The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-10
A NOTES.

Waikapu, Waikiki, and Waihee are very busE
| grinding good cane the late rains have done am
immense amount of good n great deal of caneg
was suffering for want of water, and the kalo&
patches in some places were dried up. TIL
streams are now full to OVERLOOKING, and every
one is happy. Spreckelsville is rushing things
lively the new mills and boiling-houses are
fast approaching cOmpletiOn-One complete mill
and boiling-hOuses will be ready for work in
January next. Its capacity will be the same
as the present One-about % tons per day
Grinding was commenced a little while ago, and
the yield is 3 tons to the acre. Grinding was
discontinued last week ON account of the cane
tasseling, when the juice fell from IL to g. in
two weeks more grinding will go on again, and
continue until the 5000 acres are ground of
$4,000 tons is the expected yield from this lot of
cane. New lands are being planted now at the
rate of 100 acres per week 1000 more acres Will
be put in before the end of the year. Cane put
in in December of this year will mature in twelve
months the cane put in in July and August
will not mature any sooner, nor yield any more,
hence the delay in planting this year. There
are employed on this large estate, at present,
over 500 field hands of all nationalities, and $50
white men, nearly all of whom are mechanics or
overseers they are all paid well, and fed we'll
and your correspondent found from frequent in
quiries that no complaints whatever could be
made with the management, the only dissatisfied
persons being the lazy oaes, who are to be found
everywhere-thOse l mean who want good living,
high wages, and nothing to do. The men here
are expected to work, and those that do so are
well paid and well cared for.
One thing 1 noticed particularly, and that is
everything used on this estate is the production
of America every article of machinery is made
in California, New York, or Philadelphia. ALL
the stores, except rice, come from the Coast
all the lumber, lime, cement, bricks, &C., from
the same place most of the white men are
Americans, and the greater number are men who
came here when the works were first started, and
went back to the Coast when their time expired,
many of whom have returned here again to
work. Mr.. Spreckels can well afford to treat
with contempt the ibels published in San Fran
cisco in regard to the treatment of men on his
large estates here. l hope to be able shortly to
obtain a statement as to the cost of the great
improvement made here by Mr.. Spreckels. 1t
will he found, on inspection, that the United
States have received all the benefit of these i'm
provements.
The artesian well being sunk here is down 40
feet, still going through hard rock. A well that
was dug here a short time ago struck an under
ground stream or spring, and is now being
pumped for mill purposes. An engine is en-
ployed pumping, and an S-inch stream is con-
stantly going. The artesian bore has gone
through three underground streams, and the.
water stands within q feet of the top. When
this well is finished, one will be sunk at KahHlui
the fast-growing city of Maui-the only draw
back there being, at present, the want of water,
all that is used for drinking purposes being
brought from Wailuku.