The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-07

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Nawiliwili. Here the visitors got their
| first practical illustration of Kauai S
need of u narbor The steamer had
to drop anchor about three-quarters
of mile from the landing and the
! fifty passengers were rowed ashore IN
boats.
Here began one of the main discus
sions of the day-as to where Kauai's
harbor shall be- The congressman
heard, some of them, before they got
ashore at all, that a breakwater at
Nawiliwili was the thing to provide a
harbor for the Garden Isle. Later,
| they heard other ideas.
The Kauai committee met the visit
ors with fourteen automobiles, at Ma
wiliwili landing Before the day was
over those autos each covered about
12O miles and not till the end did a
single mishap occur. Then the ma
chine which carried tag bravely nam
ing it No. 13 came to grief, one OF Its
wheels being completely smashed.
At Lihue, just above the landing, a
light repast was served, it being under
stood that breakfast was to be had at
Hanalei. The management Of the LII
hue hotel spread a splendid collation. OF
! fruits and cakes and coffee
The machines were soon started on
the thirty mile run to Hanalei- A
constant comment by the Congress
men all along the way was on the eX-
cellence of the roads. Men from East
and West, North and South, wondered
at the degree of excellence reached and
passed supplementary remarks on the
grading. Many were the impromptu
greetings along the way and the Con-
gressmen were constantly raising their
hats in response to alohas and cheers.
At about half past eight Hanalel
valley came in view from the uplands.
Often a succession of beautiful valleys
'carpeted with green rice fields,' as
one of the congressman put 1t, Hama
! lei was nevertheless enough to bring
exclamations of delight.
The first speech-making was on the
beach at Hanalei. Congressman DaW-
son of Iowa was called upon 10 address
the crowd that ha0 gathered and ne
did so with splendid force and elo-
uuence, speaking of the Hawaiian Is
lands, and their people, as indissoluDly
linked with the grand destiny OF the
nation Hon. Padgett OF Pennsylvania
followed with more very eloquent re-
marks, addressed specially to the ma
tives, closing with one of those tiowery
perorations which it is the delight Oh
Rev. S. l.. Desha to interpret and
Desha was interpreter
The steamer got to Hanalei at about
the same time as the autos and every
one went aboard for breakfast, while
the autos started back to partially
round the island and be at Waimea
when the party got there. Then came
the cruise along the rugged northeast
ern coast of Kauai. The wonderful
striking outlines of the coast noun
tains made them ever interesting to
watch and as the Mauna Kea steamed
along on a perfectly smooth sea, with
a Hawaiian quartette aboard, this
part of the trip was greatly enjoyed
This is the coast along which Governor
Frear and the Federal reclamation in
vestigators walked and swan where
the bluffs gave no footing. The place
where Frear climbed up the cliffs was
pointed out and the common obserVa-
ton was that he was certainly climb
er. Some one remarked that Menden-
hall had climbed up carrying sixty
pound camera but this remark located
all the congressman in Missouri.
This part of the Kauai coast is re-
garded by many as the most striking
scenery to be viewed from the ocean IN
the island group. The height OF the
sheer pals that have their bases IN
the ocean, the great riffs worn by the
storms of ages, the striking forest We
getation in almost perpendicular places
and here and there valleys Of surpass-
ing beauty make this bit OF coast de-
serve all it's reputation. Represen-
tatiVe Dawson of Iowa is booked 10
lecture about Hawaii when he gets
back. Il shall not be able to find
words to describe that" he remarked,
referring to this stretch of scenery.
At Waimea a surprise came for the
kamaainas, for it rained here, in viola
ton of all precedents for Kauai wea-
Their. If old ocean had bumped the
vessel about during the windward voy-
age and if it had rained on the other
side the Kauai men would have had
nothing to say, but when Waimea
lgaye the visitors a shower simple
demanded that they be
told it was most unusual
Aloha in big letters was flung |
across the front of Waimea landing