The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-08-31
Visit TO Maui-No. 8.
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NIGHT WORK on a PLANTATION.


While sitting solitary in my room between II and
and II O'Clock the other night, POring Ger some
lCaz-fOrgOtten lore" that / had unearthed from
mongst the store Of reading matter possessed by my
host. suddenly there came the eiam"r. Of bells
metallic hammer, pealing through the still air Of the
night The unusual (to mel hour Of ringing a bell,
and the short, sharp, earnest jerk with which It
ruug. could certainly mean nothing but FIRE Gre
FIRE 1" and awakening the household. rushed out Of
doors expecting % see Waikiki mills IN n blaze But
nothing, only the misty moonlight. sleeping in
beauty on mountain brow and level plain and wide
stretched ocean, and heard nothing for the bell had
ceased its cangor. In the morning learned that il
simply the previously understood call for relay
Of night laborers 20 turn-,O- Thus when n certain
crop 6eld Of Is ready 10 be taken OF, il IL
necessary to do IL as expeitiousy AZ possible, and
then the mill is kept grinding night and day. The
gang OF abOrers that went ~ midnight last night,
work their specified hours and today. being
relieved by fresh gang, and thus the work goes
continually forward
THE HUGE IROs ROLLERS
That grind the enue at Waikiki mills are moved by
n large undershOt Water-Wheel IL Is an interesting
sight u watch the process Of grinding The mill is
built on q hillside, and the cane comes down in q
shot, Continuous stream slowly passing on within
the clutch u the deliberately revolving rolls Of iron
aud comes out the other side and passes of into
the drying yard below, n mas Of - trash" while
through n spout at one end Of the rollers the rich
juice. \ dirty looking stream, pOurs Of rush
ing tide to the boiling house still farther A
grave, silent native man. with an evident sense Of
the importance Of bis trust, stands above the rollers
overseeing the process while half dozen cha;tering
laughing native women pi'iug the cane to the
shoot it Is unaden from the constantly arriving
carts. The huge, tall chimney Of this plantation
is situated the brow Of the hill fty feet
more from where the fires are, u grand drAught Of
air being obtained by running the ues that distance
upward and under ground. The arrangements Of
the interior Of the large house
wHEEE TIE SUGAR Is MANURACTURED
Were politely shown and explained to me by the
manager, Mr. Wiltong- Much of the costly machin-
cry - new, including vacuum pan and all the lat
improvements in the art and il is believed that
this plantation now stands second to none on the
islands in Its completeness Of details and efficiency
Ia working They were turning out some splendid
sugar at the time, the last OF a strike" almost
pure white. with very large erysials-too fine a I
quality altogether for the san Francisco market. /
Mr.. Henry NJ. Alexander occupies the important I
post OF sugar boiler at this MILL and be is conceded
10 be sNillful " as they make EN-" At this es-
tabIishn:ent they do not
AWAY THE MOLAssEs,
But by the superior machinery and process utilize /
about the whole. making IL into sugar This is a
vast deal better economy than Is practiced some
plantations where the entire product OF mOlasses Is
poured into the sea Why could it not be poured I
out on the Gelds-it would surely be worth that .
trouble FERTILIZER Another economical feature /
of this Wauku plantation is that no iirewood is \
required. the trash from the mill furnishing all the
fuel needed This u an agreeable thought in con-
neciOn with the subject Of the decrease of forests
tetions may be enabIedere long L" pursue the same
plan
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
For the island OF Maui ought by all means to be
located at Wailuku- Lahaina has no claim what
ever To be continued such. beyond the tact that
a court house aud ~ eustom-house" (save the mark)
was built there once on time when the town was
90 possess some Importance time that
has gone. never G return. Its present claims for
attention solely contained in the fact that has
two sugar mills located there-POsitively nothing
mOrU. While WaIluku has four large and thriving
plantations within her borders and j. the natural
and obvious centre OF trade and commerce for all
East Maui There il tO be he town in the future,
where the foreign population will build homes and
settle permanently. as they have already begun to
40. The time viii s0Ou come when that necessary
adjunct 10 all growing country towns will make its
need ielt-Or perhaps by coming itself will prove
ita own uscessity-the country uewspaDer. In |
many a town in the Western States Of America Of
vastly less preteusions than Waiuku the establish
mcnt OF the press Of the rst things thought or
The proposed change in the law. providing Tor one
Term of the Ctrcut Court to be holden here. brought
toward In the Legislature, wus but Inlperatively
needed measure. In looking over the list OF Jurors
irIwn for the term Of Court. il will be that
lt the entire panel but one or two Individuals
'ide on the Lahaina side the remainder come from
Nailuku aud East Maui. and compelled to ride
tonne twenty 10 fOrty odd miles over bad roads just
10 meet one or two Jurors who live in Lahaina- The
his side, and the expense Of transporting witnesses
$ item IN the account The absurdity Of con
iuuiug Police MagIstracy for LahaiHa and deny
ug one iOr WaIIuSu y al-J very apparent. The
district Justice here does more work in a week than
han the Police Judge OF Lahaina ands to do in a
month"; The former u said TO be n very worthy,
man. yet the Legislature lowing 20 lack
u exertiOn by MnsteTs) refused either to advance
be grade OF his Office or increase his salary beyond
he miserable pittancs Of $3.50 per annuIn, which
he law now allows him
ON THE ROAD To MAKAwAO,
After leaving wailuku. you the sandy isthmus
which connects the two Islands Of East and West
Maui Thfs isthmus Is Of comparatively modern
ormatiOn-thOugh that may mean a good many
thousand years Oli-and is formed by the action Of
pea and wind Long ridges dunes Of sand stretch
across the interval, IN some places hardened into
tone, covered with scanty growth Of grass at this
easOu. and interspersed with ponds OF braekish
Earer where wild ducks abound. From thence
inward over smooth road, gradually ascending,
pass across the Widespread plains known the
Commons" These stretch far and wide on eitker
iand and are composed Of equally as deep and rich
oil the sugar lands Of Wailuku. and capable,
throughout their extent Of maintaining dozen
as-but there is water 70 be had for irrigation.
Tour readers may perhaps remember petition
presented during the late session by Of the mem
,ers for T"aiuku, aud rather feebly urged, brngin
o the notice Of the Assembly and Of the Ministry
he great extent Of these valuable lands now lying
die, and the wealth that would result the coun-
~ could they be made available for the cultivation
q sugar, by the introduction Of water from the
mountain. The subject referred 70 the Minister
{ the Interior who reported that il would cost at
east S2OO0 900 10 carry out the project of bringing
he water which now runs 20 waste from the high
ands Of Haleakala, down on TO these plains The
mount Of money mentioned "a rough guess il was,
ool was large, that further consideration Of the
natter efectuslly - 'bluffed off," E9d il was
eard OF no more during the session But suppose
: was 70 cost S2OO,OOO3 What comparison would
he results to be achieved by expenditure Of that
mount Of money for that object bear to the outlay
4 S1I6, 900 for the Honolulu hotel; and which Of
he two enterprises would prove the most profitable
Na-r-
eturu the money to the Treasury! A low estimate
aces the number Of acres Of these now waste lands
{ $4,000; with the water brought down TO them,
twenty-five dollars acre would be extremely
DIV price, and purchasers would flock thither. Gov
rnment Is about the only owner in that direction.
yhy YOUR 500 600 would be a mere baRateIIe in