The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-14

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with flags inside, and festoon of parti-
colored incandescents over the doorway.
The orchestra of the Congressional
party and one from Hilo alternated in
playing two-steps and waltzes and an
occasional quadrille, the latter in honor
of the Southern members of the party,
and particularly for Representatives
Houston, Gambler and Taylor. Tha
former acted as caller for the square
dances, and his oldfashioned dancing
and calls made distinct hit.
Visit the Great Breakwater.
On Saturday morning the Congress.
ional party visited the breakwater,
which is now nearly 1000 feet from the
shore, extending into the roadstead of
Hilo harbor. The party left the depot
in special train, and the train was
backed out over the 1000 feet already
finished, to where the derrick is lifting
stones weighing from few hundred
pounds to eight, ten and fifteen tons,
from fat cars.
Major Winslow, U. s. A., in charge
of army work in the Islands, and in
charge of operations on the breakwater,
took the members of the Rivers and
Harbors Committee to the extreme end,
where they watched the rocks fall into
the water. The other spectators stood
upon fat car.
Finally, big eight-ton stone, which
had been reserved for the last, was
tackled. Two or three trials were made
to test the hold of the clutches, and
finally it was lifted few inches above
the car, when one clutch slipped and
the stone crashed down between the
derrick and the car. The brakes on
the latter were not set, and the car
was shot backward toward the other
fiat car, on which the spectators were
standing. Two or three men were
standing between the cars, and as they
shot toward each other all escaped ex.
cept Mr.. Cook, bookkeeper for the
breakwater people, and formerly con-
nected with the Honolulu Gas Com
pany. His elbow sought for support as
he partially stumbled, and as the big
couplings came together his elbow was
nipped. The cloth of his coat was
ripped and the flesh pinched, causing
blood to flow, but, fortunately, he was
not seriously hurt. Had the car brakes
been set the car might have been over
turned onto row of people standing
alongside the track.
Where the Stone is Quarried.
The train carried the party into the
Puma country, where the rock for the
breakwater is being quarried. There
the party found men at work with the
drills making holes for blasting, and as
the train moved away a blast was set
off which caused a whole cliff to fall
with great roar.
Into the Lumber Country.
One of the prettiest features Of the
day was at Pahoa, where the lumber.
mill of the Pahoa Lumber Mill Com
pany is located almost in the heart Of
the ohia forests. As the train pulled
into the new station where Col. Samuel
johnson, the general manager of the
company has his headquarters and
home, the visitors were greeted with
many signs of welcome. The house
was decorated, an American flag float
ed high above from Flagstaff, and on
the front lawn luau arbor had been
erected, which was prettily decorated.
The tables were set, however, with a
luncheon of haole foods, consisting OF
alligator pear salad, sandwiches, cold
meats, punches, lager and fruits in
abundance. 1t was spread well relish
ed, for the party was hungry.
Col. johnson was complimented upon
his welcome and the luncheon. Mrs.
Thompson acted as hostess in the alb
sence of Mrs. johnson, and a corps of
prettily kimonoed Japanese women
served at the tables.
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Then came visit to the mill where
big trees were being sawed. The plant
was found to be as complete as even
Congressman Ellis of Oregon, who has
been much in the lumber camps of the
Northwest, has seen in his part of the
country. The company has invested
approximately 100000 in the business
and is carrying it on, on large scale.
The company has completed about
eight miles of railroad in the Puma and
Hilo districts, and has nine miles add.
tional roadbed graded, ready for track
laying, and plans at an early date to
construct some seven or eight miles
more
Congressman Ellis made an address
after brief introduction by John @.
Lane. He spoke to the few Hawaiians
in patriotic vein, but just as he was
getting into full swing the train con-
ductor cut him short by yelling for
everybody to go aboard.
Around Harbor in Launch.
On the return homeward, the Rivers
and Harbors Committee, left the train
at Waiakea and accompanied by Major
Winslow made tour of inspection of
the harbor in a launch, viewing the
breakwater at close range from the
water side.
The Tour of the bitches.
Where a flood of golden dollars is
being poured out in the extension of
the irrigation systems of Hawaii;
where the hills are being pierced with
water tunnels, the gulches scanned with
open waterways and the high lands
forced to store the rains for the fields
below the storm belt; where engineers,
arboriculturists. photographers and
expert miners, assisted by hundreds of
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