Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-30
Wages range from 81 to "a so per day in
this city, and on the plantations 50 per day
and found.

On hawaii tney pay % on and found.
man who understands the business and il
steady can procure steady employment
without difficulty. There ar,
many beautiful vines and flowers here tha
! think will grow in California, and be
fore spring l will send you seeds OIL
several varieties. There is a mos
beautiful vine, or shrub flor under different
conditions it assumes both forms), that il
here grown for hedges. The flowers thai
it bears are parti- colored-red, blue, white
and orange. 1t bears berry that has 6
strong resemblance to blackberry, but il
is not edible. 1t grows rapidly, and is an
excellent climber. / have seen hedges il
Maui from fifteen to twenty feet in hight
of this plant. If you want show and orna
mental hedges in Sacramento, 1 think Il
will prove just the thing-at all events,
shall send some of the seeds, and you car
try them. think that by projecting the
plant from the frosts for one winter it will
become acclimated and do well. 1t bios.
SONS from the moment it makes its ap,
pearance, tiny slip, above the ground
There are many varieties of convolvuli in
the hills, one of which blooms only al
night. Trained in trellis with morning
glories they would make beautiful show.
ing. l must tell you something
MY EXPERIENCE ON MAUI.
| went up to the Spreckels camp on
the 9Th of July. 1t was noon, and the
men were at dinner. As walked among
them l saw one familiar face-a gentle.
man whom l met in Healdsburg in 1879.
de recognized me at once, and expressed
surprise at seeing me. He had been work.
ing for Spreckels for thirteen months. He
introduced me TO one.time Sacramentan,
who had been an engineer on the G. 2.
his name is Queen. When he first came
here, two years ago, he got position as
engineer of the little train that runs from
Waikiki to Kahului. The present engineer
OF the little railway is man named
Parker, who used to run on the Central at
Winnemucca. At the camp, one small
tent, scarcely large enough to accommodate
two men with any degree of comfort, was
allotted to every four men. There were
about slxty.tive men working on the fume,
not counting shovelers and teamsters,
but only about twenty of these were
mechanics the rest were handy-men
and roustabouts-a drinking, gambling,
swearing set of ruffians. Each man was
given redwood bunk, two feet wide, as
furniture. We furnished our own bed ling,
which consisted of a straw tick and a
blanket. At 4:30 A. NJ. a gong was sounded
to awaken US. Then, about fifteen min.
utes later, another gong to summon us to
Establishment cooked on the top of a
stove with rancid grease, often brought to
the table dripping with blood, or else
charred and exuding the sickening odor OF
burned flesh (; sour beans potatoes cooked
with the skins on, but without being first
washed; an apology for bread that none
could eat, and biscuit that no one would
dare to; the whole winding up
by bitter cupful OF chicory. Then,
after slowing that indigestible MACS
under our vests, we started
for the scene of our days labor, one and
one-half miles distant, through the sand
hills. We commenced work at A. NJ
The trade winds have clear sweep across
the country from Kahului to the southern
coast of the island. The sand which forms
these hills is washed up by the tides, and
the winds, which blow with great velocity
over that part of the island, sweep It from
the beach and pile it in huge drifts, which
keep constantly moving toward the ocean
on the south coast. Indeed, 1 knew ons
of these sand hills to shift its base
OVER THIRTY FEET
ln one week under the action of winds, and
often after the sleepers for the tlume were
laid, they were covered with several feet
of sand before the bottom boards could be
cut and nailed down. Many days it was
impossible to see a man ten feet distant be-
cause of the sand-storms. OF course the
men could not keep in extra health under
such conditions, our eyes aud lungs became
affected. and many of the men returned to
San Francisco Disguised with their ex-
perience of life on the ISLANDS. At noon
our dinner was brought to us in large
tin pals, but often so full of sand as
to be extremely unpalatable. At 5 o'clock
P. M. the foreman called poi, and
we commenced our tramp toward camp,
tired of lifting the heavy redwood planks
flor they were green, l6 feet long, IL
inches wide and II inches thick, and every
strong man could muster to manage it), of
the long hours, of the sand and the weary
walk over the hills. After our evening
meal, which was similar to our morning
bill of fare, with the exception that tea
was substituted for chicory, we sought our
sleeping apartments, too much fatigued to
read or write, even if the conditions had
been favorable for thought or reflection.
And those tents, reeking with the nauseating
odors of vile whisky and worse tobacco,
mingled with the sickening smell of per-
SEPARATION, and the several ell-defined
stinks from dirty clothing, the whole hay-
ing an added power of disgust to sensitive
oliactories from the heated condition of
the atmosphere within. The place was
also alive with fees, mosquitoes, bedbugs,
ants and cockroaches, with an occasional
centipede as visitor extraordinary. And
the evening conversations after the tallow
candles were lighted-how elevating
how inspiring what depth of thought
and flights of fancy bar room anecdotes,
vile jests and vulgar tales heard in broth.
els. think sometimes that if some of us
who SO misuse the golden gift of speech
could be struck dumb, and only regain the
power of communicating with our fellows
after year probation, we would use our
tongues to better purpose. At last, after
two weeks of purgatorial existence I was
fortunately enabled to change my quarters
and move into a small tent occupied
by my Scotch friend, Mr.. Rose, and
his namesake and cousin, David. The
change was an agreeable one, for they
were well read, did not drink, and only
he - L.
wrote you l enjoyed good health on the
place, but few days after l was taken
sick with fever, accompanied by stomachic
cramps.
ONE OF THE FoREMEN,
NJ. E. Ryan. who formerly worked for the
Central Pacific Railroad and was after.
wards proprietor of the Oakland Planning
Mills-a gentleman to whom I shall ever
be grateful for his kindness to me-minis-
tered for my ailment from his medicine
chest but got no relief, and so quit and
started for Honolulu to seek medical ad.
vice. Many other workmen suffered from
the same complaint and suffered greatly,
for the cramps were especially painful and
soon settled into dysentery. Several Of
the men left the job and took the first boat
back to California. In Honolulu
l recovered my health, and took the posi-.
ton of wood-turner in planning
mill at 81 per day. They did not
want me to leave Maui, and told me /
could have work there whenever wanted it.
1 made many friends while there among
the better class Of men, with whom parted
with real regret. Indeed l find that there
exists a sort Of universal brotherhood of
intelligence, a Freemason of Thought, that
gives the members of the Order ticket OF
leave to select circle of the intellectual