The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-06-05
Commercial Advertiser.
Rural Sketches
of the a5auaiian ISLANDS.
EAST MAUI.

IL Is some time since attempted TO write youj IN
fact my absence from the corner" has been now OF
so long duration. have in a measure, forgotten the
art Of twaddle but having read Of late some OF the
ministerial reports. with the accompanying documents
from A TO L. both Inclusive do not despair Of
making something out Of the few notes have such
trenasndous state documents be eliminated from
the scany material in possession Of the Minister of
% Furrin'' Aiairs- En- araHf.
Appearance o Sugar Plantations
I have recently returned from q visit to waikapu.
waiIuku, and Makawao, and am happy to write thi
the cane looks fourishing, and the coming crops,
not damaged by Drought will be largely in excess Of
those of former year. windmill for raising water
from the guIch near the East Maui and Brewer Plan
tations, Makawao. has been erected, aud is hear,
in the full tile OF successful operation
LouzadasvnIe.
The busiest spot met with in my trip was at Wal
kapu, where my friend. Mr.. James Louzada, was
erecting buildings, &C., for a sugar mill. Activity
ard hustle reigned, giving evidence OF vitality
brought existence by the energy and go sheadi
tiveness Of one man. Here n store. blacksmith
and carpenters shops, all in full blast Three other
buildings we're in course of erection and would soon
be finished. A commencement had been made to re-
the dirt in order to lay the foundation OF the
sugar and boiling house, which are to be built OF
and Of the dimensions Of 1O5 feet by 80 feet
The mill ard trash houses will follow suit Six
months in the year the mill will be run by water
power, during the remainder the motive power will
be male The iron-work for the machinery is to be
constructed by Mr. ]. Hughes of Honolulu, and Mr..
l.. expects to commence making sugar about the LIST
of December The beneficial result Of this en-
ployment Of capital in a village ike waikapu, is
already visible. The natives well foreigners
- Ia ruhnr fta~-r
obtain irrigate IT, and in whatever direction
you looked, you could see the plow and harrow at
work At the end OF the year. there will be 25O to
300 acres Of cane planted. Success, then, to the
proprietor Of LouzadasviIle: and if he who causes
blades Of grass to grow, where only one grew
before, is to be held n benefactor his country,
let the young arithmeticians at Punahou solve the
problem, how high in the public estimation he should
be held, who makes 800 acres of cane yield tribute
to the material resources Of the kingdom, where
before but few cultivated, just enough
to show that il was in the Of the soil pro-
duce it.
Yield o Sugar the Acre At waikapu-
Some ten months ago chronicled to fame, that n
single acre of land the Makee Plantation situated
in a favorable position, had yielded 81 tons of
sugar the There uas considerable eOngatiOn
Of the angles Of the mouth. with some, at this state
ment. but the gentemanly proprietor Of the plan
tation had the sugar the time slowed away in his
sodowns. and his no less gentemanly clerk, Gf you
do net say good word for yourself nowadays. no
one else will has since had the satisfaction of post
ing the account Of sales Of the same, why let 'em
elopgaie and swallow this. Mark Preyier at Wal
knpu had standing. when had the pleasure of seeing
IL four weeks ago. before his house, three ths OF
acre CT cane Since, then. has been sold taken to
Siakawao, and put through the mill Of the Brewer
PIsatetion, yielding over Z, 500 fs. Of sugar. The
whole area only measured three -ffths of acre,
and ray informant tells me, that the $500 bs. Of
sugar the product Of about half an acre only.
Ii this don't "beat Bannagher." what does: Equal
20 SIR and half tons Of sugar to the acre Got
nit uns rs the motto reads the Prussan COnsul's
sign in Honolulu, which AlecS c. always translates
Got miisns. Why don't the shopkeepers in Homo
lulu. whom His Excellency the Minister of Finance
is after with a sharp stick, sell ouf ieare get up and
git. and invest in waikapu sugar lands' 81 pause
(paws is intended to be a COAX for Alexis mttens.)
for "A reply"
year at Wakapu natures the cane for the mill,
while il requires double that time the hills of Ulu
palakua and Mskawao. As water is needed for irri-
eating the plains. they digging well the fat
in waikapu twelve feet in diameter 1t is estimated
that depth of 90 100 feet will have be reached
any money. the Legislature could do nothing better
than to make appropriation assist worthy
undertaking. let the Executive appropriate it any
how, charge it against the " Miinetary'' Fund.- and
dc away with few -fortieths Of soldier each
inhabitant Of the group.
Sugar Items from Manila
Under date of Manila. 1st of February. current,
have read letter from a gentleman who visited
these islands in August last and took great interest
in sugar plantations. As the following may be
of interest to many here quote for their benefit:
..On the 9th of January, I started a trip into
the interior. During the seventeen days absent
I made nearly the entire circuit of the LagunG de
TaGI, and also of bay, visiting the volcano, and the
city Of Bahamas, which was our southernmost point
saw a good deal of sugar making while absent, and
picked up some items which may perhaps interest
vou. The quality of sugar generally produced IN
these islands, is suitable only for refining, and IS
shipped largely to California, Australia, Europe and
America for that purpose As now made by the na-
tvs il would be difficult improve the quality, as
all their appliances Of tae ruest possible descrp
tor Their rollers are always perpendicular, and
Usually wood, although l saw some that were made
Of blue granite Buffaloes furnish the motive power
in al instances. saw an English gentleman, Mr.
Scott at Caluan who has the only steam engine for
sugar-iakng in these parts, the only one Imagine
between your islands and Ceylon and he now regrets
having incurrel the expense of IL, as his sugar IS
so cents pecul better than the common SORT ana
Of SALE while the staple article is always IN de-
rnnd for cash. In word, there is no market
here for the intermediate grade which you make. and
the Refinery in this city has not proved profitable
corceru although furnished with the best Of French
ma,hnery. The best class Of consumers in the inte
ror, purify the local made sugar with whites of eggs,
into cGr1meio. and prefer it to the refined article
made here that the consumption Of real loaf sugar
Il confined this city. Mr. Scott grinds with three
rollers feet long, n inches in diameter. pumps
directly into his CHARTERS, whicare heated to 2l
by exhaust steam. has two batteries Of kettles each
coos in shaped wooden vessels, and drains for
six weeks in vats like a v made of mats and bamboo,
each holding about tons: generally small,