The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-23

Shown the Koa Forests and
the Place for the New
BreakWater.

There was a delay of one hour in the
up trip, in the endeavor to make con-
nection with the cruiser St. Louis. The
heavy head wind and the ract that the
steamer had no freight in her account
ed for the additional hour used in the
up trip.
The tenderfeet on the steamer had 1
the usual wall about the exceedingly
rough trfp:" but the fact that no racks .
were used on the table either in going /
to or returning from Hilo tells another
tale
The initial trip of the Mauna Kea |
to Hilo and return on a basis of $25 for
rthe round trip, including transportation |
to and expense at the volcano, was so
much OF a success as to warrant the
belief that it will be repeated many
times again.
The steamer took care of the crowd
without difficulty; the transportation,
so far as the Hilo railroad was con"
cerned, was easy and the stage ride
of nine miles as good as the volcano
road would permit it to be. There is
no excuse for the condition in which
the volcano road is allowed to remain.
With the material at hand, as it is the
volcano road ought to be the finest in
the Territory AS it is, it is a disgrace
to the Supervisors of the Island of
Hawaii.
The Volcano House with accommo-
dations for eighty was, to put 1t mid
lv. somewhat crowded." with over one
hundred and thirty people seeking ac-
commodations last Saturday and Sun
day: but with liberal supply of cots
and some extra walters from Hilo the
management made good" if, hoWeV-
or. excursion parties from Honolulu are
to become a regular thing, the Volcano
House management should lose no time
in adding to the accommodations at the
.hotel. The plans for the extension
were announced some time ago. They
have been delayed. in expectation that
the lumber company's railroad would
be completed in time to haul the lum-
Der and material; but with the present
activity of the volcano no further de-
Law should be permitted, if the public
is to he properly taken care of there.
C. c. Kennedy, in his large automo-
lille. did the automobile honors of Hilo
for Secretary Garfield and Governor
Frear taking charge of them at the
wharf and exhibiting the beauties o
the town-Rainbow Falls, the lava
flow. etc. delivering them safely at tn'
lunch hour at the Demosthenes Cafe
The people of Hilo did themselve
nroud at the Garfield lunch. The men'
was equal to the best that could nav
been produced in Honolulu, and that
going some POSTMASTER Z. n. Holme
developed a faculty for extempofar
oratory heretofore latent. His intro
auctions were happily conceived an
his running comment kept everythln
going smoothly
The entertainment of Secretary Gar
field at Hilo would not have been
failure if Attorney LIE Blond had nc
baen orator of the day; but with tn
speech. the entertainment was 1ui
- eomplete and running over. In Tax
after Mr. lie Blond got through taihlh
there was nothing more to be san
being from Ohio he was naturally moe
est. We know he was because ne sal
IA He quoted poetry, philosophy an
ne sayings of statesmen, de uid q
&.nob1e son of an illustrious father
et m a furn: and when the roof tin
beers rang with his Aloha Aion
mi, ,. there was scarcely dry es
in the audience.
The Lumber Company's locomotl'
on its railroad at the volcano was o.
80 commission on Saturday last, haylI
been taken to Puma to operate on
railroad there which is oringihs III
serial To the big tie mill now in proce
of erection at that point. It was
4herefore available to take the Garne
marty TO the koa mill and the Ii
mense piles of gigantic logs staeA
there ready for turning into koa iui
her The automobiles which broug
the party up from Glenwood We're ca
ed into action, however, and speeoi
whisked the party over the INTERN
aiate ground through the 0. I. sha
man cattle pastures. secretary u0
aeld expressed himself as greatly II
rressed at the magnitude of the 10
and the character of the WOOD Del
turned out He was very much pleas
when told that the work was bel
done under the supervision OF Fares'
Hosmer. The Forestry Bureau is
secretary Garfeld's department and