The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-06-22
Daluaiian 6azette.
EST NoDUs IN MINUS.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE ., 1881.
o. san Francisoo Lotto.
SAN FRASc1sco, June 4th. 1881.

THE NEw REFINERY.
The laying of the cornerstone of the new
Refinery Of Messrs. Claus Spreckels & Sons took
place Oh the 18th ult. Psinted invitations inform
ed the guests that steam tux would convey them
to The refinery grounds which arc located in the
southern suburbs of the city. Some three or four
hundred gentlemen awaited themselves o. the
opportunity TO be present.
The ground which is on the water front was
originally rocky, rough, point uneven and unfit
apparently for such buildings, but dwelling and
filing in have made It into a fat area of seven
and three-quarter blocks fully large enough for
all the needs of the enterprise. Work was COM
rnenced last November and the Refinery will be
ready for operations next February. The walls of
the main building are up to the ground floor, and
suspended at the principal corner was the stone
ready for lowering into it, place. 1t is of good
solid granite, having face in raised letters
California Sugar Refinery, ISL on the other,
Claus Spreckels.n
The copper box, holding various documents
newspapers and coins, (which perhaps some cen
turies hence may again see the light OF day, and
quicken the curiosity of the then existing relic
hunters having been deposited in its place. Mr..
Spreckles with a silver towel spread the mortar,
and the stone was lowered to its position. The
guests cheered, and the yatcht ColtsHeio near by
fred an answering gun. Ex-Governor Low then
came forward and made a speech, fitting the
occasion. The facts set forth were that this
Refinery will be the largest one in the world-that
it would have capacity Of working per annum
1900 tons of raw sugar-that when finished the
place. buildings, machinery &c, would cost about
81 20, OO0-and that the business on its present
basis required the carrying constantly OF 5000
frr,s nfe ~ than n million of dollars
The development of tins business from small
beginning, and the building of this capacious Re
fnery, which will employ some hundreds Of men
directly and other hundreds indirectly, and which
will contribute so largely to industries of San
Francisco, said the orator are due to the energy,
courage and business Sag1cify of my friend here,
Mr.. Claus Spreckels.n In 1s69 he that the
process of this industry could be improved and
the business be enlarged, and lie had the business
sagaci.y 70 step into the opening. HIS first Refinery
in 1865 could only turn out 80 tons of refined
sugar per day, IN 1872 1t had to be enlarged to a
capacity Of o. tons and long after again to
present limit Of 1877 tons per day. This new Rein
cry will be Of still greater capacity, and probably
viii be equal to filling the demand for refneds I"
on this Coast for years to come The main build
ing will be 10 stories In height with length of
40 feet and averages width OF $50 feet.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies the guests
invited the capacious carpenter shop, where
a lunch was spread. the interviewing of winch was
emInently interesting and satisfactory. IL WAS a
sort of sweet face 10 the affair, and the cham
payne was more plentiful than sugar, tongues
were lOOsed. and cheerful speeches made at, and
to the proprietor. 1t was agreed mem. con- that
the California Sugar Refinery Is - big thing, y
that it must succeed, and that if the sugar pro-
duced should equal the quality of the wine fur
nished, there would be demand rather frighttul
to contemplate. .
y QUARANTINE.
The continued prevalence of the smallpox in
your port eXerts a disturbing influence on your
commercial connections here. Notice appeared in
the BHffsffH chat q freight yvpuid he taken on
the ZsGiaRdi1 for the islands account of
quarantine regulations" This was enough to
create reports that passengers would also be
refused, and further that the steamer would not
stop at all. When The steamer arrived here, she
was stopped at the quarantine grounds, and as the
orders of the Board Of Health as promulgated
were that she must stay outside seven days. every
body supposed 1t was a case" However, Mr.. II.
Williams succeeded in lifting the tabu, SO that
after a detention Of only live or six hours the
steamer was allowed to go to her wharf and land
her passengers. The newspapers commented the
next morning upon favoritism in some quarter
aud there the matter ended. Still the quarantine
in Honolulu proyokes retaliation here, and until
free communications shall be established, there
will be considerable friction and more gru1nbing
among The common carriers. 1t Is rather
point to be noticed that small pOx is putting forth
Its horns this year IN various parts of the world
and thereby exercising the Boards of Health in
other parts of the world than Honolulu. In Lon
don last week 1900 cases are reported as having
been bagged y by the hospitals, and in this city
the malay by no means mas Deen stamped out.
Your Board of Health has gone after the scOurge
vigorously, has ordered raceiRs TirHs literally, and
its friends here hope to hear by next steamer that
no farther restrictions on commercial connections
shall be deemed necessary. To the honor of our
shall be deemed necessary. To the honor of our
Kingdom, be ii said that the tax on commerce for
protecting Of the public health Is less there than
IN this rich city. Here no provision is made for
detained passsngers-no quarantine houses-nO
fund for expense made necessary by public fears,
but the unfortunate ships must submit to the
quarantine deteuuons, and pay all bills resulting
therefrom.
DECORATION DAY.
Monday the 30th ult., was devoted to the pious
work of strewing with flowers the graves of the
soldier-victims of the civil war. This graceful
acknowledgment of the peoples debt to the dead
heroes of the war has LecOme national senti-
meIt, fast crystallizing Into the feeling of a reli-
eious duty In the last number of the Scribner,
George Parsons Lathrop. u Honolulu born boy,
has poem on keenan's Cavalry charge at the
battle of Chancelors vile, when to save the army
the Major with 800 men sacrificed their lives at