The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-02-18
TIKI PACIFIC
commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. February Is.
,,bu. and it, Agricultural Pros
poets

,,f abroad regarding the fertility OF Maui Ndu"4
and Hawaii, and their peculiar aiaFteines7 10
GUAR culture. 20 little has been said Of our metro
,,lfr.r Island, OAHU, that many living even here
:. U%rglulu. think it fit for little else than gra-
I'm, ranches and for taro. Who has not heard
.Ls remark. Oh. cane Will never grow on
n,bu.r And vet there l. not = better island for
r. in our group. nor one where sugar investments
AZ. safer or more sure u yield a large return.
Last week We tJJk a ha~ty ride around this
island To visit the several infant plantations no"
under way, and % crafty our curiosity, as well
as -p gather information regarding them Tor our
readers and others interested
Passing By the two plantations IN Nuuanu
Valley, located within sight Of the city, which we
shall notice 10 the close Of our sketch, We reached
the DaI about 10 a. NJ, over a good dry road.
which mere IL seldom found in winter, and encJun-
trring "a cool bracirg north wind, which came
rushing through the narrow gap and down the
valley rs II IL had been Gagged up an hour or two
BY the encircIing mountains. What Il scene op"ns
here % tile Traveller, 40 ne commences the descent
of the precipice-a plain twenty-five miles long,
intersected with ridges Of low hills, and henmed
in on the Aaauka side by bold palisades, in some
places two thousand feet perpendicular. ~ one
views 1t, he can hardly help remembering it as
the scene Of some of the old Hawaiian heroes,
gyG- and gOdde-ses Of the ancient time. Twas
here, in this plain. that the chase after KAMA
PrA,, half man and half hog. occurred, ending in
bis famous attempt To scale the remarkable gorge
al IiauuIl. Youder towering peak, four thou
sand feet above the sea, breaking below 1t, was
the SPOT where kAwELU sat and sung for her ab-
sent lover. And near here was the birth place Of
the lovely princess, LAIEIKAwAI, the charming
story Of whose exploits forms the first historical
romance Issued in book-form in Hawaiian
Once down the pai, the traveller finds himself
IN EuULAU, which embraces all the windward eide
Of this island, east Of the summit ridge, and ex-
tending from W,imaullo 1T the south u Waimea
at tine north. a tract about fifty miles in length,
and varying trum one To five miles in width. All
TINS district of Koolau Is exposed 10 frequent show
err, and Is Intersectei with numerous small
strrams-ail which tend 10 make it valuable for
agriculture and plsturage.
Between the foot of the paH and the Protestant
church at Klneohe, lies the sugar estate of the
Queen Dowager KALAMA, where Mr.. Rob't Wake
man has been engaged for some two years in break
ins up the land, planting and cultivating cane.
About TWO hundred acres are planted, in various
1LtE< "a 1AHNL III ptit "''HN W. 1NAN7 Ing -
vet ready To grind. Thus far. it has not had
much it any irrigation, though it is probable that
this will have t. be rcsorted to. The cane Is Of
the small white variety, and does not grow so
rank and long as IN some other localities where
We observed 1t growing. FROM five hundred to
one thousand acres are available Tor cane in
this vicinity, but whether this extent of land can
b. irrigated OF viii raise cane to profit, Is an ex-
pertinent. yet to be decided.
Messr,. Curding & Wilson nave entered into an
arrangement with this estate, under which they
erect Il milI and take OH the crop on shares. The
mill building l. OF wood, large and spacious, one
hundred ana sixty feet in length, and, with some
Of the minor buildings, is completed, and the
machinery erected and in working order. The
mill Is q large frst-cIlss machine. made by For
roster i Co. uf Liverpool, the rollers being fifty
four inches in length, driven by water power,
which i abundant and never-lailiug. Tie Chin
ney. train and furnaces are well constructed, and
excepting some defect in the draft, works sell.
The latter IS easily remedied.
The mill commenced operations about the first
Of February. and worked for several days. But
the absence Of a clarifer and some other necessl-
ries. required it to stop till these could be pro-
vided. At the time we were there, the cenJrifu-
gals were BENZ set and put into operation. These
are Jf English make, manufactured in Noting
ham. by Mes>rs. Nu1Iyve x Co. They are much
larger, stronger aud we should Judge better cal
euIated To serve the purpose intrnded. of drying
the sugar or syrup when cooled. They are driven
by water, and TIE arrangement Tor connecting
the machines with the power, Is one Of the neat
est and d. ost s~implewe have ever seen. The cen
t~rilugals are checked, when it i required to stop
theui. 10y means Of brake. thus avoiding the risk
Of a~ccldent, which frequently occurs with the
common machines. The sugar turned out from
them, at the time Of our visit, was dark, a might
be expected from the unfinished state Of the works
when first started, bot ere this, the mill has prob
ably commenced operations again, and when COM
plete viii be fully capable Of turning out three
to four thousand pounds per day.
Prior TO our visit a report was current that
after various experiments. II had been found that
sugar could not be MADE at Kaneohe. This is In
correct. and as fine sugar Will be made there as
anywhere else. The mill l. u strong and superior
one. well put up. and with plenty Of cane. it must
prove a successful enterprise. There is an admi-
Table harbJr near by, and the freight i landed
easily from the steamer. which lies almost along
side tine hank. The cartiug 10 and from the land
ing. as also t. and from the cane fields. Is easy and
other PLANTATIONS DO not have, and reduce yerg
much the expenses Of carrying on the business.
Just beylni K lu-phe Is a tract Of three thou
sand acres, called H-efa, where the Catholi,
church is located, which is probably well cllcu.