. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . the Paligave the spot such a tragic interest. Next to Honolulu, the most important towns onthe island are Kanehoe, at the foot of the Pali, thelargest village on Windward Oahu, and consider-ably cooler than at the capital city; Waianae,nestling at the base of the mountains in a narrowvalley on the southwest coast; Waialua, a largeand prosperous village at the north end of theplain of that name; and last, but not least. PearlCity, nineteen miles from Honolulu by rail, andthe rival of that fair city in its beautiful sett
. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . the Paligave the spot such a tragic interest. Next to Honolulu, the most important towns onthe island are Kanehoe, at the foot of the Pali, thelargest village on Windward Oahu, and consider-ably cooler than at the capital city; Waianae,nestling at the base of the mountains in a narrowvalley on the southwest coast; Waialua, a largeand prosperous village at the north end of theplain of that name; and last, but not least. PearlCity, nineteen miles from Honolulu by rail, andthe rival of that fair city in its beautiful setting oftropical verdure. This town, founded by the OahuLand and Railroad Company, and belted on thenorth by a fertile strip of level land extendingback to Ewa Plains, now famous for the big Ewasugar plantation, stands on a peninsula whichextends into the harbour that may be consideredthe best in the world as soon as it has beenproperly dredged. It was here the United Statessecured such valuable rights in 1875. Pearl Cityhas long been a favourite resort for boating, bath-. ski; IKS OK ( .\S( AD VISTAS OF OAHiJ. 195 ing, and fishings and is destined to rival its sisteronly twelve miles distant by water line. Above all else^ this place and Honolulu lend tothe Hawaiian Islands their real value as a posses-sion to any country. Already the rapid increaseof population on the Pacific slopes of America hasset the tide of navigation toward that shore; withthe United States controlling the Philippines andthe Nicaragua Canal a reality, who can foretell thevast amount of ocean traffic in this direction ?However great its growth or mighty its power^Hawaii will still remain, as it is to-day, the onegreat strategic point and half-way station betweenthe continents, the arbiter that shall control andguide the commerce of the Northern Pacific. Withher important interests at home and abroad, hercapital will soon be not only Mistress of thePacific, but Empress of the maritime world. CHAPTER XV. GRIM
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