The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-11
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY, MARCH II.
n,bu and it, Agricultural Pros
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". 1.fr nur readers. in our tour around Oahu
90 Kahuku. From there 20 Waialua, l dis
,,p.e ef ten OF twelve miles. there Is little
that T. attractive, the country being more or
10. stony and sandy. and fl only for Tastur-
ace for sheep OF goats. which appear 70 have
fu r5--.-siou of It. The village IF Waialua has
an abundance Of arabic land, being vel watered
bv TWO considerable streams that rise IN the CEN
tuI mountain range, and are ten OF twelve
miles in length. It has been estimated that
there are over thirty square miles, OF twenty
thousand acres, of land around the village, that
,,p l.. proftabIv cultivated. To accomplish
,hi-. irritation will be necessary; but. as the
streams run over OF through the elevated plains
Hlck Of the village, the water can, with some
outlay. b. carried over 4 large extent Of land
which now Is used only for pasturiug sheep and
cattle.
A sugar plantation has been commenced here
BY Meszr=. ". and l.. Chamberlain, who have
about sixty acres Or heavy cane growing and
about ready u cut. At tine time Of our visit
the frame 0f the miII-building had just been put
up, the kettles were being set, and the chimney
and fues constructed. The mill is To be driven
BY xuter-pover, which Is abundant and never
falling. The works arc not Oh 80 large a scale az
the necessities 90 the place require, but want OF
means has compelled the prOVrietoFs to start as
b-.5 they could. The mill being a small one,
not more than a ton per day, if as much. can be
manufactured. IL Will De ready 70 commence
operations about the close Of March.
There Is land enough within a mile Of the mill
% raise cane sufficient % manufacture one thou
sand tons "a year, and the ltndhOlders. both ma
tives and foreigners, are eager 10 commence
planting cane. but have been restrained from do
ing - Till the capacity Of the mill is tested.
Within twelve months, either larger works must
be substituted here, or another mill erected.
There are several good localities for sugar-mills
in this district. It the land i obtainabIe. Here
rorore. considerable quantities Of corn have been
grown IN V%aialua, and we saw several fields OF as
heavy and beautiful corn rs we ever saw in the
United States. As soon as an impetus Is given
b the growth Of cane here, and capital intro
duced, the village Of Waialua viii take a start,
and become one Of the most thriving places on
the Islands. 1t has "A small harbor, safe for
schooncrs in all winds but the west wind.
The residents complain Of the horse-races,
which have become Of late quite r. nuisance, Sc
riousIy interfering with all industrial pursuits,
a. the natives expect 10 have full holidays on the
rlce-days, which occur twice Il week, and some
times Oftencr. The race-course is near the beach,
and the races draw together crowds of several
hundreds, If not thousands, from all parts of
Oahu, who come to engage III the betting insep-
arabic from them. At one Of these races, which
occurred during our stay in Naialua, TWO horses
were killed, they having started from different
ends Of the course, and run into each other with
such force as 70 cluse instant death to both ami
mails. The riders barely escaped with their lives.
This accident appears to have only added to the
attraction OF the sports.
Leaving W%aialua, the road leads, with a grad
uaI ascent, up the plain referred to before, back
Of the village. till il reaches All elevation OF per-
haps twelve hundred feet above the sea. All
this Is good pasture-Iand, and, by bringing the
water from the streams, could doubtless * made
available for other purposes. X is owned by for
eigners and Chiefs, in large tracts of from one
thousand to ten thousand acres each. That of
the Mes>rs. Holt comprises some twenty thousand
acres, much Of which is mountain and forest
land. That Of Captain Meek, midway between
WaiAIua and EVA, is nearly as large, and both
ARE covered with thousands OF cattle and sheep,
which can be seen feeding in fOeks.
Waiauae, which We were unable 10 visit, en-
braces the belt of land Scaward Of the Wuianae
rtnge. a tract Of some twenty-five thousand acres,
the ownership Of which was for years contested
in the Courts, under the title Of the " Jarrer,
and Nauiui case, but was finally settled As be-
longing u the minor, Paul Jarrett Ii Il said
u be a good Tasture-land, but not well suited for
cane nor any other staple. But experiments
may disprJye this suggestion, and It be found
adapted TO cotton. tobacco or other products.
About twenty miles from Waialua and twelve
from Honolulu we come to the village Of Eva.
Since the smallpox visited Eva in 1888,
sweeping As with a blight. and carrying of one
third Of It's population, the glory of that place
has departed. It has no; now oue-flrh the in
habitauts It had twenty years ago. Here and
there axe hut-. but they are few and far between.
There are No extensive tracts OF good land. and
It Will be Il long time before any great improve
msut can be witnessed.
y gentleman, who has taken pains to learn the
hct. informs Us that the low plain lying between
Eva and BARRIERS Point, used now as 4 pasture
land. Is very similar % the sandy islands of
the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, where
the famous Sea Island Cotton Is grown. and that
there are at least 10000 acres of the above
tract, capable Of producing cotton. The land il
low. ONLY Il few feet above the level of I g sea.
and. although the district Is 4 very dry one, on
account of the infrequeuey of showers. yet the
roots Of grass and plants soon reach the water
and thrive we'll. Cotton plants are said 70 be
growing On this plain, that have been there for
twenty years. bearing cotton every year We
should ike TO see the suggestions of our inform
ant tested by the ulaDrinu Of a few acres of cot