The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-21


the trail is way up in the air, and ona
is looking down dizzy depths all the
time. In the Hanapepe canyon one is
looking mp from the bottom, in Yo-
semitic fashion.
A much shorter route to the falls may
be taken from point on the govern
ment road above Eleele. Carriages can
go more than half the way, and the re.
mainder Of the journey may be easily
made on foot or on horseback
Hanapepe lies at the bottom of a
hill On top Of this hill is Eleele, and
q quarter of mile seward is the land
| ing of Port Allen, Eleele IS official title.
A Country School
II. H. Brodie, schQplmaster at Hama
pepe, has n flock Of about three hun
| bred young ideas to train. He is a
great believer in the newspaper as an
educator, and every now and again
reads items Of current news to the chill
dren, explaining as he goes along. The
next day he quzzes the boys and girls
on matters about which he has read to
them previously.
Brodie was anxious to show me how
the system worked, so invited me to
watch the class proceedings this morn
ing,
| NuWf Shlu uby AuNk6dSluS
Iabout fifty students, "who can rsmem.
Der some piece of news of Importance
about which l read to You yesterdayan
A crop Of grimy hands sprouted up.
ward. Selecting one Of the larger boys,
Mr.. Brodie asked him to state which
particular piece of news he had in
mind
THE fat girls dead,'' exclaimed the
young man who was ambitious to shine
as an information bureau.
And / thought remarked the
teacher, dolefully "that he was going
to mention Ballinger or the revolution
in Portugal"
Eleele.
Eleele consists of j. I. Silva's dry
goods emporium and a plantation camp
or two. Seaward is che landing and
terminus of the Kauai Railroad Com
pany. Port Allen, to give the place
its official title, is the shipping point
of Makaweli and MeBryde plantations.
The railroad runs from the landing to
Makaweli, Koloa and the Kalaheo home
steads, over about thirty miles Of track.
II. C. Coburn, better known as "Cap."
Coburn, is general manager of the sys-
tenn.
Koloa is the port of entry for Kauai
at present, but as the landing there is
unsafe Kauai-bohnd vessels have TO 90
to Honolulu to enter. This is a great
Inconvenience TO the shipping, particu.
larly to Australian coal vessels.
There is great deal Of agitation
! on Kauai Just now regarding where the
new port of entry shall be situated.
! Waimea is pulling for it; so is Lihue.
Port Allen seems, however, by virtue
of its situation and the improvements
which have been made there, to be in
direct line for the honor. It is the
only harbor on the island where ocean
going steamers can safely moor.
Chiefly responsible for these improve
, ments is the Kauai Railroad Company,
an enterprise which was, in great meas.
2 ure, made possible by the McBryde
! Sugar Company and Manager Stodart.
The Kauai Railroad Company.
The company commenced business
! three years ago, and it is expected that
before very long line will be run TO
the new homesteads at Piiwai. The
chief obstacle to this is the refusal Of
the Knudsen estate to grant the neces-
sary right of way. The Kauai Railroad
Company has spent $750,000 in impr0v-
ing Port Allen and on its system. It
is now building a limekiln at Laval,
and will get lime rock from Mahulupu
and haul it to the kiln at Laval, which
; has a capacity of $50 barrels a day.
: The plant for this work will cost the
company $4,000.
! Another good work performed by the
Kauai Railroad Company was the build.
ing of the breakwater at Port Allen at
Z a cost of about $4,000. The company IS
4 sugar warehouse has a capacity of 5000
! tons and is fitted with electric carriers
: which can load five boats Mt time
y and can put on board an American
Hawaiian or Matson steamer 1900 tons
of sugar a day. The warehouse is the
finest and best.equipped in Hawaii and
+ the most economically managed. The
i company maintains FIVE other freight
Y warehouses, with q total capacity OF
d 10000 tons.
U The plant is covered with the latest
) fire protection improvements. Its float
, ing equipment consists of fifteen light
ers, three gasoline launches and a fuel
oil scow. The company maintains moor
ings in the harbor which cost $4,000 to
lay down.
The Kauai Railroad Company handles
over 100000 tons of sugar and general
merchandise every year.
This record will undoubtedly bear
s. much weight with Unclo Sam when har-
lie Dor improvements are started for the
is new port of entry for Kauai.
r, Politics Seething.
= The political caldron is seething, and
,, the various candidates are going into
u the fray with their coats off and their
n shirtsleeves rolled up. The district OF
y Kooa got turned down in The Repub-
Y lican convention, as far as representa-.
. tion was concerned, and Lihue bagged
three representatives, while Waimea
70 pulled down the odd one. This made
s the Koloa folks mad, and as a eonse-
u quence two Independent candidates
= have been nomnated-K. w. Kinney Of
y Wahiawa for sheriff and James Kula
= Of Koloa for representative. Kinney
"a Is well known on the island and is very
popular. lie Is at present engaged as
sugarboiler for tho Mellryde Sugar
70 Company. Kinney has strong support
" In the race be is making, both among
a A.. 1. 4 4 H. A.