The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-22
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
FEBRUARY 30.
Around Oahu.

Oahu.
4 hasty trip around lhis island cnnyinces us
that improvements arc not at IA stand stili out oi
tic city, aud that tho planting interests sre look
Ing up. After Descending the yah. the fret estate
wo meet IL the kancolIc Plantation. The mill
which was burnt noarly n year ngo. Inns been re-
built. anil i rrady for work, il any should be
offered IL. bat the cane looks discouraged,
sickly and ready To die. IL seems b lack the
Prrssncc of a proprietor.
Near by Is the small plantation Of Mr.. Adderlcy,
which ho has called the kenahaln Plantation. IL
cOmpri-cs about two hundred acres Of cane land,
Of which forty or hfiy are planted and doing well
a mill Of small capacity lac been erected by the
Oyosccr, MIR. Coolidge, and the irst attempt ut
manufacturing sugar las proved u success. The
mill, and indeed the whole estate, bear evidence
of thrift and the proprietor not having "a spare
key Ia thc bank, conducts bi- estate with econo-
my, and with IA good prospect of succc-s. IL is
such u plantation-snall, economically conducted,
wcll-cultiyated and managcd-as We hope to see
n score of On Oahu, when the reciprocity
treaty is passed. There nrc plenty of localities
all over this island, for just such enterprises,
where one man, with n yoke of oxen, and ten or
twelve laborers can produce his seventy-fiyc or u
hundred tons n year. This Is the system which
will soon be adopted here.
There are ono OF two other embroyo plantations
in this ncighborhood, which will ultimately be-
come productive. There is good water power,
and vessels eau cOmc near u the shore To land
and take of cargo.
At Waihec, the Kaaiaca Plantation has been
grinding, but frVm some cause, no large return
has yet been obtained from this investment. IL
will prove n success when il finds u proprie-
tor who can devote to it all his energy and means,
and who has leisure to either 80 hold the plOw or
drive" The land is good, and the cane yields
well, and ultimately it must prove a success.
The Kualoa mill was busy grinding, and the
whole neighborhood appeared alive with indus
try. The cane yield has been good, particularly
in the Kaawa valley, where MIR. Wilder has just
produced over seceH tons of sugar from one acre
of cane, and eighty tons from twenty acres. This
has hardly been surpassed ON any plantation.
At Punaluu, the natives, under the guidance of
Mr.. Severance, are planting rice very extensively,
and there is n fair prospect of n crop of 500 900
pounds this year. MIR. ). has a mill where all
the grain is thrcshcd and hulled, before being
shipped to town. The thrift and industry Of the
people here are evidenced i'm the numerous frame
houses that dot the valleys and sea beach.
Farther along, ut Laic, the Mornons have COM
mcnccd a sugar plantation, which gives promise
Of being n successful enterprise. The growing
crop il stout and healthy as any on the island.
and Mr.. Nebeker, the efficient superintendent of
the estate, thinks he has four hundred acres of as
good cane land rs the fifty or sixty now growing.
\ mill il to be erected Mt once, and the crop will
be ready To come off in December.
Beyond LAie, the green pastures are covered
with fine sheep and fat sleek cattle, and We do
not wonder that the proprietors, Messrs. Wide
mann, Hopkins and Mofitt, are proud of their es-
tates. They take much interest also in improv-
ing the welfare of the natives, and one is delighted
to sec, in riding along, the pretty white cottages
with green blinds nesting among the groves here
and there, and to learn that they belong to the
natives.
At Waialua, little change is observable, save
in the rapid decrease of the population, which is
diving of by scores. Two funerals occurred while
We were there, and five during the previous few
days. Ava, rum and RIGHTEOUSNESS are carrying
off the natives faster than the recorders can tally
their deaths.
The roads everywhere are in fine order, and
the bridges in good repair. We hope the Road
Supervisor will continue 10 use the excellent lime
stone pavement, such as is used from here to Ka-
lihi, until he has made a road entirely around the
island. Nothing will tend more than such n pub
lie work To improve the outer districts and lead
to their settlement by Industrious farmers.