The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-01-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81.
u&ar Plantations of the sand
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The following glance at the present and ever
growing enterprises for the production of sugar,
will show that it is, and promises to be the great
staple Of the islands, deserving the fostering care
Of the government, not only for the wealth
which it brings TO the nation, but for the en-
~ployment which it gives to almost every branch
Of industry, as we'll as commerce.
We will mention, first, the plantations which
are already productive, as they occur to us, and
then those which are in the process of formation.
Beginning with Kauai, the mJst northerly
island Of the group, We have first the Prince
vile plantation, located at Hanalei, the most
northern district of the island. This estate be-
longs to His Ex. r. G. Wyllie, and is in charge
of A. f. McGregor, Esq. 1t is represented to
be a very fine estate with first class machinery,
from the mandatory Of Merlees & TAFT OF Glas-
cow, Scotland, and has recently yielded 1--WE are
informed) n crop of nearly 400 tons Of first
class sugar from about 200 acres. The estate
and it's appointments have been well described
in late numbers of our paper by Mr.. Holstein.
The next in order is the Lihue plantation,
established some ten years since by a company
Of gentlemen, but not incorporated. This enter
prise for several years encountered serious difficult
CS SuhcAih5 CiiithJ lOh hdut VI ram, III
being now irrigated, has become quite profitable.
Its last crop was about $50 tons of sugar.
Further on, about ten miles from Lihue. we
chine to DIR. r.. W. Woods plantation at KolOa.
This Is an old estate, we'll managed by the pro-
prietor, and Its machinery is moved by water
power. Last crop about $50 tons.
On this island, (Oahu,) the plantation of j.
III. Wood in Nuuanu Valley, three miles back Of
Honolulu, is the only one upon this island
which has become actually productive. He is
now improving his estate by the addition of new
machinery, lately imported from the United
States.
7 The Lahaina Sugar Company, and Campbell
and Turton are manufacturing fine sugar at
on the Island Of Maui, from cane pro-
duced by small cultivators and bought of them,
or manufactured for them on shares.
Messrs. Louzada and Cornwell are succeeding
in a similar enterprise at Waikapu, on that
The Brewer plantation (now judd,
Wilder & Judd's) and Mr.. Spencer's, beautifully |
on the uplands of Makawao, have seri-
ously suffered for two or three years past from
the unusual drought, but the returning rains
md genial influences Of the sun have quickened
and these estates give promise of q
.arge yield from the crop now maturing.
The Haiku plantation, owned by a chartered
oint stock company, and consisting of about
even thousand acres of wood, pasture and cane
and, joins Mr.. Spencer's estate on the east.
There are on the ground, in various stages of
some 800 acres Of plant cane: and
100 of the first and 200 of the second crop of
in addition to some $50 to 200 acres
low in preparation for planting the present
rear. The cane upon this estate has also suffer
d somewhat from drought. The crop about to
taken off promises a good yield.
The engine and machinery were manufactured
" Tufts of Boston, one of the best manufac-
urers in the United States, and does good ser
ice under the charge of Mr.. Fox, an expert
need and skillful engineer. Mr.. ChalloE1el, the
ugar boiler, produces a very superior article of
ugar whilst the plantation itself has been we'll
managed by Geo. f. Beckwith, ESQ, one Of the
took holders.
The princely plantation OF Capt. James Makee
xtends over an area of 10 900 acres Oh the west
I'm slope OF Haleakala, 700 acres of which are
ow in cane from six to "a months old, and of a
cry large growth. The drought, too, has done
injury upon this plantation as we'll as the last
AIMED, but there is now an abundance of rain
nd n very heavy crop is being gathered, which
ill probably exceed any yet taken off from one
on the islands. The machinery is
by steam, is Of the first class, and of
,oston manufacture. The convenienccs of the
for their purposes, and the general
and conduct of the plantation are
Tbs plantation, thoroughly under
ay and well managed, will no doubt pay its
nterprising proprietor the full legal interest