The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-02-18

These are mostly h~alEcaste boys, who are taught
in English and French, but chiefly in English.
The site of tine Summary is a very pleasant and
romantic one, and quite secluded. Not finding
the AhbG 1T home, we rode On, Passing the farm
Of Mr.. stewart. beyond which, PERHAPS TWO mile,
Is the Kaalaaa Plantation Of M---rs. Montgomery,
Green & M-Kihbiu, extending from the sel back
u the central mountain range. The estate COM
pri--s some tv1 thousand acres. eight hundred
acres IF il being suitable for cane. About TWO
hundred acres ara already planted. Of which fifty
are ready u cut. These gentlemen propose erect
ing q mill az once. and "a portion Of the machinery
has this week been shipped thi,her 10y the AnHie
LGurie. The cane fields look well and appear 70
have an abundance ot moisture. Mr.. Rhodes
Spencer Is engaged a. manager. This estate ike
that At Kane,he, has q very good and smooth
l4nding-Place, ami vessls can approach near the
shore in still water. With good management,
plenty of capital and perseverance. there Is no
reason why this sugar enterprise should not prove
q successful one.
Three or four miles beyond Kaalaea. We come
/, the Kuoloa estate Of Mrssrs. Judd K Wilder,
now called the D. Oahu Plantation" Including
Kalwa. it consists OF about four thousand acres.
When We visited the place in 1862, we did not
dream Of seeing. on cur next visit, a beautiful
field f cane growing, about two hundred acres in
extent. with extensive mill buildings erected. and
powerful machinery driven by steam. This change
has all been made within the last fifteen months,
and shows what industry and determination can
accomplish. Like much Of the land ON this side
Of Oahu, the cane fields here consist OF rich bot
t~om-land, lying Just above the level Of high tide.
So near the surface l. the water, that the roots Of
the cane End moisture all the year around, re-
ducing the risk Of drought very much. The soil,
like that Of Iahaina, Waikapu and Wailuku, re-
ceivcs its deposit, Of rich alluyium from the noun
taius in the rear.
Two spacious stone buildings, each 8Oxl2l feet,
located near the point. and beyond the dwelling
about one mile. have been erected tor the manu-
flcture Of sugar. The stone was brought from
the foot OF the mountain, only 4 few hundred yards
inland. while the lime was burned from coral
stone procure i In the sea. The cost Of this large
and permanent building thus scarcely exceeds that
Of "a wooden one. The machinery consists Of that
which was used on the Union Plantation 1T Maka-
wac, with such improvements and additions as
experience has shown to he necessary. We found
the mill in 90 Grafton. though ali the works are
not Yet complete. Mr.. Wilder hopes to get off
three tons Per day, after the first Of March. by
running night and day. The entire crop this sea
SON viii be between two hundred and fifty and
three hundred tons, and during the present year
the extent Of land put into cane, viii be increased
T. about four hundred acres.
About eighty laborers are employed on the es-
tate, and we learned from the proprietors that
they end no difficulty in obtaining all that are re-
quired. Mr.. Cordiug also assured Us that he had
refused over one hundred Applications for labor.
This certainly indicates anything but a scarcity
Of labor. 50 far as we could learn, there is an
abundance Of field hands everywhere. and when
overseers treat their men rs they should be treated,
no cause OF complaint Is found. Near the Oahu
Plantation mill, we found rows OF neat little
houses erected for the native w%orlunen, many Of
whom are permanent residents on the estate, who
find it for their interest to cngaga Is laborcrs on it.
But we must drop our pen till next week.