Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLVI, Number 4, 22 January 1909 — NA MEAHOU O LEILEHUA. [ARTICLE]

NA MEAHOU O LEILEHUA.

Mr. Lunahooponopono: —He mau wahi meahou o Leilehua nei. Oia hoi ua hiki inai au ma ka la 5 o keia mahina ma ke ano kamana uo $4.00 o ka la aine ko 'u mau hoa hana. 0 ko 'u makemake wale no o ka ike 1 keia wahi a ua ike pono au ia lehua nei. I ka po mua he nui ioa ke anu, pela no hoi ka po elua o ko u manao e hoi i Honolulu, aka paa mai no o MJ- Voung ia/'makou. - 1 ka po ekolu mai ua nui ka ua ame ka inakani, -.ia hina kekahi mau h'ale pe'a 30 a oi, a o ka nui*o na hale pe'a aneane 300; o ka nui o na liale aina 12 no lakou ka loa o 100 kapuai. Hookalii he wahi 6 ai ai na koa o ka hiamoe ana iloko o na halepe'a. O kekahi mau 20 ilaila e noho ai na aliikoa me na wahine a keiki hoi. He 20 liale he 40 iapuai ka loihi, ua hana hoohi-oia me 4 keena 2 ina kekahi aoao pela no hoi ma kekahi aoao a ua uhiia i ka pe'a oluna iho. O ka hale nui he pepa aila a he nani maoli no hoi ke nana aku i keia kulanakauhale nui. Hookahi hale 60 kapuai loihi, 40 kapuai laula, he lanai puni, he mau hale okoa e ae no kekahi. O kahi e hele ai na poe hana i ka auau aaeane 2 mile; o ka nui o na Kepani mai ka poe kamana he 200 a oi, o ka nui o na haole kamana 70, o na llawaii 150 a oi, 200 a oi o na lahui like ole, aneane 200; e hoomanao iho oe he nui liewahewa keia a he ola no hoi no ko kakou mau ohana paakiki. He maikai no hoi ka uku ana o na limahana $1.75 a pii aku kekahi poe, a o na luna liilii Hawaii, $2.00 o ka la 8 hora hana. O na kamana mai ka $2.50 kokua kamana, $3.00, $3.50 a hiki i ka $4.00 o ka la; o ka poe pena he 20 ka nui; $3.50 o ka la; ia tnakou no ka makoa ai, ke ai i ka haleaina 85 keneka o ka la, 3 ai ana. Elima ko makou nui e noho nei i ko makou halepe'a; o ka nui o ka halepe'a hookahi 14 kapuai ka loa 10 ke kiekie, 12 ka laula. E hana- ia aku ana no he ninu hale lio 10 a i ole he 12 paha, 200 ka k.a o ka hookahi, aia nae a ]>au ae keia mau hale. He hana i ka la Sabati 8 hora bana 2 hora manuahi, aole i maopopo loa k'?» makou hoopauia mai i keia la p<ilia aole maopopo mai ka hana. O'ke anu wale no ka apiki; ina e ua pumehana k?. po; ina e kalae e anu ana ke po mai ka makani kiu he oi aku ke anu. Mai Wahiawa mai a hiki i keia wahi 6Vj mile, ua hele wawae ia mai, na ano hana like ōle maanei;. poe hara paipuwai kekalii, ua komo mai ka wai iloko o na hale i keia manawa aole nae i pau pono. RICHARD KEKONA.