial home upon the W.
tera of the bay which reflected II
soft rays OF the sun with colors equ'
to those Of tho. Adrlatlo as 1t lies @
from the city Of Venice,
The area OF tho eight principal HI
waiian Islands is equal to that of Il
State OF New Jersey, or about Ga
miles. Tho greatest elevation Is TIL
of tho largest island Hawaii. viii,
lifts itself 1926 feet above the lev
lof the sea. The census OF 1900 civ
q total population Of 154,001
A brief statistical study from a 500
81, ologicnl and economic stand point Ia
IN great interest to those who are int
AstsN in this strategic outpost OF +